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An incredibly relaxed cat slept amongst the carefully raked ripples of the beautifully calming Zen garden at the Kuhonbutsu Joshinji Jodo Buddhist temple in the Setagaya City ward of Tokyo, Japan. The sandy area is normally off-limits to all but the garden staff, but the drowsy feline figured “if it...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Sleeping Cat Becomes One With Japanese Zen Garden first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable, toothless, droopy-tongued 13 year old rescued Pomeranian/Pug named Rocky hilariously danced around the room in a silly spider costume that his humans had ordered for him. According to said humans, Rocky doesn’t mind costumes but loves to put on a show. He’s a good sport when it comes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Little Rescue Dog Hilariously Dances Around the Living Room in a Silly Spider Costume first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animal lover Daniil Tyuterev was happily feeding treats to a beautiful black squirrel by hand when something occurred in the background that caused the rodent to go into full alert and freeze in place for several long moments. Tyuterev attempted to rouse the squirrel by putting more treat into the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Startled Squirrel Freezes in Place While Being Hand Fed Treats by a Friendly Human first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very talented Luca Stricagnoli (previously) performed a beautiful cover of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by The Beatles on an acoustic guitar that had an amazing attachable slide neck clipped on to the front. Per Stricanoli, this is a new invention that was built by Italian luthier Davide Serracini....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Cover of ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ Performed on Acoustic Guitar With an Attachable Slide first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Polly Pockets were an inventive line of dolls whose entire existence was contained in a plastic case. In 1983 a father created the original Polly Pocket for his daughter using makeup powder compact to create a small house for a doll. As they grew in popularity, everything became larger, but...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Fictional Homes Reimagined as Classic Polly Pockets first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vanyu Krastev (@vanyukrastev) on Aug 31, 2018 at 2:57am PDT Bulgarian artist Vanyu Krastev has made it very easy for people to see “faces in things” with his clever “Eyebombing” project”. Krastev attaches googly eyes to all sorts of random objects...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Eyebombing’ Bulgarian Artist ‘Humanizes’ Random Street Objects by Gluing Googly Eyes on to Them first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very creative people at Dorothy have released “Business as Usual” a wonderful set of calling cards for some rather recognizable cult film characters with jobs that are quite relevant to the plot. The range of titles and characters runs the gamut of film genres. From Coppola classics and Coen...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cold Calling Cards for Cult Film Characters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Douglas Yeo performed two beautiful classical pieces on an unusual wind instrument called The Serpent. As its name suggests, The Serpent is bent in a wiggling snake-like shape that helps to create a distinct tone. While this instrument looks like one of Leonard Solomon’s fantastical machines, it was actually...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Serpent, An Unusual Snake-Like Wind Instrument first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Firebox (previously) is featuring a very clever digital watch that’s worn as a ring. This time-telling ring is a replica of the style Casio wristwatches that were very popular before the advent of electronic items such as the Apple Watch. It comes in blue and red face colors with a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Digital Watch That Is Worn as a Ring first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher tells the story of Craig Foster, a diver who forged a profound friendship with a gentle octopus with whom he visited every day for a year. Foster followed the octopus around the South African kelp forest and documented the underwater world that he was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Diver Befriends an Octopus Who Teaches Him About Her Elusive Aquatic World in ‘My Octopus Teacher’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When a curious motorist named Dave stopped to capture video of free-roaming cows as they played in a pond, he noticed that one cow was pacing back and forth and loudly lowing in desperation. When he got closer, he saw that the cow was trying to lead him to a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Desperate Mother Cow Asks Man to Help Her Retrieve Her Newborn Calf From the Other Side of the Fence first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of the fall season, the humans belonging to Stella, the hilarious hind-leg dragging, ball-chasing, leaf pile-leaping, snow-sliding and doorstop-springing yellow lab, created a wonderfully satisfying compilation of their beloved dog diving into freshly raked piles of crispy autumn leaves. Fall approaches. Stella waits. Sometimes, she likes to just...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderfully Satisfying Compilation of Stella the Yellow Lab Diving Into Freshly Raked Piles of Autumn Leaves first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While flying a drone, the eagle-eyed pilot spotted a large bird who was perching on a branch of a backyard tree. The drone pilot sent the drone toward the bird’s direction but the raptor didn’t have much use for a nosy flying robot and took off, knocking the drone out...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Red Tailed Hawk Knocks a Nosy Drone Out of the Air first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Shaun Mckenzie creates absolutely amazing, pencil portraits that are incredibly photorealistic and lifelike. Mckenzie demonstrated his work with a portrait of a man wearing glasses in a timelapse that showed how incredibly detailed his drawings are. I created this colored pencil portrait drawing using Faber castell polychromos and prismacolor...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amazing Timelapse of a Photorealistic Portrait Being Drawn with Colored Pencils first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A very creative 12 year old girl named Emma Pickles who lives in New South Wales, Australia, skillfully performs incredibly delicate surgery on pieces of fruit and vegetables. In doing so, Pickles imagines that each piece of produce requires such medical procedures including birth, organ transplants, brain, or heart surgery....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Girl Performs Delicate Surgery on Fruits and Vegetables first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With the warm weather continuing into autumn, the caretakers at Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, DC gave the smaller resident animals slices of watermelon. The animals enjoyed the wonderfully refreshing fruit with adorably unique gusto specific to each species. The snacks of summer. Related PostsA Joyful...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Small Animals of Smithsonian’s National Zoo Enjoy a Refreshing Treat of Watermelon on a Warm Day first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the fifth episode of the BrickBrosProductions series LEGO in Real Life, an unexpecting man goes into his office for a normal workday. He studiously watched the clock on the wall before getting to work. As he turned on his computer, his desk and everything on was suddenly made out...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Unsuspecting Man Gets a Mysterious Phone Call as His Office Suddenly Turns to LEGO first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Malaysian student Zackrydz Rodzi arrived home to find that his phone was missing. As it turned out, a monkey had climbed a tree in order to get into the house and stole Rodzi’s phone as they often do. The next day, Rodzi located his phone in the area in back...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Monkey Takes a Hilarious Series of Selfies After Stealing a Phone From a Malaysian Student first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wilfrid (@wilfrid.music) on Sep 16, 2020 at 11:25am PDT A cat calmly sitting on a keyboard helps William Boutin, aka Wilfrid, play “Jump” by Van Halen. Related PostsPlay Him Off, Keyboard Cat Makes YouTube Fun Again (Briefly)Keyboard Cat ToyKnow Your Meme...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cat Sitting on Keyboard Helps Play Van Halen’s ‘Jump’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alexandr Misko, the incredibly talented guitarist who plays beautiful fingerstyle covers of modern songs, performed a solo cover of Dick Dale‘s classic interpretation of the ancient Mediterranean folk song “Misirlou”, famously used by Quentin Tarantino in the film Pulp Fiction. Misko employed a remarkable backhand technique with his right hand...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Percussive Backhanded Acoustic Guitar Cover of the Dick Dale Classic ‘Misirlou’ From ‘Pulp Fiction’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kathleen Ryan (@katieryankatieryan) on Jul 9, 2020 at 11:33am PDT Artist Kathleen Ryan has created “Bad Fruit”, a wonderful collection of giant fruit sculptures that appear to be in various stages of rotting. This illusion is created with the strategic placement...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Rotting Fruit Sculptures Made of Gemstones and Beads first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Puzzle reviewer Shawn Boucké of SpeedCubeReview unboxed a set of Fanxin Series Fruit Cubes, unique fruit-shaped Rubik’s Cube puzzles that are solved by shape rather than color. Boucké demonstrated how to solve the banana puzzle before moving onto the apple puzzle. The lemon puzzle was solved off-camera. Get your daily...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Unique Fruit Shaped Rubik’s Cube Puzzles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Woke is an original Hulu series which was co-created by cartoonist Keith Knight of The K Chronicles and is based on a real event that took place in Knight’s life. The series centers on a fictionalized version of Knight (Lamorne Morris), a black cartoonist in San Francisco who is on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Cartoonist Based on Keith Knight Sees the World Differently After Life Altering Experience in Hulu’s ‘Woke’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ?? BLURRING MAN the movie ?? (@blurring_man) on Aug 10, 2020 at 12:14pm PDT Blurring Man is an hilarious, well-made and very human movie. It’s quite difficult to categorize. It’s an adventure story for sure. It is a thoughtful cross-cultural exploration...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Blurring Man, Elmer Experiences One Sick Burn first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A disconcerting episode of After Skool (previously) talks about the seemingly ubiquitous existence of the “Bystander Effect” in the age of social media. This effect posits that individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim while in the presence of others. Modern society takes this one step further...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Bystander Effect Impedes Good Samaritans first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An absolutely adorable blind three-legged little goat named Tripod Joey who lives at Charlotte’s Freedom Farm (previously) in Comber, Ontario went for a cruise around the farm in a bright red remote control jeep. Tripod seemed to enjoy the comfort of his new ride. Tripod Joey is a blind, 3...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Blind Three-Legged Rescued Goat Goes for a Ride Around the Farm in a Red Remote Control Jeep first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With their online feud long behind them, actor Ryan Reynolds narrated a humorous commercial for Hugh Jackman‘s Laughing Man Coffee. The ad shows Jackman begrudgingly waking up and throwing the alarm clock across the room. In a cranky mood, the Wolverine actor then proceeded to yell at some kids outside...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ryan Reynolds Narrates Hugh Jackman’s Cranky Morning Routine Before a Cup of Laughing Man Coffee first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Red Lobster (@redlobster) on Sep 15, 2020 at 6:00am PDT Red Lobster has teamed up with PepsiCo to create a custom collaborative margarita for their in-house menu. This “DEW-Garita” is made up of a secret recipe, but certainly features the distinctive...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Red Lobster Teams Up With PepsiCo to Create a Secret Recipe For a Bright Green Mountain Dew Margarita first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tailjar (@tailjar) on Nov 20, 2019 at 5:05pm PST Jasper St Aubyn West, aka Tailjar, an Australian artist who draws all sorts of fun cartoon monsters that he adds into real-world scenes, has hilariously inserted similar monsters into works of fine...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderfully Creepy Illustrated Monsters Cleverly Inserted into Classic Works of Fine Art and Old Photos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Brandon Acker, who previously made a wonderful explainer video about the ancient Arabic Oud, performed a magnificent rendition of “Canario” by G.G. Kapsberger on a gorgeous Theorbo. Brandon Acker performing the early 17th century piece “Canario” by G.G. Kapsberger Acker also put together a short explainer video about the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Magnificent Rendition of the 17th Century ‘Canario’ by G.G. Kapsberger Performed on a Theorbo Lute first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A very vocal Malamute named Tihla engaged in a frustratingly circular conversation with a talking toy hamster. Despite Tilha’s pleas to exit the conversation, she found herself getting drawn back in again and again. The disconcerted dog finally walked away when she realized that there was no way she would...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Very Vocal Malamute Engages In a Circular Conversation With a Stubborn Talking Toy Hamster first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ???? ??? ????? (@kurokazu0714) on Aug 24, 2020 at 11:29pm PDT Award-winning artisan Kuroda Kazuhiko of Wagashidokoro Kisshoan in Shonan, Japan, creates amazingly detailed Washagi sweets, which are made of mochi, red bean paste, and other ingredients that are easy to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorably Detailed Japanese Wagashi Sweets That Look Like Delicate Little Birds, Bunnies and Pufferfish first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rescued 5 month old piglet named Regan who lives at Charlotte’s Freedom Farm in Comber, Ontario very easily climbed onto the back of a big, beautiful, and accommodating dog named Ellie and promptly went to sleep. Ellie’s warm fur provided the perfect bed for the tiny pig and a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tiny Rescued Piglet Goes to Sleep on the Warm Furry Back of a Very Accommodating Dog Every Night first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Highly skilled skydivers at Skydive Spaceland Houston in Rosharon, Texas created an absolutely stunning nighttime light show using strung LEDs and fireworks that appeared to shoot out of their feet. Once the plane reached over 14,000 feet, the divers lept out into the night, setting the sky ablaze with their...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Skydivers Create a Stunning Light Show Wearing LEDs and Pyrotechnics Shooting Out of Their Feet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Max the very friendly Moluccan cockatoo who likes to cluck like a chicken very thoughtfully helped his human unpack a box of wooden blocks by tossing them across the room. His human was very appreciative of help despite the fact that she was actually trying to get the blocks back...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Thoughtful Cockatoo Helps His Human Unpack a Box of Wooden Blocks by Tossing Them Across the Room first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the first trailer for the highly awaited second season of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, our hero Din Djarin receives orders from an unseen Armorer, who tasks him with reuniting “The Child” (Baby Yoda) with his own kind amongst an “an order of sorcerers called Jedi”. A disbelieving Djarin...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘The Mandalorian’ Is Ordered to Deliver ‘The Child’ to Jedi Sorcerers in the Second Season of the Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A determined pedestrian in Ukraine had no intention of letting a man in an orange convertible sports car that was inconsiderately blocking the crosswalk hamper his efforts to cross the street. Instead, he kept walking, right through the car and out the other side where he could continue unimpeded. Needless...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Determined Pedestrian Doesn’t Let Inconsiderate Car in the Crosswalk Prevent Him From Crossing the Street first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hannah Bullen-Ryner Art (@hannahbullenrynerart) on Sep 7, 2020 at 3:38pm PDT Land artist Hannah Bullen-Ryner creates absolutely beautiful birds that are composed of the flowers, leaves, and twigs that she finds on the ground. Each delicate feathered portrait is inspired by...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Beautiful Birds Composed From Flowers and Leaves first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ????? (@etn.co_mam) on Sep 8, 2020 at 11:43pm PDT Japanese artist etn.co_mam, who carves adorable Disney and Pixar characters out of food very cleverly turned a couple of fried eggs over rice into the timeless beloved character of Winnie-the-Pooh. (translated) Winnie...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Winnie-the-Pooh Made Out of Eggs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by kc green (@kcgreenn) on Sep 14, 2020 at 7:53am PDT Pop culture toy and collectibles company Entertainment Earth (previously) is pre-selling a vinyl figure made by Funko of the incredibly popular (and incredibly apt) meme of a hat wearing dog who...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘This is Fine’ Vinyl Figure Based on the Meme of a Dog Who’s OK With His World Burning Down Around Him first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable Moluccan cockatoo named Max, who previously screamed like a teenage girl when he met his friend at the pet store, sat in his front yard and repeatedly clucked and bokked like a chicken at the oncoming traffic in the street. Max is the original Moluccan Cluckatoo with his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cockatoo Clucks Like a Chicken at Traffic in the Street first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fine Art Simpsons (@fine_art_simpsons) on Sep 7, 2020 at 6:25am PDT Fine Art Simpsons is a amusing Instagram account that combines colorful characters from The Simpsons with iconic pieces of fine art from across many centuries and genres. The existence of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Amusing Mashups of ‘The Simpsons’ With Fine Art first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A pair of Indian ringneck parakeet brothers named Fabio and Gabriel, who appear to very much enjoy each other’s company, chased each other around the outside of their cage while engaging in a very loving, very squeaky conversation. The two kissed each other, although at one point it looked like...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Pair of Chatty Parakeet Brothers Engage in an Adorably Squeaky Conversation With Each Other first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter (previously) came across his beloved dog Olive staring intently at the screen of a laptop computer and decided to have a look at what she was doing. It turns out, Olive had signed up for an online dating service, but under slightly false pretenses. Runner up...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scottish Sportscaster Calls Out His Dogs for Stretching the Truth About Themselves on Their Dating Profiles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online gardening retailer Plow & Hearth is selling sets of creepy attachable appendages that can turn an innocent Halloween pumpkin into a menacing giant spider. These flexible appendages are made of foam covered wire that pierces right through the tough shell where it anchors to stay in place. This 6-piece...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Creepy Spider Appendages For Halloween Pumpkins first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ran (@konel_bread) on May 4, 2020 at 7:17am PDT Japanese baker Ran of Konel Bread, who makes beautiful loaves of bread that have amazing illustrated designs, has created an adorably amusing baked series of bodybuilding bears. Ran skillfully creates these buff...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Buff Bodybuilding Bears Made Out of Bread first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vitaly of Positive Couple, who previously built a really unique soft-sided beechwood desk that features denim on the front with incredibly intricate aluminum inlays on top, created an unusual table made of oak and shaped it like a watch. The “face” of this watch table features 68 gold watches inlaid...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Unusual Wristwatch Shaped Oak Table Featuring 68 Gold Watches Encased in Epoxy on Its Face first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ??@??????? (@lito_leafart) on Jul 13, 2020 at 5:56am PDT Japanese paper cutting artist lito_leafart creates wonderfully detailed vignettes that are cut into leaves. The stories told in these scenes can be humorous, fanciful, thoughtful, and even personal. The artist states that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderfully Detailed Vignettes Cut Into Leaves first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Canadian artist Heather Buchanan creates wonderfully amusing illustrated greeting cards that feature all sorts of pop culture references and a whole lot of puns. Buchanan states that she loves making people smile and hopes to inspire others. think it’s really cool when we all just work to inspire and delight...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Amusing Pop Culture Greeting Cards first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ????? (@etn.co_mam) on Aug 4, 2020 at 1:36am PDT Japanese artist etn.co_mam, who previously carved several kiwis into spitting images of the one-eyed Mike Wazowski from Toy Story, has continued this adorable series using all sorts of food to replicate Mike...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adorable Disney and Pixar Characters Made Out Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.