Now, I have to admit that I cannot actually drive, but this is what I'm hoping to avoid.
©2014 James Mathurin
Welcome to my catalogue of completely true facts and utterly non-fictional records of stuff that you really should know about because it definitely happened. Yes it did. Honestly.
Sunday, 28 December 2014
Sunday, 21 December 2014
Lightest Ever Bulldozer infographic
I've tried a couple of things in origami, and I think I managed a star, a hat and a couple of things. This clearly would have taken a lot more practice.
©2014 James Mathurin
Labels:
art,
bulldozer,
comedy,
engineering,
funny,
humor,
humour,
infographic,
Japan,
origami,
paper,
science,
true story
Sunday, 14 December 2014
The Most Sensationalist Headline Infographic
It's all about ethics in journalism, actually.
Labels:
comedy,
corn,
France,
funny,
humor,
humour,
infographic,
journalism,
news,
student,
true story
Sunday, 7 December 2014
First Telephone Death Threat Infographic
Telephone harassment is a very serious problem, which has a longer history than many people are aware of.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 30 November 2014
Most naked people seen out of the corner of an eye Infographic
I've seen a lot of things out of the corner of my eye, but I think this would prove very distracting.
© 2014 James Mathurin
© 2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 23 November 2014
The Dimitri Dutruv Smell Dictionary (Invention #10) Infographic
There are issues with using smell for communication, such as people like myself, who suffer from hayfever and allergies, who would be rendered effectively illiterate.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 16 November 2014
Sunday, 9 November 2014
Most Lenient Referee Infographic
I did have this on here before, but I've found some errors in the original version, so this is more historically accurate now.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 2 November 2014
Sunday, 26 October 2014
Worst lie (contender) Infographic
It's hard to determine whether 'worst' in this case means an effective lie or a useless one.
©2014 James Mathurin
Monday, 20 October 2014
The world’s most lethal cinema infographic
While it is a shame that cinema chains are pushing out smaller, independent picture houses with more charm, there are some that are probably better of out of business.
©2014 James Mathurin
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
Karmisticia Festival of Spoken Food Infographic
If one were to draw a Venn Diagram of people who are interested in food, people who are interested in literature, and people interested in spending time on the most mobile nation in the world, there may be people not regularly attending this event. If you know such a person, show them this, please.
©2014 James Mathurin
Monday, 6 October 2014
A Beauraucratic Approach to Death Infographic
Bureaucrats often get a bad rap, as they are, ultimately, just people trying to do their jobs. It is, however, possible for bureaucracy to be taken too far.
©2014 James Mathurin
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Most Pointless Conspiracy Infographic
Conspiracy theories have always been interesting to me, even if some seem a bit, well, a bit of a waste of time.
©2014 James Mathurin
©2014 James Mathurin
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Shortest Guitar Solo Infographic
I'm more of a hip-hop head myself, but you've got to give credit to musical achievement from all genres.
©2014 James Mathurin
Monday, 15 September 2014
Citrus Cave Art: Infographic
The advent of agriculture and art were vitally important to human development. Here is a place where they crossed over.
©2014 James Mathurin
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Longest time to complete a work of art - Infographic
Labels:
art,
comedy,
funny,
humor,
humour,
infographic,
London,
true story
Monday, 1 September 2014
Least succesful telemarketing campaign Infographic
I've worked in telemarketing. It didn't involve dogs, which was probably a plus.
©2014 James Mathurin
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Infographic - The greatest number of assault charges relating to literary criticism
While literary criticism is well-known to be a high-stakes arena, but some people can take it too far.
©2014 James Mathurin
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Monday, 4 August 2014
Most restrictive electoral requirements Infographics
I'm still waiting to do my first lot of overseas voting from Australia, and it will require a trip to another state, but that's still easier than this.
©2014 James Mathurin
Monday, 28 July 2014
The shortest acceptance speech Infographic
If you've ever had to give an acceptance speech, this is perhaps a target to aim for, or avoid, depending on your viewpoint.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 13 July 2014
Longest Goal Celebration Infographic
Labels:
celebration,
comedy,
Football,
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goal,
humor,
humour,
infographic,
longest,
Monks,
soccer,
Spain,
sport,
true story
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
The most corrosive hamburger sauce Infographic
Being in Australia, it's Winter now, so barbecues are at a minimum, but someone somewhere is firing up the grill, and my advice to you is not to use this sauce.
©2014 James Mathurin
©2014 James Mathurin
Monday, 30 June 2014
Monday, 23 June 2014
Worst Lapse of Memory Infographic
None of us have infallible recall, but....
Sorry, lost my train of thought there.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sorry, lost my train of thought there.
©2014 James Mathurin
Monday, 16 June 2014
The 5-minute Rule Eaterie Infographic
Everyone loves food, and most people are at least tolerant of floors, so a combination of the two should be... what? 75% loved?
That sounds about right.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 8 June 2014
Longest Nasal Hair Infographic
The human body - capable of amazing things (and lots of other things...I mean, I'm sure you can think of at least a couple. Well, maybe not that one...).
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 1 June 2014
The Worst Office Party Infographic
I work in education now, but I used to work in the private sector, and I've done my time in offices. Fortunately, I never had to sit through a party like this, and I thank my ex-colleagues for this.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 25 May 2014
The Most Boring Town in the World Infographic
This one is originally from 2009, and is most definitely not a place I'm ever planning on visiting.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 18 May 2014
The Most Mobile Nation in the world Infographic
So, this one is from 2010, which used to be the future, and is is now a long time ago. Anyway, although I've traveled a lot more since then, I have not been to a place as unique as Karmisticia.
Yet.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 11 May 2014
The Inventions of Dimitri Dutruv, Pt.8 Infographic
It can be argued that Dutruv was thoroughly unqualified for this kind of work, and that the subjects were vulnerable people who shouldn't have been treated in this manner. I'm not sure what the counter-argument would be...
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 4 May 2014
Sunday, 27 April 2014
Worst Street Artist Infographic
As well as writing this blog, I have been interested in Street Art for some time. I suppose it was only a matter of time before I found out about Spritza.
©2014 James Mathurin
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 20 April 2014
Life Narration Infographic
Silence may be golden, but narrating every passing moment is at least...interesting.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 13 April 2014
Crank up that Cheese Infographic
Personally, I'm not a big fan of gameshows, but maybe because more stuff like this doesn't happen.
©2014 James Mathurin
©2014 James Mathurin
Saturday, 5 April 2014
Sunday, 30 March 2014
Longest Cow-Milking Infographic
An odd record, but one that stands as a testament to what a suitably determined farmer can do.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 23 March 2014
The most drawn-out day of Association Football Infographic
Now that I live in Australia, I have to clearly differentiate between the various codes of football. This is about the real one.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 16 March 2014
Sunday, 9 March 2014
Sunday, 2 March 2014
The Sydney Nick-Name War Infographic
I was a London resident when I originally wrote this in 2010, but being a Sydney resident now, I suppose this is local history.
©2010 James Mathurin
Sunday, 23 February 2014
World's Worst Ball Boy (tennis) Infographic
A quick note: I chose to specify tennis in the title, because there are, of course, ball boys in other sports, all with their own brands of awfulness, which I will probably attempt to document in the future. Here, though, is tennis' representative.
©2014 James Mathurin
Labels:
ballboy,
comedy,
funny,
humor,
humour,
infographic,
record,
sport,
tennis,
true story
Sunday, 16 February 2014
Worst Answerphone message Infographic
I've had to find some new images for this entry, as the permissions on the images have changed since I originally shared it, but further research has found material that led to:
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 9 February 2014
Tea in Orang-Utangerie Infographic
This is another entry which is not an update of a previous one, but is completely, totally, brand-new. Call it an early Valentine's day present.
©2014 James Mathurin
Labels:
animals,
ape,
comedy,
funny,
history,
humor,
humour,
infographic,
orang-utan,
tea,
true story
Sunday, 2 February 2014
Guerrila Particle Accelerators - Dimitri Dutruv Infographic #6
One of Dutruv's more curious experiments, depending on whether it did, or did not take place.
©2014 James Mathurin
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 26 January 2014
Sunday, 19 January 2014
Apocalyptic 1980s London cult Infographic
So, the apocalypse didn't happen in 1985. Still, you have to admire the tenacity of apocalyptic cults from the East End.
©2014 James Mathurin
Sunday, 12 January 2014
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