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Time was when the only visitors flocking to Gretna Green were eloping English couples.

Now the Scottish border village is getting arrivals by the million - and most of them come by air.

Swooping and swirling across the dimly lit sky, they could almost be mistaken for an approaching storm cloud.

In this dazzling aerial display, over a million starlings wheel and dive across the setting sun, creating elaborate patterns and drawing the admiring gaze of fascinated onlookers.

Sky turns black as thousands of starlings flock into Gretna Green | the Daily Mail

グレトナグリーンの上空に100万羽以上のムクドリが飛来してきていますよと言うお話。

観測者が興奮して
「ムクドリの数が多すぎて、空が見えない！
 ムクドリが七分に空が三分！
 いいか！ムクドリが七分に空が三分だ！！」
と言ったかどうかは不明。

Meet record-breaking rabbit Humphrey - a buck so large he has smashed the official mark for the world’s biggest bunny.

The French lop-eared rabbit is 42in long and tips the scales at a mammoth two stone.

That’s 3lb heavier than previous world record holder Dancing Star, a rabbit of the aptly named British Giant breed who weighs in at 25lb.

The French Lop’s average weight is a comparatively tiny 10lb.

Hopping into the record books, Humphrey the two-stone rabbit is king of the big bucks | the Daily Mail

フランスのハンフリー君(18ヶ月)は、前の世界記録保持者 Dancing Star より3lb(1.36kg)重い25lb(11.34kg)ですよと言うお話。

しかも、彼はいまだ成長中との事。

Saddle up, dude. Daredevil surfers who like their waves slightly more challenging have a new weapon: horsepower.

This is horsesurfing and it does exactly what it says on the tin. If you are struggling to get up enough speed, strap yourself to a stallion.

It is the brainchild of stuntman Daniel Fowler-Prime, 28, who came up with the idea with friends when they grew bored of ordinary surfing.

Horsesurfing is neigh bother for stuntman | Metro.co.uk

馬に引かれて水上スキーをすると楽しいんぢゃね？と言うお話。
発案者はスタントマンの Daniel Fowler-Prime(28)。

A cool bike created mainly from wood. Click on image for a larger view.

Spluch: Flintstone Bike

原始家族フリントストーン風のバイクの写真。

風を切り、颯爽と走る姿がなんともいえませんね。

Stefan Sagmeister’s works are on display @ Deitch in NYC, January 31, 2008 — February 23, 2008 @ 76 Grand Street, New York. The bananas you see here are real, all 7,200 of them on a giant wall - it smelled like 7,200 bananas too, slightly rotting -

MAKE: Blog: 7,200 bananas

ニューヨークに突如出現した,バナナの壁のお話。7,200本ものバナナで作成されたこの壁は 2008年1月31日～2月23日までの間、飾られるそうです。

最終日間近には、相当甘い腐臭が漂うでしょう。