…they tie leather straps on their hands, and armed with a small fire, they crawl in the python lair. A few meters into the tunnel they find the python sitting on his eggs, and usually the snake starts getting really mad at the intruders. This is where the leather straps on their hands come into play. The snake could very well attack the hunters head so this is where expertise comes into play. As the hunter wavers his hands in front of the python, the snake attacks and bites the hunters hand, starting to swallow it. The hunter than chokes the snake with his free hand. At this moment the teammates of the hunter pull him out of the lair and the poor python is soon dead and choked by the leather straps that slip of the hands of the hunter and the hunters grip on the snake’s neck and tada! the python is dead and the hunters have something to eat in the next days…

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After having seen some great viral marketing from Mini in the past months this lame send-a-message execution comes across rather disappointing.
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Some (fake) footage (more here and here) about Microsoft dropping parachutes with attached software over a town in the states. The package then apparently points to website ideawins.com:

We believe people everywhere have great ideas. But they do no good trapped in your head. We want to help you turn them into a flourishing business by taking the hassle out of accounting and business management. So we’re offering Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007 software absolutely free! No strings attached…Just how good is your idea? Find out. Enter it in our ideaWins: The Ultimate Challenge.

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The calendar you’ve all been waiting for: chicks on coffins.
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