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Last minute chocolate Valentine’s Day gift ideas

February 6, 2014 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Valentine’s Day is sneaking up. Whether you identify with it or not, whether you think it’s an evil that leads to hand holding and free sex or a commerical invention it may still be a good excuse to do something for your partner. I happen to know that Cadbury’s has a direct gift website which […]

Is there really pink goop in Chicken McNuggets?

February 2, 2014 by Andrew Leave a Comment

It’s a little weird by McDonald’s Canada has this brutally honest vibe going on. They’ve already shown all the careful lighting and cooking that goes into making the photo shoots for their burgers. It does explain why the meal from the restaurant looks nothing like the photograph, doesn’t help improve the mean from the restaurant […]

The science of chocolate might surprise you

January 14, 2014 by Andrew Leave a Comment

What’s the difference between chocolate, cocoa and cacao? The latter is appearing more often on the ingredients list of “chocolate bars”, after all. In this video the SciShow digs into the truth of chocolate and you might be surprised. Cacao and cocoa, once the same, are now different. Can you believe some people thought cocaine […]

Food for Thought: Should we eat bugs?

January 4, 2014 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This animation by Emma Bryce makes the case that we should consider eating bugs. You’ll probably have to watch it before you’d even consider the idea. The animation was bone by Neighbor and if the narration sounds familiar it is because you’re hearing the voice of Addison Anderson who’s featured on TED-Ed before. In Pure […]

Banana Loch Ness monster

December 1, 2013 by Andrew Leave a Comment

What’s your favourite photograph of the Loch Ness monster? Is it a fake? This Loch Ness monster is certainly faked. It’s a banana not a monster. It’s a puddle not Loch Ness. Despite that; take a look and you’ll still think “I recognise that shape! It’s the Loch Ness monster!” In Pure Spirit The internet […]

The Loch Ness monster appears in Europcar’s food map

November 7, 2013 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Car hire company Europcar have produced this animated food map of the United Kingdom. Viewers start at the top by John O’Groats and the Castle of Mey and can actually drive down the page, using their mouse wheel, until they get to Land’s End. Along the way the car passes through or near to places […]

The Science of Overpopulation

July 21, 2012 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Thanks to modern medicine and better farming techniques there are more people on this world than ever before and we’re all living longer than every before. There is a cost of this. The world has enough food to support 11bn people. There are now 7bn people and yet 1bn of us live without enough food. […]

Hell hot cross buns: “For a limited time. A bit like Jesus”

April 7, 2011 by Andrew 1 Comment

Hell Pizza in New Zealand have (another) advertising campaign that’s upsetting the Church. What have they done? They’re selling hot cruss buns for Easter. The buns are decorated with an inverted pentagram – a symbol commonly associated with Satanism. There’s more. The tagline for the advert – which appears in billboards all over Auckland, the […]

Spaghetti fight on the New York Tube

March 21, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Is it terribly rude of people to eat on the tube? In New York one traveller certainly thought so and went out expressing her distaste. She may well have done it without the sort of diplomatic skills necessary for making your point safely to busy passengers. What follows is foul mouthed exchange. The sound quality […]

Love sweets for Valentine’s Day

February 6, 2010 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The best way to anyone’s heart is through their stomach… or perhaps their mouth; especially if there’s a sweet tooth involved. Why not treat yourself or your loved one to some of these sexy heart sweets? Yum! In Pure Spirit What do you think of sweets like these as a gift idea? Would you like […]

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