Tag Archives: gross

SOHO: Bedbugs Shut Down Hollister Store

New York City’s neverending battle with bedbugs has gone retail. Via Gothamist: Hollister, the teen-oriented clothing store that’s a subsidiary of Abercrombie & Fitch, was shut down yesterday due to what one employee described as “a massive bedbug outbreak” at the four-story SoHo flagship location. And according to our source, who spoke on condition of anonymity so that he/she wouldn’t …

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The Lasandwich

Just hitting the shelves of the UK-based supermarket chain Tesco is the lasagne sandwich. And you thought KFC’s Double Down was gross. The Guardian’s food blogger has a field day. The first thing that hits you on opening the packet is a faint but distinct whiff of tuna, an inauspicious start for a beefy sandwich. Biting down, the texture is …

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Uganda’s Rev. Martin Ssempa, Remixed

Uganda’s Rev. Martin Ssempa, who wants the death penalty for homosexuality, has been showing extreme fetish porn to horrified audiences as proof that all gay men need to put to death. And as things goes in YouTube-land, Ssempa has been remixed. Some will find this hilarious, some definitely will not. NSFW! SRSLY!

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Hands-Free Subway Safety

Jen Carlson at Gothamist tips us to this entry on Subway Douchery. Jen: “Impressive, but, we’re pretty sure this is how one contracts pink eye.”

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Why, Superman, Why?

Seriously, WTF is Microsoft thinking? Do NOT press play unless you are truly ready to be grossed out. You have been warned.

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Not To Be A Category Tag On XTube

Today in bizarre police news: A convicted child molester was found naked and bleeding behind a Brooklyn building – a victim of sexual self-mutilation, police sources said. Sources said that Damiene Iriarte, 26, was found in Fort Greene with the tip of his penis bitten off. “How he did it? Limber, I guess. Not the work of a sane mind,” …

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Daily Grumble

You know, I was soooo careful not to overdo it this weekend. Twelve hours of sleep before the party. Fully hydrated for the duration. Ten hours of sleep Sunday night. But then last night I had to check out a new UES restaurant whose name starts and ends with a vowel. Four hours later I was Googling “food poisoning” and …

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Shelley, Warrior Princess

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Waiter, There’s 100 Roaches In My Soup

Serendipity 3, the famous Manhattan restaurant with the never-purchased $25,000 dessert, was closed by the Department of Health on Wednesday. Inspectors found stagnant water, mouse droppings, house flies, fruit flies, and more than 100 live cockroaches. Mmmm, sprinkles.

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