Sideswipe: August 5: Something for the weekend

If ever you wanted to go to a fancy dress party as a startled horse... Photo / Supplied

An invention waiting to happen: This from a 1951 issue of Popular Science, in a section titled, 'I'd Like To See Them Make..."

Look at this: This picture just makes me smile (and we could all do with a bit of that eh?)

Action: The police car of PC Dan Pascoe is hit by a man driving a stolen vehicle, sending the officer flying. Amazingly, he was got up and gave chase...

Quick Cat Clip: Wait for it, wait for it...

Food: This is seriously freaky. Hang on! Wait! Before you click through you should know that this is a video of a Japanese dish called odori-don, which is a live squid with its head removed and served on top of a bowl of sushi rice, with sashimi prepared from the head and assorted other seafood and seasoned with soy sauce, poured on top of the squid to make it 'dance'."

They didn't? Yes. They. Did. Of all the stupid branding of energy drinks this has to be the most stupid. (Mrs Slocombe will be turning in her grave)

Forty Fords: I've always had a bit of a crush on Harrison Ford....Great illustration to celebrate Harrison Ford's most famous characters as he clocks up his 40th credited big-screen appearance in Cowboys & Aliens

That's damn interesting: A cool 360 look inside the space shuttle cockpit.

Video: Simon and Nicole (a couple of patriotic Kiwi rugby fans stranded in Sydney) have entered this video in a competition that Qantas are running - for Wallabies Supporters to show their love for the small kangaroos and win a road trip around New Zealand during the Rugby World Cup."We won't win, but we'd do anything to get home for it ...anyway it'll be worth it to wind up our Kiwi bashing Aussie mates," says Simon.