Sideswipe: July 22: Something for the Weekend

Ken seen through the ages with 70s Ken bearing a strong resemblance to singer, Neil Diamond. Photo / Supplied

Local

A Dunedin policeman face palms as his partner poses with undie-clad scarfie girls. Now, to his mortification, it's spreading

all over the web

.

He was funny eh bro

NZ on Screen has the trailer for the documentary on the late Billy T James, directed by Ian Mune. It was appointment viewing for me as a kid and although laughing at the cheeky Maori routine felt a little wrong, a follow-up gag at the expense of Pakeha somehow made it all ok.

Billy T; Te Movie

releases nationwide on August 18, the 20th anniversary of his untimely death.

How big is your vocab, baby?

By ticking a bunch of words you know the meaning of (be honest)

this dinky little quiz

shows you where you fit with others. Most adults fall in the range 20,000-35,000, with the exact median score being 27,123 words. Don't get too cocky; the words are old and nobody uses them anymore ... Alright, my score was 28,000, which is average.

Smoking Kills

Cool anti-smoking ad

. (NSFW language).

Picture this

For the very first time in recorded history a woman has been found to have a

nipple on her foot

. (Warning: photo may be difficult for the squeamish).

That's damn interesting

The Dangerous Drugs-Identification Kit

was used as a visual aid in school education programs in the 60s. The drugs weren't real, but were "reproduced with exacting fidelity in terms of colour, size, shape, and other distinguishing characteristics." The amphetamines had cute street names like bennies, cartwheels, co-pilots and barbiturates called yellow jackets, red birds and pink ladies, which perhaps didn't make drugs as ominous as schools would've hoped.

Celebrity

Actor performs Clarence's speech from William Shakespeare's

Richard III

using the full gambit of

celebrity's voices

- from Ricky Gervais to Clooney. Fantastic.

Video

Vietnam is a great place to visit, but you have to have your wits about you to cross the road, even on a crossing...