Mad World: Married, muddy, and mildly insane

This annual tradition set against the backdrop of Newry Maine isnrsquot your typical couplesrsquo retreat Here itrsquos about carrying your partner not just emotionally but physically through a 254metre obstacle course One contestant actually showed up as Mr Incredible lugging his wife onto his back Another pair showed up in bright pink outfits only to end up in the mud pit Open to all married couples the 25th North American WifeCarrying championship concluded just this weekSpouses race at the 25th North American WifeCarrying championshipThis sport harks back to a Finnish tale involving Ronkainen the Robber and his band of kidnappers who would haul women from villages More criminal sexual assault than romcom but itrsquos now a competition in Maine where you might leave with your partnerrsquos weight in beer Now thatrsquos romanticCouple dress up as animated movie characters The Incredibles PicsNYPOSTThis 254metre race during which contestants splash through water leap over logs and trudge through mud is one of a kind The rules Donrsquot drop your partner in the mud although it happenshellip a lot keep smiling through the pain and aim for the sweet prize at the end Five times the lsquowifersquosrsquo weight in cash and their weight in beer The rest is just messy laughoutloud chaos as couples struggle to stay upright while enduring the ultimate test of love and balanceFeathers vs fencesWhat happens when protected parrots and a tiny town mix An invasion that drives everyone nutsParrots have colonised Hilario Ascasubi in Argentina Not metaphorically literally Cliff parakeets have turned this small town into their personal playground with some 70000 of them swooping in to feast on electrical wires Itrsquos a scene straight out of a feathery horror movie for an ornithophobeParrots stand on power lines in the town of Hilario Ascasubi PICREUTERSImagine working on a deadline as greenfeathered parrots gnaw away at all important cables or dodging birds that divebombs as you on the walk to work And the noise Letrsquos just say sleep isnrsquot on the menu Hilario Ascasubirsquos 5000 residents are outnumbered 15to1 and despite noise bombs lasers and countless prayers the parrots keep coming backBut the plot thickens turns out these parrots arenrsquot villainous Theyrsquore refugees driven out of their natural habitat by deforestation and agricultural expansion in Buenos Aires and its surrounding areas Now theyrsquove found their own paradise We built the cities now wersquore paying the price one squawk at a timeIn da clerb we all famPicTablet MagazineA viral TikTok soundbite ldquoIn da clerb we all famrdquo has Broad City fans reliving the showrsquos glory days The iconic dialogue delivered by Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer in the sitcom now soundtracks thousands of videos with singers such as Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter joining the fun This is reminding everyone of the duorsquos original humourAntarctic lsquodoorrsquo debunkedPIC NYPOSTA mysterious ldquodoorwayrdquo spotted in east Antarctica on Google Maps has sparked wild online conspiracy theories with some speculating itrsquos a hidden military base or a stranded spaceship However scientists quickly debunked the hype explaining itrsquos just an iceberg stuck in shallow water creating an illusion of a door Glaciologists confirmed the phenomenon is a natural one Nothing Narnia hereBreak dancerrsquos BumpPCOdditycentralNineteen years of breakdancing caused one man to develop a painful ldquoheadspin holerdquo a bump on his scalp due to the frequent headspinning One could say the rhythm did get the man in his 30s This rare condition known as ldquobreakdancer overuse syndromerdquo results from continuous pressure on the head leading to hair loss and bulging Despite the discomfort the dancer kept spinning because well breakdancing never stopsBanquet on wheelsTransformer trucks that morph into banquet halls in just six minutes have gained popularity in Chinarsquos rural areas First appearing in Inner Mongolia these mobile venues can accommodate up to 200 people and are rented for weddings festivals and parties Complete with air conditioning projection screens and karaoke equipment theyrsquore a hit despite their hefty cost Throwaway artA new elevator technician at the Dutch LAM Museum accidentally threw away a modern artworkmdashtwo beer cans handpainted by French artist Alexandre Lavet Titled ldquoAll The Good Times We Spent Togetherrdquo it was understandably mistaken for garbage Thankfully the ldquotrashrdquo was rescued from the bin just in time