Awesome Video Of The Day
The Three Layers of Zwarte Piet
Christmas might be behind us, but I think this video of Zwarte Piet kicking some kid in the face transcends the holiday season.
There are three layers to understanding why this 12 second video is funny. I have some time to kill right now, so I’d be more than happy to walk you through them if you’re interested.
Zwarte Piet (aka Black Pete) is a black slave from Spain who was emancipated by the Dutch Santa Claus (Sinterklaas). Rather than enjoy his freedom alone, he opted instead to accompany Saint Nick on his travels. If Dutch children are good, Zwarte Piet will bring them presents. If they’re bad, he’ll “stuff them in his huge dufflebag and spirit them away to Spain.” That is the first layer.
To continue the grand tradition of Zwarte Piet, the Netherlands have to embrace institutionalized minstrel shows. That’s the second layer in a nutshell.
The third layer is the fact that a kid gets kicked in the face. I’m not sure if that constitutes its own layer of hilarity, but even if it’s just two layers total I’m pretty sure this video is still hilarious. You know - because foreign cultures are weird and it’s funny when kids get kicked in the face.
(Yet Another) Wildcard Week!!!
The Worst Tattoo Of All Time
There comes a time in every man’s life when he takes a look at his accomplishments, takes a moment to ponder them, and decides to get a tattoo of a chick wtih giant tits on his leg. For most of us that’s where it ends, but some of us take it a step further.
And by some of us, I mean this dude right here.
I’ve never really valued the smoothness of my calf, the way the skin follows the bone and muscle in a more-or-less organic way, but maybe that’s because I’ve never HAD SILICONE IMPLANTED IN MY LEG TO GIVE A TATTOO FAKE TITS. I’m not real big on shorts, but I bet this guy is. If you go through the trouble of giving your tattoo a boob job I’d imagine you’d want to show it off. For a while, anyway. My guess is within five years this guy will be wearing pants year-round. Then his one friend will be like, “Dude, why aren’t you showing off Betty?” and he’ll be like “Who’s Betty?” and his friend will be like “You know… BETTY?! The tattoo?!” Then he’ll sign off of AIM real quick, eat some Ho Hos, prank his ex-girlfriend from 7 years ago and watch the Cheaters marathon until he falls asleep on his mom’s couch.
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January 5th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
D’oh! I’ve been snoped! And I could’ve sworn it was true. Ah well, thanks for the information.
January 5th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
kingmonkey: naw, you won’t get kicked in the face. A song goes like this though: “if you’re bad you’ll get the birching”. Which is a punishment “rod” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birching).
Nowadays everyone just receives candy though, even the bullies.
January 1st, 2008 at 7:19 am
Coca cola didn’t invent the modern Santa: http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/santa.asp
January 1st, 2008 at 1:14 am
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! AND WAR… DAMN….EAGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 28th, 2007 at 10:06 am
So, if you’re good, Zwarte Piet will give you gifts, and if you’re bad, he’ll kick you in the face? It must suck for some Dutch kids to have such a rude awakening on Christmas morning. (I must point out that when I saw the kid get kicked, for some reason, I wanted to yell “Oh my god! Casnadian Destroyer! Paranoia!” which indicates that I read http://www.cracked.com to much.)
December 27th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
You’re all missing the point. The real story about Zwarte Piet here is the degree of “badliness” that the kid getting kicked in the face incurred in. Was he extra bad, and that’s why he got kicked in the face? Or was he not so bad, and that’s why he got kicked in the face? I mean, think about it, would you prefer a free trip to Spain or a free kick in the face? Which brings us to another subject: is Dick Cheney the American version of Swarte Piet, but instead of taking kids to Spain, he shoots old men in the face?
December 27th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
WTF?? I love the tattoo story!!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
That’s the thing with people who get tattoos and the like to look “different” and “unique”…now so many people have tattoos that you have to take it to some sort of extreme to really be “different”….even people with large visible tats on their arms or neck etc. aren’t really that unusual or unique, so some folk decide that to take really extreme measures like this idiot.
Any other ideas for a 3D tattoo? I’d go for a tattoo of Bennett from the classic movie ‘Commando’, and have silicon implants to obtain a lovely round beer-gut for him.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
That’s an expensive way to go with the tattooing. I have one myself, but I think I’ll refrain from having stuff implanted under the skin.
December 27th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Personally, I find the idea of Zwarte Piet and the whole Dutch Sinterklaas myth to be way funnier than a child getting kicked in the face. If this Nooner were a cake, Zwarte Piet would be the cake itself and the kid getting kicked in the face would be the frosting.
The sweet, sweet frosting.
December 27th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Ha ha, that’s one awesomely weird tattoo.
December 27th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
OH YES SO FUNNY A CHILD GETS KICKED IN THE FACE ACCIDENTALLY
I guess it’s not my kind of humour, but then again I never really had to laugh at peoples’ misfortunes.
In other news: Sinterklaas existed way before Santa and Coca Cola basically just ripped off the whole idea.