Best of the Web – Pole Pull-down

Thursday 21st July 2011, 4:00PM BST.

Every day, we scour the web to find the most interesting, funniest and most talked about pages on the Internet to keep you going until home time.

Seen something brilliant? Let us know in the comments below and we may use it in tomorrow’s edition.

Our new favourite game – Pole Pull-down

When it comes to mixing danger and lunacy with fun and games, the Japanese have long been the masters of the art.

And those who remember Endurance and Takeshi’s Castle will surely love this traditional Japanese game known as Bo-Taoshi, or ‘pole pull-down.’

There are two teams of 75 and one pole. One team has to keep it standing upright, the other has to pull it down.

And from this video, those seem to be the only rules. Cue two minutes of absolute carnage as 150 men have an almighty scrap and, inevitably, the pole comes crashing down.

Hacking scandal – Simpsons style

What if all of the major players in the hacking scandal were cast members of The Simpsons is the one question that nobody had on their lips.

But ShortList spotted the resemblences and created this brilliant online gallery of lookalikes.

And when you look at it, it all starts to make sense. Sideshow Bob as Rebekah Brooks, Mr. Burns as Rupert Murdoch and Troy McClure as Hugh Grant.

It’s just uncanny.

What has made you laugh today? And what should we be featuring tomorrow? Let us know below:

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Liz D

July 22, 2011 at 2:47 pm

Have a look at Merlin Responds’ posts on your very own site, in the Wolves news.

They made my husband laugh out loud, he doesn’t often do that. And before you ask, my husband is a Wolves fan.

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