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Thursday 30 March 2023 Dublin: 11°C

# Fail

All time
# not a selfie
Loads of people don't know what a selfie is
Don’t want to be all by yourselfie in the clueless camp now, do you?
# whoops
Supermarket chain Iceland might want to reconsider this marketing slogan
Ah now.
# graphic detail
10 times news graphics went terribly, terribly wrong
Let’s all be grateful that our work mistakes aren’t portrayed live on television.
# crime fail
Incompetent burglar thwarted because he pulled door marked 'push'
CCTV video shows the man pulling on the door for several minutes.
# Fail
Fan tries to videobomb reporter, falls amusingly on his arse
It didn’t go quite to plan.
# Brazil
Topless rights protest attracts just four women... and over 100 photographers
Under Brazil’s penal code, which dates back to the 1940s, female toplessness is an “obscene act,” punishable by three months to a year in prison, or fines. Even the law’s critics admit few are prosecuted.
# jump around
Proof that cats can be just as clumsy as humans
This little guy is excellent at jumping. Just excellent.
# Fail
Everyone please stop posting your bank card details on Twitter
Just stop.
# Fail
Paraglider takeoff goes horribly, horribly wrong
Wait for it…
# bad employees
13 people who had just one job, dammit
Jobs are hard.
# internetland
'Fail', 'twerking' and 404: the top 20 words of 2013
Internet culture rules the world, apparently.
# logging off
Man attempts to cross stream on a log, fails miserably
This is a master-class in how not to cross a stream.
# she's electric
'Bare bum electric fence challenge' has a crap ending
Apparently the ‘Bare bum electric fence challenge’ is a thing.
# Whoopsie
Hope this delivery man isn't carrying your parcels
Because he’s not great at it.
# holey show
WATCH: Man accidentally smashes bowling ball through ceiling
WHOOPSIE!
# Fail
This guy totally deserves what's coming to him
Look at him acting the maggot. Eejit.
# Fail
Tow truck driver watches helplessly as car rolls downhill
“You have to be kidding me.”
# morto
Chinese government officials star in year's worst Photoshop fail
Mad graphics skillz.
# Fail
WATCH: Thief tries to steal iPad from shop, fails miserably
And they really made an effort too.
# try try again
Is this the worst attempt to leave a car park of all time?
Four minutes. Four minutes of backing and forthing.
# Ouch
Girl attempts to ride motorbike, fails spectacularly
You’re supposed to go AROUND the trailer.
# Stock Markets
Twitter IPO boosts stock of bankrupt company Tweeter
In their excitement to get their hands on a piece of Twitter, investors bought over 11 million shares in a company that has been bankrupt for six years.
# Your Say
Poll: How will you vote in the Court of Appeal referendum?
Do you want the new court to be established or for our courts system to remain the same?
# Your Say
Poll: How will you vote in the Seanad referendum?
Do you want the Seanad saved or abolished?
# Fail
Armenian winger gives a lesson in how not to take a corner kick
Aras Ozbiliz, this is your life…
# Unlucky for Some
13 people to avoid on Friday 13th
Because if anyone’s having bad luck, it’s going to be these guys.
# Fail
Newsnight acknowledges editor's Twitter mishap in credits
The programme’s editor was forced to apologise.
# world fail
The 'Girl Setting Herself On Fire Twerking' video was a fake
And it was all the work of Jimmy Kimmel. Here’s what happened…
# ropey
This is how not to back-flip off a rope swing
That’s gotta hurt.
# Fail
The DOs and DON'Ts of epic logo fails
Some of the best and worst, right here. (Possibly NSFW.)
# Fail
11 ways life can trip you up as a kid
And one child who has it ALL FIGURED OUT.
# so sorry
We're sorry, but these images will fill you with rage
Deep breaths.
# Handy guide
What not to do: 11 lessons we can all learn from athletes on Twitter
It’s a minefield out there, Tweeps. Here are some invaluable cautionary tales.
# your fired
None of these people know the difference between 'your' and 'you're'
So many apostrophe fails. And feels.
# jaugger-not
Soldier meets his match in tree tackle fail
That’s gotta hurt his ego.
# Fail
VIDEO: Why Cristiano Ronaldo shouldn't quit his day job anytime soon
The footballer’s talent doesn’t quite extend to baseball, seemingly.
# doggy don't
This dog needs to go back to dog school
He’s missed one of the basics.
# LEAF IT AHT
Little kid fails spectacularly at jumping into leaves
So close, yet so far.
# Oops
Company left with 5,000 unsold plates after predicting royal princess
Get yisser royal princess souvenirs, 50 for 149.
# foreclosure fail
Bank breaks into wrong house, repossesses it, sells owner's belongings
It wasn’t even her bank!