For Children But Amazing
These days, large companies find cleverer and cleverer ways to sell products, advertise services and even make something that no one wants to listen to sound interesting. When a small child thrust this video in front of my face I did what I usually do in this situation. I smiled and pretended to be interested. Ok, I know that sounds a little mean, but after being shown over a hundred videos of cats falling off desks it’s hard to stay interested.
To my surprise, after only 5 seconds of watching this one, my head was swaying back and forth and I knew that I had no choice but to watch it to the end.
Fun But Educational
Around November 2012, Metro Trains of Melbourne (Australia) released a public announcement video to educate people about train and rail safety. We all know that this is an extremely important issue, especially for children, but we also know that when anyone even mentions trains we fall asleep. Metro Trains did a great job in finding a way to spread the rail safety message and make it memorable.
It was so liked in-fact that it soon became a popular game, and led to hundreds of video parodies. Take a look at the video and I guarantee it will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day.
Dumb Ways To Die Lyrics
Set fire to your hair
Poke a stick at a grizzly bear
Eat medicine that’s out of date
Use your private parts as piranha bait
(Chorus)
Dumb ways to die
So many dumb ways to die
Dumb ways to di-ie-ie
So many dumb ways to die
Get your toast out with a fork
Do your own electrical work
Teach yourself how to fly
Eat a two-week-old un-refrigerated pie
(Chorus)
Invite a psycho-killer inside
Scratch a drug dealer’s brand new ride
Take your helmet off in outer space
Use a clothes dryer as a hiding place
(Chorus)
Keep a rattlesnake as a pet
Sell both your kidneys on the Internet
Eat a tube of superglue
I wonder, what’s this red button do?
(Chorus)
Dress up like a moose during hunting season
Disturb a nest of wasps for no good reason
Stand on the edge of a train station platform
Drive around the boom gates at a level crossing
Run across the tracks between the platforms
They may not rhyme but they’re quite possibly
The dumbest ways to die
The dumbest ways to die
The dumbest ways to di-ie-ie-ie
So many dumb
So many dumb ways to die
