Did You See That?
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Did You See That?
Soccer crests
Welcome to another installment of <italics>Did You See That?</italics>, the gallery that remains a shell of its former self while it tries to egg you on to the next frame. But since you're here, you might as well eyeball the scintillating selection of football club logos on display at Wayan Sadra's workshop in Bali. It's a know fact that you can't play soccer without a Bali where the 50-year-old Sadra started his distinctive painting business in 1997. It now attracts customers from Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands. No yoke.
Rabbit Steeple Chase
Now that his heaviest workday of the year is behind him, the famed Easter Bunny has gone back to his rigorous training at the Old Town Square in Prague. The sport of rabbit jumping is popular in northern Europe where E. Bunny has gone to seek a lucrative career in track and field with an eye on the 2016 Olympics.
Soccer fan
Gettin' Wigan with it at Wembley where the Arse booted her heroes in a shootout in the FA Cup Semifinal.
International Kite Meeting
On the beach of the northern French resort town of Berck-sur-Mer during the 28th International flyfest, proof that the whale inspired the design of mankind's beloved blimps (Goodyear, MetLife) and Zeppelins (Graf, Led).
Anori
Meanwhile in Wuppertal, Germany, a northern relative of the inspiration for the iconic beer logo was on display. According to scientists, as sea ice advances and retreats each year, some polar bears travel thousands of miles, thus their natural attachment to traffic cones, which they rely on for navigation.
Crazy Daisy
Birgit Dieker's rocket made from female mannequins stands ready for launch in Bingen am Rhein on the banks of the Rhine River in Germany. Crazy Daisy looks like a natural for a trip to Venus and the Planet of Women.
Grumpy Cat
The famous feline was obviously thrilled to attend the 2014 MTV Movie Awards at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
Jessica Alba, Zac Efrom and Rita Ora
The ladies were ga-ga over the winner of this year's Best Shirtless Performance award for <italics>That Awkward Moment</italics> at the MTV Movie Awards.
Prince William
During a Royal visit to Latimer Square in Christchurch, Bill deftly employs a cricket bat to defend himself from what appears to be a tomato cast in his direction. The beloved prince, his spouse Kate, and their rollicking son George are on a three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia.
TUF Nations Finale
Canada's Sarah Kaufman saluted her countrymen while weighing in at Quebec City's Colisee Pepsi before her Ultimate Fighting bantamweight bout vs. Leslie Smith of the USA. Kaufman gave Smith the Great White what-for and was rewarded with a unanimous decision to move on to the next frame.
Al Marmoom Heritage Festival
<italics>Vroom vroom Al Marmoom:</italics> A filtered camel is flogged on to glory by a robot jockey at the Al Marmoom Camel Racetrack in Dubai. The festival promotes the region's traditional sport and there's nothing more traditional than robot jockeys.
Lionel Messi
Lionel makes a messi: Barcelona's star forward was the spitting image of dignity during his team's Copa del Rey (King's Spittoon) final "Clasico" football match vs. Real Madrid (not to be confused with Unreal Madrid of the Surrealist League) in Valencia.
Ducks Power Player
The Ducks' wily use of cheap tricks such as sending a comely wench past their opponents' bench at opportune times worked to perfection in their first two playoff games at Anaheim's Honda Center. Distracted, the Dallas Stars lost a pair of one-goal games and went home muttering and vowing revenge in Game 3 on their ice.
Kim Jong Un
Dennis Rodman's b-ball buddy, the notoriously natty North Korean dictator, received a little touch up from a protester during a rally against his (Kim Jung Un's, not Dennis Rodman's) recent missile launches and provocative acts such as ordering all males to sport his distinctive hair-do.
Condoleeza Rice and Arnold Palmer
A leak on the links? The former U.S. Secretary may have been caught passing state secrets to the legendary duffer at the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga.
Zebras
In the wild, referees are naturally much happier than they are in the confines of stadiums and arenas where they are frequently subjected to abuse.
Phillie Phanatic
The famed mascot kindly vacuumed Braves broadcaster Tom Hart's rug at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
CC Sabathia
The newly svelte New York Yankee hurler, who's shed quite a few cc's in recent months, gleefully pointed out that his team had turned a rare triple play against the Rays of Tampa Bay.
Motorsports in Minsk
The cycle of life: Two tots tearin' up a town park in the capital of Belarus.
Sexy Beasts photo call
The devil takes the hindmost at Hotel Majestic Jettyon in Cannes, France. And so it is only fitting that we conclude this week's infernal collection of photographic wonderment.