Results tagged “fun” from The official blog of Vat19.com

You know us, you love us, you buy from us. But do you know how we got our name? We get asked "What does Vat19 mean?" quite often, so we thought we'd address answering this question in a fun and unique way. That's just how we roll.

Below is a video we made of one possible answer to this Burning Question, but we want to know what YOU think Vat19 means. How do YOU think we got our name? Post a video response to our YouTube video or send us an email with your story. You never know, we just might send out cool prizes or coupon codes to those who submit awesome stories, so get creative!

These Crayon Rings are pretty neat looking. You probably can't color very well while wearing them on your fingers, but they are still a fun shape. The set of 8 rings costs $50, which is a lot to spend on crayons for kids. They'd probably break quickly!

If you want to find a unique coloring gift for kids that is affordable and durable, check out Smencils Scented Colored Pencils.

Water toys seem to get more and more extravagant (and expensive!) with each summer. The Inflatable Iceberg Floating Climbing Wall is huge and obnoxious. If you bring this to the lake, people are going to stare...and be jealous.

This thing comes in several sizes: 8', 14', and 20'. Each size is big enough to feature a climbing wall. The 20-foot version even has a slide. Even without the slide, it'd still be lots of fun to jump off of.

If you are thinking about buying one of these, be prepared to spend between $5,000 and $6,000.

Need a unique gift for the daredevil in your family? Check out the Flybar 800.

It may not look like much in the photo, but the Flybar 800 is pretty much a pogo stick on steroids. With a patented system of rubber spring elements (as opposed to the traditional steel) that can be adjusted for the needs of the rider, it can get you jumping over 4 feet in the air. Um, that's high. And if it's not high enough, you can get the Flybar 1200, which has the potential to get you soaring over 5 feet in the air. Frankly, I'd be scared to get on this thing, but the fun potential is so great that I just may have to try it if I ever got the chance.

At about $200-$250, the price tag is a little hefty, but the right gift recipient would probably love you forever.

Did you ever have to take keyboarding class in school? It was really boring and you wanted to slap your teacher when she came to your desk and held a folder over the keyboard so you couldn't look at your hands. The class would have been more fun (and I use the term fun loosely here) if you could play games while improving your super fast typing skills.

TypeRacer lets you race against other users. Keyboarding class would've been better if you were racing against your friends (and enemies). Ultimately the nerds would prevail, and then the cool kids would decide to make it uncool to be a fast typer. Life's rough.

As you type out sentences (watch out, punctuation matters!), your little car moves further along. When I tested it out, the sentences ended up being quotes from a movie, and of course, there's a link to buy the movie. No harm in trying to make a little money in exchange for providing a silly typing diversion, right?

I flew past my competitors at 83 wpm. I don't think that is very good, but user Cody came in last at 32 wpm. Cody is probably an 8-year-old, but a win is a win!

You can also do a speed test at 10 Fast Fingers. This is a no frills speed test. No cute little cars. No odd movie lines. No competitors. However, you do get a ranking among the hundreds of thousands of people who have played.

74 words

Speed test

In my defense of that score, they randomly threw in one capitalized word "Indian". Out of no where I had to use the dang Shift key. My pinkie was totally unprepared to make that move.

See how fast (or slow) you type and leave your score in the comments. If you get caught by your boss, he can't get mad at you. It improves your on-the-job skills!

Imagine living on a street called Chicken Dinner Road. How would you even begin to tell someone directions to your house? "It's the big yellow house on Chicken Dinner Road." (insert deafening laughter) I think I would have to move in that situation. But anyways, I saw a blog the other day commenting on strange street names and I got to thinking of the craziest street I've ever heard of. Well, apparently I had nothing even slightly compared to these:

• Stoner Avenue - AR


• W. Jackass Hill Rd. - CO


• Peepee Falls St. - HI


• Hell for Certain - KY


• Oink Joint Rd. - MN


• Big Mama Dr. - MS


• Bad Route Rd. - MT


• Farfrompoopen Rd. - AR
(The only road leading up to Constipation Ridge)


• Bucket of Blood St. - AZ


• Divorce Ct. - PA


• Psycho Path - MI


• Chicken Gristle Rd. - TX


• Butt Hollow Rd. - WA

But don't worry, I've saved the best for last. These intersection names take the cake.

• Young & Easy - FL


• Lonesome & Hardup - GA


• Church & State - IL


• Nixon & Bluett - MI


• 69th & Cuming - NE


• Hooker & Pleasure - WI


• Clinton & Fidelity - TX


• High & Dry - IL

I must admit, some of these city's planners were quite humorous individuals. Nice work fellas, nice work.

Since pretty much everyone can appreciate the occasional online game break, we’ve decided to offer up some of our favorites. To make our list, they needed to meet three criteria:

·No downloads. (Unless your web browser is missing the appropriate plug-ins)
·Easy to learn. All of the games below are extremely easy to learn, and a few are variations on classic board games.
·Fun. No matter how simple or easy they may be, some games are just not fun (we’re looking at you, Every Second Counts.)


So without wasting any more of your time, here’s the list:

10. QWERTY Warriors – If Mavis Beacon’s typing games got you all hot and bothered, you’ll love QWERTY Warrors. You play the role of a little guy in the middle of a field as all kinds of robotic enemies advance towards you. To kill them, you type their “name” and hit Enter.

9. The Like Better Game - This is the kind of “game” that appeals to people who sit around taking personality tests and posting them to their MySpace profiles. The site shows you a series of pictures and you just click on the one you like better. Every so often, the little pink brain will light up to let you know that it knows something about you (based on your choices).

8. Word Puzzles - If you like getting headaches, you’ll love the lateral thinking and logic puzzles at Folj.com. They offer hints and solutions, so you won’t go through all that suffering without the sweet release of knowing the true answer.

7. Web Sudoku - Unlike pencil and paper version of the game, Web Sudoku has a feature called “How am I Doing?” that allows you to check your work at any time.

6. Shuffle - All you have to do with this one is use your red balls to knock off the opponents yellow balls. It’s incredibly simple and totally addictive.

5. Dice Mogul - Dice Mogul is like Monopoly with a mean streak. In addition to buying properties and adding buildings, you can get bonuses that allow you to steal properties or delete an opponent’s bonuses.

4. Sim City Classic - Unfortunately, you’ll have to register for this one. It’s worth it, though. If you grew up with computers, you’ll almost definitely feel a bit nostalgic playing the original SimCity.

3. Trivial Blitz - They supply the category, you select the boxes that fit in the category. You get more money with each selection, but you risk it all with each move.

2. BoomShine - Deceptively simple. You click the dot and it expands, setting off a chain reaction of expanding dots with each one it touches. Your goal is to include as many dots as possible in each chain reaction.

1. Quick Stack - Quick Stack is quick, simple, colorful, and highly addictive. The upside, though, is that you’ll probably get sick of in less than 20 minutes, so it won’t distract you from too much work.