This Week in WTF, November 15, 2013

– They’ll save a bundle on the overhead for concessions: The producers of the Hunger Games film franchise are reportedly looking into theme park possibilities (h/t LGM). Thanks, but I’ve already seen The Running Man.

– I wonder if the Fleshlight people know about this: Speaking of simulations, doctors have a new opportunity to practice prostate exams, thanks to what I’m going to call a butt simulator (h/t Sarah):

The butt has a name, it’s Patrick. The doctors in training can talk to and gesture with Patrick. Patrick’s butt has embedded sensors to measure the pressure and Patrick can talk about his fears. Life is but a video game.

No word on whether doctors can unlock achievements by progressing further through Patrick’s anus.

Photo via Gizmodo (I may have modified it slightly...)

Photo via Gizmodo (I may have modified it slightly…)

– iPathos: A Roomba in Austria may have made history by being the first robot to commit suicide:

The little dirt-sucker, model 760, reportedly turned itself on, rolled onto a hot plate, and set itself ablaze in Kirchdorf, Austria. When firefighters arrived on the scene, all that was left of the little fellow was a pile of ash. Freaky.

– To be fair, they’re already made of plastic: Department-store mannequins in Venezuela are apparently getting less realistic:

[T]he new shop-window favourite in Venezuela is apparently a fibreglass model sporting a dramatically enlarged bust, an unnaturally sculpted rear, a tiny wasp waist and never-ending, super-skinny legs.

According to the New York Times, mannequin manufacturer Eliezer Álvarez has transformed his business by introducing a line of shop-window dummies based on the exaggerated body shape he thinks Venezuelan women would really like – and, increasingly, are giving themselves with implants and plastic surgery.

– This seems a little too ironic: Burglar dies while stuck inside chimney of law firm.

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