"You won't often see a billfold like that."

January 22, 2012 7:38 PM

The "unique abdominal dexterity" of Helena Vlahos.
posted by hermitosis (29 comments total)

I have the weirdest urge to do laundry right now.
posted by loquacious at 7:44 PM on January 22 [16 favorites]

I'm so glad she found her calling as a belly dancer. I ran into her when she was working at a newspaper stand outside Grand Central Station, and it was the most frustrating transaction I have ever endured.
posted by Clyde Mnestra at 7:52 PM on January 22 [29 favorites]

Oh, Topper!
posted by XMLicious at 7:53 PM on January 22 [4 favorites]

you got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:53 PM on January 22 [7 favorites]

The British accent & formal wear add just the right touch of class to the proceedings.
posted by R. Mutt at 7:56 PM on January 22 [3 favorites]

Wow! Lots of videos of amazing women on Mefi tonight!
posted by Redhush at 7:58 PM on January 22

Aannnnd it's probably time to shut the laptop.
posted by pwally at 8:02 PM on January 22

I hope that she uses her powers to fight laser-saur, which would explain the outfit.
posted by poe at 8:02 PM on January 22 [3 favorites]

If you need me, I'll be on my coin-operated vibrating massage bed.
posted by planet at 8:16 PM on January 22 [1 favorite]

Woah, that's skill. I would not want to challenge her to a sit-up competition, definitely.
posted by Forktine at 8:22 PM on January 22 [2 favorites]

!
posted by the young rope-rider at 8:23 PM on January 22

This had me on the edge of my seat like it was high-wire acrobatics. I can't fathom why I found this so engrossing, but I wouldn't deny it, either.
posted by I've wasted my life at 8:29 PM on January 22

I'm trying to think of a way to work this video into a presentation I'm doing on the Euro crisis.
posted by storybored at 8:35 PM on January 22 [7 favorites]

This had me on the edge of my seat like it was high-wire acrobatics. I can't fathom why I found this so engrossing, but I wouldn't deny it, either.
posted by I've wasted my life at 11:29 PM on January 22 [+] [!]

There's some kind of canned meme response for this....e...something.
posted by nzero at 8:45 PM on January 22 [1 favorite]

"To coin a phrase..." - just couldn't resist, could he. *sigh*
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:00 PM on January 22 [1 favorite]

Oh, Topper!
posted by XMLicious at 7:53 PM on January 22 [1 favorite +] [!]

What the Hell did I just watch?!?!
posted by rebent at 9:28 PM on January 22

The British accent & formal wear add just the right touch of class to the proceedings.

Of course, this was the last time David Frost allowed someone to get away with lying during an interview with him.
posted by rh at 9:33 PM on January 22 [1 favorite]

What the Hell did I just watch?!?!

That's just an average Saturday night at Charlie Sheen's house.

Just kidding, that's the timeless sex scene from Hot Shots.
posted by XMLicious at 9:39 PM on January 22 [1 favorite]

I remember seeing this trick on That's Incredible back in the 70s.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 9:43 PM on January 22 [2 favorites]

That thing is prehensile!
posted by bicyclefish at 9:43 PM on January 22

I tried to focus on the coins, I really did, but then cleavage.
posted by orme at 10:31 PM on January 22

The Aristocrat?
posted by jaduncan at 11:10 PM on January 22

Great! beautiful woman laying on floor, middle aged man standing over her and they put the subtitles where?
posted by psycho-alchemy at 12:24 AM on January 23

is it wrong for me to say, MILF!
posted by Saxon Kane at 5:22 AM on January 23

Gorgeous! I'm working on an epic poem in honour of this woman's magnificent ventral dexterity. Does anyone have a rhyme for "roll buck yourself"?
posted by Mike D at 5:37 AM on January 23

The music, her outfit, his outfit, the very british detachment and the jokes about inflation...one can't write that stuff!
posted by elpapacito at 6:56 AM on January 23

That's Incredible!
posted by Chuffy at 10:10 AM on January 23

Like Papa Bell, I saw this on TV in the 70's. Most of the belly dancers I knew had nothing resembling that control.
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 8:20 PM on January 23

Amazing, yes, and it led me to several other bellydance videos, and a comment that "You don't see any male belly dancers," which led to "Google it," and behold also pretty amazing or perhaps astonishing is a better word.
posted by Listener at 11:39 PM on January 23