wax on, wax off

January 28, 2005 1:19 PM

gorgeous women getting waxed for the first time (sfw)"There's hardly a square centimeter of nudity in this video for a catchy pop tune by Markus Nikolai, but we're certain there's a bunch of gently sadistic Brazilian wax fetishists out there getting off on the facial expressions of all those cute twentysomething girls with Australian British accents experiencing the skin-wrenching thrill of the wooden spatula for the first time."
posted by tsarfan (44 comments total)

I'm leaving my girlfriend because she refuses to get a Brazilian. Is that petty?
posted by orange clock at 1:23 PM on January 28, 2005

I should probably step out for a smoke or something, right?
posted by jonmc at 1:25 PM on January 28, 2005

Orange Clock...wow, I hope you're joking because my sarcasm meter is going kind of spastic.

The best part of the video was the girl who didn't speak English. "I told her it wouldn't hurt."

Heh.
posted by amandaudoff at 1:25 PM on January 28, 2005

Eh, you're probably doing her a big favor, OC.
posted by LittleMissCranky at 1:26 PM on January 28, 2005

Article about it
posted by jon_kill at 1:32 PM on January 28, 2005

I posted this video to the Fatboy Slim The Joker thread the other day (oh wait, no I didn't. I just mentioned it). It's my favorite Fatboy Slim video, but all his videos are just great.
posted by painquale at 1:40 PM on January 28, 2005

LittleMissCranky, Oooh, Major SNAP!! Actually, that would be a really cool name here, Major Snap!.

People love to see other people in pain, its why people rubberneck at traffic accidents, its why people laugh when a man gets kicked in the balls. Its also one of the ugliest aspects of humanity, I think.
posted by fenriq at 1:52 PM on January 28, 2005

Yeah...isn't this a Fatboy Slim video? Who's Markus Nikolai? And why is the video quality so bad?
posted by fungible at 2:02 PM on January 28, 2005

Reminded me of les facettes du petit mort ... NSFW.
posted by anthill at 2:04 PM on January 28, 2005

I'm a girl and I thought that video was hysterical. My coworkers are wondering why I'm giggling.

I guess I'm degenerate.
posted by u.n. owen at 2:04 PM on January 28, 2005

what's the perfumed garden without the foliage????
posted by terrymiles at 2:06 PM on January 28, 2005

WTF is an Australian British accent?
posted by psmealey at 2:07 PM on January 28, 2005

It didn't look THAT painful. And I must say that for the duration of the thing I completely forgot all my troubles. Mmm. Nice. Oh, I think the soundtrack helped alot!
posted by snsranch at 2:07 PM on January 28, 2005

it's Markus Nicolai's "Bushes" (heh) - dunno why you think it's Fatboy.
posted by mrgrimm at 2:10 PM on January 28, 2005

jonmc - I admire your fortitude.
posted by Juicylicious at 2:11 PM on January 28, 2005

what's the perfumed garden without the foliage????

a desert oasis?
posted by Igor XA at 2:11 PM on January 28, 2005

"Once by my boyfriend by accident."

Heh.
posted by howling fantods at 2:13 PM on January 28, 2005

As much as Markus' track got played, this is (by far) the best use of Bushes.
posted by basicchannel at 2:15 PM on January 28, 2005

Boring.
posted by jsavimbi at 2:17 PM on January 28, 2005

Orange Clock: Show her the way. Step up and have area done first.

Want to know what it's like? Trim your nose hair with a tweezer, this should give you some idea.

Meanwhile, bravo to LittleMissCranky, thanks for the laugh.
posted by fluffycreature at 2:18 PM on January 28, 2005

found this on that same site, which is one of the most disturbingly funny things i've seen in a while.
posted by blendor at 2:27 PM on January 28, 2005

i should add that that link is definitely nsfw.
posted by blendor at 2:28 PM on January 28, 2005

Not to derail the thread, but I had to reply to this:

psmealey: WTF is an Australian British accent?

A valid, although vaguely redundant, description of an accent? Seriously though, if you think about English speakers, they tend to fall into two descriptive categories in terms of pronunciation: British and American. Of course that's a generalization, but I'd say it's a valid one based on past conversations about English accents in the past (and not just in America).

To my untrained American ears, most Aussies sounded just like most of the Britons I'd spoken with in the past. In most cases, whenever I heard anybody describing the way people spoke, most European countries were reduced to "British-sounding" and the Aussies fell into that same category.

It wasn't until I made a few friends and spent some time there that I realized it's more like British with a twist. It's similar, but it is distinct enough. You could just call it an Australian accent, which would be correct, but I think calling it a Australian British accent sounds just as reasonable and slightly more descriptive.

Amusing aside: The Aussie accent is even easier to pick-up without trying than a British accent. While I was on a bus in Argentina, I overheard a woman a few rows ahead of me talking to another woman (both in English). When she caught me paying attention (much to my embarassment), I noted that her voice reminded me of an Austrlian friend, which is where she actually turned out to be living at the time. The only difference was, she was American and had been living there for just 2 years, while my friend was native.
posted by ibidem at 2:30 PM on January 28, 2005

blendor, that was pretty damn funny. Was that originally from the tele?
posted by snsranch at 2:31 PM on January 28, 2005

i wish i knew.. maybe a late night bbc 4 show? perhaps a brit could help out with that.
posted by blendor at 2:38 PM on January 28, 2005

Guys, it's Bo'Selecta - very big in the UK (although I wouldn't be sure this trail ever aired...)
posted by runkelfinker at 3:09 PM on January 28, 2005

I should probably step out for a smoke or something, right?
posted by jonmc at 1:25 PM PST on January 28

Actually jonmc, as soon as I saw this I figured that, if ever there were a time and place for you to share your thoughts on this issue, it'd be right here, right now.

So rant on, you beautiful freak!
posted by stet at 3:12 PM on January 28, 2005

I need some help with blendor's link. Please explain the punchline.

And it's the funniest thing I've seen in ages, also the most bizarre thing.
posted by Keith Talent at 3:13 PM on January 28, 2005

Keith Talent: Looks like the "funny" came with the "weird".
I thought it funny that someone was just talking about "vagina dentata" (or some such) recently here on the blue.
posted by snsranch at 3:21 PM on January 28, 2005

via Fleshbot?
posted by shoepal at 3:24 PM on January 28, 2005

Okay, am I the only one that recognizes the bad bottle blonde with short hair and the yellow Tshirt from some movie? Anyone, anyone???
posted by FlamingBore at 3:28 PM on January 28, 2005

Keith Talent, meet Matthew Kelly. Big in UK light entertainment, with the chequered past to go with it. See also: Michael Barrymore.
posted by runkelfinker at 3:29 PM on January 28, 2005

runkelfinker; thanks, the story behind Matthew Kelly is easily just as funny as his damn skit. Poor damn, funny bastard.
posted by snsranch at 3:41 PM on January 28, 2005

No worries. I found the most succinct description of The Bear on a Morrissey forum of all places:

"The Bear, a cuddly little creature based on Ronnie Corbett who lives in a tree in Hampstead Heath and interviews celebs, usually talking obscene (piss off you fucking knobjockey, for example) and becoming visually aroused if it's a female guest."

With the emphasis on visually.
posted by runkelfinker at 4:11 PM on January 28, 2005

This is the official video for "Bushes" by Markus Nikolai - as mentioned by a couple people already. It was on his label's site for quite awhile but I don't remember which label so perhaps its still there, even.

The reason many people think its by Fatboy is because he played this single at every high-profile gig he had in 2001 and 2002 before Carl Cox and many others also declared it one of the tunes of the year. Huge track, and its also prominent in the last Brighton Beach cd and dvd releases.
posted by jeffmik at 4:22 PM on January 28, 2005

Also, probably, the fact that it clearly says "Norman Cook remix" in the opening credits.
posted by Caviar at 4:54 PM on January 28, 2005

So rant on, you beautiful freak!

Ranted out on this particular subject, cheif. Ultimately, If you want to use your body as a canvas, that's your choice. i prefer to use mine as a scrubber sponge, but hey...
posted by jonmc at 7:42 PM on January 28, 2005

Thanks for the post. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

a bunch of gently sadistic Brazilian wax fetishists... getting off on the facial expressions of all those... girls... experiencing the skin-wrenching thrill of the wooden spatula for the first time."

Wax isn't my cup of tea, but I am a sadist and I have to report that, for the most part, the facial expressions didn't ring my bell. Although, before clicking the link, I rather thought they would.
posted by Clay201 at 9:34 PM on January 28, 2005

ibidem, there's no such thing as a 'British' accent, any more than there is an Australian one. There're a myriad of different accents in the UK, and an equally huge variety inside England itself, or inside Scotland, for example. There're a host of different accents within London itself. Fifty kilometers can take you to an entirely different sound.

Although it's not as pronounced in Australia, it's also true there (as it is in Canada, or America). If you have any sort of ear for it at all, you can quite easily distinguish a west coast Aussie accent from an east coast one, for example.

Your explanation of 'Australian British accent' is plausible, perhaps, but utterly wrong, in my humble.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:30 PM on January 28, 2005

What about the African accent? Neither british nor american, and it is a mothertongue accent...
posted by markesh at 1:20 AM on January 29, 2005

stavros: That's the problem with generalizations, I guess. I didn't mean to sound like an authority (which I doubt I did, but feel I should note). I guess I was just rationalizating why I thought it was a valid descriptor based both on personal observations of accents both in the US and overseas. As overall groups, American, European (which is what I would have used, had "British" not been the example) and Australian seemed valid enough to me based on past personal experience. I've actually been in a position to sit in a room full of people talking and be able to say, "American - Northeast?," "Aussie - No idea," and "Europe... France?" Hardly scientific, but it makes sense in my brain.

I'd elaborate, but I'm pretty sure you got my point, even if I am essentially talking out of my ass (or arse, if you prefer).
posted by ibidem at 1:53 AM on January 29, 2005

hey, that's my favorite song and now it's ruined. ;)
posted by dabitch at 3:48 AM on January 29, 2005

Quicktime version here. via MoFi.
posted by Space Coyote at 12:24 PM on January 29, 2005

Wow, that's hot.

Didn't quite expect it to be, but... damn.

Almost makes up for the aesthetic trainwreck of the Spiderman post.
posted by Coda at 2:33 PM on January 29, 2005