fails

It's surprisingly rough being a mascot these days. Sure, they're the awesome side entertainment at sporting events, but that puts a heck of a lot of pressure on them. Think about it-- mascots are constantly forced to cartwheel on ledges, do backflips in front of thousands of people and just be downright stupid. It can be awful, especially when things go wrong. Cue: mascot fails.

Dads are great at so much: teaching us how to play catch, embarrassing us in front of our friends when we're in high school, fixing that step on the porch, etc. But skateboarding is not one of those things.

There is nothing funny about an overzealous pistol-packer desperately trying to impress by waving a loaded gun around. That is, until the idiot forgets how to use the safety, and shoots his own pecker into one of his tube socks. At that point, we must admit: it is a bit hilarious.

Every video nominated for the funniest video of the year award was humorous in it's own special way but this guy doing a cannonball onto a frozen swimming pool was a favorite among fans, readers and Darwin award voters. How will this guy top his 2012 performance...

Wow. This lady is going to have to attribute this to sheer panic, because this is just about the most unhip 'Wheel of Fortune' blunder ever. It's one thing to make a mistake. It's an entirely different thing to think 'I Have the Wine' is a song by Johnny Cash...

Who's ready to watch people getting beamed by dodgeballs? Cue the uproarious applause...

Of 2012's many fails, we have a soft spot for those involving water slides, mudslides, slip n' slides, and... well, you get the idea.

As another year draws to a close, this video inspires us to ask the age-old question: "How is our species still alive?"

You know that whole "trust fall" game where you fall backwards into someone's arms and he or she saves you from a bad fall that would bruise your behind for weeks to come? It's an exercise that's supposed to increase...well, trust. Recently though, we've discovered that this so-called game isn't all that fun anymore. In fact, we're beginning to question whether or not this "trust fa

Attention everyone: we now officially have T-minus eight days until Christmas, and preparation time is running out faster than we can shove holiday cookies in our mouths. We still have to buy last-minute presents, dig out those stockings from the back of our closets and make time for that awful office party.

In life, there are times in which luck just isn't on your side. And if you're really unlucky, then someone caught this moment on video.

In the U.K., Santa got his beard stuck while rappelling down from the ceiling of a mall and dangled there helplessly for half an hour until someone freed him. Old Saint Nick may be hundreds of years old, but he really needs to work on making an entrance.