Muntader al-Zaidi, the ballsy Iraqi journalist who this weekend hurled a pair of of shoes at George W Bush while screaming, "Here is your goodbye kiss, dog," hadn't accounted for Dubya's amazing reflexes. Remember, Bush assailants: when you ruin the world, you begin to anticipate shit flying at you.

Many other public figures haven't been as prepared. After the jump, a video collection of successful projectile attacks on celebrities (and one we really, really wish would have hit the mark).

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• Chris Matthews in a minute.

• Batman and the Joker? Best friends in real life. Here they are giving a PSA about experiencing different cultures.

• This one goes out to Carrie Fisher, who spent so much time of her childhood on acid. We're tripping with you, Carrie!

• "Fem-bot" Aiko, who is sort of a Japanese cross between a RealDoll and the maid from the Jetsons. But mostly: RealDoll. Also, hanging out with her will give you a heart attack. (Scroll down article for video)

• Legolas/LOTR slash fiction in a music video. (Via: Boing Boing)

We take for granted that here, in the land of Web 2.0, we can upload, comment and subscribe to YouTube videos with the click of a mouse. It was not always this way.

Appreciate what you have. It's the type of advice Obama would give you.

This is a video of Zsa Zsa Gabor. Exercising. In her own fitness video.

Unbeknownst to us, this portion of her career is somehow missing from her Wikipedia entry, which means we're not sure exactly what decade it's from. But by the looks of her buff trainer's unitard, we're gonna go with the 80s.

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