Category: Odd
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Don't interrupt me, I'm changing the world
This was the reply to a heckler at Dylan Moran’s stand-up show last night. The performance was a collection of seemingly drunken ramblings about the state of the world and humanity. Each point was brilliantly made with surreal and insightful examples of the worlds problems, and every one of them had you laughing at the…
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Unusual politeness
This morning something strange happened. On a crowded Northern Line train a seat was left empty. the three men standing over it were all too polite to even acknowledge the seat which was left vacant at Angel and it was still empty when I left at Old Street. How peculiar.
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Long lost story of unbelievable bulk film loader.
I read a story in September that was quite unbelievable. Mike Mitchell, who writes for the Online Photographer was sent a package from China by a fan of his. But the details involved of how, why, and what are quite remarkable. It gives you a hope for the little things in life, and help you…
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HD Sunglasses
An excellent example of a company jumping on the latest technology bandwagon to promote something completely unrelated. I guess they wouldn’t do it if people didn’t buy it.
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A very specific emergency
I wonder what kind of emergency they expect at Highbury and Islington which would demand an emergency cupboard. Who knows. It would certainly make a good caption competition.
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It's the piccadilly line. But not as we know it.
Last night I was shopping for a present for a good friend of mine at work who’s leaving this week. As they commute long stretches of the tube each day I decided what they would most like to receive as a leaving present would be An Illustrated Guide to the Piccadilly Line (and a wodge…
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Woman had bullet in head for 64 years
A Chinese grandmother who went to hospital with a headache was found to have had a bullet in her head for 64 years. More at: www.ananova.com
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Driver loses licence after drink with instructor
“A driving student lost her licence three hours after passing her test after going for a drink with her instructor to celebrate.” More at: www.ananova.com
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Scientists: 'No more bodies'
“A Dutch hospital is asking people to stop leaving their bodies to science because they have run out of room.” More at: www.ananova.com
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One-legged driver outruns cops
“Police in Florida were embarrassed when a driver with no arms and just one leg lost them in a high-speed chase – again.” More at: www.ananova.com