Archive for the ‘Strange but true’ Category

The Halloween Horoscope – How do different Star Signs trick or treat?

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Hilarious! :) A guide to the trick or treating styles of various horoscopes…

The Halloween Zodiac - Trick or Treat styles by Zodiac Star Signs

Aries pushes the others aside to get to the door first.

Taurus will only eat the finest of Swiss chocolates.

Gemini goes around the neighbourhood once, changes costumes and goes around again.
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The annual Darwin Awards – Real Life Stupidity Personified

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Darwin Awards for Stupidity

(email submission) Yes, it’s again that magical time of the year when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honouring the least evolved among us.

The Glorious Winner:

1. When his 38 – calibre revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.
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The Human Brain and Illusions – Great Optical and Verbal Illusions

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Take a look at the picture? What do you see?

The Human Brain and Illusions 2
Research has shown that young children cannot identify the intimate couple because they do not have prior memory associated with such a scenario. Children see nine dolphins. This is a test to determine if you already have a corrupted mind. If it is hard for you to find the dolphins within six seconds, your mind is indeed corrupted :)
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37 Spectacular Photos of the sometimes Beautiful, Sad, Shocking and Inspiring world we live in

Monday, August 27th, 2007

A collection of 37 spectacular photos depicting the world we live in… beautiful, sad, shocking, inspiring…they’re all here. This was originally possibly released by CNBC, as claimed by the presentation these photos were sent in.

37 Spectacular Photos - Human Tragedy Triumph and Nature

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You will see a very spectacular picture – Special Angle of Sun & Light – Sea Rock Birmania Photos

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Here’s a new one doing the rounds on the web…in the form of a Powerpoint show. Don’t know if this is edited but amazing nonetheless.

Spectacular Picture from Birmania

You will see a very spectacular picture. What is so spectacular about it? This picture shows a rock on a sea in Birmania, it is only possible to see this once a year with a special angle of the sun and special light conditions. Bend your head to the left and see how spectacular it is.

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23 Photos you’ll never see on CNN! Army, Navy, Airforce & Industry Bloopers

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Things that you'll never see on CNN!

A collection of photos that probably won’t make the news on any network you’re watching :) Ships, Boats, Tanks and Airplanes…some of these photos are quite hilarious, and others that have no better response than “Holy Sh*t”!!
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Hate My Job Day: And you thought YOU had a bad job? A peek at a bunch of the worst jobs…ever!

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

The worst jobs in the world
A hilarious bunch of pictures sent to us – you’ve got to admit…some of these jobs are PRETTY bad! And a joke to boot…

When you have an “I Hate My Job” day, try this. On your way home from work, stop at your pharmacy and go to the thermometer section and purchase a rectal thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson. Be very sure you get this brand.
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It just keeps on raining in Paris – the solution for women? High Tide Heels!

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

High Tide Heels Paris

The rain just doesn’t seem to let up in Paris these days…so what do clever French marketers / designers come up with for the Woman who’s always in fashion? The High Tide Heels!! Absolutely Hilarious :)

Best of Julian Beever – Photos of 3D Street Art, Old and New

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Julian Beever is an English chalk artist who has been creating chalk drawings on pavement since the mid-1990s that create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the right location. These trompe-l’oeil drawings are created using a projection called anamorphosis and appear to defy the laws of perspective.

Artist Julian Beever 3D Street Paintings and Drawings

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What do people around the world eat? Brilliant photos plus food expenditure in a week and family recipes from the world over

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

A wonderful, wonderful email sent to us with 15 great photos of families around the world and what they eat…plus what their family recipes are and what they spend on food in a week. What a superb way to travel around the world…yumm!


The foods people eat around the world

Poland : The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week : 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Family recipe: Pig's knuckles with carrots, celery and parsnips
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Hilarious Workplace Pranks – Things to do when your officemates are away

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Know someone at work who always seems to be on holiday or annual leave? Or always taking “business trips”? Or maybe they’ve just got a shockingly low immune system and always sick? (the poor love) Well here are a couple of ideas to let them know that you thought of them while they were gone…

Things to do when your colleagues are away

#1 – Leave them some flowers

Things to do when your colleagues are away
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The best in Tongue-in-cheek advertising – Bentley squares off against BMW Audi and Subaru

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Bentley certainly knows how to put out a tongue-in-cheek response!

Creative Car Ads - BMW Audi Subaru congratulate each other...Bentley gives them the ol' bird

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The best ads of 2006 – From the World Cup, Google, Levi’s to Blondes?

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

The “Best Ads of 2006″ sent to us by a reader from France…a compilation of the 8 best ads from Google to Jeans to Hair Product (and blondes?). These are obviously computer modified images (except a couple) but very funny nonetheless (Warning – a couple are not PG material…discretion advised for our younger visitors)

The Best Plea for a ticket to the world cup

The Best Ads of 2006

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This is why you shouldnt work too hard!

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

How sad. Looks like no one cares anyway…

Dont work too hard...no one notices anyway!

Superb Pumpkin Carvings and Art – Human Face out of a pumpkin!

Monday, December 11th, 2006

Another fantastic email forwarded to us – we don’t know who the original artist or carver is, but if you do, please let us know.

Pumpkin Carvings and Art

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The importance of ‘keeping it simple’

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

The importance of keeping it simple from a case study of one of Japan’s biggest cosmetic companies: Management was investigating a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Management isolated the problem to the assembly line. Somehow one soap box went through the assembly line empty. Management asked engineers to solve the problem.”

”At a huge cost, the engineers devised an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors, manned by two people, to watch all the soap boxes passing through the line to make sure they were not empty. But a long serving and lowly ranked ‘practical’ employee devised a much simpler solution. He pointed an industrial electric fan at the assembly line. As the soap boxes passed the fan it blew the empty boxes out of the line!”

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When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they discovered pens wouldn’t work at zero gravity (ink won’t flow down to the writing surface). NASA took 10 years and $12,000,000 to solve the problem. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

And what did the Russians do? They used a pencil!

Creepy History – Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

Have a history teacher explain this if they can.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln ’s secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named ‘Ford.’
Kennedy was shot in a car called ‘ Lincoln’ made by ‘Ford.’

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here’s the kicker…

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Creepy huh?