It's a strange world out here. Enjoy!
- Weird Quote
- Savings thrown out with rubbish
- 14 Reasons To Allow Drinking On The Job
- Burglar's light hands
- Parrot Tells on cheating lover
- Bizarre Facts
- Rarely Enforced Laws, but existent in the books
- Facts...some are arguable, but interesting
Weird Quote
640K should be enough for anyone - Microsoft Founder Bill Gates (1981)
Savings thrown out with rubbish
A Chinese man put his savings in a rubbish bin to hide them from burglars - then forgot and threw them out.
Mr Cui hid the equivalent of £3,200 in the kitchen bin before he and his wife went away on a business trip.
"We looked around our home and finally decided to hide the money in the garbage bin, where we believed it was safest from burglary," said Cui from Qingdao city.
But Cui and his wife forgot about the money when they returned, reports Bandao City Papers.
"I threw away the garbage the day after I came home, since the bin was full," he said.
Two days passed before Cui remembered where he had hidden the money, and when he rushed to check the garbage room, it had already been taken away.
"Our last hope was the city garbage treatment centre, but the landfill was so vast that we knew our money was lost forever," he said.
davesdaily.com
14 Reasons To Allow Drinking On The Job
1. It's an incentive to show up.
2. It reduces stress.
3. It leads to more honest communications.
4. It reduces complaints about low pay.
5. It cuts down on time off because you can work with a hangover.
6. Employees tell management what they think, not what management wants to hear.
7. It helps save on heating costs in the winter.
8. It encourages carpooling.
9. Increases job satisfaction because if you have a bad job you don't care.
10. It eliminates vacations because people would rather come to work.
11. It makes fellow employees look better.
12. It makes the cafeteria food taste better.
13. Bosses are more likely to hand out raises when they have had a couple of drinks.
14. Salary negotiations are a lot more profitable.
Most Kenyans agree with the above sentiments
Burglar's light hands
A German burglar who broke into a sports club was arrested after he turned on the floodlights so he could see in the dark.
Bumbling thief Johann Stark, 46, also managed to switch on the football pitch sprinkler system after he broke into the club in Aachen at 3am.
A police spokesman said: "He had no torch and turned on the first light switch that he could find, the switch to the floodlights of the club's football pitch."
Police were called out by the club's groundsman who saw the floodlights from his nearby home.
davesdaily.com
Parrot Tells on cheating lover
A devastated Englishman learned the horrible truth that his girlfriend was cheating on him - straight from his pet parrot's mouth.
Chris Taylor's parrot Ziggy began squawking "Hiya, Gary" every time his girlfriend Suzy Collins's mobile phone rang.
The African Grey also made kiss noises each time it heard the name Gary on television or radio.
At first amused owner Mr Taylor, a computer programmer, dismissed it as something the bird had picked up watching TV.
But then he snuggled up beside Suzy on the sofa in their flat in Leeds and Ziggy cried out in Suzy's voice "I love you, Gary." The cat was finally out of the bag.
Call-center worker Ms Collins, 25, broke down in tears and confessed to having a four-month fling with a former colleague. She had met her lover in the flat while Ziggy looked on.
Her confession ended their two-year relationship. It also led to 30-year-old Mr Taylor parting company with his pet - because it kept screeching out her lover's name.
Mr Taylor wasn't sorry to see the back of Suzy after what she did, he said. But it really broke his heart to part with eight-year-old Ziggy which he had bought as a chick.
"I lost my girlfriend and best mate at the same time. But it was torture hearing him repeat that name Gary over and over," he said.
Mr Taylor named the parrot after Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie's alter ego. It learned to reproduce the line "Put on your red shoes and dance the blue!" from the Bowie song Let's Dance.
Ziggy has since found a new home with the help of a local parrot dealer.
Thatsweird.net.
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Bizarre Facts
1. China has close to 25% of the world's population.
2. Christmas became a national holiday in the US in 1890.
3. Cows sweat through their noses.
4. Deer sleep only 5 minutes a day.
5. Despite a population of well over one billion people, there are only an estimated 250 million televisions in use in China.
6. Dogs can't decipher size. That's why little dogs are mean.
7. Cleveland law forbids you to operate a motor vehicle while sitting in another person's lap.
8. Dave Matthews relocated to the United States to avoid service in the South African Military.
9. Don't even think about having sex while in a moving ambulance in Tremonton, Utah as it is extremely illegal. Of course, a stationary ambulance is another story.
10. Dentists have recommended that toothbrushes be kept at least six feet from toilets to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
11. Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.
12. Cockroaches break wind every 15 minutes.
13. Coffee was first known in Europe as Arabian Wine.
14. Did you know that 85.7% of statistics are made up?
15. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
16. During pregnancy, the average woman's uterus expands up to five hundred times its normal size.
17. China was the first country to use paper money.
18. During the average human life, you will consume 70 assorted bugs as well as 10 spiders as you sleep.
19. Did you know that crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live?
20. Death Valley, California, has a point that is 280 feet below sea level.
Rarely Enforced Laws, but existent in the books
In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession.
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In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760.
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Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
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In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.
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In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.
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It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.
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In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel.
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California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.
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In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.
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In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping.
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In New York, it is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile.
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In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage.
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In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the back or front.
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A barber is not to advertise prices in the State of Georgia.
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In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on haircuts for bald men of 25 cents.
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In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the ball over the fence or out of a ballpark.
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In Rochester, Michigan, the law is that anyone bathing in public must have the bathing suit inspected by a police officer !
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In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year.
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In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway.
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In Ohio, one must have a license to keep a bear.
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In Tennessee, a law exists which prohibits the sale of bologna (sandwich meat) on Sunday.
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In Virginia, the Code of 1930 has a statute which prohibits corrupt practices or bribery by any person other than political candidates.
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In Providence, Rhode Island, it is against the law to jump off a bridge.
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In the State of Kansas, you're not allowed to drive a buffalo through a street.
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In Florida, it is against the law to put livestock on a school bus.
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In New Jersey, cabbage can't be sold on Sunday.
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In Galveston, Texas, it is illegal to have a camel run loose in the street!
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In North Carolina, it is against the law for dogs and cats to fight.
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In Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum.
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In Cleveland, Ohio, it is unlawful to leave chewing gum in public places.
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In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00 a.m., and must be done before 4:00 p.m.
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In New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.
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In Massachusetts, it is against the law to put tomatos in clam chowder.
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In Washington State, you can't carry a concealed weapon that is over 6 feet in length.
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In San Francisco, there is an ordinance, which bans the picking up and throwing of used confetti.
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In Kentucky, it is illegal for a merchant to force a person into his place of business for the purpose of making a sale.
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It is against the law in Connecticut for a man to write love letters to a girl whose mother or father has forbidden the relationship.
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In Michigan, married couples must live together or be imprisoned.
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In the state of Colorado, a pet cat, if loose, must have a tail-light !
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In Phoenix, Arizona, you can't walk through a hotel lobby with spurs on.
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In California, a law created in 1925 makes it illegal to wiggle while dancing.
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In Utah, daylight must be visible between dancing couples.
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In Michigan, it is against the law for a lady to lift her skirt more than 6 inches while walking through a mud puddle.
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In North Carolina, it is against the law for a rabbit to race down the street.
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In Georgia, it's against the law to spread a false rumor.
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In West Virginia, one can't cook sauerkraut or cabbage due to the odors and the offence is subject to imprisonment.
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In Missouri, a man must have a permit to shave.
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The law states that more than 3000 sheep cannot be herded down Hollywood Blvd. at any one time.
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In Texas, it is still a "hanging offense" to steal cattle.
Strangefacts.com
Facts...some are arguable, but interesting
-->In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb"
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Men can read smaller print then women can; women can hear better.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
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The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000(arguable)
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.
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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."
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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the "honeymoon".
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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them, "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down."
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It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
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Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
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