Weird facts - Daft Stories

...the so-called clues are too weird for words, with none of it being medically binding in the slightest. Yet, there is that one interesting video where 'Paul' looks rather shocked at the suggestion he might not be real... - - - - - Well, that concludes my Beatlemania Month of May! Thank you so much for everyone who has stopped by, read and rated everything. I promise to catch up with return ratings within the next few weeks. I hope that you enjoyed ...

MizzMolko 31.05.2008 · Read full review
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I absolutely love to learn about the most random of things and i therefore decided to write a review about it. I am going to write down a list of the most random fact. I will try and reach 50 but i cannot guarentee! I will use the internet and books to find these facts. I shall also include questions that i want answering about things i dont understand. oh and i promse that i wont put "noting rhymes with puple" in there as i think turtle does. OK ...
...the only mammal that cant jump. 2. Shrimps hearts are in their heads. 3. In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator. 4. Odontophobia is the fear of teeth. 5. When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months. 6. The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is. 7. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly. 8. A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a ...

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I've been waiting for ages for ciao to add another story category in vain. My proposed product was "A Modern-day Fairy Story" but it seems that it will never see the light of day so once again I had to find a category near to my choice. Knowing my luck Ciao will add it at a later date and I'll have to write another. C'est la vie. I suppose you could call this a "wierd" story but it was aimed for children about the age of ten. ***************************************** ...
...people around her. She was glad she had chosen the Wednesday market for her important errand for few people would notice a seven-year-old girl in the happy atmosphere of the bustling market. Her little town was full of people hunting for bargains with mothers' clutching tightly to their toddlers hands as they made their way through the stalls. Now and then a child would cry for an ice cream and the mums would be distracted. Rosie wanted an ice cream ...

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This is a response to a challenge set by Scarlet_Ribbons. The idea is to write a story in sixty words or fewer. Since sixty words are insufficient for a Ciao review, most people have opted to submit more than one story. My stories are all on biblical themes, an approach prompted by the first, the background to which is described in the next paragraph. Religious readers are warned that my attitude to the Bible is no more reverential than my attitude ...
...If you suspect this might upset you, read no further. For some reason this challenge reminded me of another challenge set by Penguinchickalata some time ago. She asked for a rhyme to include the words: Genesis, penguin, energy, berry and yard. Checking back on a draft I wrote in response at the time but did not use, I found it was exactly 60 words. This seemed like serendipity and it became my first story: - 1. Booze cruise ~~~~~~~~~ In Genesis ...

torr 10.08.2004 (31.08.2004) · Read full review
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Lying in bed this morning, I was awakened by the Radio Alarm coming on (BBC Radio 4) in the middle of a feature story which is part of a series of stories coming currently under the Title of “A Rose for Rueben” which are broadcast two different times and days during the week. This morning’s final story (which I had also heard broadcast last Sunday evening) concerned a Jewish couple in Jerusalem who alone of their family had escaped Germany – the ...
...gone to Auschwitz and been gassed. She is barren and decides to adopt one of the displaced Jewish orphans who had been displaced by Hitler. The woman says to her husband that each child brings its own luck: despite barely supporting themselves on his salary, they would manage. As she is sure that she would want to mother all the orphans, she sends her husband to select a “daughter” while she hangs a curtain across an area of the living room to make ...

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...café and chose this one, weird facts, to write about. I've collected my favourite 80 weird facts here, split into different sections... Enjoy! ==================== 50 Generally Weird Facts ==================== 1. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour 2. Elephants are the only land-mammals that can't jump 3. Polar bears are left handed 4. It's (almost) impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. If you sneeze too hard, ...
...one head ============ 5 Weird Laws ============ 1. In Thailand, no one may step on any of the nation's currency 2. You must pay a fine of $600 in Thailand if you're caught throwing away chewed bubblegum on the sidewalk. If you do not pay the fine, you are jailed 3. In England, picking up abandoned baggage is as act of terrorism 4. In Canada, 35% of a radio stations content must be "Canadian Content" 5. In Italy, a man may be arrested for ...

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Borg presents a few funnies to make you chuckle over the weekend. These are a collection I received over the Internet a month or so ago… Enjoy… When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at its 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. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger ...
...around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company, suspecting negligence, sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine out and lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved. A man who shovelled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a ...

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Isn’t the English language fun? It has such an ability to cause confusion and misunderstanding – especially when condensed for, say, road signs and headlines. The classic example, of course, being ‘MAN EATING CLAMS’ – will the picture show a giant clam with a bit of hairy, human leg between its shells…or a man in a seafood restaurant happily dining on a bowl full of littleneck clams? There are many signs and notices ...
...Actually, some baffled me as an adult. Some still do. So herewith, to pass the time, some REAL signs, and my interpretations of them. Watch out for our special guest star! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **UPDATE 30/7/2003** - NO SOLICITORS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As some of you may know, my daughter is in the States with my mum at the moment. The other day, they went shopping (Saz bought a cheerleaders skirt - I'm afraid...very ...

mattygroves 09.01.2003 (30.07.2003) · Read full review
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I love trivia, as you may notice from my ops! LOL! So here are some that I have acquired on various visits: -When Napoleon died, he willed that his heart be cut out and placed inside a chess table. -There are over 200 million inhabitants of China that are keen chessplayers. -There was no World Woman Chess Champion from 1944 to 1950 -The leading British chess masters of World War II all became leading codebreakers for British intelligence. -The ...
...chess match -Only one country in the world bans chess - Iran. -In 1922 Jos Capablanca played 103 opponents at once in Cleveland, drawing 1 game and winning all the rest! -Humphrey Bogart used to hustle strangers for 50 cents a game in chess parlors in New York Times Square. -Lord Snowdon designed the aviary in 1964. -The Griffon is the symbol of the City of London -the London Eye has 32 pods -There is a sea squirt (found in the seas near Japan) ...

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I am having one of those days. I thought you would like to share it. Well I got up feeling dopey, and the minute I put my down I thought, I am not going out today but that was all to change after phone-call from hubby, as he wanted things for his greenhouse. Well my leg was sore so it had to be the scooter and if you have ever seen one of those covers to keep you dry, you would have laughed you head of, my daughter thinks I look like batman in it. ...
...I scoot meeting everyone on foot I stop to say hello, good morning and how are you and I chatter for a moment or too then off I go at the clappers It does not take long to get there then straight in the loo I will go now to scoot down past some shops making sure I dont get caught speeding Get my coffee first as I have a thirst then back to the shops I will go all done phew now for the loo then home waving and chatting as I go but when I get ...

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The following weird, bizarre and sometimes quite frightening stories have all been reported in ‘respected’ reports, magazines and newspapers: Quite frankly, some of them defy belief, and can most certainly be deemed weird! These stories abound and to coin a phrase 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. Enjoy! Attack of the killer Virus According to the official Chilean Computer Fraud and Security Bulletin, a supermarket tabloid reported that two people ...
...The virus apparently spawned a horned demon which decapitated one worker with the other unfortunate soul suffering a fatal heart attack. Personally, the most surprising aspect of allt his from my perspective is that the report fails to reassure readers that this is most probably an urban legend and that only on very rare occasions do horned demons emerge from your PC! The computer was exorcised. Beat those drug tests Austin, Texas, - An enterprising ...

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...have had a couple of weird things happen. Normally you'd brush things off like this...but to me it's some sort of sign. You see I'm a keen bird lover, of the feathered variety...you dirty beasts...and I like to get the old binoculars out now and again and do a bit of twitching as they call it. I can twitch with the best. For me this is not a nerdy thing but getting close to nature and enjoying wildlife in it's purest form. O.K. so you want to ...
...from Ciao to write an opinion. A few days after the funeral I was looking out of the bedroom window and noticed a strange shape on the grass. I thought what is that and on closer inspection I found it was a Sparrowhawk cowled over a Pigeon it had just caught. I watched for a few minutes thinking, that is strange..to be in my garden, which is not very big anyway. I got the old spy glasses from their case and looked for a few more minutes as it pulls ...

Neolad2020r 18.04.2003 · Read full review
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I can't take any credit for this, it was sent to me by e mail, but it was so hilarious that I thought that I had to share it with you guys! Feudalism You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk. Pure Socialism You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all the cows. The government gives you all the milk you need. Bureaucratic Socialism Your cows are cared for ...
...chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs the regulations say you should need. Fascism You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them, and sells you the milk. Pure Communism You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk. Real World Communism You share two cows with your neighbors. You and your neighbors bicker about ...

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Just thought I’d keep you up to date with technical developments here in The Glorious People’s Republic of Nibblonia. R-MAIL™ – The Next Wave In Terrestrial Communication One of the major problems with any form of electronic communication, e-mail included, is that not everyone has access to it. We are constantly told these days that “Information is Power” and yet technology is rushing headlong to create a new “untermensch” divide at precisely the ...
...broken down. What I, and my scientific advisers propose, is an exciting new concept in the transfer of the written word available to all that can identify a unique spot where they live. Let’s call this spot the “Home Address”, or HA for short. OK, this still leaves those without any form of HA at a disadvantage but we’re working on that aspect too. Our new method sweeps away the tyranny of the computer keyboard, and indeed all need for computer ...

BNibbles 18.09.2002 (25.09.2002) · Read full review
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I suppose this collection can best be described as 'Weird Facts', only because I don't really know what else they could be! You may view them as life's examples of Sod's Law, you may not. They could be viewed as being cliched sayings translated into today's reality, or not! I'm not entirely sure myself. All I can say is that they certainly make you think when you read them, and they may even make you chuckle somewhat! I hope you enjoy them, but ...
...than others to get the gist of! Here goes........ * If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. * A conclusion is the place where you get tired of thinking. * Experience is something you don't get until after you need it. * For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. * He who hesitates is probably right. * No one is ever istening until you make a mistake. * Success only occurs in private....failure in ...

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