Archive for August 16th, 2015

Confronting a No-Gift Bridesmaid

The website A Practical Wedding received a letter for their advice column “Ask APW” in which a bride wants to know what to do about a bridesmaid who didn’t give a wedding gift.Q: Since...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/Confronting-a-No-Gift-Bridesmaid/

Star Trek and Star Wars Disco

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea1B6tW1Ziw](Video Link)The 70s were . . . different. They're over, which is probably a good thing. But that era remains fascinating to observe from a distance.Science fiction was becomin...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/Star-Trek-and-Star-Wars-Disco/

Ten Clever Uses For Chopsticks

I have a hard time throwing away chopsticks after just one use, because it seems like a waste of wood and they’ve come in plenty useful for craft projects after a quick cleaning.But every day millions of innocent c...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/Ten-Clever-Uses-For-Chopsticks/

Ring Bearer Steals the Show

The ring bearer enters the wedding procession with the flower girl. Her job is more fun than his, so he joins in scattering flower petals, with the aim of emptying the basket as quickly and efficiently as possible. He co...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/Ring-Bearer-Steals-the-Show/

Twenty Photos of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

On April 18th, 1906 at 5:12 in the morning, the coast of Northern California was hit by an earthquake that is considered to be the worst natural disaster in the state's history. The quake pre-dated the Richter scale...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/Twenty-Photos-of-the-1906-San-Francisco-Earthquake/

A Supercut Of Hotheaded Gamers Freaking Out

Video game players tend to be a passionate bunch, and when they’re on the edge of the sofa tap-tap-tapping away and trying to take out the competition things can get mighty heated.Lorne knows I’ve broken a co...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/A-Supercut-Of-Hotheaded-Gamers-Freaking-Out/

A Real Slurm Fridge

Slurm is a fictional soft drink on the TV show Futurama. It's tremendously popular, befitting its trademark phrase "It's Highly Addictive!" What is it made of? Where does it come from? You're better off not know...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/A-Real-Slurm-Fridge/

The Only Known Surviving Footage of the Titanic

[https://youtu.be/PSksdjNSVXI]YouTube LinkThis footage from the A.P. archive begins with the R.M.S. Titanic moored in Belfast Lough prior to leaving for Southampton. The Titanic is show...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/The-Only-Known-Surviving-Footage-of-the-Titanic/

The Human - One Mathematical Mafia Movie

The Human by MELONSETAFinn was letting the fact that he was the toughest person in Ooo go to his head, and like a good pal Jake was coming along for the ride. First Finn started charging the Candy Kingdom's citizens mon...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/The-Human-One-Mathematical-Mafia-Movie/

Medieval Medical Experiments

There is a myth that medical science did not progress during the Middle Ages. Maybe it was because the  early Middle Ages were sometimes called the Dark Ages, although that was really more about our lack of info...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/Medieval-Medical-Experiments/

Little Boy Can't Corral His Kittens

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDDsrNewhag](Video Link)It's a cat-astrophe! Ryder of Cedar Falls, Iowa has, as he calls it, "situations." All of the kittens must remain on the blanket so that they don't get lost. But w...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/Little-Boy-Cant-Corral-His-Kittens/

Honest and Explicit Employment Ad

The most important thing in getting and keeping an entry-level unskilled job is to show up every day. I know too many people who can’t even do that much. For a skilled position like a mechanic, you have to have a l...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/Honest-and-Explicit-Employment-Ad/

Model's Body Photoshopped in 18 Countries to Study Varying Beauty Standards

In a project that was based on Esther Honig's the year before, a doctor's service based in the U.K. sent the photo above to graphic designers in eighteen different countries. The designers were given the instruction to...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/Models-Body-Photoshopped-in-18-Countries-to-Study-Varying-Beauty-Standards/

What Grandparents Are For

(Lunarbaboon)Note that this trick may not work in real life because not only have your parents seen this before, they've tried it themselves.It may not even be necessary--at least the first time. The bli...

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/16/What-Grandparents-Are-For/




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