Whatever that thing is, I hope they won it XD

That reminds me - in Germany, you flash you hazard lights if you want to signal someone that you'll let them in or yield the right of way. In Italy, on the other hand, flashing your hazard lights at an intersection means "Look out - here I come!" Hilarity ensues when you mix those up.

No, really: Never let your Italian boyfriend drive your car in Germany.

First I didn't know why it all seemed so achingly familiar... Then I realized: It looks a lot like East Germany used to! The general lack of color in the cityscapes and the clothes of people, the style of the apartment complexes, monuments and buses, the overall atmosphere of order and "we're content with what we have"… Aw man, that's creepy. Takes one to know one, I guess.

(I was just flabbergasted at the end that DHL seems to cater to North Korea. Wonder how in the world they accomplished that…)

Toad The Wet Sprocket, anyone?

//There's an old Virginian vibraphone
With a calculated gait
And a man who thinks he's Al Capone
With a cummerbund and cape

Don't criticize what a vicar would prize in you
And talk to the man if you feel he needs talking to
And the hobbit on the rocks is crying
And the fish upon the docks are dying
With the grunion in the sand entwining...//

It's quite a beautiful song, mind you.

"I've got your gun right here", she said from the dark alley that, in his panic, he'd almost have run past.
"But I wouldn't recommend using it." she lectured as he stopped beside her, wheezing, as the abomination scraped and groaned outside the tiny walkway. "You really wanna have it steamrolling through the streets?
"No," she continued, curiously watching the diamond-toothed thing with a furrowed brow. "I reckon the way to go is more balloons."

I laughed out loud at the tissues :D
There's a man who truly was born to his profession.

It's a salad fork for conjoined twins (:

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BraveStarr, Ladies Fit M, please

It's a heavy duty stapler. It dispenses all its staples with only one big bash on the table.

You know, for those times when you have to staple all your tax forms for the last 31,415 years at the same time.

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BraveStarr, Ladies' Fit M, please
(Aaand now you're hearing the theme, aren't you…)

Shouldn't a "child-nutrition department" see to it that children get, well… enough nutrients? I'm confused.

And on something completely different, may I congratulate you on your choice of picture for this article?

She's very good at marketing, I'll give her that. The thing's quite viral, and the controversy surely helps with that.

I, too, applaud the accomplishment, but don't care for the written message which seems unnecessarily belittling to those who either cannot or _choose_ not to do the same (as is everyone's right).

I wonder if (and how long) she breastfed the three of them, though that's probably a whole different can of worms... Religion might be a less controversial topic...

Wow, neat! I never knew that glass wasn't a solid... You know, I've always been fascinated by moldavite, it being millions of years old (and so pretty :D ). It's basically naturally occurring glass (like, say, obsidian), and you can pinpoint its origin quite exactly because all of it on this planet only exists courtesy of this one distinct meteor impact. But now I appreciate it a lot more, knowing that it's somehow solid and liquid at the same time (or maybe neither).

Looking further into it that also explains to me the difference between glass and rock crystal, which as a quartz would indeed be a strictly solid form of glass. I've really learned something today!