My parents' old house had a milk chute/door that opened into the livingroom. The delivery service would place the owner's dairy choices into the milk chute w/o bothering the homeowners. That door was really useful because the opening was just large enough to let a skinny child enter it and get into the house whenever my parents locked themselves out and couldn't find their keys.

Color me jealous.

We had close friends of the family that lived in Montreal so we all went to the World's Fair. My family also went to the 1964 New York World's Fair. I got to see Michaelangelo's The Pieta up close and fairly personal. I still remember staring at Christ's hand and marveling over the veins so expertly carved into the marble. We had really ugly glass tumblers in orange and blue from the NY World's Fair. Those events were huge!

I went on one of those giant oceanliner Carribean cruises. The desserts were works of art but had no taste. The waitstaff was from Eastern Europe countries. One night, in our dining room, we were supposed to be served filet mignon. We did not get that, we got a cheap cut of beef, so back it went. The waiter was very nervous about this. Got a fresh plate of beef but it was not filet mignon. Back it went with a stern comment by me to bring us the real thing. The waiter was nearly in tears. Suddenly the chef shows up wanting to know what's the problem. We showed him our plates and he took them away and brought us the real thing. Apparently the waiter thought he was going to be fired for poor performance.

While I lived in Louisiana for 10 years (16 yrs ago) the local gov't would hire contractors to spray the area, several times per year, where I lived with a poison to kill mosquitos. I had a small pond in my front yard and had taken to growing 'feeder fish' goldfish in my pond. Goldfish will get very large similar to koi if their environment is large enough. My1 inch fish grew to be between 6 and 8 inches, they were healthy and pretty to look at. I could hand feed them, too. One day I came out to the pond and the fish were all dead. They were killed by the poison airdropped on them without my knowledge. I didn't know any poison had even been sprayed over my house and yard. I began again to grow new feeder fish and sure enough one day I found them dead. I finally found out about the poison after my 3rd try to raise my fish. I couldn't stop the parish from poisoning the land but I could cover the small pond with a tarp so the water would not be poisoned. Having my land next to a little bayou we had caught the local tiny fish and those fish never died from that aerial poison. Hardy little dudes. I wonder if my many autoimmune issues were caused by all of this poison I unknowingly lived with?

I knew a guy who worked for the company. He mostly delivered their products to stores but he had been allowed to enter the factory that made Cheetos and got to see them being made. He said the hot Cheetos that came right off the factory conveyor belts tasted a thousand times better than the ones in the store. He said the company had tried to make Cheetos that you could microwave at home so you could experience the real thing but I don't think they ever succeeded.

How about a horror story beginning with the discovery of a lead human-shaped sarcophagus under the floor of the Notre Dame Cathedral? All is well as the archeologists are checking the coffin out. They remove it to their lab so they can open it and find out what's inside. When they do open it they find a male 'dead' body. It's late at night so the scientists go home intending to further their examination the following day. The corpse sits up and starts doing evil things (fill in the blanks) and some old woman expert ( I know, it's shocking they aren't using a grumpy old man for this part) says the reason the corpse was buried under the floor of the church was so it could be contained there and unable to walk the earth and do evil things. You get the rest of the story... Title: The Lead Dead. Or Dead as Lead?

Raccoons are fascinating animals. The kits purr just like kittens. They are very intelligent, their problem solving skills are truly impressive. Just try keeping a trash bandit out of your garbage cans! But, as a cautionary, their feces carry a deadly lung spoor so it's best to keep your distance should you come across their dung. (I used to work at a nature center that had a very impressive collection of wildlife and having cleaned hundreds of cages and living areas I speak from experience.)

I'll have what they're drinking! Or smoking. or ingesting... But leave the lights on, this might be intense.

"it would be expensive if not impossible to get sea creatures to memorize lines". True and having no lips would make it hard to recite Tooo bbbbbeee ororor not tooo bbbbeeeeee." Okay, I'll let myself out.

Living with mom and dad rose 16% since 1967. I would have thought the percentage would have been much higher considering the Troll Factor is in full swing since the internet was created.

I just watched a video yesterday on how to make this cake which has NO human placenta in it. It's on Tasting History with Max Miller on youtube.

Well, someone found it appealing.

That is not a slime robot. It's a chocolate covered cashew. Nice try, Neatorama.