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Your Sadness Sustains Me

weird — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:12:29 +0000

“Could you please pass the salt? I can barely taste the sorrow in these mashed potatoes.”

Hoxton Street Monster Supplies has created a line of salts harvested from real human tears. They make salt from tears of anger, laughter and sorrow. Not weird enough? They’ve also got salt made from tears shed while chopping onions and while sneezing.

Fresh human tears are gently boiled, released into shallow crystallization tanks, and then harvested by hand and rinsed in brine. For about $50 you can add a pinch of laughter or angst to any meal.

Down to the Wire

weird — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:11:04 +0000

Using wire, ingenuity and a twisted imagination, photographer Terry Border depicts the secret and often troubled lives (and deaths) of everyday inanimate objects in his project “Bent Objects.” From cannibalistic peanuts to martyr marshmallows getting burned at the stake, the creations show off Border’s morbidly dark humor.

[ Via Bent Objects ]

When Bunnies Attack

weird — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:58:24 +0000

Gather round the campfire kids. It’s urban legend time. Except this story is a departure from the usual half man half monster myth – it’s about a violent lunatic known as Bunny Man. During an ill-fated transfer of psychiatric patients from one asylum to another, the vehicle crashed and one inmate escaped.

In the following weeks half-eaten rabbits were found hanging from trees. Local historian Brian Conley found two incidents of people who were threatened by an ax-wielding man in a bunny suit. On a side note, Bunny Man was the less-successful first mascot of Energizer Batteries, but for some reason he never improved sales.

Why Buy the Milk?

weird — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:58:13 +0000

Last year an 18 year old in Virginia stole 26 gallons of milk from Walmart while dressed up as a cow. “This is probably one of the most unique efforts of shoplifting I’ve seen,” said a spokesman for the Stafford County Sheriff. The culprit was later arrested at a McDonalds—coincidence? I doubt it.

The Honey Trap

weird — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:28:33 +0000

Native Japanese honey bees can vibrate enough to raise their body temperature and use the heat to cook an invading giant hornet alive. The giant hornet is basically a scout for an invading army, and the honey bees deal with the threat by creating a kind of bee-driven easy bake oven.

The temperature in the hive reaches 117°F (the honey bees can survive 118°F heat, but the hornet dies at 115°F). And then it’s roasted hornet for dinner. My inner James Bond villain really wants to train a swarm to attack my many enemies.

Shock and Awe

weird — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:05:07 +0000

Ma Xiangang of northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province can illuminate a light bulb using only his bare hands. He can withstand up to 220 volts without getting shocked. He made the discovery after he fixed a live television wire with his bare hands and didn’t get electrocuted.

Apparently his skin is so rough and dry that it prevents electricity from entering his body. So what does a shock-proof lightening-channeling man do for work these days? Fight crime right? Actually not— Ma Xiangang uses his powers for massage therapy.

Shotgun Wedding

weird — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:03:08 +0000

We’ve all seen cheesy wedding photos—the couple always doing something improbably romantic or nauseatingly charming. How often do you two really walk down a beach in slow motion? Or prance around in a meadow? Korean newlyweds Julian Sunmi Park and Benjamin Jinsuk Lee decided to get creative with their wedding photos. Check out the bride and groom beat the life out of a zombie.

Some Strings Attached

weird — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:52:38 +0000

The skin is pierced several times side by side in two symmetrical rows down the back to give the impression of a laced-up corset. Corset piercings are intended to be temporary (that style of piercing doesn’t lend itself to healing very well). Even though piercing has a long history, corset piercings are a relatively new development; the first examples appearing in the late 1990s.

I Spy…The End of the World

weird — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:16:59 +0000

Google is everywhere and owns everything. Your dog? Yup, Google owns your dog. And not satisfied with copying the entire internet, they’re also engaged in copying the planet earth via the Street View function on Google Maps. Cars with fixed multi-lens cameras are driven around to capture the images, and sometimes they capture some pretty strange behavior. Time for a strong dose of accidental absurdity.

“B is for Basil – assaulted by bears”

weird — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:12:07 +0000

Childhood isn’t always about puppies and sandcastles—sometimes it involves death by ennui. The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a classic abecedarian book by Edward Gorey (perfect surname) written in 1963 that tells the story of 26 unlucky children who die morbidly funny deaths.

Composed in rhyming dactylic couplets and featuring moody black and white illustrations, the book is meant to make light of parental paranoia. It could be a great gift idea (if you enjoy freaking out little kids).

[ Find the book on Amazon ]