Uncle John's Blog
March 10, 2010
It was hard to believe that this story wasn't a hoax, but it apparently is the real (weird) deal:
"Road safety chiefs have put up traffic signs warning motorists of drunks in the road in a bid to reduce accidents. Mayor Petru Antal ordered the signs – saying 'Attention – Drunks', complete with an image of a reveller on his knees with a bottle – after despairing of accident figures in Pecica, Romania."
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March 9, 2010
We meant to post the winners of the contest yesterday, but there were so many comments it took us an extra day to get through them all! We call that a rip-roaring success for our first blog contest.
775 comments later, and we now know the intimate details of your toilet paper habits from those of [...]
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March 8, 2010
From the “How Very, Very Strange” drawer:
Police in Cyprus say they may have found the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, three months after it was snatched from its grave. Remains thought to be those of the ex-president were found at a Nicosia cemetery after a tip-off, police said. DNA tests will determine whether it was Mr Papadopoulos' body, police on the Mediterranean island said. He was president from 2003 to February 2008 and died in December 2008. It is unclear why his body was stolen.
The original report can be found here.
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March 8, 2010
If you look at several “On This Date” lists online (like this one) you’ll find an interesting bit of info for today, March 8: “1st flight of the Goodyear blimp (1972).”
1972? Hasn’t the Goodyear Blimp been around for a bit longer than that? Uh, yes, it has. But since it now exists only after March 8, 1972 – on the internet, where reality goes to die – we’d like to say “Happy Birthday, Blimp.” What the heck, y'know?
And just for the occasion, here are some blimpy facts, from our very own Uncle John’s Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader (page 273).
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