http://www.weirdworm.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:39:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Copyright © Weird Worm 2010 office@weirdworm.com (Weird Worm) office@weirdworm.com (Weird Worm) 1440 http://www.weirdworm.com/img/podcast144.jpg http://www.weirdworm.com 144 144 Weird Worm Weird Worm office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/5-animals-with-better-memories-than-you/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-animals-with-better-memories-than-you/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:02:30 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=6426 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-animals-with-better-memories-than-you/feed/ 1 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-human-jobs-outsourced-to-animals/ http://www.weirdworm.com/4-human-jobs-outsourced-to-animals/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:18:36 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=6419 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-human-jobs-outsourced-to-animals/feed/ 2 http://www.weirdworm.com/the-3-easiest-movie-prisons-to-escape-from/ 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http://www.weirdworm.com/6-unrealistic-expectations-people-have-when-buying-houses/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-unrealistic-expectations-people-have-when-buying-houses/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 10:22:58 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=6069 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-unrealistic-expectations-people-have-when-buying-houses/feed/ 0 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-ridiculous-weapons-of-war/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-ridiculous-weapons-of-war/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:44:08 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=6041 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-ridiculous-weapons-of-war/feed/ 1 http://www.weirdworm.com/the-7-most-metal-places-on-earth/ http://www.weirdworm.com/the-7-most-metal-places-on-earth/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:58:30 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=6035 http://www.weirdworm.com/the-7-most-metal-places-on-earth/feed/ 4 http://www.weirdworm.com/10-strangest-fish/ http://www.weirdworm.com/10-strangest-fish/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:19:22 +0000 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0:08:34 Some men fight crocodiles for a living. But, most don’t. Most people just sit at home and watch other people on TV kill snakes, bears, crocodiles, and stingrays (ooh, sorry). But, there are a select few who will go out of their way to kill something[...] Some men fight crocodiles for a living. But, most don’t. Most people just sit at home and watch other people on TV kill snakes, bears, crocodiles, and stingrays (ooh, sorry). But, there are a select few who will go out of their way to kill something when they aren’t paid to do it. These people are the standard to which all others are held when declaring one’s badassery. 5. Von Pardue vs. Pit Bull How Scary Is It? The pit bull is a type of dog (Canis lupus familiaris) that is well known for its rage. There are tons of myths surrounding the pit bull, but most of them are false. They can’t lock their jaws, they will let go if they are told to, they aren’t bloodthirsty monsters, and they don’t have jaws that dish out two thousand pounds of force. Nonetheless… you should be afraid of them. They are really determined, and their jaw strength is 235 pounds of force, which is really impressive. And so, when they bite something that they don’t want to let go of, they won’t lock their jaw, but they will make sure you don’t open it by biting really hard. Gary Busey, a close relative of the Pit Bull, about to bite a cameraman. (...)Read the rest of 5 Most Badass Ways Humans Have Defeated Animals (1,700 words) (...)Read the rest of 5 Most Badass Ways Humans Have Defeated Animals (1,700 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © radmanovac for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/6-ways-to-store-your-personal-identification/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-ways-to-store-your-personal-identification/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:05:50 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5824 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-ways-to-store-your-personal-identification/feed/ 2 0:00:01 In this day and age of near Big-Brother levels of surveillance (and we’re not just talking about that terrible excuse for a television show here), you pretty much have to have some way of identifying yourselves to the authorities in a pinch. W[...] In this day and age of near Big-Brother levels of surveillance (and we’re not just talking about that terrible excuse for a television show here), you pretty much have to have some way of identifying yourselves to the authorities in a pinch. Whether you’re smuggling illegals across the border, visiting your hidden Swiss money stash or just trying to get into a bar, someone, somewhere is going to want to know exactly who you are. Because we haven’t quite committed to switching over to tattooed barcodes or thumb-print scans (yet), we have to stick with little bits of paper with various types of information on them. The downside is that they are much easier to lose and/or fake; the upside is that it hurts a lot less if someone tries to steal your identity. And it’s a lot simpler if you ever run into a situation where “losing” your identity is your only choice. All of this means, of course, that you have to find some way of storing these little bits of paper. Which leads to an interesting conundrum: which will you chose? Which suits your personality best? When the heck are they going to stop messing around and universalize the thumbprint scan technology? 1. In Your Pocket Occasionally, cash works as well as or better than regular forms of identification. (...)Read the rest of 6 Ways To Store Your Personal Identification (1,071 words) (...)Read the rest of 6 Ways To Store Your Personal Identification (1,071 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © radmanovac for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/5-greatest-screw-you-moments-in-popular-music/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-greatest-screw-you-moments-in-popular-music/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:23:55 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5819 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-greatest-screw-you-moments-in-popular-music/feed/ 3 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-awesome-sci-fi-ideas-that-we-tried-and-didnt-like/ http://www.weirdworm.com/4-awesome-sci-fi-ideas-that-we-tried-and-didnt-like/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:25:38 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5813 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-awesome-sci-fi-ideas-that-we-tried-and-didnt-like/feed/ 0 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-ridiculous-pro-sports-transactions/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-ridiculous-pro-sports-transactions/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:49:57 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5767 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-ridiculous-pro-sports-transactions/feed/ 2 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-choices-of-gum-that-define-you/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-choices-of-gum-that-define-you/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:13:01 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5758 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-choices-of-gum-that-define-you/feed/ 0 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-scientists-killed-by-their-inventions/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-scientists-killed-by-their-inventions/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:11:44 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5754 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-scientists-killed-by-their-inventions/feed/ 0 0:00:01 When exploring a new field of science it’s almost expected that some tragedies will occur because of the very ignorance the scientific community is struggling to conquer. Although tragic, it’s perfectly understandable that Marie Curie, the discovere[...] When exploring a new field of science it’s almost expected that some tragedies will occur because of the very ignorance the scientific community is struggling to conquer. Although tragic, it’s perfectly understandable that Marie Curie, the discoverer of radioactive materials, was unaware of the dangers of radiation and handled radium and polonium without proper protective gear. However, there are some inventors who should have known better, had all the warning necessary, yet still proceeded to get themselves killed by their own creations. These highly mockable people include… 1. al-Jawhari and Franz Reichelt – The guys who wanted to be Icarus Wow, wax wings. Better wait by the mailbox for your Nobel. (...)Read the rest of 6 Scientists Killed by Their Inventions (1,583 words) (...)Read the rest of 6 Scientists Killed by Their Inventions (1,583 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © radmanovac for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/four-animals-that-people-inexplicably-ride/ http://www.weirdworm.com/four-animals-that-people-inexplicably-ride/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:26:38 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5750 http://www.weirdworm.com/four-animals-that-people-inexplicably-ride/feed/ 1 http://www.weirdworm.com/9-outrageous-u-s-secession-attempts/ http://www.weirdworm.com/9-outrageous-u-s-secession-attempts/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:45:40 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5738 http://www.weirdworm.com/9-outrageous-u-s-secession-attempts/feed/ 3 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-strange-things-found-in-food/ http://www.weirdworm.com/five-strange-things-found-in-food/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:58:46 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5735 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-strange-things-found-in-food/feed/ 0 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-types-of-halloween-costumes-analyzed/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-types-of-halloween-costumes-analyzed/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:15:00 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5726 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-types-of-halloween-costumes-analyzed/feed/ 1 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-disasters-and-how-theyll-kill-you-in-the-opposite-way-youd-think/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-disasters-and-how-theyll-kill-you-in-the-opposite-way-youd-think/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:01:01 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5681 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-disasters-and-how-theyll-kill-you-in-the-opposite-way-youd-think/feed/ 0 http://www.weirdworm.com/the-seven-greatest-embarrassing-early-movie-roles/ http://www.weirdworm.com/the-seven-greatest-embarrassing-early-movie-roles/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:16:37 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5657 http://www.weirdworm.com/the-seven-greatest-embarrassing-early-movie-roles/feed/ 1 0:06:38 Actors are like everybody else; they all started at the bottom and had to work their way up. Except for most people this means sorting letters in the mail room or mopping floors. For actors, on the other hand, this usually means taking your clothes [...] Actors are like everybody else; they all started at the bottom and had to work their way up. Except for most people this means sorting letters in the mail room or mopping floors. For actors, on the other hand, this usually means taking your clothes off, getting stabbed in the face, or other equally embarrassing roles you kind of don’t want to tell mom and dad about. But fortunately, most of these movies are obscure and will vanish…until you become famous, and then they return to haunt you. Such as! 1. Arnold Schwartzenegger, “Hercules In New York” There was a time, believe it or not, where the Governator, one of the most popular action stars in the world, was just a hick from Austria. Kind of the German equivalent of Georgia, but more backwards and with much better beer. Arnold shared the dream of many Austrians, namely, getting the hell out of his homeland. This he accomplished via bodybuilding and soon after, film. (...)Read the rest of The Seven Greatest Embarrassing Early Movie Roles (1,096 words) (...)Read the rest of The Seven Greatest Embarrassing Early Movie Roles (1,096 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © radmanovac for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/14-bizarre-kids-cereal-boxes/ http://www.weirdworm.com/14-bizarre-kids-cereal-boxes/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:54:12 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5646 http://www.weirdworm.com/14-bizarre-kids-cereal-boxes/feed/ 3 0:07:25 Children’s cereal is big business. When your customer base thinks artificially colored and sugared cardboard is a gourmet meal, the stuff really should sell itself. Unfortunately, between you and the hyperactive brats there stands parents holding th[...] Children’s cereal is big business. When your customer base thinks artificially colored and sugared cardboard is a gourmet meal, the stuff really should sell itself. Unfortunately, between you and the hyperactive brats there stands parents holding the purse strings and suggesting oatmeal or fruit instead. Good cereal producers know the key is to utilize the surprising lung capacity and lack of social inhibition characteristic of children by having them throw tantrums in the middle of the crowded cereal aisle. To achieve successful tantrums, they must make the cereal irresistible. Bright colored boxes and loveable characters are the key. Most of the time it works and we grow to love those characters. Hang in there, Trix Rabbit, you’ll get the cereal one day But sometimes the efforts are just plain weird, as these notable standouts show. 1. Corn Crackos Sugared cereals are like crack to little kids, and with Corn Crackos the Post Company wasn’t trying that hard to hide this fact. Sure, they’ll tell you cereal came out in 1967 before crack became an urban epidemic. But when the spokesman is an aggressive crow whose marketing tactics mirror those of drug dealers, you can’t help but wonder. Watch the bird force his way onto an unsuspecting populace: The campaign uses time tested drug dealer methodology for trying to get new customers. First you have the free sample. (...)Read the rest of 14 Bizarre Kids Cereal Boxes (1,115 words) (...)Read the rest of 14 Bizarre Kids Cereal Boxes (1,115 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © radmanovac for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/seven-languages-that-are-about-to-die/ http://www.weirdworm.com/seven-languages-that-are-about-to-die/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:53:19 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5639 http://www.weirdworm.com/seven-languages-that-are-about-to-die/feed/ 2 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-more-wrestlers-who-achieved-awesomeness-outside-the-ring/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-more-wrestlers-who-achieved-awesomeness-outside-the-ring/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:42:57 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5627 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-more-wrestlers-who-achieved-awesomeness-outside-the-ring/feed/ 0 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-almost-sports-that-left-us-too-soon/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-almost-sports-that-left-us-too-soon/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:18:16 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5609 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-almost-sports-that-left-us-too-soon/feed/ 0 0:07:59 Not every sport is treated with respect, nor are they given any credibility. That’s because it’s very difficult to break the mold effectively without succumbing to goofy gimmicks. Though sports entertainment comes and goes, some attempts[...] Not every sport is treated with respect, nor are they given any credibility. That’s because it’s very difficult to break the mold effectively without succumbing to goofy gimmicks. Though sports entertainment comes and goes, some attempts to invent knew games remain as a testament to our love of creativity and fondness for men in American flag spandex. These games are the five almost sports that left us too soon. 1. Slamball Since Pong first ponged its way into our hearts and living rooms way back when, video games have grown into entertainment juggernauts, all the while ruining generations of future voters in the process. He used to be such a nice boy, too. (...)Read the rest of 5 Almost Sports That Left Us Too Soon (1,284 words) (...)Read the rest of 5 Almost Sports That Left Us Too Soon (1,284 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © radmanovac for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/4-celebrities-who-hate-you-and-dont-care-if-you-know-it/ http://www.weirdworm.com/4-celebrities-who-hate-you-and-dont-care-if-you-know-it/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:39:23 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5624 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-celebrities-who-hate-you-and-dont-care-if-you-know-it/feed/ 13 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-companies-that-want-to-put-you-in-outer-space/ http://www.weirdworm.com/five-companies-that-want-to-put-you-in-outer-space/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:21:32 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5614 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-companies-that-want-to-put-you-in-outer-space/feed/ 1 0:08:45 When you’re trying to inspire (read: lie to) children, you tell them they can be anything they want to be when they grow up. This simply isn’t true; otherwise we’d have a lot more billionaire-fireman-presidents (married to horse riding-movie star-pr[...] When you’re trying to inspire (read: lie to) children, you tell them they can be anything they want to be when they grow up. This simply isn’t true; otherwise we’d have a lot more billionaire-fireman-presidents (married to horse riding-movie star-princesses). Among the most frequent of crushed dreams is the desire to be an astronaut. We wanted to experience Zero-G, you probably wanted to walk on the moon… heck, even communists grow up yearning to slip the surly bonds of earth and touch the face of God. Except they do it for the glory of the motherland, instead an all-American desire for tang (both kinds). But now, thanks to the wonders of capitalism, there are dozens of companies trying to make your dreams come true, and all they want in return is an enormous fee! Space Station for sale, $10 OBO, no deliveries. With the US forcing spaceflight away from the glory days of the NASA missions and towards the cold, calculating bosom of the private sector, there’s a new space race among companies to put the adventurous (and also very wealthy) on the ride of their lives. So for the millionaires who do most of their research on list-based internet humor sites, WeirdWorm offers a primer of the companies that want to put you into space. 5. Armadillo Aerospace We’d question the rationality of letting an armadillo pilot a spacecraft if it wasn’t so cute. (...)Read the rest of Five Companies That Want to Put You in Outer Space (1,491 words) (...)Read the rest of Five Companies That Want to Put You in Outer Space (1,491 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/7-examples-of-urban-entertainment-that-could-end-in-disaster/ http://www.weirdworm.com/7-examples-of-urban-entertainment-that-could-end-in-disaster/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:01:16 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5602 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-examples-of-urban-entertainment-that-could-end-in-disaster/feed/ 0 0:06:26 If you’ve read the article about examples of rural entertainment that could end in disaster, then you already know that living in the country can be a lot more dangerous than you might think at first. But you city folk shouldn’t get too [...] If you’ve read the article about examples of rural entertainment that could end in disaster, then you already know that living in the country can be a lot more dangerous than you might think at first. But you city folk shouldn’t get too comfortable; there’s just as much chance of pratfalls and precariousness in the things people do to ward off boredom in urban environments as in rural ones. That’s not to say that you should let worrying about what you or someone else does for fun in the city keep you safe at home with the windows barred and the doors locked; in the case of some of these types of entertainment, that would actually be worse for your health and well-being. Just keep these facts in mind next time you say that you’re bored and there’s nothing to do, and don’t look so harshly on relatively tame activities like watching a movie and drinking yourself into a stupor in your living room. 1. Parkour Weee! Flying is fun!(...)Read the rest of 7 Examples of Urban Entertainment That Could End In Disaster (1,219 words) (...)Read the rest of 7 Examples of Urban Entertainment That Could End In Disaster (1,219 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/7-good-foods-gone-sad/ http://www.weirdworm.com/7-good-foods-gone-sad/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:18:17 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5491 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-good-foods-gone-sad/feed/ 2 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-athletes-who-might-actually-be-insane/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-athletes-who-might-actually-be-insane/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:44:19 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5508 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-athletes-who-might-actually-be-insane/feed/ 2 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-reasons-cpr-will-not-save-your-life/ http://www.weirdworm.com/five-reasons-cpr-will-not-save-your-life/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:59:11 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5458 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-reasons-cpr-will-not-save-your-life/feed/ 5 0:11:35 CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a technique used to save people whose heart and lungs have decided to quit by heroically mashing ones hands and face into a person’s face and chest. It’s a hallmark medical system, right up there with the Hei[...] CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a technique used to save people whose heart and lungs have decided to quit by heroically mashing ones hands and face into a person’s face and chest. It’s a hallmark medical system, right up there with the Heimlich maneuver or “Not Applying Leeches for Every Medical Ailment”. And while it can be an important tool in the fight against the icy, relentlessly tightening grip of death, it turns out that, for a number of reasons, you’re still probably going to die. 5. Resuscitation is Poorly Understood It doesn’t take a Planned Parenthood security guard to tell you that the point at which human life begins is a little bit of a contentious issue. The point at which we can declare something to be dead is similarly fuzzy. Until the late 1700’s, we tended to go with “did he flinch when poked with a sharp stick?” line of diagnosis. This all started to change when the Dutch got sick of the stupid bastards who were clogging up their beloved canals. Lacking the necessary 1-900 psychics to ridicule people in the spirit world, they set about developing a system to revive those who’d drowned. The British soon followed with their hilariously named “Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned” which was managed by the even more stereotypically English “Royal Humane Society for the Apparently Dead”. That is totally true, and yes, they did spend more time on politeness than legitimate medical science. Problem solved! (...)Read the rest of Five Reasons CPR Will Not Save Your Life (2,108 words) (...)Read the rest of Five Reasons CPR Will Not Save Your Life (2,108 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 5 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/5-ridiculous-ways-pro-athletes-have-injured-themselves/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-ridiculous-ways-pro-athletes-have-injured-themselves/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:00:28 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5427 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-ridiculous-ways-pro-athletes-have-injured-themselves/feed/ 3 0:06:45 We don’t like to stereotype but professional athletes generally physically gifted, athletic freaks that are, maybe most importantly, tough as nails. You’ve got all of these stories about horrendous injuries and the players that battle through them, [...] We don’t like to stereotype but professional athletes generally physically gifted, athletic freaks that are, maybe most importantly, tough as nails. You’ve got all of these stories about horrendous injuries and the players that battle through them, like legendary Los Angeles Ram defensive lineman Jack Youngblood playing through the entire 1979 playoffs on a fractured fibula. And then, of course, you’ve got the really humiliating on-field injuries, like former Arizona Cardinals kicker Bill Gramatica, who injured himself celebrating after making a field goal in the first half of a regular season game. But hey, at least that happened on the field. There are some other athletes whose embarrassing injuries are even more ludicrous, such as… 1. “Sneezing” Sammy Sosa Sammy Sosa captured the attention of America back in 1998 when he and Mark McGwire engaged in the most epic steroid induced battle this side of a WWE pay-per-view event. Of course back then we didn’t know they were ‘roiding out every chance they got, so when they were cranking home runs left and right we didn’t care and just enjoyed the ride. Sammy and his relatively poor grasp of the English language became a household name and a fan favorite, until it all came crashing down when we realized that he had put on about 50 pounds of pure muscle and turned into a power hitter pretty much overnight. And then things got really humiliating for Sammy in 2004 when he missed a game with back spasms. No, the spasms weren’t the embarrassing injury, because hey, those things happen to every athlete at some point or another and hurt like hell. No, the idiotic part to this story is how Sosa got those back spasms in the first place. You see, before the game he sneezed twice, each ranking among the most violent sneezes ever (there is probably not a lot of research on steroid enhanced sneezing). In fact, it caused his back to go out. Those two sneezes caused him to be placed on the 15 day disabled list, but at least he can take solace in the fact that he’s not alone in being sidelined by sneezing – in fact, he’s the fourth player to do so. (...)Read the rest of 5 Ridiculous Ways Pro Athletes have Injured Themselves (966 words) (...)Read the rest of 5 Ridiculous Ways Pro Athletes have Injured Themselves (966 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/five-strange-fundraising-ideas/ http://www.weirdworm.com/five-strange-fundraising-ideas/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:31:20 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5363 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-strange-fundraising-ideas/feed/ 4 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-comforting-mom-sayings-that-really-arent/ http://www.weirdworm.com/7-comforting-mom-sayings-that-really-arent/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:24:46 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5372 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-comforting-mom-sayings-that-really-arent/feed/ 0 0:07:28 If there’s one thing that moms are known for being good at, it’s comforting people. They’ll often say things like “Don’t be mad at Billy, pity him; his parents are ugly, and someday, he will be too,” or “bik[...] If there’s one thing that moms are known for being good at, it’s comforting people. They’ll often say things like “Don’t be mad at Billy, pity him; his parents are ugly, and someday, he will be too,” or “bike accidents only happen to people who are bad on the inside.” But, try as they might, they can’t turn every bad situation into puppies and king-size candy bars. Sometimes, they just don’t have a clue what they are talking about. 1. Cleaning toilets never hurt anyone Great. Now we have to be scared of the thing that was closest to our hearts. (...)Read the rest of 7 “Comforting” Mom Sayings That Really Aren’t (1,509 words) (...)Read the rest of 7 “Comforting” Mom Sayings That Really Aren’t (1,509 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/twenty-vile-shots-you-know-somebody-drank/ http://www.weirdworm.com/twenty-vile-shots-you-know-somebody-drank/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:40:15 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5246 http://www.weirdworm.com/twenty-vile-shots-you-know-somebody-drank/feed/ 10 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-strange-and-deadly-foods/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-strange-and-deadly-foods/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:48:45 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5233 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-strange-and-deadly-foods/feed/ 1 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-animal-sex-lives-manipulated-by-the-cold-hand-of-science/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-animal-sex-lives-manipulated-by-the-cold-hand-of-science/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:46:48 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5216 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-animal-sex-lives-manipulated-by-the-cold-hand-of-science/feed/ 1 0:11:23 Sexual selection can be found throughout the animal kingdom. Frequently, it can go well beyond the simple “dudes smash their heads together until there’s a winner” model. In order to figure out exactly what’s going on in the sex li[...] Sexual selection can be found throughout the animal kingdom. Frequently, it can go well beyond the simple “dudes smash their heads together until there’s a winner” model. In order to figure out exactly what’s going on in the sex lives of some species, scientists will get a little creative with their techniques. When researchers get a hunch about traits that are animal turn ons and turn offs, those poor critters’ sex lives might be in for some cruel tinkering. To prove their theory, biologists aren’t afraid to play Nip/Tuck or Frankenstein. Ladies and dudes of all species might get transformed from a shining Adonis to Jaleel White, or vice versa. It might seem cruel, but simply making observations and crunching the numbers can get boring, even for scientists. 1. Bower Birds (...)Read the rest of 6 Animal Sex Lives (Manipulated by the Cold Hand of Science) (2,145 words) (...)Read the rest of 6 Animal Sex Lives (Manipulated by the Cold Hand of Science) (2,145 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast, Science office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/weird-things-people-have-been-arrested-for/ http://www.weirdworm.com/weird-things-people-have-been-arrested-for/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:04:22 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5116 http://www.weirdworm.com/weird-things-people-have-been-arrested-for/feed/ 4 http://www.weirdworm.com/9-people-you-dont-want-to-meet-in-a-dark-alley/ http://www.weirdworm.com/9-people-you-dont-want-to-meet-in-a-dark-alley/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:50:58 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5122 http://www.weirdworm.com/9-people-you-dont-want-to-meet-in-a-dark-alley/feed/ 0 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-weird-things-accomplished-with-urine/ http://www.weirdworm.com/4-weird-things-accomplished-with-urine/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:58:13 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=5060 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-weird-things-accomplished-with-urine/feed/ 1 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-sports-phrases-that-make-us-snicker-like-12-year-olds/ http://www.weirdworm.com/7-sports-phrases-that-make-us-snicker-like-12-year-olds/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:29:35 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4839 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-sports-phrases-that-make-us-snicker-like-12-year-olds/feed/ 2 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-most-terrifying-powers-of-the-insect-world/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-most-terrifying-powers-of-the-insect-world/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:36:45 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4747 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-most-terrifying-powers-of-the-insect-world/feed/ 36 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-soccer-matches-that-you-should-probably-care-about/ http://www.weirdworm.com/five-soccer-matches-that-you-should-probably-care-about/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:31:31 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4891 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-soccer-matches-that-you-should-probably-care-about/feed/ 1 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-people-who-are-inexplicably-famous/ http://www.weirdworm.com/4-people-who-are-inexplicably-famous/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:41:43 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4868 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-people-who-are-inexplicably-famous/feed/ 3 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weird-transportation-methods/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weird-transportation-methods/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:00:46 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4720 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weird-transportation-methods/feed/ 3 0:06:37 Driving your car around town is pretty tedious, walking takes forever to get anywhere, biking or skateboarding makes anyone who isn’t a teenager look weird and public transit is full of hobos. Is there no method of everyday transportation that’s bot[...] Driving your car around town is pretty tedious, walking takes forever to get anywhere, biking or skateboarding makes anyone who isn’t a teenager look weird and public transit is full of hobos. Is there no method of everyday transportation that’s both efficient and enjoyable? Nope, there isn’t. Trust us, we checked. However, there are plenty of extremely weird methods that make up for their inefficiency with their complete lunacy. So the next time you’re stuck in an hour long traffic jam and the stereo in the car next to you is blasting “Dinosaur” on repeat, you should consider one of these alternatives. 1. Powerisers Did you ever own a pogo stick as a child? Did you ever want to take your pogo stick to the extreme?! Well, probably not, because those things got old pretty fast, but regardless of what your childhood fantasies were, Powerisers are here to maybe answer them. Powerisers are pretty much just springs that you strap to your legs, essentially turning you into a kangaroo. Except that kangaroos can’t do bitchin’ flips or suffer hilarious groin injuries. The company that sells Powerisers says they were originally developed by the aerospace industry, and while we find that claim dubious, we’re too busy filling out the order form to investigate so we’ll have to take their word for it. Sure, anyone using these things for an extended length of time will probably end up with a bad case of broken spine, but it would be worth it for the ability to get to work by doing front flips over all the cars that are waiting at red lights. (...)Read the rest of 6 Weird Transportation Methods (978 words) (...)Read the rest of 6 Weird Transportation Methods (978 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/the-seven-terrifying-side-effects-of-useful-drugs/ http://www.weirdworm.com/the-seven-terrifying-side-effects-of-useful-drugs/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:24:50 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4674 http://www.weirdworm.com/the-seven-terrifying-side-effects-of-useful-drugs/feed/ 8 0:07:03 It’s been a joke for as long as we’ve had those ridiculous drug ads of people frolicking in a field while an announcer motormouths his way through all the legal disclaimers: sometimes the side effects sound worse that the disease. But, o[...] It’s been a joke for as long as we’ve had those ridiculous drug ads of people frolicking in a field while an announcer motormouths his way through all the legal disclaimers: sometimes the side effects sound worse that the disease. But, of course, this is just a natural side effect of your body reacting to the drugs…right? Note: For the sake of good taste and to keep your computer clean of barf, instead of pictures of pills or the horrible, disgusting symptoms, we’re featuring pictures we got from Googling “adorable children”. But, you know, click any links at your own risk. 1. Polytrim Polytrim is already a drug most people don’t want to take voluntarily; it’s an antibiotic that’s generally used to treat the eyes. Already people are wincing away from this article. But don’t worry! It gets more disgusting! These kids certainly have healthy looking eyes. How nice. (...)Read the rest of The Seven Terrifying Side Effects of Useful Drugs (1,226 words) (...)Read the rest of The Seven Terrifying Side Effects of Useful Drugs (1,226 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © radmanovac for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 8 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/5-wrestling-superstars-originally-saddled-with-horrible-gimmicks/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-wrestling-superstars-originally-saddled-with-horrible-gimmicks/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:37:18 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4532 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-wrestling-superstars-originally-saddled-with-horrible-gimmicks/feed/ 0 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-weird-protests/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-weird-protests/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:23:09 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4445 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-weird-protests/feed/ 3 0:07:20 It can be tough to draw attention to an issue you care passionately about. A public protest usually helps, but sometimes even that’s not enough. Sure, if you’re protesting something well known and controversial, like a war, all you have to do is gat[...] It can be tough to draw attention to an issue you care passionately about. A public protest usually helps, but sometimes even that’s not enough. Sure, if you’re protesting something well known and controversial, like a war, all you have to do is gather a bunch of people together to block off a street or something and you’ll make the news. But if you’re fighting for something the average person doesn’t really care about then you have to take your protest the extra mile to get noticed. The result is often something very weird. 1. Saskatchewan Potholes Most people, assuming they’ve even heard of Saskatchewan, couldn’t care less about what goes on there. Even people who live in the Canadian province can’t summon up much more than an apathetic grunt when asked what they think about their place of residence. So when denizens of Leader, a town of just under 900 people, wanted to protest the large number of potholes on their roads, they first had to overcome the fact that they were fighting the least interesting battle in history. You can watch your dog run away for days. There’s nothing else to do, anyway. (...)Read the rest of 5 Weird Protests (1,239 words) (...)Read the rest of 5 Weird Protests (1,239 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/5-people-killed-by-their-obsessions/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-people-killed-by-their-obsessions/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:26:02 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4360 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-people-killed-by-their-obsessions/feed/ 1 0:07:29 We here at WeirdWorm love many things. List based observation humor is big. A delicious pizza is always enjoyable. One of our contributing authors has a pretty serious relationship going with a boyfriend pillow (try to guess which one!). Heck, somet[...] We here at WeirdWorm love many things. List based observation humor is big. A delicious pizza is always enjoyable. One of our contributing authors has a pretty serious relationship going with a boyfriend pillow (try to guess which one!). Heck, sometimes we love something so much that we would die for it. Other times the things we love the most end up taking our lives. 1. Milo of Croton – Feats of Strength The 6th century BC wrestler, Milo of Croton, was the manliest man of his day. The dude was the very definition of the word “jacked.” According to accounts of the time, he held a roof up to prevent a collapse, saving the life of the wimpy and not nearly as awesome philosopher Pythagoras. Others claimed that he walked around with a bull on his shoulders for the simple reason that he could manage such a feat and no one else could, so screw them. Apparently Milo could break bands tied around his head using only the veins in his forehead. Think about that: just his forehead could beat you up and take your girlfriend. (...)Read the rest of 5 People Killed by Their Obsessions (1,159 words) (...)Read the rest of 5 People Killed by Their Obsessions (1,159 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/7-jobs-that-sound-like-a-joke/ http://www.weirdworm.com/7-jobs-that-sound-like-a-joke/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:07:45 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4335 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-jobs-that-sound-like-a-joke/feed/ 2 http://www.weirdworm.com/the-8-most-disgusting-condiments-people-actually-eat/ http://www.weirdworm.com/the-8-most-disgusting-condiments-people-actually-eat/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:23:49 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4257 http://www.weirdworm.com/the-8-most-disgusting-condiments-people-actually-eat/feed/ 3 0:09:58 People like food. It fills you up, gives you a reason to leave your bed in the morning and tastes good… some of the time. For those other times, when the stuff you’re jamming into your greasy maw isn’t up to par but you’re determined to eat it[...] People like food. It fills you up, gives you a reason to leave your bed in the morning and tastes good… some of the time. For those other times, when the stuff you’re jamming into your greasy maw isn’t up to par but you’re determined to eat it anyway, there are condiments. Maybe you splash a half ton of ranch dressing on some crummy French fries or slather a diabetic coma-inducing level of ketchup your overdone burger. The point is, condiments can rescue an otherwise disastrous meal or jazz up an old favorite with just a little sugar or oil or spice. Then there’s these condiments. For those not content with a little butter, there is a wide variety of disgusting things you can put on your food that can make even the most ironclad stomach churn. And we’re not just talking about those freaks that put ketchup on their macaroni and cheese. 1. Miracle Whip (United States) The miracle is that they get away with selling it in the grocery store. (...)Read the rest of The 8 Most Disgusting Condiments (People Actually Eat) (1,745 words) (...)Read the rest of The 8 Most Disgusting Condiments (People Actually Eat) (1,745 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/8-weird-stories-of-sex-marital-aids-the-naked-body/ http://www.weirdworm.com/8-weird-stories-of-sex-marital-aids-the-naked-body/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 15:26:24 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4138 http://www.weirdworm.com/8-weird-stories-of-sex-marital-aids-the-naked-body/feed/ 10 http://www.weirdworm.com/wolverized-teens/ http://www.weirdworm.com/wolverized-teens/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 15:41:05 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=4068 http://www.weirdworm.com/wolverized-teens/feed/ 5 http://www.weirdworm.com/who-are-the-sexual-predators-inforgaphic/ http://www.weirdworm.com/who-are-the-sexual-predators-inforgaphic/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 14:52:11 +0000 euphoria http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3966 http://www.weirdworm.com/who-are-the-sexual-predators-inforgaphic/feed/ 2 http://www.weirdworm.com/8-strange-historic-jobs/ http://www.weirdworm.com/8-strange-historic-jobs/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 12:25:31 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3971 http://www.weirdworm.com/8-strange-historic-jobs/feed/ 3 0:06:49 Chances are you don’t love your job. If you’re like most people, you have to get up in the morning and sit in front of a computer for hours compiling excel sheets or answering phone calls. However, an average 9 to 5 job is heaven compared to some of[...] Chances are you don’t love your job. If you’re like most people, you have to get up in the morning and sit in front of a computer for hours compiling excel sheets or answering phone calls. However, an average 9 to 5 job is heaven compared to some of the peculiar, dangerous or simply stinky jobs that people had to do in the past. Here are some of the weirdest jobs anyone ever had on their resume. 1. Whipping Boys During the 1600’s in England, educating the future king created an interesting problem. Since the monarch’s blood line was considered divine, teachers and caretakers couldn’t punish the young prince even if he acted like a brat. The solution was obvious: get another young boy to take the punishment instead of the future king, hence the job of Whipping Boy. These scapegoats were usually chosen from the children of the nobility and educated along with the prince, living in the same quarters and playing together in their spare time. This meant that most of the time the prince was attached to the whipping boy and avoided doing badly so his friend wouldn’t be punished. While there is no record attesting how well this worked in practice, we do know that some kings later rewarded their whipping boys with land and nobility roles. If nothing else, the promise that one day you might become a duke would probably keep you going through all those undeserved punishments. Apparently if you were really bad you got fed to a bear (...)Read the rest of 8 Strange Historic Jobs (1,096 words) (...)Read the rest of 8 Strange Historic Jobs (1,096 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 3 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/4-christian-saints-canonized-for-weird-reasons/ http://www.weirdworm.com/4-christian-saints-canonized-for-weird-reasons/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 11:30:03 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3929 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-christian-saints-canonized-for-weird-reasons/feed/ 2 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-niche-beauty-pageants-that-make-standard-pageants-look-less-crazy/ http://www.weirdworm.com/five-niche-beauty-pageants-that-make-standard-pageants-look-less-crazy/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 11:44:14 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3887 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-niche-beauty-pageants-that-make-standard-pageants-look-less-crazy/feed/ 0 0:07:14 In many parts of the world, beauty contests are a really common affair, so much so that it’s become difficult to distinguish one pretty lady in a sash and shiny gown from another. However, that’s not the case with the following contests, which are u[...] In many parts of the world, beauty contests are a really common affair, so much so that it’s become difficult to distinguish one pretty lady in a sash and shiny gown from another. However, that’s not the case with the following contests, which are unique for their premise, execution or even their definition of beauty. Maybe these contests are a refreshing twist on an old formula. Or maybe they’re simply weird. 1. Miss Artificial Beauty Some people find beauty pageants to be shallow and demeaning to women. They believe that these contests only warp society’s view of what a woman is or should be, and do more harm than good. Chances are those people probably wouldn’t care for Miss Artificial Beauty. The idea was born in 2004 when a contestant in a Chinese beauty pageant was disqualified because she had undergone several cosmetic surgeries. Rather than take this as a lesson in the true meaning of what it means to be beautiful, she attempted to sue the pageant organizers, only to have her case thrown out in court. After hearing about this plight, a kind hearted soul realized the country’s growing fixation with plastic surgery was ripe for exploitation (Chinese men and women spend over two-billion dollars annually) and organized the first pageant where plastic surgery was a requirement. Mao would be proud if he weren’t a presumably beautiful corpse. Totally what he had in mind. (...)Read the rest of Five Niche Beauty Pageants (That Make Standard Pageants Look Less Crazy) (1,068 words) (...)Read the rest of Five Niche Beauty Pageants (That Make Standard Pageants Look Less Crazy) (1,068 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/five-creepy-religious-sites-from-around-the-world/ http://www.weirdworm.com/five-creepy-religious-sites-from-around-the-world/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 09:14:07 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3839 http://www.weirdworm.com/five-creepy-religious-sites-from-around-the-world/feed/ 11 0:06:26 Whether you’re an atheist or a believer, you’ll probably agree that many religions (like everyone elses) have a creepy side. There’s the unintentionally scary church artwork, terrifying elderly Sunday school teachers, and the wide range of truly wei[...] Whether you’re an atheist or a believer, you’ll probably agree that many religions (like everyone elses) have a creepy side. There’s the unintentionally scary church artwork, terrifying elderly Sunday school teachers, and the wide range of truly weird funeral customs. But no matter how bizarre or frightening your local place of worship, here are some religious sites around the globe that will make it look like Disneyland by comparison. 5. The Skull Cathedral, Ortranto, Italy What do you do when you have a bunch of beheaded martyr’s corpses that just would have been sitting around anyway? You build them into a church. Wow! Look at those plants! (...)Read the rest of Five Creepy Religious Sites From Around The World (1,329 words) (...)Read the rest of Five Creepy Religious Sites From Around The World (1,329 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 11 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/10-things-to-know-about-torture-infographic/ http://www.weirdworm.com/10-things-to-know-about-torture-infographic/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 13:19:27 +0000 euphoria http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3801 http://www.weirdworm.com/10-things-to-know-about-torture-infographic/feed/ 27 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-weird-foods-or-drinks-to-consume-on-a-hot-day/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-weird-foods-or-drinks-to-consume-on-a-hot-day/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 15:45:56 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3586 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-weird-foods-or-drinks-to-consume-on-a-hot-day/feed/ 0 http://www.weirdworm.com/10-unique-people-of-the-second-world-war/ http://www.weirdworm.com/10-unique-people-of-the-second-world-war/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 14:54:18 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3559 http://www.weirdworm.com/10-unique-people-of-the-second-world-war/feed/ 3 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-weird-wars/ http://www.weirdworm.com/4-weird-wars/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 09:09:16 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3505 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-weird-wars/feed/ 0 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-most-bizarre-beauty-treatments/ http://www.weirdworm.com/7-most-bizarre-beauty-treatments/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:14:06 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3461 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-most-bizarre-beauty-treatments/feed/ 12 0:26:19 Humanity is a vain lot and is willing to go to ridiculous lengths just to stave off the effects of aging. How ridiculous can those lengths get? Very… 1. Snake Massages Some time ago an Israeli man was being massaged by a buxom Middle Eastern beau[...] Humanity is a vain lot and is willing to go to ridiculous lengths just to stave off the effects of aging. How ridiculous can those lengths get? Very… 1. Snake Massages Some time ago an Israeli man was being massaged by a buxom Middle Eastern beauty—hopefully with the promise of a happy ending—when suddenly it hit him… what was missing in this pictures was a bunch of scaly, hissing reptilians. Thus, the snake massage was born. (...)Read the rest of 7 Most Bizarre Beauty Treatments (1,176 words) (...)Read the rest of 7 Most Bizarre Beauty Treatments (1,176 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 12 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/5-things-they-never-told-you-about-the-samurai/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-things-they-never-told-you-about-the-samurai/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:19:23 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3396 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-things-they-never-told-you-about-the-samurai/feed/ 21 http://www.weirdworm.com/bizarre-religious-rituals/ http://www.weirdworm.com/bizarre-religious-rituals/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:50:44 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3373 http://www.weirdworm.com/bizarre-religious-rituals/feed/ 7 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-awards-you-could-win-for-failure/ http://www.weirdworm.com/7-awards-you-could-win-for-failure/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:18:49 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3362 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-awards-you-could-win-for-failure/feed/ 1 0:08:58 Almost every profession has its own awards honoring the best and the brightest. Science and Literature have the Nobel, Journalism has the Pulitzer, and Cinema and Television have the Emmys, Oscars and People’s Choice Awards. But among many awards[...] Almost every profession has its own awards honoring the best and the brightest. Science and Literature have the Nobel, Journalism has the Pulitzer, and Cinema and Television have the Emmys, Oscars and People’s Choice Awards. But among many awards ceremonies there are several awards for which you would rather not be the recipient. These tongue-in-cheek awards celebrate the worst and most awful of achievements a person could attain. Below we list some of the best awards that celebrate the worst of this world. 1. Golden Raspberry (Film) The Academy Awards are the preeminent film honors in the world. Lifetimes are spent crafting the best film or performance to earn the acclaim of Hollywood. Here the best and brightest shine. But there are only a few great films even worthy every year and many more crappy films that filled the theaters for no apparent reason. (...)Read the rest of 7 Awards You Could Win (For Failure) (1,281 words) (...)Read the rest of 7 Awards You Could Win (For Failure) (1,281 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/4-things-people-refuse-to-believe-arent-real/ http://www.weirdworm.com/4-things-people-refuse-to-believe-arent-real/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:09:38 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3345 http://www.weirdworm.com/4-things-people-refuse-to-believe-arent-real/feed/ 17 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weirdest-traditions-still-respected-nowadays/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weirdest-traditions-still-respected-nowadays/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:21:14 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3324 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weirdest-traditions-still-respected-nowadays/feed/ 10 0:26:43 We all have strange family traditions, but however traumatizing it may be to see your uncle get drunk every Thanksgiving and wrestle with the turkey because it’s “tradition” we are certain your stories are nowhere close to these bizarre traditions [...] We all have strange family traditions, but however traumatizing it may be to see your uncle get drunk every Thanksgiving and wrestle with the turkey because it’s “tradition” we are certain your stories are nowhere close to these bizarre traditions that are still celebrated around the world. So without other delays, please put on your xenophobic hats and let’s jump into the bizarre world of foreign traditions: 1. The Danube Race for the Cross It’s January and somewhere around minus “damn it’s cold” degrees. Sounds like it’s time to throw a blessed cross into the icy waters of the Danube river and have teenagers swim for it. Wait what? This tradition is just what you’d imagine: an orthodox priest throws a cross into the river, and as a hundred or more people watch; young men decide to get pneumonia by swimming in the freezing cold water. People applaud and the priest throws cold holy water over everybody, blessing them. A good time for Romanians(...)Read the rest of 6 Weirdest Traditions Still Respected Nowadays (1,133 words) (...)Read the rest of 6 Weirdest Traditions Still Respected Nowadays (1,133 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 10 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/seven-amazing-hoaxes/ http://www.weirdworm.com/seven-amazing-hoaxes/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:07:00 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3298 http://www.weirdworm.com/seven-amazing-hoaxes/feed/ 2 0:08:01 Con-artists are a clever bunch. They make entire careers by tricking everyday people like you or I into believing the most absurd nonsense possible. The below hoaxes and cons managed to be both highly successful and unique in the field criminal lyin[...] Con-artists are a clever bunch. They make entire careers by tricking everyday people like you or I into believing the most absurd nonsense possible. The below hoaxes and cons managed to be both highly successful and unique in the field criminal lying. 1. De Grote Donorshow De Grote Donorshow (The Big Donor Show) was a reality show that aired in the Netherlands in the summer of 2007. The show revolved around a terminally-ill woman and her decision to donate one of her kidneys to three contestants awaiting a transplant. Viewers at home could take a shot at playing doctor by sending text messages to the ill woman with suggestions of who deserved the transplant the most. Naturally the show was very controversial. In the end, however, it was revealed that the woman was only an actress. The contestants really were kidney patients, though, and all the profit made from the text messages were donated to the Dutch Kidney Foundation. The show had been devised as a means to generate awareness about the low number of organ donors in the country. However, if you were one of the people who were too offended by the show’s concept to make it to the end then you probably didn’t know that until this very moment and feel very, very foolish right about now. (...)Read the rest of Seven Amazing Hoaxes (1,066 words) (...)Read the rest of Seven Amazing Hoaxes (1,066 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/6-truly-peculiar-coincidences/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-truly-peculiar-coincidences/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:30:57 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3279 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-truly-peculiar-coincidences/feed/ 4 http://www.weirdworm.com/the-10-tackiest-things-only-the-superrich-can-afford/ http://www.weirdworm.com/the-10-tackiest-things-only-the-superrich-can-afford/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:12:37 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3250 http://www.weirdworm.com/the-10-tackiest-things-only-the-superrich-can-afford/feed/ 3 http://www.weirdworm.com/10-bizarre-events-and-discoveries/ http://www.weirdworm.com/10-bizarre-events-and-discoveries/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:04:09 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3195 http://www.weirdworm.com/10-bizarre-events-and-discoveries/feed/ 1 0:37:08 Many strange and unexplained events have been documented in modern history, events that raise important questions and baffle world populations. These events are often times initiated by a bizarre archeological discovery, strange recording, or unsol[...] Many strange and unexplained events have been documented in modern history, events that raise important questions and baffle world populations. These events are often times initiated by a bizarre archeological discovery, strange recording, or unsolved murder. This article will be describing 10 strange and bizarre world events and discoveries. 1. The Humanzee The humanzee is a hypothetical chimpanzee and human hybrid. The DNA sequence of a human is very similar to a chimpanzee. Many experimental tests have been conducted, determining that humans share 95% of a chimpanzee DNA, as well as 99% of all coding DNA sequences. This has led to the speculation that it may be possible to breed a human and chimpanzee. No specimen has ever been confirmed. Humans do have one fewer pair of chromosomes than apes. However, having a different numbers of chromosomes is not an absolute barrier to producing young. Similar mismatches are common in nature. The phenomenon is known as chromosomal polymorphism. In the 1920s the Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov carried out a number of experiments in hopes of creating a human and ape hybrid. He began by working with human sperm and chimpanzee females, but none of his attempts created a pregnancy. He soon fell under political criticism in the Soviet Union and was sentenced to exile in the Kazakh SSR. Research conducted by J. Michael Bedford showed that human sperm could penetrate the protective outer membranes of a gibbon egg. Throughout history there have been many reports and rumors based around the existence of humanzees. The most widely discussed humanzee sighting was a critter named Oliver. Oliver was a sideshow star in the 1970s. He is said to have come from somewhere in the Congo, although this claim has never been proven. Oliver is very different from other chimps. He typically doesn’t like being in the same general area of other apes and prefers the company of humans. Oliver possesses a flatter face than his fellow chimpanzees. He has less hair, a smaller chin, a smaller and rounder cranium, and pointed ears. He also reportedly had an unusual scent, which is different from both chimps and humans. Oliver was habitually bipedal before being struck with arthritis, meaning that he walked upright. He has never walked on his knuckles like other chimps. Many reports have indicated that Oliver prefers human females over chimps. He was acquired as a young animal by trainers Frank and Janet Berger. The Berger’s eventually had to sell Oliver because he began to mount and attempted to mate with Janet. Janet Berger has indicated that this behavior started when Oliver reached the age of sixteen. In 1996, geneticists examined Oliver’s chromosomes. The test revealed that Oliver contains forty-eight chromosomes similar to other chimps, although Oliver’s owner Michael Miller claims he had the ape tested and the results showed only forty-seven chromosomes. These results have been widely scrutinized and challenged. His appearance has been dismissed as a genetic deformity. Scientists will not perform further tests on the hypothesis that Oliver could be an undiscovered species of chimpanzee. Oliver is still alive today, living at Primarily Primates in the state of Texas. (...)Read the rest of 10 Bizarre Events and Discoveries (4,242 words) (...)Read the rest of 10 Bizarre Events and Discoveries (4,242 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weird-monuments-from-around-the-world/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weird-monuments-from-around-the-world/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:02:17 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3157 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weird-monuments-from-around-the-world/feed/ 12 http://www.weirdworm.com/cannibalism-survival-of-the-fattest/ http://www.weirdworm.com/cannibalism-survival-of-the-fattest/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:33:35 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=3091 http://www.weirdworm.com/cannibalism-survival-of-the-fattest/feed/ 5 0:29:12 Fatty or Skinny? It’s a question that has dogged us since the dawn of time. Should I eat Fatty or Skinny? Fatty would go further, but Skinny would probably taste better. He’d be healthier too – more meat and less fat. But then, you’d have to s[...] Fatty or Skinny? It’s a question that has dogged us since the dawn of time. Should I eat Fatty or Skinny? Fatty would go further, but Skinny would probably taste better. He’d be healthier too – more meat and less fat. But then, you’d have to share him with Fatty so there probably wouldn’t be enough to go around. It’s certainly a dilemma. Perhaps you’d better gnaw on your arm while you try to decide. At some point in our lives, we’ve all spent time trying to decide which of our friends we would rather kill, cook and eat. If you haven’t then you’re probably the kind of person that would be too squeamish or sentimental to go through with it. Of course, this means that you would probably end up on the menu your self. What can I say, it’s a dog eat dog world out there. Of course, most of us wait until an extreme survival situation before we start tucking into our friends, but it never hurts to be prepared. You never know when you might become stranded on a desert island, a snow covered mountainside or a Roland Emmerich disaster film. Don’t try this at home kids. Weird Worm recommends that cannibalism only be practiced in extreme emergencies, emergencies such as these… 1. Andes Flight Disaster (...)Read the rest of Cannibalism – Survival of the Fattest (981 words) (...)Read the rest of Cannibalism – Survival of the Fattest (981 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 5 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/9-strange-easter-traditions/ http://www.weirdworm.com/9-strange-easter-traditions/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:05:51 +0000 radmanovac http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2995 http://www.weirdworm.com/9-strange-easter-traditions/feed/ 1 http://www.weirdworm.com/strangest-beers/ http://www.weirdworm.com/strangest-beers/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:33:36 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2987 http://www.weirdworm.com/strangest-beers/feed/ 1 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-things-you-wont-believe-are-illegal-in-the-us/ http://www.weirdworm.com/7-things-you-wont-believe-are-illegal-in-the-us/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:35:31 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2900 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-things-you-wont-believe-are-illegal-in-the-us/feed/ 7 0:24:53 Law is the foundation of society; at least that is what they say. We live with the belief that there are people out there who understand legislature and the “system”, passing laws which are meant to work in our best interest and help us coexist with[...] Law is the foundation of society; at least that is what they say. We live with the belief that there are people out there who understand legislature and the “system”, passing laws which are meant to work in our best interest and help us coexist with each other in peace. On the other hand, this belief falls flat on its face in the presence of these bans on common everyday items and activities. Currently, US law actually prohibits… 1. Boating and Fishing As insane as this may sound, boating and fishing on certain waters have been illegal in America since 2006. It was established by Judge Robert G. James, in the case of Normal Parm v. Sheriff Mark Shumate, after a few Louisiana anglers were caught fishing on flooded private property. (...)Read the rest of 7 Things You Won’t Believe Are Illegal in the US (1,232 words) (...)Read the rest of 7 Things You Won’t Believe Are Illegal in the US (1,232 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 7 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/the-6-most-unusual-job-searching-methods/ http://www.weirdworm.com/the-6-most-unusual-job-searching-methods/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:40:46 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2890 http://www.weirdworm.com/the-6-most-unusual-job-searching-methods/feed/ 5 0:07:57 By now the economy is slowly starting to recover, but that doesn’t mean that it’s any easier to find a job that will allow you to pay the mountain of bills covering your living room floor. In fact, if you’re looking for a career change you should pr[...] By now the economy is slowly starting to recover, but that doesn’t mean that it’s any easier to find a job that will allow you to pay the mountain of bills covering your living room floor. In fact, if you’re looking for a career change you should probably brush up on your interview skills and learn some Do’s and Don’ts of job searching; and as far as Don’ts go this is probably the best place to start. 1. Ask for a job at gun point We all know where the good jobs are: in the fast food business, but those damn teenagers are always undercutting the honest working man. It’s time someone did something about it, preferably with a gun! With dozens of Taco Bells robbed every other month (if you don’t believe us just google Taco Bell and robbery) walking in with a pistol in your hand demanding all the tacos you can carry doesn’t seem like a bad idea, and since you already showed that you have initiative and problem-solving skills, why not ask the manager for a job? Taco Bell manager (...)Read the rest of The 6 Most Unusual Job Searching Methods (1,328 words) (...)Read the rest of The 6 Most Unusual Job Searching Methods (1,328 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 5 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/6-strange-pieces-of-sports-memorabilia-people-actually-paid-for/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-strange-pieces-of-sports-memorabilia-people-actually-paid-for/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:51:16 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2880 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-strange-pieces-of-sports-memorabilia-people-actually-paid-for/feed/ 3 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-weird-uses-of-viagra/ http://www.weirdworm.com/5-weird-uses-of-viagra/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:01:37 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2874 http://www.weirdworm.com/5-weird-uses-of-viagra/feed/ 6 0:00:01 Viagra – the little blue pill that could… give you wood. Since becoming available in 1998 the erection inducing pharmaceutical has became a permanent part of our sex-centered culture, but surely there isn’t a lot you can say about [...] Viagra – the little blue pill that could… give you wood. Since becoming available in 1998 the erection inducing pharmaceutical has became a permanent part of our sex-centered culture, but surely there isn’t a lot you can say about it. You pop a pill, wait an hour, and for the first time in your life you stop feeling like less of a man. And that’s it, right? Wrong. There is actually a whole world of unconventional yet awesome uses for Viagra out there. Here are the 5 weirdest examples. 1. Viagra Helps Soccer Players Stand Up To The Challenge The Bolivian Santa Cruz FC Blooming experienced certain problems in the 90s, the least of which weren’t the players’ strike or a financial crisis that resulted in the inability to pay the said players, most of whom quit the club because they were not getting “paid” for their “talent” and their “houses” were being “taken over by the banks”. Even after importing a lot of talented newcomers to replace the majority of the original cadre and hiring Carlos Aragonés, an experienced manager who had a few championships under his belt, the team suffered a number of humiliating defeats. (...)Read the rest of 5 Weird Uses of Viagra (1,235 words) (...)Read the rest of 5 Weird Uses of Viagra (1,235 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 6 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/6-amazing-tv-shows-you-will-never-get-to-see/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-amazing-tv-shows-you-will-never-get-to-see/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:58:53 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2853 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-amazing-tv-shows-you-will-never-get-to-see/feed/ 1 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-manliest-religions/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-manliest-religions/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:10:40 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2847 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-manliest-religions/feed/ 34 0:08:49 When it comes to religion there are many options out there. However, if you want a truly kick-a$@ religion, with a God that eats fire and picks his teeth with lightning bolts, you should look at the ancient cults; the ones filled with monstrous dem[...] When it comes to religion there are many options out there. However, if you want a truly kick-a$@ religion, with a God that eats fire and picks his teeth with lightning bolts, you should look at the ancient cults; the ones filled with monstrous demons and insanely cool deities. And if you want more something more than some awesome mythology you should look at this list of religions that want you to be a bad-a$@ just to apply for membership. 1. Mithraism This is a religion where the main god was born out of stone only so he could kill a bull and dance in the beast’s blood. Does your god kill bulls? We didn't think so. (...)Read the rest of 6 Manliest Religions (1,467 words) (...)Read the rest of 6 Manliest Religions (1,467 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 34 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weird-places-where-people-actually-live/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weird-places-where-people-actually-live/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:54:46 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2835 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-weird-places-where-people-actually-live/feed/ 2 0:22:58 When we are kids, we often imagine ourselves living in some magnificent, albeit ridiculous places. Castles, moon bases, hobbit holes, submarines, and the list goes on and on. Of course as we grow up we realize that living in a hobbit hole or a moo[...] When we are kids, we often imagine ourselves living in some magnificent, albeit ridiculous places. Castles, moon bases, hobbit holes, submarines, and the list goes on and on. Of course as we grow up we realize that living in a hobbit hole or a moon base might not be as awesome as we once imagined. Oh, who am I kidding? Living in those places would absolutely rock each and every one of our faces off. We just don’t have the balls (or often, the money) to actually try to live in some absurd looking house, so we settle for normal apartments, condos or refrigerator boxes under bridges. Well, most of us don’t, anyway. Apparently for others, it’s a lot more difficult to let go of those dreams from childhood, and here’s proof… 1. Cave Houses Unless your name is Fred Flintstone, odds are you probably never really considered the idea of living in a cave. And hell, even old Fred didn’t live in a cave; he lived in a pile of rocks stacked precariously on top of each other, ready to collapse and wipe out his entire cartoon family at any moment. But I’m guessing your name isn’t Fred Flintstone, which means that’s all pretty much irrelevant. Just like the idea of living in a cave. (...)Read the rest of 6 Weird Places Where People Actually Live (951 words) (...)Read the rest of 6 Weird Places Where People Actually Live (951 words) Subscribe to Weird Worm podcast at © rale for Weird Worm, 2010. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Highlights, Life, Podcast office@weirdworm.com no no http://www.weirdworm.com/10-bizarre-japanese-inventions/ http://www.weirdworm.com/10-bizarre-japanese-inventions/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:50:35 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2778 http://www.weirdworm.com/10-bizarre-japanese-inventions/feed/ 8 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-strange-funeral-customs/ http://www.weirdworm.com/7-strange-funeral-customs/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:07:55 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2483 http://www.weirdworm.com/7-strange-funeral-customs/feed/ 8 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-bizarre-criminal-sentences/ http://www.weirdworm.com/6-bizarre-criminal-sentences/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:06:08 +0000 rale http://www.weirdworm.com/?p=2474 http://www.weirdworm.com/6-bizarre-criminal-sentences/feed/ 1 0:06:57 If you’re a person reading comedy on the internet, then odds are at some point in your life, you’ve watched Seinfeld. And if you’re at all familiar with the show, there’s a pretty good chance you remember the episode in which Jerry and George decid[...] If you’re a person reading comedy on the internet, then odds are at some point in your life, you’ve watched Seinfeld. And if you’re at all familiar with the show, there’s a pretty good chance you remember the episode in which Jerry and George decide that the plot of their pilot for NBC should revolve around a guy being sentenced to become Jerry’s butler. Even by Seinfeld standards, it was a little preposterous, but that was the point. It could never happen in real life, and that’s what made it funny. I mean, it couldn’t actually happen in real life, could it? Well, that depends on who you get as a judge, if these cases are any indication. 1. The Poor Kid Who Just Wanted a Little Porn Back in 2004, a kid named Jeremy Sherwood was into the same things as most other teenagers. You know, having a good time, looking at porn, and petty larceny. One day the three converged, and young Jeremy was caught red handed. No word on whether his hands were red from all that masturbating to his stolen porn. Wait…so these really DO still exist? After he was caught stealing some porn from an adult video store, Sherwood was given a choice: 30 days in jail, or wear a blindfold in front of the store from which he stole while holding a sign reading “See No Evil.” Naturally, Jeremy went with door number two and endured what was probably a lonely afternoon of people thinking he was a bible nut making a statement. Of course I’m just left to wonder: what the hell is an American teenager stealing porn from a store when there’s so much readily available on the internet? 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