Dali Making Shanghai Surreal

Dali had once said that “the only difference between me and a mad man is that I am not mad.” Well, his exhibition in Shanghai showing 350 works surely created a mania in the city and I am excited to have had...

Donkey basketball banned in the US due to animal rights

The odd and eccentric sport of Donkey basketball has been banned in the United States, due to pressure from PETA and animal rights activists that the sport was cruel to the animals. The sport was developed during the...

Google maps 'demolish British history'

Internet maps such as those made by Google ae demolishing British history by effectively not including historic monuments, battlefields etc on them according to super map maker Mary Spence. Traditional cartography...

Homeless In A Town Of Empty Houses

Is it better for empty property to be left to gather dust and mice or for someone broke and broken to "break in" and shelter there for a while ? I spent a bit of time homeless recently , during the winter of 2006 ...

English 'Lord' puts life up for sale on eBay

Ebay is becoming right market place for all kinds of idiosyncrasies. Earlier a British citizen had auctioned off all his worldly things but didn't get a decent deal. Now a British lord has advertised for life as well title. The British lord has already experimented with this...

One Thousand Hear Change of Note in World's Longest Concert

At least it wouldn't be hard to learn to play this composition--unlike the boogie woogie and classical that I love to play!" More than 1,000 music-lovers showed up on Saturday, July 5, in a German town to hear a change of note in the longest-running and slowest piece of music...

Millionaire 'beaten to death by ID thief who raided bank accounts'

"A reclusive millionaire was battered to death in his Hampstead home by a conman who raided his bank accounts, the Old Bailey has heard. Allan Chappelow, 86, was a world expert on playwright George Bernard Shaw but had become "rather eccentric" in his old age, the jury was...

Canada's Notorious Serial Killer a Momma's Boy

This story by Stevie Cameron certainly explains a lot of the mindset of Willie Pickton Canada's most Notorious Serial Killer of Women, some say the count is 48 women killed and climbing dating back possibly to the...

Wyclef Admits Tryst with Lauryn Hill Until she went Crazy

There were always rumors of that relationship, good thing Wyclef left her before having kids. who knows if it’s bipolar or just the famous craziness…"Wyclef Jean confirmed his relationship with Lauryn Hill...

Former broadcaster wins Canada's top literary prize

It's nice to see prestigious prizes like this go to Canadians who live in fringe areas. Whether it's writers from the Arctic or musicians from Cape Breton and Newfoundland, it stands as a testament to...

Artist implants ‘third ear’ on his arm

 We have respect for artistic freedom and integrity but could you have thought of a better place to put that ear?"Performance artists are known for pushing the bounderies, but one Australian has astonished...

Aristocrat's Lexus car badly damaged in frenzied sexual attack - by a randy p...

"Visitors to a stately home have been warned to keep away from a randy peacock after he caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a car he mistook for a mate. The amorous bird swooped on the "peacock blue" Lexus car in the grounds of eccentric aristocrat Sir Benjamin...

Fashion from panty hating Britney Spears: nude dress video as proof of wearin...

"Once panty hating, 25 years old pop star and the hottest Malibu mom Britney Spears was seen (and filmed!) parading out in a nude dress, which was absolutely see-through. In an eccentric attempt to draw public attention Britney is now apparently trying to prove that she now...

"Flour Power" in Turkmenistan

"MOSCOW, December 27 - The leader of Turkmenistan's United Democratic Opposition, currently based in Norway, proposed Wednesday sending a trainload of flour to Turkmenistan and carrying out a "flour" revolution in the republic. President-for-Life Saparmurat Niyazov died at...

U.S. Bans Sale of iPods to North Korea

"WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration wants North Korea's attention, so like a scolding parent it's trying to make it tougher for that country's eccentric leader to buy iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters. The U.S. government's first-ever effort to use...

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