79 – East Germany Lives On – As A Tiny Carribean Island « strange maps
Most people think East Germany ceased to exist in 1990, when the (East) German Democratic Republic was absorbed by the Federal Republic of (West) Germany. So did I. Turns out I was wrong: the GDR lives on, and in a very comfortable climate to boot: a small island off Cuba is the last official territory of the good old Deutsche Demokratische Republik. Click on the link to see a Google Map picture) Continue reading “East Germany Lives On – As A Tiny Cuban Island”
Category: Humor
N.M. Orders 500 Talking Urinal Cakes
N.M. Orders 500 Talking Urinal Cakes – Forbes.com
New Mexico recently paid $21 each for about 500 talking urinal-deodorizer cakes and has put them in men’s rooms in bars and restaurants across the state.
When a man steps up, the motion-sensitive plastic device says, in a woman’s voice that is flirty, then stern: ““Hey there big guy, having a few drinks? Then listen up! Think you had one to many? Then it’s time to call a cab or ask a sober friend for a ride home. It sure is safer and a hell of a lot cheaper than a DWI. Make the smart choice tonight, don’t drink and drive!”
The recorded message ends: “Remember, your future is in your hand.”
The Top 15 Wackiest USB Devices
PC World – The Top 15 Wackiest USB Devices
Here we present to you a sampling of 15 of the most absurd USB devices we could find. Let’s start with a collection of fully functional flash drives that look a little kooky–and, in one case, downright scary.
Grenada thanks China for new stadium with a rendition of wrong anthem
Shanghaiist: Grenada thanks China for new stadium with a rendition of Taiwan anthem
The tiny Caribbean island of Grenada suffered a huge diplomatic embarrassment at the inauguration of a US$40 million China-financed stadium built as a gift from Beijing when its police band decided it would perform the Taiwan anthem instead of the March of the Volunteers. Oops.
The Associated Press reports that Chinese Ambassador Qian Hongshan and scores of blue-uniformed Chinese laborers who built the new stadium were “visibly uncomfortable as Taiwan’s anthem echoed inside the 20,000-seat venue on Saturday”. Continue reading “Grenada thanks China for new stadium with a rendition of wrong anthem”
Video: No Exit
Filmed by Hindu Anand Alagappan’s, about the perils of getting caught in voice-mail hell; this 7 minute short follows a-day-in-the-life attempt to call and get one’s Credit Card Balance.
Evolution
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates With Hooter Girls
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Say Cheese With Hooter Girls at Digital Inspiration
Hooters recently presented their VIP card to Bill Gates of Microsoft and Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway. Now the duo can now walk inside any Hooters Restaurant worldwide to enjoy free food but they will still have to pay for the drinks.
Not sure if this free Hooter card will be of any use to these philanthropists but their group photo with the Hooters’ Waitresses is quite interesting. Especially compared to this picture of Bill Gates in 1978, just before Microsoft moved to Seattle.
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Would You Have Invested?
In December 1978, Microsoft had just completed its first million-dollar sales year, and the decision was made to decamp from the company’s Albuquerque, New Mexico, headquarters and relocate to bigger and better digs in the Pacific Northwest state of Washington. The formal studio photograph displayed above was taken on 7 December 1978, shortly before that move, and captured all but a couple of the current Microsoft staff. While this picture has been around the Internet for awhile, snopes.com has the stories of what happened to those pictured. Just click on the link above this photo.
Brooklyn “War of the Roses”
New York Daily News – Home – Drove her up the wall!
He slept like a baby. She tossed and turned.
That’s how the quarrelsome couple in Brooklyn’s “War of the Roses” spent their first night on opposite sides of a court-mandated wall dividing their home.
If the slab of Sheetrock was supposed to stop Simon and Chana Taub from fighting over the Borough Park house during their divorce case, they clearly need something thicker
Foreigners Don’t Tip.
I WAS SERVED A FRENCH DI$$ IN N.Y. CAFE By JENNIFER FERMINO – New York Post Online Edition: Seven
A French-born Manhattan resident claims a trendy SoHo restaurant tacked a gratuity on his bill without telling him – then said it was to “protect” the waiters because foreigners don’t tip.
Everyone ordered their meals in accented English, then sat back and gabbed in their native tongue. They enjoyed a leisurely, two-hour meal, complete with a bottle of white wine, some raw-bar shellfish, four fish entrees and three side orders. The bill was $247.32 – including an 18 percent tip.
Audesson, a hair colorist at Pierre Michel, said when they asked the manager why the gratuitous gratuity was tacked on, he was told, “We do that because you’re foreign, and foreigners don’t tip.”
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