RandomLuddite

So, being lazy today, i thought to grab a frozen meal from the freezer, and discovered that some moron had placed a six-pack of beer in there.

it's been there for a couple of weeks; i recognize them, they are mine (an uncommon brand), and they disappeared from my fridge during a party. Somebody must have wanted them colder than i prefer, put them in there, and forgot about it.

We are talking beer-filled aluminium ice cubes here. 5.5%.

If i thaw them out, are they any good, or are they foul-tasting Soft Drinks now?

instructions say it should be the one or the other. What gives? Do i have to open the box nine times?

I reported my initial findings to the equally esteemed science sub Glitch In The Matrix a few months ago, and now post here so that other shitty scientists will be able to reproduce this ground-breaking experiment in their own shopping malls and authenticate my results.

If confirmed by my peers, a fundamental paradigm shift in bovine quantum understanding is before us.

The Double-Cow Experiment

A cow is sent running towards a shopping mall. The trajectory is calculated to make the cow pass through a huge, yellow double arc on the parking lot. A clown hides behind the arc, eager to turn it into hamburgers.

If the clown has fallen asleep, the cow will pass through both arcs i

A rabbit comes into a 7-11, jumps up on the counter, and says; do you have carrots here?

No, says the clerk.

Oh pleasepleaseplease are you sure you don't have carrots here?

I already told you. We do not have carrots here.

Can you go check in the back if you have carrots theeeere?

Listen, rabbit. We.Have.No.Carrots.Here.

Are you suuuure you have no carrots here?

I Told you: we have NO CARROTS. Now leave me alone or i'll smash out your big front teeth and you'll never chew another carrot again. Get lost!

How about under the counter? Check under the counter? Carrots under the counter? Carrots theeree?

<SMASH>: the clerk hits the rabbit, and its big, shiny front t

Here's the story of the strange disturbance that trolled my mother for several decades (ref. this post). To make it as short and accurate as i can, i will keep to the few happenings i was actually witness to myself: her experiences are just briefly summarized. Even so, this is rather long-winded. But then, the glitch did take almost thirty years to fully unfold.

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The Braid And The Sleigh

My mother was a vet, and in 1982 she bought an old farm to start breeding horses. The place was old and littered: rusting farm equipment in the woods, garbage buried in the fields, all kinds of cr

I hugely enjoyed Nolan's The Prestige, and didn't know it was based on a novel until recently.

I rarely read books if i have seen the movie. The other way around is no problem and is often enjoyable, but reading a book i have already seen is too often uninteresting to me. I guess i need my stories fresh.

But Christopher Priests novel sounds truly intriguing. Has anyone read it and seen the film that can give their opinions? Does the story offer anything substantially more or different than the film does?

I have read The Affirmation, so i know the author a bit. I just wish i had not seen the Prestige movie...

First post, so apologies for any mistakes...

Weird things tends to occur around my mother. Either she lives her life as a dedicated, hard-boiled practical joker, or she is a crazy magnet. Here's one that happened on summer vacation when i was a kid in the 80s:

We were driving through Austria and had stopped at some scenic spot to eat. My parents spread a cloth on a foldable picnic table, and cooked coffee and eggs on a camping stove. My mother took off her wedding ring and used it for an egg cup while we ate. It was a thick, smooth gold ring, and the egg balanced nicely on it.

After the meal i picked up the cloth to shake off the breadcrumbs while my parents packed up the food. The r

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