<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Extraordinarily Weird But Beautiful Flowers : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Extraordinarily Weird But Beautiful Flowers : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-12-01T13:55:56+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Extraordinarily Weird But Beautiful Flowers]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/124968/1/" /><id>124968</id><summary><![CDATA[Extraordinarily Weird But Beautiful Flowers]]></summary><issued>2009-06-21T22:38:17+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-21T22:38:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The world is full of weird and wonderful flowers that sometimes look so strange that we find it difficult to imagine them actually growing in the wild. Some of these are unbelievably odd.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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So pack your bags and book in for the strangest bed and breakfast experiences in the world...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[News of the Weird]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/65860/1/" /><id>65860</id><summary><![CDATA[News of the Weird]]></summary><issued>2008-06-18T23:59:01+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-18T23:59:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For some readers, News of the Weird is a light diversion from the serious reporting of the week. For others, though, it's a weekly chronicle of the alarming decline of civilization. Or a therapeutic personal benchmark (for reassurance that the problem is other people, not you). Or, for the few who actually wind up in News of the Weird, a monument to lives interestingly lived.<br/><br/><i>I hope it's not a dupe, I searched and could not find it</i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Take a walk on the weird side...]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/2839/1/" /><id>2839</id><summary><![CDATA[Take a walk on the weird side...]]></summary><issued>2006-10-12T04:43:58+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-12T04:43:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Searching for weirdness online is like searching for hay in a haystack. It&#8217;s everywhere. <br/>Rest assured, none of the boring or dodgy stuff has made it into Yahoo!&#8217;s trawl of the Weird Wide Web. These sites are in turn funny, interesting, curious and mind bogglingly strange. They represent the weird hobby of thousands, or the mad obsession of just a single web-head. They cover things that were strange before the Web was ever invented, and nuttiness purely of the Internet age.<br/><br/>Welcome to Yahoo UK&quot;s Top 100 Weird Web Sites]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How weird are you]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/1689/1/" /><id>1689</id><summary><![CDATA[How weird are you]]></summary><issued>2006-09-29T23:08:26+01:00</issued><modified>2006-09-29T23:08:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Well! I scored 50% Which is about right I think.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Latest Japanese Trend: Weird Themed Cafes]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37670/1/" /><id>37670</id><summary><![CDATA[Latest Japanese Trend: Weird Themed Cafes]]></summary><issued>2007-10-08T04:40:47+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-08T04:40:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Japan's vibrant, fast-moving culture delivers daily doses of the weird, wild and wonderful! Take, for example, theme cafes. First popularized by nerdy &quot;otaku&quot; geeks and then embraced by the public at large, the theme cafe phenomenon shows no sign of running out of steam. Just the opposite - it seems new theme cafes pop up every week, each one seeking to be just a little weirder than what's come before!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Flowers 'wave' at passing insects]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/61079/1/" /><id>61079</id><summary><![CDATA[Flowers 'wave' at passing insects]]></summary><issued>2008-05-08T10:17:40+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-08T10:17:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Flowers &quot;wave&quot; at insects to get their attention, scientists have discovered.<br/><br/>The finding helps explain why many flowers waft in the breeze, and reveals a hitherto unknown trick used to attract pollinators.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Designer purses disguised to look like flowers sell for &#163;1,000]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/108161/1/" /><id>108161</id><summary><![CDATA[Designer purses disguised to look like flowers sell for &#163;1,000]]></summary><issued>2009-04-19T11:16:36+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-19T11:16:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Designer purses disguised to look like flowers, stones and even a cactus are selling for as much as &#163;1,000.<br/><br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.kathleendustin.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kathleen Dustin</a>, who creates the accessories from clay, said they are designed for women who are confident about their style.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Map Of Strange]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/64289/1/" /><id>64289</id><summary><![CDATA[Map Of Strange]]></summary><issued>2008-06-04T13:56:25+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-04T13:56:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[MapOfStrange - strange things in google maps<br/>The MapOfStrange website is a way of recording strange, wacky, weird and wonderful anomalies, sights and oddities from Google Maps and Google Earth.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Edible Flowers ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39920/1/" /><id>39920</id><summary><![CDATA[Edible Flowers ]]></summary><issued>2007-10-29T13:40:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-29T13:40:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Flowers have traditionally been used in many types of cooking: European, Asian, East Indian, Victorian English, and Middle Eastern. Early American settlers also used flowers as food. This site is a useful resource for growing, harvesting and cooking flowers]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Weird Atomic Attack Instuctions Sign!!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25250/1/" /><id>25250</id><summary><![CDATA[Weird Atomic Attack Instuctions Sign!!]]></summary><issued>2007-06-26T15:27:19+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-26T15:27:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Weird Atomic Attack Instuctions Sign!!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Flowers grow from steel]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/24565/1/" /><id>24565</id><summary><![CDATA[Flowers grow from steel]]></summary><issued>2007-06-20T21:26:49+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-20T21:26:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;The stems are slimmer than human hair, and altogether there are 38 small white flowers on top,&quot; he said. <br/>The flowers open in the mornings, then close when the sun grows strong. Each flower has a diameter of 1mm.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Weird Computerised Air Conditioning !!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25358/1/" /><id>25358</id><summary><![CDATA[Weird Computerised Air Conditioning !!]]></summary><issued>2007-06-27T10:12:43+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-27T10:12:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Weird Computerised Air Conditioning !!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Weirdest Inventions You Never Knew You Needed]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/102289/1/" /><id>102289</id><summary><![CDATA[The Weirdest Inventions You Never Knew You Needed]]></summary><issued>2009-03-26T12:35:21+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-26T12:35:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Being an inventor today must be really difficult. In the olden days, you could think of something pretty reasonable and bring it to life. Now, coming up with new contraptions for everyday living is somewhat more difficult. Here's a bunch of odd inventions that you might just want to go out and buy...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pulsed heartbeat of a weird new type of star]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44973/1/" /><id>44973</id><summary><![CDATA[Pulsed heartbeat of a weird new type of star]]></summary><issued>2007-12-21T10:52:29+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-21T10:52:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[XMM-Newton has detected periodic X-ray emission, or the pulsed heartbeat of a weird new type of star. Collecting the X-rays from the so-called rotating radio transient has confirmed the nature of the underlying celestial object and given astronomers a new insight into these exotic objects.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Weird Watches - Originality Overdone]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/25085/1/" /><id>25085</id><summary><![CDATA[Weird Watches - Originality Overdone]]></summary><issued>2007-06-25T08:38:48+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-25T08:38:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[As you dig further into the depths of the industry of watchmaking, you may find a lot of weird stuff, which occurs whether due to the lack or overflow of imagination.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[16 Flowers with the Most Repulsive Scents in the World]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/84006/1/" /><id>84006</id><summary><![CDATA[16 Flowers with the Most Repulsive Scents in the World]]></summary><issued>2008-12-09T05:20:57+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-09T05:20:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[These organisms look like heaven but they smell like hell.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Weird Classified Ads]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/128893/1/" /><id>128893</id><summary><![CDATA[Weird Classified Ads]]></summary><issued>2009-07-24T09:34:54+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-24T09:34:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Gumtastic is a section on Gumtree where people list their favourite Gumtree ads with sometimes weird sometimes hilarious consequences. Here are some of the best]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[World of Weird News]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40954/1/" /><id>40954</id><summary><![CDATA[World of Weird News]]></summary><issued>2007-11-07T13:32:12+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-07T13:32:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Here's todays run of weird stories from The Sun news paper.<br/><br/>All the stories are one page so read away!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[5 Really Weird Things About Water]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/73577/1/" /><id>73577</id><summary><![CDATA[5 Really Weird Things About Water]]></summary><issued>2008-08-25T22:28:38+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-25T22:28:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Water, good ol' H2O, seems like a pretty simple substance to you and me. But in reality, water - the foundation of life and most common of liquid - is really weird and scientists actually don't completely understand how water works.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Patently Absurd!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/124877/1/" /><id>124877</id><summary><![CDATA[Patently Absurd!]]></summary><issued>2009-06-21T08:50:24+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-21T08:50:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Explores the funnier side of our inventive spirit by featuring actual USA patented products.  Obtaining a patent is a costly and time consuming process.  Inventors must have unstoppable faith in their vision in order to realize their dream of acquiring a patent. But sometimes these inventions come from a creative place so deep, they can be perceived by some as offbeat, unusual and possibly a bit eccentric!]]></content></entry></feed>