Reports say they had to slather it with 20 gallons of ketchup and mustard so it would slide out from the building. All the more reason to insure your weiner!! picked by BrownTrout 4 months ago

Said to rival the great wall itself - the 13 mile long dragon will be covered in 5.6 million scales of jade or gold-coated bronze. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

The ultimate 'big book' of pranks.

My favorite is the woman who complained of fumes from the building incinerator. The landlord swore he never used the incinerator. The woman went around to salons and barber shops, collecting several large garbage bags of hair and dumped them down the chute. The landlord had 'a bit of splainin to do' when the building reeked of burning hair. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Not Boo.

A slideshow of images of bees building a honeycomb inside a glass belljar. So you can see them at it. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Astronomers at the Carnegie Institution have found the first indications of highly complex organic molecules in the disk of red dust surrounding a distant star. The eight-million-year-old star, known as HR 4796A, is inferred to be in the late stages of planet formation, suggesting that the basic building blocks of life may be common in planetary systems. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Launch a paper airplane from a building and try to get the highest rank and distance you possibly can.

My best is 113.744 meters and my global rank is 15,646. picked by Blankspace73 2 years ago

A giant wall of mirrors in Arizona, US, is being billed as the world's first moonbeam collector. The moonlight, which is of course just sunlight reflected off the Moon's surface, "might have applications for medicine, industry and agriculture", according to a Reuters story that quotes a married couple who have spent $2 million building it. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

More than 30 prisoners escaped from a jail in southeastern Guinea by using spoons to scoop a hole in the baked earth wall of their prison building which had been softened by rain. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

It seems pure fantasy. But this semester, Kansas University is making it real by pulling the lecture hall from the building and tucking it into the virtual world of Second Life. picked by yoornotme 10 months ago

The list includes two men charged with smuggling ozone-destroying coolants, who are believed to have fled to Syria; a man charged in Illinois with building a secret pipeline to funnel pollutants into a tributary of the Mississippi River; and a man, believed to be in Greece, indicted on charges of dumping contaminated grain into the ocean. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

At a time when most boys are building things with blocks and Legos..Carson Page set his sights a little higher. picked by hamjachok 2 years ago

It appears that the noose-hanging incident in Jena, Louisiana has inspired some mischievous people to vandalize the Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts building in Stone Mountain, Georgia. picked by sholom22 2 years ago

It's not every day a building just ups and moves... especially not when it's a 1,500-ton church. But that was exactly what happened to the Cathedral of St Dominic in Fuzhou, China today. Part of the church building was taken 75.6m (248ft) from its original position to move it out of the way of a construction project. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

For over a year, residents in a two-story apartment building on Staten Island have complained about a foul odor coming "up through the radiator, in the drains," and now they've finally learned the source. picked by suebe 7 months ago

A plan to demolish a building in Cankiri, central Turkey went badly wrong when the 25-metre high structure rolled over onto its roof.
*w/video* picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Clobbered by Wall Street. Fierce competition
from Google. Meg Whitman's had a rough couple
years. Fortune's Adam Lashinsky finds out
how she's trying to turn eBay from ultra-hot
to built-to-last. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

As America entered the 20th century, building a castle of your own became something of a fad, later fueled by our boys coming back from overseas at the conclusion of WW-I. In New Jersey, Kip's Castle and Lambert Castle are located on first Wachung Mountain, built on the escarpment facing New York City. The panoramic views are breathtaking. picked by waggamandave 2 years ago

Trying to get over on a building code claiming a section of the law that states that a building is legal if built but no one complains about it for 4 years. A Man's home is his... picked by blurmore 2 years ago

Instructions on how to build a balancing scooter like the Segway™. If I had $2,000 to spare I'd go for it! picked by Phildo 3 years ago

The epidemic has hit all parts of NYC, including $25m duplex, Gov. Spitzer's fathers apartments, and more. In the fiscal year that ended in June, 6,889 infestation complaints were logged and 2,008 building owners were hit with summonses. Can someone please check Suebe's bed? picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago