From primitive cultures to modern man, there have always been different views of what is an appropriate method for "disposing" of the deceased. Some of these customs seem incredibly bizarre to us but were quite normal to those who practiced them. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago tags burial customs world deceased dead bodies |
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A customs officer who took a close look at a consignment of more than 100 large, dead bugs sent from Peru to the Netherlands discovered cocaine had been stashed in their backs. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
In a bad case of It seemed like a good idea at the time syndrome, a Japanese customs officer decided that the way to test their sniffer dogs was to hide a bag of cannabis in a random passenger's luggage. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Family members say the baby was locked in a customs room by immigration officers with his mother and a nurse when he died. The baby had come to Hawaii for emergency heart surgery. 10 comments edit related share plime.com*Theme pic unrelated. picked by MandolinOrange 7 months ago |
Awesome Collection of smallest thing in the world really 2 comments edit related share plime.com(Some images on page NSFW) picked by icemann 2 years ago |
Very moving art from Brazilian Artists. picked by LatueOfStiberty 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share world |
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Flight Simulator geeks are flying around the world in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race. The race pits teams from AVSim, FlightSim and Sim-Outhouse against each other in a race around the world with special rules, conditions and bonuses. All teams were given the rules 24 hours in advance of the start of the race (10a EST on Friday). The rules include route requirements (such as two a... read full post picked by dfelteau 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Bungling sign writing around the world have been exposed by a new book which quite literally discovered a new "sign language". From the down right obvious to the ridiculous and from South Korea to Canada, Signspotting 2 from the Lonely Planet series captures it all. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Silly & wierd news clips from around the world - Ex. A brothel in Germany hopes to capitalize on the growing number of retirees by offering them a 50 percent discount in the afternoon. picked by susiesunshine 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
OSLO, Norway - A British woman's bulging wig did not fool customs agents in Norway who realized she wasn't just having a bad hair day. 4 comments edit related share plime.comThe wig was concealing 2.2 pounds of cocaine glued to her head and customs agents detained her on suspicion of cocaine smuggling, authorities said Wednesday picked by bevissimo 2 months ago |
Ahem. A kitten! :O) picked by moe 11 months ago 9 comments edit related share weird |
MapOfStrange - strange things in google maps 6 comments edit related share scienceThe MapOfStrange website is a way of recording strange, wacky, weird and wonderful anomalies, sights and oddities from Google Maps and Google Earth. picked by bingo 3 months ago |
Including "Coins and Kissing the Guests", "Blackening the Bride" and "Log Sawing" picked by DemureArt 2 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
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