Everything Weird

Money can buy almost anything, except peace of mind. However, there is no denying the fact that money can make things simple. You can buy the car of your choice, if you have a lot of money. Rich people enjoy the bounties of life more than others. They can take a vacation, whenever they want. They can buy a villa at any place in the world. Business tycoons and film stars have a larger than life image. This is partly due to their flamboyant lifestyle. Designer clothes, designer watches, and designer accessories cost a lot.

Some people have weird spending habits. What are some of the weirdest things people have spent on with emergency money? According to records, an Arab Sheikh spent a million dollars on buying a diamond-studded collar for his Afghan hound. Looks like the Sheikh will soon end up borrowing emergency cash loans from his cousins if he keeps spending like this. A UK software engineer spent over ten thousand dollars on buying biscuits! Where did the money come from? Loans, of course! An Indian lady, thanks to her spendthrift attitude, bought clothes over two million dollars in a single day. Nothing surprising here, but 2 million dollars!!! Spendthrifts do not only spend when they have money aplenty; they even spend from out of their savings for emergency.

A 56-year old lady in Detroit had a strange fetish for bathrooms. This lady spent over a whopping three million dollars on a bath-tub and a commode. An elderly businessman from Canada gave tips worth over 4 million dollars in a single year. A model from France insisted that all her shoes bear diamond crystals.

Knowledge about emergency cash loans can help us during financial hardships. These loans are meant to provide relief from day-to-day financial issues. However, some people spend the money from these loans in weird things. If you plan to pay your bills, then you surely can use payday loans. However, if you plan on buying an expensive diamond ring for your fiancée, then such a loan would not do any good.

In many cities, it is the juxtaposition of old and new architecture that can sometimes appear weird to the eye. After all, weirdness is in the eye of the beholder and much of this architecture such as San Francisco apartments can appear innovative or groundbreaking to other observers. Delhi, India, has been occupied continuously from thousands of years and magnificent ruins from different schools of ancient architecture nestle cheek to jowl with modern high-rise apartments and flyovers. It is a continuously changing mix of old and new. On the other hand, the city of Las Vegas will stand for many as a monument to architectural bad taste. After all, what can you say about the city that can boast replicas of the Eiffel Tower and King Tutankhamen’s tomb?

We will take a look at a few buildings that are almost universally acknowledged to be outstandingly weird along with their locations:

Kansas City, Missouri - the Kansas City public library represents one of the pioneering efforts in the revitalization of a downtown area gone to seed. The people of Kansas City were asked to select influential books that would be representative of the city. These titles were then incorporated as “book bindings” (the spines of books with the title) into the facade of the main parking lot. This was done with the hope that people will be encouraged to use the facilities of the actual library.

Darmstadt, Germany - Hundertwasser Building was built between 1998 and 2000 by the revolutionary painter and architect, Austrian Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Renowned for his use of irregular shapes, the building housing 105 apartments winds its way around a central courtyard with a running rivulet.

Newark, Ohio - the Basket Building is arguably the weirdest office building in the world. Headquarters of the Longaberger Basket Company, it cost $30 million to build and is an exact replica of the company’s famous market basket.

Just like every other type of self expression, fashion has its more bizarre moments. In painting, such times of oddness can be referred to as “movements,” such as dada or abstract expressionism. And in the case of dada, some of those movements were not moving in the way of “wow, my mind is opening up” sense of the term. And just like those “moving off into left field” moments in the realm of the fine arts, fashion can move into just as strange a place, in dresses and in shoes. Let’s take a look at 5 of those places.

1. High Chair Heels
If you are either extremely short, or wish to challenge your personal acrobatics ability, high chair heels might be the foot wear for you. Each shoe stands on a rubberized tripod, and elevates your foot to the point where it is very nearly vertical. It also just happens to extend your height by 6 inches… for those who are really insecure.

2. The Claw Shoe
If you enjoy Goth fashion (or like to go bare foot), the claw shoe might be for you. Your toes are directly on the ground, while the heel is designed to look like a talon. Over all, the effect is freaky on several levels.

3. Cardboard shoes
Yes, an artist named Mike Leavitt has actually crafted a series of shoes based on popular manufacturers of footwear… out of cardboard. While they may or may not be intended for function, they are most likely not a good choice for puddle hopping.

4. The Tarantula Shoe
Who ever decided that shoes need to have a living creature inside them besides the person wearing them? While that question may never be answered, there is actually a platform heeled shoe which contains a live tarantula beneath the toe. This may say many odd things about the wearer.

5. Rat Shoes!
Some fashion designer must have put some LSD into their corn flakes, because these shoes actually look like dead rats. How would you like to put your feet inside dead rats? That sounds almost fun… not.

Nearly every person in the modern world is well aware of at least some uses for the precious metals we have all heard of. A precious metal is any naturally occurring metal, which is valuable (as in, expensive) but not radioactive. It kind of makes sense that plutonium jewelry never quite took off in the open market. Most of us have heard of gold and silver, but there is a third (even more valuable) metal known as platinum. But did you know that in the platinum family, there are its cousins ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, and iridium? While platinum is the most expensive known non radioactive metal, which occurs naturally, every single one of the precious metals has actual uses beyond being gawked at and admired (depending on whether your mouth stays respectfully closed or gapes open at the sight of the metal). And in some cases, these metals have some down right strange uses.

For instance, not only is gold a lovely metal, in its purest form, it can be molded almost like a type of children’s dough – the present for the plutocratic child who has everything. And of course, gold is one of the best conductors of electricity in the world.

Silver is even more robust in its bizarre uses. As well as being a great conductor, silver is used to back mirrors, and to facilitate certain traditional photography processes. Also, silver is actually used to turn ethylene into ethylene oxide, which is a key step in the process of making polyester (which is useful for more than just leisure suits). And if that were not enough, silver even has antibacterial properties, which lend it usefulness in the realm of bandaging wounds. Silver bars can be a good investment, and is comparatively stable than gold when it comes to price fluctuations.

Platinum, aside from being a great conductor (a common trait among precious metals), is also widely employed to reduce carbon emissions in automobiles.

Well, as Apple prepares to start taking pre-orders for the impressive new, ‘life-simplifying’ product, the iPad, it’s time to reflect on how, or even whether, the iPhone has actually improved our respective existences. However, not in this article. This is just a list of 10 bizarre Phone apps I found. Enjoy.

Hello Cow! Touch the cow on the screen and hear it go “moo” in a variety of different ways. This one is apparently aimed at kids and toddlers, to keep them distracted on long trips etc. Thank you, Steve Jobs and ‘Hello Cow’ creators, for neutralizing kids’ incredibly annoying thirst for knowledge, answers and candy.

Hold On. With this app you must hold down a (virtual, on-screen) button for as long as possible. That’s it, seriously. You can compete against the world though, but finding out that you’re the best in the world at this particular app could, and probably should, lead to depression.

These days a normal looking car is usually a boring one; the more colorful or weirdly shaped your car is, the more attention you will get. Many people spend years turning their cars into something strange, whether it be an animal or just a hotrod with a lot of flames painted onto it and then they cart their cars along to various car shows around the country to have the public ponder over their fascinating creation.

A wild paint job on your car isn’t enough anymore, the trend is to attach some of the weirdest things and any used auto parts you can get your hands on to your car, and people have happily done so. Custom car enthusiasts have taken strange to a new level and have created cars that look like various foods to fluffy rabbits, not to mention a car whose body is made of wire mesh.

This world is absolutely chock full of bizarre creatures. Any time an ecosystem is closed off from the rest of the world by some kind of geographic boundary (such as a mountain range, a river or even a fast moving current inside a river), there are bound to be oddities that emerge. Over time, the same species can evolve along completely different paths, eventually turning into two separate, distinct species. Along those same lines, even the critters in your own home can have vastly different physiologies – don’t give your Siberian Husky PetMeds meant for your Pomeranian.

The Bedlington Terrier has been described as “a dog that looks like a lamb.” Truth be known, I wouldn’t have even gone that way with it. With its fluffy legs, giant natural pompadour on its head, and tiny tail, it reminds me how little mammals have changed since we were all rats. Yep, it’s a three foot tall rat.

Well, there you have it, “Girls are Evil”.... with a proof to go along with it!!! So, now that you know it, stay as far away from girls as possible. WooW!!! Wait a minute. Did you actually fall for that. Cumon, guys, gimme’a break. I was just kidding. Besides we should make the most of all beautiful natural resources around....Don’t you think that? LOL. Enjoy more of such pics after the break.

Well, it sure takes courage to do that....to your boss. Way to go girl!!!

Via: Cool Stuff

Meat is the very essence of life. From the decorated flesh of a human body to a garnished one on the dining table, we cannot imagine a world without meat. But imagine what would happen if the thin veil that differentiates these varieties is torn apart? Presenting the ‘meaty’ teacup. A part of the ongoing exhibition at Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, its a true delight for the Hannibalists and an eye-opener for the straight ones.