Off-the-wall, get the day started with a smile activity for a small retreat. [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2008 - 5 answers

I like singers with strange voices. I don't like novelty songs (e.g. Betty Boop) and I don't like "songs" that are so avant-garde that they're basically noise (e.g. someone screaming into a microphone). So I'm not looking for strange music. I'm looking for traditional (melodic) music sung by singers with non-traditional singing voices. Examples of what I like: Joanna Newsom, Leon Redbone, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Elaine Stritch. [more inside]
posted on Jun 22, 2008 - 104 answers

What odd things are there to do in Paris? [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 18 answers

Defining Upstate New York as "anything within the state further north than Westchester," what documented bizarre historical events - large or small - have transpired in Upstate New York since the late 19th century or so? [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2008 - 20 answers

Some weekend this January or maybe February my boyfriend and I will be making our way from our home in Philly to Stroudsburg, PA to partake in some indoor go-karting activities (as a belated Xmas gift for him), and to get the hell out of town to a destination other than relatives. [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2008 - 4 answers

Help identify a strange and creepy children's song from my past that seems ungoogleable. [more inside]
posted on Nov 3, 2007 - 22 answers

How can I stop my cat from eating everything he finds that is smaller than his head? [more inside]
posted on Oct 1, 2007 - 14 answers

Am I losing it? [more inside]
posted on Sep 24, 2007 - 27 answers

I just started dating this woman. She is 36 year old and has coeliac disease (although I don't think that is related to this question). A strange vibrating noise comes from her. [more inside]
posted on Aug 20, 2007 - 16 answers

I look out the window while working. Lately, I've seen some strange behavior: people park, get out and circle the cement pig nearby, and they get back in their car. What are they doing? [more inside]
posted on Aug 10, 2007 - 16 answers

What does a person mean when they say they want to 'trade puzzles'? [more inside]
posted on Jul 26, 2007 - 39 answers

What is this strange thing growing in my garden? [more inside]
posted on Jun 11, 2007 - 4 answers

What are the most exotic weapons ever used in hand to hand combat? [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2007 - 27 answers

HungryFilter: Whenever I am really hungry, I feel/hear the sensation of rain/tiny stones running down the back of my throat. What the hell? [more inside]
posted on Feb 23, 2007 - 23 answers

I'm going to the Iditarod in February and March, and I'm looking for publications that might be interested in offbeat tales of the race/Alaska/mushers/etc. [more inside]
posted on Jan 19, 2007 - 6 answers

I bought a sandwich that had an avocado with these brown root-like tentacles in the flesh but was otherwise normal looking and tasting. Any idea what that's about? I'd be interested to know if this is a common occurance and the cause. I've never seen anything like it before and I've enjoyed zillions of avocados in my life. There's a photo and a bit more info inside. [more inside]
posted on Nov 2, 2006 - 11 answers

StrangeObjectFilter: What is this strange metal/stone object nailed into the door-frame between our front door and the screen door? It points down and outwards.
posted on Oct 9, 2006 - 24 answers

Anyone have firsthand experience of the Paulding Light? [more inside]
posted on Jul 5, 2006 - 21 answers

Tell me some random, strange things about the suburbs of Portland, Ore. [more inside]
posted on Jun 25, 2006 - 13 answers

What is the origin of the following quotes/statements: "The human torch was denied a bank loan" and "The arsonist had oddly shaped feet"?
posted on Jun 3, 2006 - 8 answers

This music video [YouTube link] is...um...hard to describe. It's also entirely in Japanese, and my wife, friends and I have all been wondering for more than two years just who these people are, and just what, exactly, they're singing about. [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2006 - 14 answers

Mac computer-generated layout app? [more inside]
posted on Jan 11, 2006 - 5 answers

Kilgore Trout. Napoleon Dynamite. Waring Hudsucker. Martin Chuzzlewit. Egon Spengler. Herman Menderchuck. President Merkin Muffley. What are some other great, creative, bizarre, or otherwise unique fictional character names?
posted on Nov 17, 2005 - 152 answers

Why does the text to a particular feed get smaller and smaller in bloglines? It looks like a vision test, where each paragraph is smaller than the previous one. Can I do anything about this? [more inside]
posted on Nov 10, 2005 - 3 answers

In the song "Sour Times" by Portishead, there is a bizarre stringed instrument with percussive elements in the background. I'm having a heck of a time figuring out what it is. [more inside]
posted on Aug 3, 2005 - 12 answers