I feel lost/unintelligent a lot of the time. [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2008 - 26 answers

Ghost in the Machine-filter: My speakers seem to be picking up someone's conversation. [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2008 - 11 answers

How can I stop second guessing myself? [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2008 - 17 answers

At the end of July, my sister and I will be taking a roadtrip from Denver to southern Kansas, though we hope to explore some of the square states nearby. We have 7 days. We like really weird and/or traditional and/or "outsider" attractions, and we will be scouring Roadside America for suggestions. Do you have any personal recommendations? [more inside]
posted on Jul 7, 2008 - 11 answers

Please help identify this childhood book. I'm 90% sure it was english, otherwise it could have been written in spanish. The book was wider than tall, probably 15" by 10", very colourful but dark and weird at the same time. The only page i remember is one where s the main character is walking through a cave or forest and all these very interesting animals/creatures looking at him. (I think there's also page with just eyes surrounding him in the dark). The creatures are oddly drawn and very interesting and it was scary if anything. I believe this was a hand-me-down but eitherway I had it late 80's early 90's. I know the details are vague but i'm just hoping someone out there can bring me to peace. Thankyou
posted on Jun 25, 2008 - 6 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 do you suppose caused this effect? [more inside]
posted on Jun 6, 2008 - 14 answers

Help me locate a weird 80's sci-fi movie with almost no info. [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 5 answers

My tongue tingles when I have the urge to urinate. Is this normal? [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2008 - 13 answers

Could someone name the artist who created http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4508/strangeza8.jpg, and the other images in the series? I know it was part of an art photography piece, but I can't recall the artist's name, or the link.
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - 6 answers

New to allergies. WTF? [more inside]
posted on Apr 13, 2008 - 12 answers

Sometimes I get utterly, mind-numbingly sleepy and exhausted ... in my dreams. Whats going on? [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 21 answers

Weird vacuum cleaner/haircut extension tube device. I saw it on an infomercial once. I think there's one in Wayne's World. Can I get one in the UK? [more inside]
posted on Mar 15, 2008 - 6 answers

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

Scientific History Filter / Native German Speaker Filter. What did Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard's 1985 exclamation, "Das war ja toll!" mean? [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 11 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! A girl likes me! [more inside]
posted on Dec 27, 2007 - 38 answers

Why does my Mac appear to have other people's computer names at the command line? What's up here? [more inside]
posted on Nov 12, 2007 - 8 answers

When I was a kid, I took a trip once. The whole time, a plush Hello Kitty doll was in the back of the car, bombarded by the sun. It changed color from pink to dark blue. Any explanation for this phenomenon? [more inside]
posted on Oct 27, 2007 - 13 answers

My boss wants to talk about "our relationship" and I would rather not... [more inside]
posted on Sep 24, 2007 - 49 answers

My laptop keeps closing. Not my programs. Not windows. LITERALLY, the screen part of my dell inspiron E1405 keeps coming down. And it always happens when I'm not there. So is this a defect or do I have poltergeists? [more inside]
posted on Sep 24, 2007 - 9 answers

I'm looking for books with quirky storylines or quirky characters doing strange things. [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2007 - 60 answers

I'm visiting Toronto this weekend (Virgin Festival), and I want to see stuff that's cool for the locals, not just the stuff that everyone does - I'm in it for the local, the weird, the off-beat, and the unique. [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2007 - 17 answers

How can I forget an extremely disturbing and nightmarish hallucination/dream that I had, or at least stop being afraid of it? [more inside]
posted on Aug 25, 2007 - 19 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

Should I be worried about these weird noises my laptop is making? [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2007 - 9 answers

Sometime during the last hour or so, half of my clothes have disappeared from my building's communal laundry facilities. What do I do? [more inside]
posted on Aug 7, 2007 - 13 answers

Someone, O someone, please tell me more about the person in this picture. (Referenced here, and apparently something of a meme I missed out on...)
posted on Jun 28, 2007 - 12 answers

Weird thing I found. Any idea what it is? Possibly a coin or button or.... Has some bird on one side... the other side has a ??? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2007 - 17 answers

Does any photography exist of the 10-pound sack of flour falling and almost killing Woody Woodward of the Cincinnati Reds? [more inside]
posted on May 14, 2007 - 10 answers

Imagine a cube-shaped building, with ten cube-shaped rooms along each side (10 rooms long, 10 high & 10 deep). Each cubular room has 4 walls, 1 ceiling and 1 floor. Each of the 6 interior surfaces in all 1000 cubular rooms is decorated with a different piece of art. The rooms can be moved around the building, as if it were an enormous Rubik's cube, but they can also be spun on their axes, so all 6 walls of all 1000 cubes is capable of touching all the others (if the cube is so arranged). How many combinations of art within the 'Cube Gallery' are possible? If you can run me through the workings of the maths I would be extra grateful. Also, what technical words/phrases/language are useful/interesting in expressing this concept? [more inside]
posted on Apr 24, 2007 - 25 answers

"A human is halfway in size between an atom and the known universe"... This is a paraphrased quote I have come across several times. I like it. Who said it first? How true is it in the most literal sense? And, finally, what errors arrive in postulating a universe, or an atom, which can be measured AT ALL from our singular, relativistic, perspective? [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2007 - 14 answers

I have recently found and fallen for the band Man Man. Recommend similar artists. [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2007 - 21 answers

A couple of years ago I bought two bizarre T-shirts from an obscure, Japanese website. See them here. Does anyone know where I can find this site again? [more inside]
posted on Jan 20, 2007 - 9 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

Why does standing in front of an elevator give me weird vertigo? It's as though the floor were moving up and down slightly. Is it just my brain anticipating the elevator motion and landing? Or am I sensing vibrations in the floor? Or some sort of air pressure thing? Or something about a vertical line dominating my field of vision? It is really dizzying and odd. Am I insane?
posted on Jan 4, 2007 - 16 answers

Sometimes a spot on my scalp crawls. [more inside]
posted on Dec 19, 2006 - 18 answers

What nerd-associated things am I missing from this list of unspoken visual gag/gripes found in the newish White and Nerdy Weird Al video? Or is there an in-depth list of these already? [more inside]
posted on Dec 7, 2006 - 10 answers

What sort of weird and wonderful stuff have people made with chili? [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2006 - 24 answers

What are some quriky/oddball sites along Highway 1 from Los Angeles to San Francisco? [more inside]
posted on Nov 24, 2006 - 12 answers

'The Flâneur': What fascinating titbits can you add to my knowledge about this concept? Art, history, philosophy and literary theory links all welcome. [more inside]
posted on Oct 25, 2006 - 22 answers

what's the name for the japanese practice in which strippers eat fruit and nuts all day and subsequently let their male clientele eat their feces? a friend is trying to a) verify that this is an actual phenomenon and b) find out the term for it
posted on Oct 18, 2006 - 14 answers

Round about this past April, I developed a nasty, hacking cough that hit only in the mornings. Can my icky, phlegmy self still have this same cold virus, months upon months later? [more inside]
posted on Sep 18, 2006 - 15 answers

What is going on in Huangyangtan? [more inside]
posted on Jul 20, 2006 - 16 answers

If I stare at something and "zone out," after a while a little switch in by brain flips and I suddenly feel as if I am seeing that something for the first time, as someone with a very limited knowledge of that thing. Is that weird? Has anyone else experienced this before? [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2006 - 17 answers

What's this thing sticking out of my dog? [more inside]
posted on Jul 10, 2006 - 19 answers

China Filter: Ok, on the way to see the Great Wall at Badaling I was in a car with a woman who spoke very little English. We passed by this deserted amusement park looking castle thing. There was part of it that looked to still be under construction but the whole thing looked as though it was mostly forgotten about. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and, if so, what the heck it is?
posted on Jul 8, 2006 - 9 answers

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

Is Dark Matter the new Phlogiston? [more inside]
posted on Jun 26, 2006 - 35 answers