OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Crime Doesn’t Play

I have broken the law five times. What I did is a secret.

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The 2008 Big Clean-Off

What is the best cleaning solution for glass in my bathroom? No, seriously!

I take a science geek view.

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T-shirts, Quilts and Stools: Why I haven’t posted much.

I talk about why I have been quiet on the blog, what I have been up to, and foreshadow a couple of ideas which might turn into articles in the future.

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DVDs Are Forever?

M looks grim, in his wood-panelled London office. “Bond, this is serious. SPECTRE have one of our key scientists kidnapped. They want ten of our secret programs mailed to them from around the world. For each program that fails to arrive, they will chop off one of his fingers, before he is released. He needs […]

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“I wish I had my money back…”

Do you think that a combination of heavy metal poisoning from a combination of Gold, Silver and Copper, introduced through the water-supply, could have a psychotropic effect?

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Categories: Humour,Thoughts from the Shower
Tags: Humour, medicine, superstition

Independent Verification

This seemed very funny to me, when I thought of it during the haze of waking up this morning. However, I need independent verification.

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Killing “killing two birds with one stone”

Why is “killing two birds with one stone” such a desirable attribute?

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Categories: Humour,Thoughts from the Shower
Tags: Humour, optimisation, sayings

Get with the 21st Century, Beijing!

Some illuminating facts about the Beijing Olympic Torch…

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Categories: Humour,Thoughts from the Shower
Tags: China, Olympics

Using Facebook Against Your Will

You need to write a conventional will, but you should bequeath all of your money to Somethinkodd Estate Services.

I am not trying to run a scam, but how could I convince a potential customer of that?

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Win and Placebo

I was pondering the biochemistry of the placebo effect, when I had the first of two odd thoughts.

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Categories: Thoughts from the Shower
Tags: medicine, scam