Origami sticky notes - This little piggy went to the market

This little piggy went to the market....to buy milk, bread, and eggs, of course!



There are lots of other fun shapes you can turn your post-it notes into. Think Geek has several sets of other pictures including squirrels and swans even. And at only 4 bucks, it won't break the bank to try them out yourself, master the skill, and then turn all of your sticky note lists into works of art.

Retractable animals and short-necked giraffes

Little known fact: Giraffes can retract their necks when cold or threatened. :P

Addictions from the Outer Limits (Guest)

This is another guest post from Sarah. She wrote about the kissing laws in Dubai
last time and now she's back for round 2 with a post about strange addictions.

In this day and age, our lives are peppered with the curious and bizarre, from children who pull stunts so their parents can land reality TV contracts, to globe-trotting celebrities who look at third world countries like kid-hatcheries, to our peculiar fascination with the tabloid media (bat boys and goat boys and sasquatch, oh my!).  From the eccentric to the straight up stupid, our society revels in oddball, off-the-wall, outlandish, and abnormal people and behaviors.  And so it’s no surprise that addicts can’t stick to traditional arenas like alcohol or sleeping pills.  Some people suffer from addictions that are so unusual, you’ve probably never even heard of them.  Here are a few.

1. Geophagy, or addiction to dirt, is not as uncommon as one might think and it involves, you guessed it, ingesting dirt.  Yep, people with this addiction actually eat dirt.  It’s generally attributed to chronic mental illness in “civilized” society, but many economically depressed countries have a long history of adding dirt to their diet as a way to combat mineral deficiencies.  Like potatoes, you can mash ‘em, boil ‘em, and cook ‘em in a stew.  Or go au naturel and eat it raw (if you don’t mind passing a few inedible bits).
2. Plastic surgery addicts have only really surfaced in the last fifty years or so, with the advances in modern medicine making such procedures safer and more affordable.  This addiction tends to stem from a condition known as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), in which the subject focuses on a perceived defect in their physical appearance.  They try to correct it through round after round of plastic surgery in a futile attempt to attain physical perfection, all the while making themselves look even more freakish than before.  Keep an eye on Heidi Montag…we should soon see her headlining at the Jim Rose Circus.
3. Did you hear about that Swedish guy who is addicted to heavy metal music and receives disability for it (allowed time off work to attend concerts)?  This sounds like a straight up scam, but I have to give him props for being inventive (and astonishingly, convincing others).
4. If you’ve never heard of plushophilia, it’s a good thing I’m here to explain it, because if you like to laugh, you need to know about this one.  “Plushies” (those that suffer from plushophilia) fall under the broad heading of sex addicts and their particular obsession revolves around arousal brought on by stuffed animals (not like taxidermy stuffing, like the kind you give your niece for her fifth birthday).  The sphere of plushophilia can also include cartoon animals and can even extend as far as animal anthropomorphism (in which fur suits are worn to make one or both partners appear to be stuffed animals).  Makes you look at your teddy bear in a whole different way, doesn’t it?
5. This one is so weird, I can’t rightly say if it’s a hoax, but I sure hope it’s real, because it’s amazing!  Apparently there is at least one person in the world who is addicted to licking Legos.  Do you know what that means?  If they don’t get to lick a Lego on a regular basis, they will go through some form of anxiety or withdrawal.  This disorder is so rare that it has no name, but I think we could reasonably call it either Legophagy (although technically they don’t eat the Legos) or LickLegophilia.  That second one has a nice ring to it.

Well, it really doesn’t get any better than that.  A few that deserve honorable mentions are dendrophilia (arousal by trees), body mods (piercing, tattoos), and one that hits close to home for most of us, addiction to video games (affects almost every man in my life, alas).  These ones weren’t quite weird enough to make the list, but they’re still kind of heart-wrenching (how can a tree love you back?).  It just goes to show that almost anyone can suffer from a strange and debilitating addiction.   But there’s no need to despair.  Unless you’re the guy that licks Legos, chances are good that you’re not the only one.

Guest Post by Sarah Davis of DiscountVouchers.org where you can find Comet discount codes.

Tattoo - Where the Wild Things are

Check out the full series of pictures in her Flickr album. From start to finish, it looks so incredibly detailed.



(Keep in mind that one of those photos is taken in the mirror, so it looks reversed)

~Edit~ Oh, oh! Another blogger I read regularly (A Whole Lot of Nothing) linked to the owner of this tattoo (yes, I scheduled this post in advance, so this stuff is a few weeks old at this point). Now I can give better credit and ended up finding another blogger I'd like to know in the process. Woot!

Little people rejoice! No more banging your head on door handle

I can see the celebration now. No more bumps, bruises or poked out eyes due to poorly designed doors. All those kids and midgets, cheering with delight. Woohoo!!

Birthday Presents Personality Types (Guest)

Another guest post brought in by Modi.

Birthday Presents Personality Types

We all know love presents, no matter how old we are, what our social status is, whether we are men or women, young or old. But that degree to which we appreciate a present varies depending mainly on one unique factor: our personality. Nevertheless, there have been identified a few common patters when it comes to the ways people react upon receiving a present. It would be interesting to find out if you fall into of any of those and I would definitely love to get some feedback and comments if you think there’s more categories.  So, the main types are:

Easy going

That type of person will definitely be happy with any kind of present as they will normally value the act of being offering a present than the present itself. That kind of people are the ones that no one really worries about what present to offer them as they will be equally satisfied with a bunch of flowers and a brand new mobile phone. Sometimes they can be annoying too, especially when it comes to being offered something someone spent a long time to find or create as they will react in the same way as if they have been given the most ordinary present.

What to do: Don’t spend too much money on buying them a present as they will be happy with anything.

Polite

This is the kind of person that will thank you tens of times but in the end you will be left wondering whether they really liked your present or not. Some people really mean it being polite whereas others just use it as a way of getting out of an unpleasant situation if, for instance, they were offered something they didn’t like at all. Again, when it comes to extremes it can be very annoying (e.g. say thank you one hundred times for a box of chocolate).

What to do: Just get prepared for another one of the same reaction and do not bother whether they liked your present or not. You will find out the truth when they will give you a present back (if they ever will).

Hard to please

This category of people is the hardest one as they will be totally indifferent to whatever they are offered. That group includes scientists, computer geeks, professors, doctors and in general people who are very rational. There is always some reasoning for that behaviour which has to do with some sort of disapproval over the utility of the given present or on the ROI or the value for money. Sometimes they can even get pissed off if they think that money was unnecessarily spent. Not being offered anything at all though, will make them even grumpier!

What to do: Simply tell them it was a bargain and they came straight in your mind when you came across that last piece. Being unique really matters to them.

Demanding

This group consists of people that will normally tell others what present they would like to get, well in advance. Usually kids, fashion artists, photographers and other kinds of day dreamers fall into that category. Sometimes they can even hurt as if they receive something that does not fall into their wish list they will even ask you whether they can change it to something else or they will even tell you later for how much they’ve sold it on Ebay!

What to do: Tell them well in advance about how bad your financial situation is and a couple of days later ask them about what they would like for their birthday. There’s no guarantee they won’t ask you for that brand new car or MacBook Pro but at least you have tried your best.

Negative

That group consists of people who won’t like at all the idea of being given a present and they may even get down upon receiving it. Typical people into that category include: grumpy aged pensioners, depressed and mentally sick, prisoners and inmates, recently divorced and other heartbroken, couples who have been together over 20 years and all pessimistic kind of people.

What to do: Don’t bother buying them anything unless you want to see them suffering another nervous breakdown on their special day. Just tell them how much you love them and that they should be happy they still have the biggest present ever: life! Then one hug and a kiss should do the job.

If can think of more personality types please do make some comments!

Modi is an internet marketer working for an SEO promoting gadgets.

Dog 'Staches - For the otherwise unsophisticated dog

Seriously? At first I thought the rear gear was rather silly, but look at this dog 'stache! Haha.



Okay, so at least this is better in that it's actually a ball.  Although the dog in the picture doesn't look happy at all, the idea is that dogs naturally love to play with balls and when they pick this one up, you'll get an extra kick out of seeing him running around with a mustache.

Hopscotch Rug - Wipe your feet and jump a few!

How fun could this be? Although the price tag is too high for me, wouldn't this hopscotch rug be cool to have that in a kid's room, the garage, or even the foyer (assuming you're not too formal :P)? Rainy or snow days don't have to limit the outdoor feel and hey, at least they'll be wiping their feet as they hop down the hall.

Decorate DISHes - Spruce up your satellite dish (Guest)

This guest post is brought to you by Janet.

New Trend You Probably Haven’t Heard of:
Decorative DISHes (Not the Dishes you Eat off of)

Here’s the dish on your DISH: It’s an accessory. It is now an accessory that can be customized to compliment the rest of your abode. If you have DISH Network, but don’t want to settle with DISH that looks like the rest of the neighbors. A new service is here to help you: it’s called SatelliteDishSticker and it’s just that – a sticker for your DISH. You can show national pride or show how much you love kittens.

The stickers are made from high quality foil and won’t mess with the signal. Fading is not a problem because it is UV proof. Now you’ve turned something ordinary or necessary into something attractive or crafty (the next step is to become a mommy blogger and show off your creations to the world!)

If you need more ideas, here you go.

1.     You could paint a smiley face on your DISH like this
person did: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgildberg/749539481/

2.     If you’re an artist, times are probably tough right now. Here is a niche you could explore. Just follow the DISH salesperson through the neighborhood and offer to spruce things up a bit for new customers.

If you get one of these stickers or have photos of unique DISHes, please send us a picture.

Custom made stuffed buddies - Now you can be twice as creepy!

At first, I thought these were just ridiculous. They're not cute or practical or even awkward enough to catch my attention. Who cares?

But I'm glad I kept scrolling. You know those photo contests where the owners look strangely like their pets and vice versa? That's what I saw next and couldn't help but giggle at the side-by-side comparisons of the people and their stuffed buddies.







And the animals:



Lol!!

Art shows how minimum wage is earned - Penny for your time?

"The minimum wage machine allows anybody to work for minimum wage. Turning the crank will yield one penny every 5.04 seconds, for $7.15 an hour (NY state minimum wage). If the participant stops turning the crank, they stop receiving money. The machine's mechanism and electronics are powered by the hand crank, and pennies are stored in a plexiglas box."

Talk about having to earn your keep, huh? I first saw it on Blake Fall-Conroy's site, but have since then seen working example pictures of it.

Bacon Tuxedo - Bacon stoops to new lows

Or maybe they're "old" lows, but oh god. I know bacon has this huge craze going for it right now and there are tons and tons and tons of bacon products, creations, comics, pictures, blah, blah, blah.

If that's for you, then hey, check out this list of 101 bacon products.

Regardless of if you like bacon or not, or are sick of the bacon craze, you have to admit that the bacon formal wear is pretty freakin' ridiculous.

Many thanks to Emily for sending this my way. I actually hadn't seen it and love it, lol. I especially love the tagline "You may look atrocious, but you smell like bacon for days." Just what every teen wants for prom, right? His date seems thrilled anyway...

Toilet fences - Toilet humor now practical? (Guest)

Guest post by Jay of Fence Houston

We have seen fences made from just about everything, from coat hangers, to raw boats, from bones (from animals like whales, not from humans) to giant crayons. But among the quirkiest are toilet fences. Amazingly, I am comfortably able to use the plural "fences", because there are indeed several examples of toilet fences.

What on earth would inspire a toilet fence? Why now a bathtub fence of a sink fence? Why not a chair fence?

Some think it's funny, and I suppose it is. A toilet has a certain cachet.

Others erect their fences in protest - and a toilet certainly makes a statement. A fine example of a protest toilet fence is the one in Cincinnati, Ohio. The owners were denied the right to erect a 6-foot high cedar fence, but a toilet fence apparently didn't contravene any local ordinances.



Whatever the reason, I think you have to be quite a quirky person to surround your house with toilets. More samples of toilet fences can be found at http://www.fencefence.com/stories/toilet-fence.html

Thanks Jay!

World's smallest (tightest) garage

It's not in English, but that doesn't even matter. Watch all the way toward the end to see how he gets out of his car...and rearranges his living space. Yikes. No thanks!

Originally found here.