A man had a lucky escape recently when he shot a nail into his head with a nail gun. Remarkably, after misfiring the gun, Dante Autello of Chicago (pictured) thought he had just been grazed and carried on working. He only went to hospital the next day after waking up feeling nauseous. “When they brought […]
A Singapore resident spent two and a half years on the toilet and is now explaining why, reports The Daily Mail. Mee Yan Leong sat down on her bathroom’s toilet bowl on March 25, 2009 and spent the next 902 days there, eating and sleeping in the same position and only showering 18 times throughout […]
In 1981, in response to the suggestion that the recent Handsworth and Brixton riots were a reaction to unemployment, then Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit told a roomful of eager Tories, “I grew up in the ’30s with an unemployed father. He didn’t riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he kept […]
Today it’s the turn of the SIMbook notebook from Spinning Hat. The SIMbook is styled after the rather more recent SIM card, making it an apt place to store your telephone numbers, in a “ha ha”, knowing way. Cue marketing: “Get all your phone data backed up in one of our funky iconic SIM style […]
We Are Supervision has shown off a lesser known snippet of Chicago’s history: Gang cards. Apparently it was common practice ca. 1980 for Chicago gangs to put together their own business cards to impress, intimidate, whatever. It’s a bit of outsider history with a homespun aethetic. The names of the members are often included. We […]
Male receptionists are becoming more common in the workplace, according to a new survey commissioned by Reception Management Services Office Concierge. Five years ago, men were almost completely absent from the reception desks of offices in the West End and the City five years ago Now, men account for more than a fifth of receptionist […]
Burglars are stealing less entertainment products like CDs and DVDs as their value has fallen, reports The Economist. CDs, DVDs, tapes and videos are now taken in just seven percent of all burglaries in England and Wales. This figure is down from just under a quarter of burglaries in 2003. The same period saw burglaries […]
Maths students at St. Mark’s School in Southborough, Massachusettts, have broken the Paper-folding record. A huge length of toilet Paper – made up of a number of industrial, 1.2 kilometer length rolls –was folded 13 times. The final folded result was a 1.5-metre wide, 76-centimetre high wad comprising 8192 layers of Paper. It had long […]
A church in Holland has raised eyebrows by introducing a premium rate line to call an angel. The church board of St. John’s Cathedral in the municipality of Den Bosch has opened a 0900 telephone number to listen to a tape. The story begins a year ago when, as part of a major restoration of […]
The UK’s only national chain of bookshops, founded by Tim Waterstone, is to drop the apostrophe from its trading name and logo, sparking panic amongst apostrophe enthusiasts. Waterstone’s becomes Waterstones. James Daunt, apponted managing director of the chain last year, says the decision is a “practical” one: “Waterstones without an apostrophe is, in a digital […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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