Every day, a large portion of my downtime (two or three hours, tops) is devoted to certain place on the Web that I call home.
It's called Oddly Enough, and it is wonderful.
At Oddly Enough, you get all the news that really doesn't matter, but is highly entertaining. A quick glance today brought to surface a giant Lego man and "Hello Kitty"-clad cops.
Let me explain:
In Bangkok, police who are caught littering or coming late to work are now being punished a la Scarlet Letter by sporting a pink "Hello Kitty" armband for several days. Reuters also reported that the officers are not allowed to tell others what they did to earn their stripes. "Let people guess what they have done," a police colonel said.
For the lovebirds: India is willing to foot the bill for a second honeymoon for you and your significant other. There's only one condition: You have to refrain from having your first child for two years. Putting off a screaming child and getting a vacation for it? Sign me up.
A Berlin woman had surgery to remove a pencil from where it was lodged in her skull. (Simpsons, anyone?) Well, that's not really unusual, until Reuters reports that the accident took place in 1952, when she was four years old.
A body spotted in Amsterdam waters on Tuesday caught the attention of Oddly Enough after a local resort used it as a decoration. But there was no law-breaking here, as the 8-foot smiling man was a large version of a Lego toy. One witness guessed it had come from England.
And finally, our friends from the East have decided to out-class Europe at a soccer game against Barcelona Sunday. Chinese authorities told the fans that anyone caught swearing, fighting or throwing trash would be banned from soccer games for a year. This is just the newest attempt by China to clean up its act for next year's Olympic games.
It might seem like just a ploy to get you to keep reading the news, but the next time you're bored and you've seen every new photo on collegehumor.com and read the Collegian front to back (or finished the Sudoku), check out my home sweet home.
Like I said, it's wonderful.
Source: http://uk.reuters.com/news/oddlyEnough