Weird, odd stuff

[MerelyGifted]

How Did The Police Get This So Wrong?

Banana for scale at 0:31 - 0:36 !!!

[FSogol]

The Tardis looks cheaper than I remember.

[KeybillyJefe]

it’s even cheaper on the inside.

[teknocholer]

@OWYAC

some of them use the North American way of saying that the ground floor is the first floor, and another elevator in the same hospital will number things in the European way

And the floor marked M in some buildings may stand for Mezzanine, not Main.

[OWYAC]

We were forever getting people from non-North American countries showing up at our reference desk on the third floor (North American style), and being very confused because they had been told to go to the second floor, which was a completely different department. I would always direct people by saying “One floor up” or “Two floors down”.

[Crashproof]

You got to take the elevator to the mezzanine…

Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon original video.mpg

[sqlrob]

BA crew 'mistakenly booked into love hotel and kept awake by moaning'

[MagicFox]

Huh. I thought love hotels were a uniquely Japanese phenom.

TIL.

[OhHai]

Aren’t there hotels in the U.S. that charge by the hour, or is this one of those things that only exists in TV and movies?

[MagicFox]

Probably? However, I’ve never had the occasion to find out.

When I lived in Japan they literally advertised their presence all over the place. Paradoxically, they were also cleverly designed for discrete comings and goings.

[OhHai]

[RAvery]

@OWYAC

Toronto hospitals are weird with regard to elevators; some of them use the North American way of saying that the ground floor is the first floor, and another elevator in the same hospital will number things in the European way; the first floor is the next floor up from the ground. On one occasion, I had to get to a certain dept. and depending on the elevator, it was on the sixth or seventh floor.

I was recently speaking to a technician from Otis (the elevator company), and he said his company has this problem internally: The hardware people consider the ground floor to be “1,” but the software people consider the ground floor to be “0.”

[Catsidhe]

“Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.”

— Stan Kelly-Bootle.

[ficuswhisperer]

@MagicFox

When I lived in Japan they literally advertised their presence all over the place. Paradoxically, they were also cleverly designed for discrete comings and goings.

At least love hotels in Japan can have a very practical and non-sleazy purpose. With many people living in small spaces, it can be hard for couples living with families to get any private time together. The clever design is to avoid any awkwardness for customers or staff.

[kxkvi]

‘mistakenly’

[Millie_Fink]

Dr. Demento, Madcap Radio DJ Who Launched Weird Al’s Career, Announces Retirement

“It’s been a blast,” 84-year-old radio legend wrote in a message to fans, “but I have come to the decision that I need to hang up my top hat soon”

Dr. Demento, Madcap Radio DJ Who Launched Weird Al's Career, Announces...

Proudly weird, proudly odd.

[MerelyGifted]

Oh, they really do exist.

ETA:
…and none of them are of a standard suitable for Elsewherians, same with the neighborhoods in which they are found. /Horresco referens!

[Heikki]

@MagicFox

love hotels were a uniquely Japanese phenom.

I wish we had those around here. I have seen and done all kinds of stuff in forests, parks, offices etc.

[Catsidhe]

… but not saunas. Some things are sacrosanct.

[Millie_Fink]