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- The Real Ghostwriter? Mysterious Emails from Beyond the Grave
- Dutch Man Can’t Stop Laughing After Hip Surgery He Had 2 Years Ago
- Glow in the Dark Sushi – America’s Latest Food Craze
- Plot – A Stunning Cityscape Made of Carved Potatoes
| The Real Ghostwriter? Mysterious Emails from Beyond the Grave Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:11 PM PDT
Looks like the dead have left behind Ouija boards and upgraded to e-mail communication. That is, if the story of Jack Froese is to be believed. The 32-year-old from Dunmore, PA, died last June from a heart arrhythmia. But last November, a couple of people received e-mail messages from him containing personal information that only he could know. For instance, Tim Hart, his childhood buddy got this message: "Did you hear me? I'm at your house. Clean your f-cking attic!!!" The subject line read, "I'm watching." Now, according to Tim, only Jack could have sent a message like this, because they had had a conversation about what to do with the attic space shortly before Jack's death. Jack's cousin, Jimmy McGraw, also received a similar e-mail, warning him about an ankle injury that he'd suffered after Jack's death. "I knew you were going to break your ankle, tried to warn you, gotta be careful." Mc Graw believes the message to be a sign that Jack is trying to connect with him, telling him to move along and feel better. Now, I know they're saying that the e-mails have information that only Jack could be aware of, but it still sounds highly unbelievable. I mean, anyone could have known about McGraw's injury, and it's not so hard to figure out when someone needs to clean up their attic. The e-mailer could be literally anyone, there's no concrete reason to believe that it's Jack. However, Tim Hart says he doesn't mind what people think, really. "If somebody's joking around, I don't care because I take it whatever way I want," says Hart. Jack's mother, Patty, isn't much bothered either. She just thinks it's nice that people are still talking about him, and that his friends should consider the e-mails as gifts.
However, there is another explanation to the strange e-mail phenomenon. One that does not involve pranksters, or a connection to the beyond. It is pretty common to find internet services that allow you to send pre-recorded messages to your loved ones even after death. These can be in the form of e-mail drafts that are saved and sent across when the person has died. It could very well be that Jack had subscribed to such a service. All we can do is speculate for now, because no one knows the real story behind the mysterious e-mails from the dead. via Huff Post The Real Ghostwriter? Mysterious Emails from Beyond the Grave was originally posted at OddityCentral.com  |
| Dutch Man Can’t Stop Laughing After Hip Surgery He Had 2 Years Ago Posted: 19 Mar 2012 04:21 AM PDT
The path to gaining eternal happiness has long since eluded man, but apparently it can be achieved through something as simple as a hip surgery. Meet Huug Bosse, a Dutch man who had hip surgery a couple of years ago, and hasn't stopped laughing since. His wife finds it annoying, his brother and daughter have become exasperated, but all Mr. Bosse can do in response is slap his knee and laugh uncontrollably. His laughter is infectious, I myself started to giggle aloud after watching the video about him. But it does get a little silly after a while. And imagine having to live with a person laughing in the house all the time. It must be impossible to hold serious conversations with the man, and that must be quite taxing for his family. The cause for his condition isn't exactly clear, but it's probably due to the anesthesia he was placed under, during the operation. In spite of all the mirth, there still is one thing that can move Mr. Bosse to tears. He calls it the most beautiful song – the Dutch national anthem. Perhaps they should have it playing in the background whenever they want to get a serious word out of the man. Bosse’s wife says he was a normal man before he had his hip-replacement surgery, in 2010. Apparently the anesthesia he was under during the operation is to blame for his uncontrollable laughter. Although his daughter and brother don’t even visit him anymore because of his constant chuckling, Huug Bosse himself doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with him. He considers it normal for a person to have a change of personality, and says his clients think he’s the sweetest person in the world… His wife says he’s always had a sense of humor, but over the last two years he has been laughing all day long.
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| Glow in the Dark Sushi – America’s Latest Food Craze Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:33 AM PDT
According to the law of cartoons, eating a Glow Worm would instantly cause your tummy to start glowing too. Now you can go test this theory in real life with glow in the dark sushi, although, the only thing that's likely to glow are the bits of food stuck between your teeth. It's the latest food craze all over the US, but in case you haven't heard of it already, Glofish is a brand of genetically modified fish designed to glow in the dark. These fluorescent fish are available for purchase in pet shops. But I suppose people weren't content with just watching the glofish swim about, so they decided to try them out in recipes. And that's how glow in the dark sushi was invented. Videos demonstrating the recipe have become a huge hit on the internet. The GM glofish were originally invented not for home décor purposes, but for environmental reasons. The fish were meant to glow when rivers become contaminated, thus acting as an indicator for pollutants. But when the first fish that glowed constantly was perfected, it became the rage and was made accessible to the public. Glofish are now available in five interesting colors – Electric Green, Starfire Red, Cosmic Blue, Sunburst Orange and Galactic Purple. Apart from sushi, the glofish are also used in other food preparations like glowing pizzas (served in the dark), kryptonite rolls, stop and glow nigirizushi and 'not in California' rolls. The last dish gets its name from the fact that GM fish are banned in California, so dishes made from them are illegal in the state. If you're into bizarre foods and the thought of eating glowing sushi excites you, wait till you hear this. There's currently a team working on recipes made from glowing mice as well. Eww!
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| Plot – A Stunning Cityscape Made of Carved Potatoes Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:18 AM PDT
Artist Peter Root spent three weeks carving 80 kilograms of potatoes into office buildings, homes and various other structures, using only a knife and a bicycle repair kit. His unique potato city model is called Plot. Although Plot was created in Istanbul, 33-year-old Peter Root says his creation wasn’t modeled on the Turkish city, but rather influenced my various aspects of the historical city. The artist, who eats potatoes at least once a week, says he chose the popular vegetables because they are available in abundance and are “amazing to work with”. They can be carved, sliced, chopped, drawn into, balanced and dried, Root said. Lucky for him, the artist didn’t have to peel all 80 kg of potatoes, as he decided to leave some of the skin intact, to encourage the growing of shoots. As you can probably guess, some of the potatoes soften and dry in a few days time, while others dry out and harden. According to Root, the dried ones actually retain all the man-made designs and start to look like unearthed relics of some alien civilization. Luckily, the sprouting green shoots are a fresh element in an artwork made of rotting and dried-out materials. If the name Peter Root sounds somewhat familiar, it’s because he was the mastermind behind another mindblowing installation we featured here on OC, a while back. It’s name was Ephemicropolis, and it was a modern cityscape made of 100,000 staples. Also, if you find this kind of city models fascinating, you might want to check out this edible model of Shanghai, made by Chinese artist Song Dong.
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