Oddity Central

Oddity Central

This Dad Has Been Covering His Arm in Tattoos of His Son’s Doodles

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:54 AM PST

While most proud parents hang up their kids' art on their refrigerators, this Canadian dad has found a permanent way of celebrating his son's work – by turning them into tattoos!

Keith Anderson, from Peterborough, Ontario, has been tattooing his son Kai's drawings and doodles on his arms, ever since Kai was four years old. Now that Kai is 11, Keith has one tattoo to show for each year – parts of which were inked by Kai himself.

"Each one of these tattoos on my right arm my son has drawn over the years," the proud father said in an interview with photographer Chance Faulkner. "The first tattoo is from when he was four; he is now 11. We add once a year from his drawing."

doodle-tattoos

Chinese Teen Cut Off His Hand Because He Was Addicted to the Internet

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:40 AM PST

In a desperate attempt to cure himself of his internet addiction, a Chinese teenager simply chopped off his own left hand. The 19-year-old, from the city of Nantong, in Jiangsu province, took the drastic measure last week.

"We cannot accept what has happened," said the kid's mother, who refused to be identified. "It was completely out of the blue. He was a smart boy." She had gone to her son's bedroom at 11pm last Wednesday, only to find him missing from his bed. Instead, she found a handwritten note that said: "Mum, I have gone to the hospital for a while. Don't worry, I will definitely come back this evening."

In the meantime, the boy had snuck out of the house with a kitchen knife. Once safely out of sight, he severed his left hand at the wrist. He then called a taxi to take him to a nearby Emergency Room, leaving the hand lying on the ground.

hand

A Most Tiring Commute – Detroit Worker Walks 21 Miles Every Day to and from His Workplace

Posted: 05 Feb 2015 02:25 AM PST

If you've been complaining about having to drive long hours to and from work, wait till you hear about this Detroit worker's commute. For the past 10 years, James Robertson has been walking 21 miles a day, just to get to work. What's even more remarkable is that he hasn't missed a single day of work so far.

For five days a week, 56-year-old Robertson walks from his home in Detroit to the factory where he works in Rochester Hills, Michigan. He began the arduous commute ever since his 1988 Honda Accord conked out over 10 years ago. He claims that his $10.55-an-hour wage is not sufficient for him to buy another car, and there's no decent bus service either. So he just covers the 21-mile round trip to and from work on foot.

"I set our attendance standard by this man," said Robertson's boss Todd Wilson, a plant manager at Schain Mold & Engineering. "I say, if this man can get here, walking all those miles through snow and rain, well, I'll tell you, I have people in Pontiac 10 minutes away and they say they can't get here. He's never missed. I've seen him come in here wringing wet."

longest-commute

Comments system

Disqus Shortname