Some time last week my mom called me, all agitated, to ask me whether I've heard about this dog which showed amazing survival powers. He managed to survive on a big chunk of ice floating down one of the major rivers of Poland straight into the Baltic Sea. They are saying that he spent days on that chunk of ice and traveled like this over 300 km. ( Read more... )

There is a contest on a website of a regular, popular female Dutch magazine. Prize to win? Ecological vibrator. With which you vibrate 'responsibly'... o_O

This is hilarious:

" [eiseres] heeft als verweer aangevoerd dat Parteon jegens haar gehouden is in te stemmen met de intrekking van de huuropzegging. Zij voert daartoe aan dat de opzegging nietig is, omdat zij ten tijde van die rechtshandeling niet compos mentis was. Zij was op dat moment smoorverliefd en zou met haar partner gaan samenwonen. Onder ( Read more... )

There exists an ass bra. Seriously. o_O I'm not kidding, here you go: Dutch and English...

Personally, I'm happy the gym still exists. Speaking of which this is like my new best friend ever. Though I did find out today during the training that last time (first time I used it) it was coincidentally set to the max decline (like on the photo), which ( Read more... )

I find that fascinating.

Just read on a Polish news website that piranhas can be found in Vistula river near Krakow. This world is getting crazier with every day.

Upturned house - newest tourists' attraction in Poland.

Do marketing people really believe that sex and nudity will sell it all? What does it say about our society?

This is a website of Elave - cosmetics company. You can watch their ad by clicking on the screen above the products.

These two are new ads for a juice by Mac's Store (!). WTF... exactly!

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In the Polish system of education we have obligatory classes in Polish language and literature both in primary school as in high school, which shouldn't surprise anyone. What could be surprising is that during these classes we not only study Polish literature but world literature as well. The scope is quite broad - ranging from translations of ( Read more... )