5 Facts of Randomness

[blue_hours_too]

In Madagascar, traditional families dig up the bones of dead relatives and parade them around the village in a ceremony called 'famadihana'. The remains are then wrapped in a new shroud and reburied. The old shroud is given to a newly married, childless couple to cover the connubial bed.

During a railway expansion in Egypt in the 19th century,

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[breakingthrunow]

57 hours... they're in denial and I can see why. Anyone would be stressed, especially with no or little vacation to boot. But you simply cannot say it. You can't go around in an American company and tell anyone you're stressed. You cannot even APPEAR stressed. Corporate slaves don't stress. If they do they're not fit to work here. Sooooooo one must either work 57 hours a week and shut up - or get fired or quit. This is how it works. Sad.

Madagascar is intriguing. I must look up "famadihana".

[blue_hours_too]

Tell me about it - I've done it too. Corporate America is slavery without appreciation. I'm so glad I work for myself these days. They have no idea what it means to really live. And no, going shopping isn't it, lol.

[thudpucker]

"The old shroud is given to a newly married, childless couple to cover the connubial bed."

Yes sir, there's nothing like a sheet that's been wrapped around a corpse and buried to bring the fun back into the honeymoon!

[blue_hours_too]

Death isn't a taboo there. I'd rather not dig up my relatives either though. Hehe.

[thudpucker]

Now that you mention it, that might be the only way I can get the twenty bucks Uncle Bob still owes me :)

[blue_hours_too]

That's hilarious. And so is your icon. Is that a Simpson geek? I know someone who looks just like Bart. He's a surfer, very Californian and gets stopped by little kids who think the Simpsons are based on him.

[blue_hours_too]

Ooops, hehe. But then, geekiness is good. I would post a picture but feel I must protect the innocent. Maybe I'll do a locked/filtered "people" entry later and include him. This may sound crazy but the resemblance is so funny/striking that I'm afraid the picture would travel and I'm not sure he'd be thrilledto find himself posted all over the internets. ^^

[prmntwanderlust]

No wonder I don't like hospitals!!!

[blue_hours_too]

Hah, yeah, I avoid them at all cost too. Even visiting people is a major affair with me. Total phobia, I could never work in one.