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Truth is stranger than fiction, n'est-ce pas?
The American slogan for Salem cigarettes, "Salem-Feeling Free", was translated into the Japanese market as "When smoking Salem, you will feel so refreshed that your mind seems to be free and empty."
... the wife obtained some papers towels, blotted up the gasoline, and threw the towels in the toilet... later, he went into the bathroom, sat on the toilet and smoked a cigarette...
A man went into a drug store, pulled a gun, announced a robbery, and pulled a Hefty-bag face mask over his head--and realized that he'd forgotten to cut eyeholes in the mask.
To poacher Marino Malerba, who shot a stag standing above him on an overhanging rock-and was killed instantly when it fell on him.
A study, supported by the Department of Labor, explored the cost/benefit ratio of 48 of our society's most common professions. The study examined the amount and cost of education necessary, time spent in class, annual overhead, probability of success, ... and one career emerged as having a clear edge in each category. It was bank robbery.
With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared at the United Airlines agent, gritted his teeth and swore "F**k you."
Without flinching, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, but
you'll have to stand in line for that, too."
If you urinate when swimming in a South American river, you may encounter the candiru. Drawn to warmth, this tiny fish is known to follow a stream of urine to its source, swim inside the body, and flare it's barbed fins. It will remain firmly embedded in the flesh until surgically removed.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the
Parliament
Building is an American flag.
All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,
silver
or purple.
"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools." --- 1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.
Seen in a maths paper: "A freedom fighter fires a bullet into an enemy group of 12 soldiers and 3 civilians. Assuming one person is hit by the bullet, find the probability that the person hit is (a) a soldier, or (b) a civilian."
On a carton of sleeping tablets: "Clinically proved night time
sleep aid... Warning: May cause drowsiness..."
On a Chinese packet of peanuts: "Open packet and eat contents."
On a shampoo bottle: "Use repeatedly for severe damage."
