In following with the stereotypical British fascination for the morbid, the latest Economist reports on a cadaverous Chinese tradition: Chinese tradition demands that husbands and wives always share a grave. Sometimes, when a man died unmarried, his parents would procure the body of a woman, hold a ?wedding? and bury the couple together. The custom [...]
A Market for Macabre Marriages
July 28th, 2007 · No Comments
They Saw Red(dish)
July 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment
The people at Improv Everywhere describe themselves as causing “scenes of chaos and joy in public places” by executing “over 60 missions involving hundreds of undercover agents.” Their last mission: Raising awareness of The Redhead Experience. Redheads, they say, make up less than 1% of the world population and “Agent McCarthy” suggested, “What would it [...]
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