Outside England ‘s Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, it’s parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant. The fees were £1.40 for cars and £7 for buses.
Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day of work, he just didn’t show up; so the Zoo Management called the City Council and asked it to send them another parking agent.
The Council did some research and replied that the parking lot was the Zoo’s own responsibility.
The Zoo advised the Council that the attendant was a City employee.
The City Council responded that the lot attendant had never been on the City payroll.
Meanwhile, sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain or France or Italy … is a man who’d apparently had a ticket machine installed completely on his own and then had simply begun to show up every day, commencing to collect and keep the parking fees, estimated at about £560 per day — for 25 years.
Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over 7 million pounds … and no one even knows his name.
Fucking brilliance
HA!
Where will American Horror Story go in Season 2?
Ryan Murphy revealed that every season would follow a new family in a new house. Murphy then went on to reveal: ”Birth,” the penultimate episode of the season and the one in which Vivien went into labor. Says Murphy, “Go through it frame by frame. I planted it in there. I will never reveal it.” (via)
These theories are from The Insider as to where season 2 could take place:
Possible Location #1: Vermont
The episode opens in 1984 with Newhart playing on the television in the background. The show, which ran from 1982 to 1990, took place at an inn … rife for the haunting?Possible Location #2: Florida
This has been a popular theory with fans. The location was repeatedly mentioned throughout the season since it’s where Vivien’s sister Jill lives. Plus, there is no shortage of dead people in the retirement capital of America.Possible Location #3: A Geographically Irrelevant Prison
Psychic Billie Dean Howard (played by the divine Sarah Paulson) has a long soliloquy about paramagnetic grip — how evil can be absorbed by an environment. She says, “You see it all the time in places like prisons or asylums. Negative energy feeds on trauma and pain. It draws those things to it.” This echoes a sentiment Ryan expressed during the conference call: “There are all different kinds of horror stores to tell, be it serial killing stories or true crime stories or prison stories.”Possible Location #4: North Carolina circa 1590
In an attempt to help Violet expunge Chad from the house, Billie Dean tells her a story about a Ghost Colony that lived in Roanoke around the turn of the century.Possible Location #5: London, England
In the episode, two doctors treat Vivien: Dr. Marchesi and the unseen Dr. Hall. Well, Marchesi Hall is located in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.I also want to add the Psych Ward where Vivian was locked up if we are using the word “house” loosely or maybe the Harmon’s original house in Massachusetts since there was a close up of their Massachusetts license plate in one scene. My favorite of the theories listed above is Vermont. The final location #5 doesn’t make much sense since the show is called American Horror Story. What’s your favorite or theory?
You’ve been informed that three batches of biscuits are not a requirement for watching Gone with the Wind. Next thing someone’s going to try to tell you that you don’t need hush puppies and johnny cakes to watch Steel Magnolias.
They are ALL a must
Lyrics Banner | Pencil Box
OK, so I know these are Christmas lyrics, but the banner is so pretty that I had to share this DIY. And honestly, ‘Let Your Heart Be Light’ is a nice sentiment any time of the year! There’s even a download for the letters, so all you have to do is cut it out and glitter it. Or you could of course, design your own banner from a song you love.
Love this idea
Pickles are mysterious things. You take a regular old vegetable. Just your average cucumber, carrot, bell pepper. Add some brine, maybe a few spices, and then, a few days later, presto! A pickle. But what really causes this magical transformation?
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I could live off of pickles and rice. Seriously. Not together, but yeah…
A midwife for the end of life: Ana Blechschmidt is a death doula, acting as an advocate for the dying and their families by helping make sure their wishes are followed.
Photo: Ana Blechschmidt. Credit: Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune
Interesting read
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
