Author: lcarlson

Men cleaning Big Ben,  clock’s been stopped at high noon (very high) so they can do this I went into London yesterday afternoon, to Parliament Square, to watch Big Ben being cleaned. But they had finished. “One door...

Post by Leland Carlson.

Dull men like carrots. They are healthy. And they help us to see in the dark. We had no idea, however, of their musical potential — until now. This video shows how to turn an ordinary carrot into a clarinet.  Thanks to Herbert...

  Some of our members grow whiskers — mustaches, sometimes even beards. We see now that they can be research material for a master’s degree program at Manchester Metropolitan University. Read about this in “Blackpool...

A 155 year old eel, oldest in Europe, died at it home. Its home was a well in Brantevik, a town in Southern Sweden. It was found dead then the lid was taken off the well to show it to visitors. “Eel be missed” one of...