MetaFilter posts tagged with weirdness

Displaced places

blahblahblah — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:00:14 -0800

This house at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn has been replicated around the world to odd architectural effect: Montreal, Sao Paulo, New Jersey, Buenos Aires, Milan, Tel Aviv, and seven other locations. Why? Because it was the home of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. This sort of geographic dislocation is not unique to 770 Eastern Parkway, however, as photographers Andrea Robbins and Max Becher show: German buildings in Namibia, the Old West in Almeria Spain, the last French colony off Newfoundland, the town in Washington that was transformed into Bavaria, and others.

Slowly, the sewer gates of France creak open.

nasreddin — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:50:32 -0800

I am a robot. Interstellar Scrotum arrived on everything2 mysteriously in the year 2000. Fifteen months later he was gone forever. In between he produced writing, quirky, strange, and sad.

OMG WTF NIN?

loquacious — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:36:21 -0800

I Am Trying to Believe. Well, maybe not. (Previously: Best, shortest review of a NIN cd, ever.)

E-meter racing

caddis — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:41:53 -0800

Xenu's chariot. Gentlemen, ~~ignite your potential~~ start your Thetans.

It's hard to deny the baking of the son of God.

olbiadle — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:40:10 -0800

A reward for being great... Don't close your eyes to the wonders of the lord... he's made them all for you..now try some chocolate cake.

"electrafying one woman show "

brundlefly — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:45:26 -0800

A little local color to remind us of what we're fighting for.* Not to mention all these folks: too pretty for another city. Then there's this guy, who needs a place to return to, slasher movie-style.
*The woman's 80 years old, fer crissakes!

HST Last Request

lilboo — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:54:49 -0800

Funeral Arrangements: Shot out of a Cannon “The optimal, best-case scenario is the ashes will be shot out of a cannon,” ... Other arrangements were pending.

Talk about a funeral that I am going to hate missing...

thatwhichfalls — Sun, 16 Dec 2001 00:08:07 -0800

The Daily Grail has evolved into the memepool for anyone interested in Fortean phenomena. It also has a useful penchant for weird but true science - I check it a lot simply for these odd links. The obsession with Rennes-le-Chateau goes with the territory. The other one with ananova is less easy to explain.

davebush — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:40:08 -0800

I've been eagerly anticipating the launch of this site. So...it just went live and.....after 2 minutes of frustration (and it's not fine Lynchian weirdness either), I gave up. Is this thing still under construction or is it really that bad?

owillis — Fri, 05 Oct 2001 17:37:33 -0800

1200 video clips of the American Wilderness, captured by PBS, is a great reminder of the country's natural beauty. For insectly weirdness, check out Maryland's cicada invasion.

jfwlucy — Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:24:57 -0800

There was not a cloud in the sky. Scary things afoot near Hartsville, TN. Electric bulbs light in your hand. Birds fried by electric surges midflight. Mysterious police dressed in black. Blown out transformers. And -- a Bigfoot.

o2b — Mon, 14 May 2001 09:46:49 -0800

The funniest thing I've seen in many a moon. Want to find crazy crap on eBay? Don't waste your prescious time, Disturbing Auctions has done it for you!

This for the golfer in the family.

This for the hawaii-bound honeymooners.

This for... I don't know.

da5id — Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:54:08 -0800

Going to Disney Land any time soon? You may want to see which Restrooms are the best, and which ones aren't. Which ones are open, and which ones are closed. Of course, you could always just go there and take your chances.