Category: Interesting Stories

“Ho, ho, ho! Well, if it isn’t fat stinking billy goat Billy Boy in poison! How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap, stinking chip oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if ya have any yarbles, you eunuch jelly thou!” — Alexander DeLarge, A Clockwork Orange If you’ve ever read the novel A […]

Let’s face it, politicians all over the world are known for being duplicitous and corrupt, and for good reason: They often run on a platform to get elected and, once elected, either ignore their original ideas or change them to ones that are completely different. Once in office, many get involved in scandals that involve […]

There are few hit pop songs that nearly everyone knows without knowing the proper title. I mean, after all, most songs played on the radio say their title numerous times in the chorus, so it isn’t too difficult to figure out the name. But, chances are you’ve heard the song “Yakety Sax” plenty of times […]

It’s true that, in our modern society, money makes the world go round. We all need money just to survive and buy basic goods. Many of us make just enough to get by on, while others acquire more and more, passing it on to their family members. We can say what we want about the […]

The phrase “the smell of death” probably brings the idea of decaying fish, mammals, or even people to mind. If you’ve had the unfortunate experience of smelling decaying flesh, then you know how strong and awful the odor is. Many describe it as a smell that literally stays with you for the rest of your […]

For people in industrialized countries, taking a dump is a very private affair. It doesn’t matter if you’re in North America where using toilet paper to clean yourself is the norm, or if you are in Europe, northeast Asia, or southern South America where bidets are more commonly used to clean up—pooing is done alone! […]

Wars have a strange way of bringing out the best and worst in all of us. In every recorded war in human history, you can find great feats of heroism and sacrifice and extreme brutality and cruelty. Wars also have a way of bringing some truly interesting individuals to the forefront, people who would probably […]

If you’re a Trekkie, or even a casual follower of the Star Trek franchise, then you know that (along with his pointed ears) Spock was known for having green blood. If you don’t happen to know what I’m talking about (don’t worry, it just means you don’t live in your mom’s basement), Spock was a […]

Ambrose Bierce was a true nineteenth-century American success story. Born in a log cabin in Ohio in 1842, Bierce grew up in Indiana and later served in the greatest conflict of his generation—the U.S. Civil War. Bierce’s war experience left him with deep emotional scars, but it also gave him plenty of grist for his […]

Many of you have probably read Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. If you haven’t, then you’ve probably seen one of the numerous films and television shows based on the concept—an individual, or group of people, is stranded on an island for an extended period of time and must master the elements and their sanity […]