Dropped food on the floor – do you eat it?

Don’t be shy – we’ve all dropped food on the floor but the question is – do you pick it up and eat it. If your toast lands butter-side down, is it ok to pick it up, spread some jam and finish it while no-one is looking? “The 30-Second Rule, A Decision Tree” by Audrey Fukuman and Andy Wright will take away the angst and time you spent worrying over whether something you’ve dropped is ok to eat – genius stuff.

A chimp, goes to get a cake – just watch.

A chimpanzee goes to the bakery to pick up a cake, but the pack of bulldogs he’s walking turn on him and chase him down the road before a bird of prey steals the chimpanzee’s cake.

How to Eat a Chicken Wing

I wish I’d learned this earlier -

The greatest story ever told

Nothing to do with food but just plain clever and funny – make sure you watch to the end:

Greatest Story Ever Told – Watch more Funny Videos

Malaysia stakes copyright claim to recipes

The Indonesians got a bit upset a while ago with claims that Malaysia stole a Balinese dance and used it in a promotional campaign for Malaysia – which, in the end, turned out to be a mistake by the Discovery channel. Discovery channel apologised and a crisis was narrowly averted – except for this . . .

It seems that Malaysia is now claiming that Chilli Crab, Nasi Lemak, chicken rice and a host of other dishes belong to Malaysia. Basically all the dishes that you associate with Singapore and Indonesia.

Now this international food fight might sound a bit trivial but the rumor going around Indonesia is that Malaysia was behind the Bali-Jakarta bombings, and it supports militant groups within Indonesia in attempts to discourage foreign tourists from visiting Indonesia and have them visit Malaysia instead.

This latest food copyright claim is going to fuel that rumor mill for a while. So for a safe holiday in a tropical paradise with the best food – the winner is: Malaysia.

Via:The Canadian Press: Hands off our food: Malaysia stakes copyright claim to recipes for chili crabs, coconut rice.

National Flags Made Out of Food

Australia.

See more national flags made from the country’s national food at my favourite design site:toxel.

A great knife for that teen chef

We love good design at the Spirit House and the you know design is good if some love it and others hate it – so when it comes to knives we think this is pretty neat:

Give one of these to a teenager and you’re going to get some help in the kitchen. The blood stain is permanently set on to the blade and the evidence tag is a nice touch. And at $20Aus or so, it’s quite a bargain. You can buy it online at Neatorama’s shop.

Nail Houses

What happens when a developer moves in to a neighbourhood and buys up the houses for a new shopping centre or apartment complex and one person doesn’t want to sell? You get a nail house.

I used to think that we had one in West End near the Three Monkeys coffee shop but someone told me the developer owns it – still, it’s an old Queenslander surrounded by an appartment complex so I guess it’s a nail house. With all that in mind, deputydog.com has some great stories of nail houses from around the world.

How to open a champagne bottle with a sword

The sort of thing they should teach at waiter school:

Everything is amazing, yet no-one is happy

Forgive me – a few emails have trickled through from people asking when we’re going to add some more fun stuff to our fun stuff page. I’ve been in Thailand for the past few weeks leading our tag-along tours so I haven’t really had time to put anything up here … except for this cool video. Comedian Louis CK was on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and points out just how amazing everything is and yet we’re still not happy. The video is funny and some of the language is NSFW. And to those who wanted more content on this blog, think about this – two days ago I was in another country, how amazing is that!