If you get fired, should you sign the paperwork they give you?
No. And when you refuse, they’ll ask you to initial on it in some way that you have declined it or refused to sign it. Don’t do that…
Has anyone faked being asleep so they could enjoy what was happening to them?
I was 16 year old boy. My dad was going away for a few months to another part of the country to try to find work. He was…
Is Elon losing it in life due to his presence in politics?
Musk had a bad week. First, he angered Carlos Slim, the richest man in Mexico, with a tweet insinuating he was a gangster. Slim, worth $85 billion, canceled…
What are some of the worst wrong predictions ever made in history?
A few that were slightly off: “The telephone may be right for our American cousins, but not here because we have an adequate group of messenger boys.” Editorial…
Why is Tom Cruise allowed to do his own stunts when there is risk involved, given he is such a big star?
Cruise is “allowed” to do his own stunts because he wills it so; because he’s a big star. There’s a great anecdote relayed by Matt Damon on Conan that encapsulates Tom Cruise’s…
Is it true that most Luftwaffe pilots would rather be sent to the Eastern Front than the Western Front?
I kicked up a bit of a storm previously by suggesting yes, Luftwaffe pilots preferred the East. The first reason was ‘neck-itch’ (halschmerzen), the desire of pilots to…
What’s the most ridiculous design fault you’ve seen on a building?
Probably this one. Dubbed the “world’s tiniest skyscraper”. The building itself is structurally sound—that’s not the flaw. In fact, it has stood for over a century. But the…
How much salary per month is enough to live in the UK?
I live alone in a rented first floor one bedroom flat in a small non descript town about 12 miles from Nottingham City on one side, and Derby…
What is the greatest instance of “Well, that backfired” in all of history?
Because of climate change and pollution, marine life over the years has started to deteriorate. In the 1970s, and just like many places in the world, Florida found this was…
What are examples of surprisingly low salaries paid to actors in hit movies?
Jonah Hill was so desperate to work with Martin Scorsese that he took the SAG minimum salary to be in The Wolf of Wall Street. Scorsese thought he was…