Category: trivia

Murphy’s Law has been busy in my surroundings during the last few days.
Pieces of plaster broke and fell off from the ceiling of my apartment’s bathroom.
The entrance door’s lock’s cylinder began to be problematic and I was under threat of getting locked outside of my apartment if this were not attended to promptly.
My car’s battery died when I visited my parents in another city.
I was sick in the same visit and was stuck there until Monday noon. I originally planned to return home on Saturday night.
When my car’s battery was replaced, the charging system was checked and it was found that the alternator overcharges the battery and needs to be replaced.

Overall, nothing serious happened. If my bad luck is to consist only of such problems, I’ll be content.

In addition to being the TDDPirate (without eyepatch, however; although I almost earned the right to wear one in an accident one and half years ago), I am also Omer because this is the name, which my parents gave me almost half century ago.

Turns out that the Urban Dictionary has an interesting definition for Omer. And I won’t mention here the definition of my surname.

The guy in another city to the southwest of my living place, who is sharing my name, must be very cool person.

In yet another trivia expedition, I came upon a Google Answers thread about turkeys. Turns out that the American businesses dealing with turkey meat (farmers and processing plants) have a Web site about their favorite topic, which serves to promote eating turkey meat.

It was casually mentioned that even though turkey is a traditional American food, the per capita consumption of this meat is actually higher in Israel than in USA. But the reference to this trivia is in another Web site Per capita Turkey meat consumption in selected countries.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/c_northcote_parkinson.html has two less-known quotes, which are nevertheless gems:

• Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
• Where life is colorful and varied, religion can be austere or unimportant. Where life is appallingly monotonous, religion must be emotional, dramatic and intense. Without the curry, boiled rice can be very dull.