BBC
12 February 2019
The Swiss town obsessed with
the number 11
[…] Solothurn, founded by the Romans 2,000 years ago
but forgotten by many visitors today due to its proximity to nearby capital
Bern, is a town preoccupied with 11. It is neither a gimmick nor the result of
coincidence, and the town is home to 11 churches, 11 chapels, 11 fountains, 11
towers and 11 museums – an astonishing architectural ensemble. […]
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Times Colonist [Victoria,
BC, Canada]
22 March 2013
Nudge, nudge: Curbside blight
now out of sight
[...] Mary Dowds wrote to suggest a clever way to get
rid of undesirable items. A friend’s neighbour once attached a “free” sign to
an unwanted piece of furniture and placed it on the curb. For days it sat with
no takers. So the fellow took a different tack. He wrote “$100” on a new sign,
and affixed it to the furniture. Within an hour, it had vanished. [...]
The Age [Melbourne]
14 February 2019
Column 8
[…] Greg Rutter of Musk (Vic) shares his trick for
getting rid of unwanted furniture items (C8). He placed some items on the kerb
with a sign ‘Free to Take’ written on the back of an old block print - the sign
was gone within hours but other items remained out there for days. With the
threat of rain, Greg "brought them inside, returning them to the kerb
several days later, this time with a sign stating ‘$20’ on each. Gone in a
flash!"
Just in case you were thinking this was an isolated
incident, Peter Moran of Oak Flats advises: "Place anything you wish to
get rid of for free (C8) on the footpath with a sign saying: 'For Sale $50'.
It's almost guaranteed to disappear on the first night." […]
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Anon., “Gossip,” Joint
Issue (East Lansing, MI), vol. 2, no. 2, Feb. 14-28, 1971, p. 15. A dope
tale from a friend of a friend. “[A] friend recently told me about a friend of
his who once took 17 hits of acid. He was sitting in his room, stoned of
course, when this cop came in the window. The cop pointed to his stash (which
he had carelessly left lying around) and said, “What’s that?” Too stoned to
react except to tell the truth, he replied “Uh, acid, mescaline – that’s hash.
That’s grass. uh uh.” The cop then took his entire stash and disappeared
through the window never to return.”
