"I wrote a letter to the tooth fairy once where I demanded a recent photo and a signature," writes a Reddit user. I believe I ended it "or else". The next morning there was a picture and signature, however, the picture was an embarrassing photoof me with my pants down in an outhouse. The signature was signed "The Tooth Fairy" as requested, but it was glued to the counter and tore away from the page when I lifted the paper up in my excitement. This was at a time when I was also writing to the Queen demanding money to fund my Lego addiction. Nice to see the spark in others."
Sometimes those homemade birthday cards from your kids are poignant, and a little dark.
Adam and Eve - terrible botanists but surprisingly good tailors
According to themichigancatholic.org, after that terrible business with the serpent and the fruit "Adam" and "Eve" realised they were starkers so "sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths" to cover their shameful bits. But they chose fig leaves, which apparently contain an enzyme called ficin, which can cause a nasty rash. The article offers the idea that wearing uncomfortable clothing is an act of penance for the fruit scoffing. Alrighty then. Later on, the omnipotent being gives "Adam" and "Eve" new clothes made out of animal skins. So it's all good. But one Reddit commenter wasn't buying the revelation. "I'm more interested in knowing how they were able to sew fig leaves in the first place given that: a. they didn't have needles, b. they didn't have thread, c. they didn't have the knowledge of sewing. Other than that it all makes perfect sense."
The 1960s musical Oh! What A Lovely War used popular songs as a way of satirically retelling the story of World War I. But one song from 1918 didn't make the cut, probably because it portrays the army hierarchy in quite a brutal light. Each verse of Hanging On The Old Barbed Wire offers a chance to find where those of a particular rank might be found, with the officers "lying on the canteen floor" to "miles and miles behind the line", whereas the privates were "hanging on the old barbed wire". The song was popular with soldiers (but not their commanding officers) late in the war. (Source: BBC Music 10 of the most disturbing folk songs in history)
