Obscure Box

Research for a UK television channel Dave has uncovered what is thought to be the world’s oldest joke.
The University of Wolverhampton is crediting the gag to the Sumerian people who lived in what is now southern Iraq.
And it’s a fart joke, according to “World’s oldest joke traced back to 1900 BC” from Reuters.
“Something which has [...]

Ever been asked to find a left-handed screwdriver or tin of tartan paint?
Imagine if you work in the office that handles all the emergency phone calls and someone calls reporting a fire at a crematorium.
What would you do?
Well apparently even the mourners were non-plussed at reports of smoke billowing from a Sydney crematorium roof, according [...]

It hasn’t gone unnoticed that Queensland’s new conservative party needed to do a few more checks on the web before deciding on its new name.
The Liberal National Party had secured the domain name www.lnp.org.au, but forgot about the possible web addresses.
The Australian noted in “Net worth in doubt” that www.lnp.com.au takes you to a website [...]