Weird Observations

Every so often, you see something that makes you take a step back about how strange something is. These have to be documented somewhere, right? Well, here is my list of weird observations, in reverse chronological orger.

By the way, if you have any weird observations, mail me or give me feedback about it.

• Fri Jun 30 19:19:06 EST 2000
  In Australia, discrimination is not generally based on how you look, at least with my generation. It turns out, that from my observations, discrimination is based on your accent. If someone speaks with a funny accent, *then* he's different. We've got used to people looking different, but somehow not used to people sounding different.

• Fri Jun 30 19:17:11 EST 2000
  The University I attend sticks its own bar codes on all items more than of a particular value. This makes sense, to prevent theft, for doing stocktakes, etc. Fine. Imagine my surprise when I find that all the elevators are bar-coded. Why? Are they afraid the elevators will be stolen?