“How is one supposed to get a bay leaf out without removing the top?”

A great question posed by a reader from Chicago!

Any clever suggestions for this reader?

How digital has our world become when the book club recommendations are movies?

Thanks to a reader from Chicago for snapping this pic and sharing thoughts with us. You should share the quirky in your world too! Just drop us a note.

In considering this photo submitted by a reader, I feel like I’ve seen a lot of cleverly named portable toilet companies. I wonder what inspires an entire industry to go on such a creative naming streak?

Perhaps they are using comedy to try to overcome the social awkwardness surrounding discussing toilets?

What other theories do you have? And have you seen any particularly funny and memorable portable toilet company names?

If they have to like it better, do you think they ever pay out?

Also, would they be paying you back the money which you spent on the competitor’s pizza? Or all of the money which you had previously spent at this restaurant?

Cheers to a reader from Chicago, a city that’s quite serious about pizza, for submitting this puzzling and interesting sign.

Capture the quirky. Share it with us.

Our reader comments:  “Thought this department was hilarious. I understand their purpose, but with Chicago politicians’ reputation of corruption, ‘Department of General Services’ sounds more like patronage and bribery.”

Thanks to Lil Steph, a reader from Chicago, for catching this quirky shot and sharing it with us!

This could be quite inconvenient if you only notice the sign after you have already parked and exited your car!

Just vandals trying to be clever, or is the parking lot owner trying to warn you about a potential hazard currently inside your car (i.e. killer bees injected through the ventilation system)? Decide at your own risk!

Bravo to the Chicago area resident who observed this oddity! Thanks for sharing it with us at chickenmonkeydog!

You can too. We love posting content sent in by readers.

Is this a bit of truth in advertising from the airline industry?

We know that recent budget cuts have made flying extremely unpleasant, so please, do yourself a favor and just drive to your destination.

Or a desperate plea to ease off the pressure?

We are filling our planes to the brim! Over-taxing our resources and turning passengers away. Cut us some slack and please drive.

Or something else entirely? What do you think?

Thanks to a reader from Chicago for sharing this photo with us. We love sharing community quirkiness! Send us the strange things you find too at chickenmonkeydog [at] gmail [dot] com.

Could you get a more generic looking block of chocolate?

Thanks to a reader from Chicago for submitting this outtake from her life. You can share the quirky bits from your life too, just send us an email: chickenmonkeydog [at] gmail [dot] com!

Your guess is as good as mine! When the airlines list a “possible delay” what exactly does that mean?

Wouldn’t it be fair to say that every flight could possibly be delayed? Is this information actually supposed to help travelers in any way?

Thanks to Pat for submitting this picture from the airport. You also can put your mobile phone’s camera to good use by sending quirky observations from your daily life to us at chickenmonkeydog [at] gmail [dot] com!

This picture was taken in the public park in the town of El Coco in Costa Rica, where the English translation really caught our eye.  It reads:

“Please not to stop in the chickens. Thank you for cooperating.

Municipality (cooperated corporated town) of Pulley”

Pollo means chicken in Spanish, but it is also an old word for the benches found in public parks.

Here is the same sign, in Spanish:

“Por favor no pararse en los pollos. Gracias por cooperar.

Municipalidad de Carrillo”

What they actually meant to say in English was:

Please do not stand on the benches.
Thank you for cooperating. (They actually got that part right)

Municipality of Carrillo (Very simply, Carrillo is the name of the Municipality, and Carrillo is also a Pulley.  I guess their translator also wanted people to know that a Municipality is a Corporated Town)

Thanks to Alan in Costa Rica for sending this quirky chicken finding to chickenmonkeydog [at] gmail [dot] com! You too can send us pictures of the crazy things you find too and we’ll share ‘em!