Little did ye know, bowling was actually an ancient Chinese pastime, called bao ling qiu. It was a great point of emperor contention, and for its infamy was whisked by Marco Polo back to the West, whereupon the qiu was dropped, words were Romanized, and the West was infatuated.

And if you didn’t know much about Tanzania, know that it’s the birthplace of pikapu, known in the US as “pick-up trucks”.

CMD fans, tell us more about your favorite words that are English in appearance yet foreign in parentage? Or admittedly, the other way around?

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Don’t forget, dear readers, that you can submit your own pictures and quirky observations to chickenmonkeydog-at-gmail-dot-com.

Today’s task: ponder the bunny

The headline reads:

Delco to look at prison security
Erroneous releases of prisoners prompts a “serious discussion,” the county executive says.

Well, I certainly am glad that the Delaware County powers that be will at least have a serious discussion about the potential problems that might arise from mistakenly letting people out of jail. That brings some comfort to all us, I should think.

Please study the image below.

You will note that a withdrawal of $10, $30, or $50 are all listed as possible options for obtaining cash.

When I asked for $50 earlier this morning, I ran into the following notice.

Wait! What? Withdrawals have to be in multiples of $20? Then why even give me the other options? Arggghhh …

She was holding a couple of things in her hands, so when she lost her grip on the phone it went tumbling down and all she could do was use her foot to try to soften the landing.

Well, at least that’s what I thought. My friend actually managed to kick the phone softly back up to waist height, and pretty much directly back into her hand! Super impressive!

Unfortunately the story doesn’t end there.  She didn’t manage to get a good grip on the phone this time either, and it dropped back down hard onto the cement.  Ouch.

Still, it got me thinking that smartphones with all their sweet gyroscopes and motion sensors ought to look into developing a hacky-sack app. I think my friend would be a top-scorer.

The sign on the door reads:

NO PETS ALLOWED
Except for Visually and Hearing Impaired

Our readers commented: “[Our] theory is that someone is putting on “The Miracle Worker” comprised entirely of dogs.”

Many thanks to our loyal readers from Evanston for submitting this quirky take. Our readers who capture something quirky are encouraged to email us at chickenmonkeydog [at] gmail [dot] com!

<begin conversation>

Technical Editor: So, what’s the post gonna be for today? Do you have anything in particular you want to publish?

Creative Editor: Nope. Hope ’bout you? Anything you want to see on there today?

Technical Editor: Well, let’s look at our drafts. Have you looked through those? Any jump out at you?

Creative Editor: Um … nothing seemed brilliant. Probably why they are still drafts.

Technical Editor: Ok. Well, let’s see. Maybe we should do something different today. Out of the ordinary. Unexpected. Quirky.

Creative Editor: (sounding skeptical) Like what?

Technical Editor: Me, Technical Editor. You, Creative Editor.

Creative Editor: Hmm … back to me then. So much for my punt.

Technical Editor: (interrupting) Hey!

Creative Editor: What?

Technical Editor: Never mind. Silly idea.

Creative Editor: Ok …

(Long pause)

Creative Editor: Got it!

Technical Editor: What?

Creative Editor: An idea! I have an idea for today’s post.

Technical Editor: Great! Let’s hear it.

Creative Editor: We ask our readers to tell us what to talk about today. We ask then an open-ended question and they reply in the comments. We open the doors to a conversation … and just wait to see where it goes.

Technical Editor: (sounding incredulous) Um … think it will work? I mean, really, will it start a conversation?

Creative Editor: I think so. Can’t hurt to try. Right?

Technical Editor: Ok. I guess I’ll get that ready for today.

</ end conversation>

So, Dear Readers, what topic would you like to talk about as we gather ’round the office water cooler that is chickenmonkeydog?

So, here we go …

We hope we are not the only source of reliable information:

• what are the risk assessment for an escalator?
• a 737 plane
• escalator myth busters
• eyjafjallajökull

In the good/reasonable advice column:

• avoid big crotch

Looking for social advice/guidance:

• urinating in lifts in singapore

Questions for the commuter:

• camel is one hump more comfortable?

We can only guess for what they were really searching:

• dog and crotch and jump -smell -sniff -s
• the family pees together
• roman dog likes boys crotch
• rapeseed deer
• stuffed bactrian

It was a sign of protest. It was a call for freedom. It was a demand to let the Brake Retarders live their lives without the yoke of oppression around their necks.