Chuck Lamb is better known as the Dead Body Guy. He wanted to be an actor but, unlike most aspiring actors, he was able to admit to himself that he wasn’t that very good at speaking roles. So he went for non-speaking roles, namely the role of Corpse #3.
4. Trainspotting
It’s not just the name of a movie about heroin! It’s an actual hobby! Trainspotting is exactly what it sounds like: people watch for trains and, when they see them, they write down the numbers of the train. Trainspotters basically “collect” seeing certain types, tracking trains in certain regions, or seeing all the rolling stock from a certain company.
Yes, that’s all there is to it. Yes, this is a real hobby. Yes, more than one person does this.
3. Navel Fluff Collecting
Graham Barker collects his own navel fluff. He has a Guinness World Record recognizing his collecting of the stuff for more than twenty years. He started in 1984, keeps it all in carefully labeled jars, and has greeted every single question about why he collects navel fluff with, “why not?” No word on whether he’s ever gotten a reply like, “because it’s disgusting?”
All we can say is that it must be a great icebreaker at parties. Or something.
2. Extreme Ironing
Yes, as in “removing the wrinkles from your clothes”. That kind of ironing. People find weird or unusual ways to set up their ironing board, do so and…iron their clothes.
Granted, extreme ironers are not entirely serious about their hobby: it’s as much about exploration, hiking, climbing, and other physical activities normal people get a hobby to avoid, as it is about actually pressing a shirt. Even so, they had a world championship, which makes us wonder how long it’ll be before they get endorsement deals involved.
1. Hikaru Dorodango
Or, polishing dirt.
If it sounds weird, well, it is, but believe it or not, it’s possible. Essentially, you make a ball of mud and draw the moisture out of it, while coating it with finer and finer grains of soil. Then you work the dirt, by hand, polishing it into a high-gloss sphere. You’re making art with your hands…literally!
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