Livin’ the Hobbit life

A pastry chef by training Nicolas Gentile grew up reading JRR Tolkienrsquos books and watching the popular Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movie trilogies He had always been a fan of fantasy literature movies and games but it was Middle Earth that captured his imagination the most Only at one point reading about and imagining the world and characters he loved wasnrsquot enough anymore Gentile was tired of experiencing the adventures of others and decided that he could be a character in his very own reallife adventure so he decided to start living as a hobbitldquoSome time ago I realised that books and films were no longer enough for me to satisfy my passion for the fantasy genre and in particular for the Lord of the Rings sagardquo Gentile told The Guardian ldquoI was still reading about the lives of other people I decided that I wanted to live my hobbit life to the fullestrdquoNicolas Gentile wants to crowdfund approximately 17 million in order to build a fullsize hobbit village called the ldquoGentile Countyrdquo PicInstagramIn 2018 Gentile bought two hectares of land in the hillcovered countryside of Abruzzo in central Italy and started building his own hobbit burrow He and his family have been living there ever since dressed as hobbits dancing singing and preparing local dishes Theyrsquove been having so much fun that the reallife hobbit now wants to expand his little shire and attract other likeminded peopleGentile has always been a fan of fantasy literature movies and games but it was Middle Earth that captured his imagination the mostHe hasnrsquot disclosed how much his cosy hobbit house and the land around it cost him but he did say he spent almost all of his life savings on them Now he wants to crowdfund approximately 17 million in order to build a fullsize hobbit village called the ldquoGentile Countyrdquo ldquoThis project does not aim to make a profitrdquo Gentile told Insider Magazine ldquoAll I want is to meet people like merdquoGraveyard anticsA nun is drawing attention on the Internet for dancing with a human skeleton inside a cemeteryA Woman dressed as a nun was pictured dancing with a ldquohuman skeletonrdquo before playing with another that looked like a dog One baffled witness said ldquoShe stood at the cemetery on Spring Bank West opposite the turn off for Hymers school She was dancing with a skeleton It was clearly attracting a lot of attention with people stopping to watch nearby and people in their cars lookingrdquo This could suggest it was part of a stunt or art project although this remains unknown The Hull General CemeteryEngland has been out of use for almost half a century It became one of Hullrsquos most historic sites after closing in 1972 People often visit to see graves and the memorial for the victims of the 1849 cholera epidemicRapper gets lsquogoldilocksrsquoMexican rapper Dan Sur has been getting a lot of attention lately not because of his music but because of his drastic physical transformationmdashreplacing his natural hair with metal gold chains implanted into his head He explains that the several dozen chains are all implanted into his skull under the skin although itrsquos hard to tell if that is actually the casePottytraining cows in lsquomoo loosrsquoAbout a dozen bovines at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology in Germany have been successfully trained to potty in ldquoMoo Loosrdquomdasha designated pen lined with AstroTurf where cows may safely urinate without threat to the environment The ammonia in cow urine is a known greenhouse gas as it produces nitrous oxide when released into the soilFed up with potholes man plants banana treeA man fed up with a private road in poor condition near his southwest Florida business has a novel solution plant a banana tree in a pothole to warn motorists Last week Bryan Raymond planted the tree in a stubborn potholeMan moves 114 ounces of water by handAn Idaho man broke a Guinness World Record by using his hands to move more than 114 fluid ounces of water between two containers within 30 seconds The goal to beat was 879 fluid ounces which was set by Usman Ayyub in 2019He has 225 signatures tattooed on his backFunky Matas a social media entertainer based in Florida holds the world record for most signatures tattooed on the back including those of celebrities like Will Smith and Gerard Butler Juan Matas aka Funky used to work as a tattoo artist himselfThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever