I've had two reports of bizarre out-of-game Mario experiences in the past few days. The first was from a friend who was watching Carrie and noted a bizarre abomination of 1970's fashion, seemingly guileless in her plumber-chic.

The second came from a reader who had this to say about the towering Mario seen next to a soccer field in the photo above:

Today, one of the last days in school this year, all the students had decided to play soccer against the teachers. Then one guy came up with this videocamera and started to record it, and I swear to God, he looked EXACTLY like Super Mario. Maybe it's nothing to put on the site but I just wanted to show you this guy :) I had to secretly take a photo of him with my cellphone to send it to you.

Special thanks to friend Sizzlepig and reader Hannes for their respective contributions! Eliza Gauger