Friday, April 11, 2008
And here for the latex...er, latest, in Chinese hair styles...
Last year Chinese hair salons caused a stir by unlawfully recycling used condoms, possibly donated by local nightclubs, into hair ties. (J. Rice and A. Fields, Discover, May, 2008) Of course it would have been different had they been lawfully recycled...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Record of the Week – Scuba Ironing...
While a stingray browsed past, 72 Australian Scuba divers attended their ironing boards, pressing clothes three meters under water. The event, staged in Melbourne, set a record for the number of divers pressing clothes under water. This “extreme ironing” event was intended to beat a standing record...
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
If you want to get rid of your wife, make some home improvements...
Ronald Long of Deepwater, Mo., was trying to install a satellite TV system in his bedroom, but had a lot of trouble puncturing a hole through the exterior wall of the family home. He opted for blasting one open using a.22 calibre gun. The second shot went through the wall alright, but also hit his...
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Sunday, April 6, 2008
Stop the Presses...Sodomizing a Loved One...
“In the Jan. 23 issue of Wednesday Journal, River Forest Village president Frank Paris is quoted as saying ‘I’ll answer any question except if you ask me how many times I sodomized my parent. Those kinds of questions can’t be asked.’ What Mr. Paris actually said was ‘I’ll answer any question except...
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
The Reborns are Coming...
( There is a new phenomenon out there - the rapidly growing World of the Reborn! The account below, much abbreviated, is just one case in what appears to be a rapidly growing trend! ) Three-month-old Victoria has grey-blue eyes and auburn hair, just like her mother. She weighs five pounds and zero...
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Thursday, April 3, 2008
In Japan: Are those chopsticks in your bra, or are you just glad to see me
Every year in Japan, an estimated 25 billion pairs of chopsticks – or about 90,000 tonnes – of wooden chopsticks are tossed out. This translates to about 200 sets per person. Instead, the government is asking that citizens bring their own reusable chopsticks to restaurants. Thankfully, some members...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Sex and Booze...
Biologists at the University of California at San Francisco have found that male fruit flies exposed to high levels of alcohol become hypersexual and try to court practically anything with wings, including other male fruit flies. Eventually, the revelry turns into a dysfunctional orgy, with a “chain...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
The Wonderful and Unstoppable March to Automated Health & Happiness...
For sheer convenience, it is hard to imagine a greater advance than that achieved by the super-geniuses at Smucker’s, who created a product they call Uncrustables – a package of four, 10 or 18 frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the crusts off. “All you do is thaw and serve,” Smucker’s...
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
Today’s Special – Semi-Living Meat...
At a current art show at New York City ’s Museum of Modern Art, designer James King has presented shapes and textures for what is known as semi-living meat. Created by Australian scientists, the tissue is engineered from sample cells taken from living animals, then cultured into edible meat in the...
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Saturday, March 29, 2008
And in Britain: Grumpy with Guano Fights Vandalism...
Retired showman Joe Weston-Webb is tired of vandals damaging his store, Grumpy Joe’s Flooring Sales. He rolled out a catapult he once used to thrill crowds with by firing his wife across rivers. Now he’s loading the catapult with chicken manure, which is triggered by any after-hour intrusion....
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