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Thursday, September 2, 2004

Bangkok students urged: No sex on buses

‘Young passengers on Bangkok city buses are being asked not to have sex during the commute. [..]

‘I have interviewed bus conductors and passengers and they confirm the study that students are having sex, especially on the air-conditioned route 12,’ said Mr Virat Chokkatiwat, an MTA director.’


Wednesday, September 1, 2004

The Dead Case

Flash mystery/adventure game.


The Cunningham Dax Collection of Psychiatric Art

‘There are many people with psychiatric illness, a few have artistic ability. There are many artists; a few have mental illness.

The works [..] are primarily selected because of the depth of emotional disturbance shown.

Psychiatric art can be regarded as the skillful expression of pathological emotional disturbance.’


[XML] Dilbert Feed

You’ll need a feed reader of some sort.


The Monetary Economics of Thurston Howell III

`Gilligan’s Island is now out on DVD, reawakening the unanswered questions of childhood: why does the Skipper let Gilligan help with anything when he knows he’ll just screw it up? [..] And why do any of the other stranded castaways treat the millionaire’s government money as valuable while stuck on an island where no such government can enforce its value?

[..] that last question stuck with me.’


Cows eat aeroplane

`WHEN Tony Cooper and Lisa Kingscott left their four-seater light plane parked in a field to have lunch with friends nearby, they paid little attention to the cows quietly grazing nearby.

Big mistake.’


Ijaculator

`The Ijaculator is effective because you can just turn it on and relax.’


Schoolboy says affair wasn’t love

`A MELBOURNE schoolboy embroiled in a sexual controversy with 36-year-old teacher Karen Ellis has denied being emotionally scarred by the affair. [..]

“Everyone at school thought she was a bit of all right and so did I, I suppose,” he said.’


Angry Alien Productions

30-Second Bunnies Theatre


Gaddafi ‘Manipulating Idols Show’

`COLONEL Muammar Gaddafi is being accused by Palestinians of unfairly trying to help a Libyan contestant win the Middle East’ s answer to the TV talent show Idols. [..]

Palestinians are enraged that Gaddafi has backed a costly nationwide publicity campaign and arranged that Libyans wanting to vote for Ayman Al-Atar, a Libyan dental student, could have free phone calls.’


Dog Bites Off Man’s Genitals

‘A man whose genitals were bitten off by a pit bull remained in serious condition Tuesday, and the dog remained on the loose. [..]

The man was naked when found at the park, but it was unclear at what point he had taken off his clothes. Neighbors had seen him playing with the dog earlier in the day.

Arbogast said investigators do not know why the man was naked, and remain uncertain about some circumstances surrounding the attack.’

also here:

‘Albuquerque police and animal control officers canvassed the area Monday evening and Tuesday morning looking for the dog and some of the man’s body parts.’


Tuesday, August 31, 2004

First practical plastic magnets created

`The new polymer was developed by Naveed Zaidi and his colleagues in Durham’s organic electroactive materials group. The team created the new polymer from two compounds, emeraldine base polyaniline (PANi) and tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ). They chose PANi because it is a metal-like electrical conductor that is stable in air. TCNQ was chosen because of its propensity to form charged particles called free radicals.’


New & Improved Pocket Vee-String Female Vagina Prosthesis™

‘The Vee-String Vagina with bladder is designed to fulfill the feminine illusion. To do this, it has an inner funneling pocket for the penis. On the interior of the vagina there is a urethra opening, making it anatomically correct.’

Conversely: Urinating P-String Penis


Bastard Operator From Hell


1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters

`Welcome to the world’s largest collection of tongue twisters!

With 2680 entries in 105 languages.’


115 mph in a Fiat Punto?

`A man accused by police of driving at 115 mph (185 kph) in a Fiat Punto thought the accusation so ridiculous he enlisted an expert driver to help prove his new car was incapable of going that fast.

[The expert] found the best the car could manage, going downhill with a following wind, was 104 mph.

Police were finally forced to drop the speeding charges [..]’


Myxoedema and a lost wedding ring

`[A] lump was found on the patient’s ring finger [..]

An x-ray of the lump revealed a wedding ring totally encased in the soft tissue. [..] The wedding ring was surgically removed. Histopathological examination of the lump revealed a foreign body granuloma with chronic low-grade Staphylococcus aureus infection.’

with pictures.


Naked panic as cops raid club for drugs

`[A] strictly men-only club where the policy is to pay and leave your clothes at the door – was hit on Saturday night in what police say is the start of a string of raids on nightclubs [..]

Detectives were somewhat surprised to walk in on naked patrons, but nevertheless arrested four club-goers found in possession of drugs.

“Most of the patrons had their shoes on, so I would imagine the drugs were found in their socks,” explained Inspector Dennis Adriao [..]’


Berlin bear’s break-out bid fails

`Juan the Andean spectacled bear first paddled across a moat using a log for a raft, then scaled a wall.

Finally he appeared to commandeer a bicycle, before zookeepers with brooms cornered him, and a colleague picked him off with a tranquiliser gun.’


‘Vengeance’ swipes cake, eats it, too

`A 6-foot-tall, 275-pound bearded man crashed a children’s birthday party in Oak Forest, identified himself as “vengeance,” then helped himself to a piece of cake, police said.

When the owner of the home asked the man who he was, the intruder replied, “I am vengeance. I am the knight. I am Batman.” [..]

After continued questioning by the homeowner, the man left the house and drove off in a red 1988 Cadillac.’


Jet-powered wheelchair surprise

`Giuseppe Cannella had a big surprise for his mother-in-law when he put a jet engine on the back of her wheelchair.

“She was on holiday at the time so she didn’t know what I was doing until she came back.

“She actually thought I was doing it for her.”‘

with pictures.


Monday, August 30, 2004

Marathon wrecker avoids jail term

`Horan, who pushed Brazil’s Vanderlei De Lima off the road, told police it was to “prepare for the second coming”.

De Lima eventually took bronze while Italy’s Stefano Baldini took the gold.’


When Viruses Attack

`Researchers at Purdue University combined traditional crystallography and cryoelectron microscopy with imaging software to create detailed pictures of a virus called T4. The Purdue scientists also made a video that shows how the virus attaches to a cell surface, infects it and replicates.’


Deafening phone – Siemens issues health warning

`Siemens has issued a warning about potential ear damage caused by its 65 series phones. If the battery is exhausted during a phone call, the handset shuts down, but before clapping out altogether, it plays a tune. Rather loudly.’


Chimp gets impish over lack of love

`Sexual frustration has turned a mild-mannered Chinese chimpanzee into a problem primate who smokes cigarettes and spits at visitors [..]’


Polite robber waits in bank queue

`Robert Howell handed the cashier a note reading: “Give me the money, please. I’ve got a knife,” a court heard.

He then waited in the queue at Pontypridd, south Wales, as she served other customers lining up behind him.

Howell was still waiting 10 minutes later when police arrived to arrest him.’


Handmade Vagina!

`This week pool boy Juan from Thailand crafts a serviceable vagina from a succulent fruit of the gourd family!’

with pictures.


Man sets house on fire trying to kill mosquito

`Police say the property was gutted in the blaze caused by Tatsuo Onishi lighting a cigarette after spraying pesticide outside.

One consolation for unlucky Tatsuo is that police believe the mosquito was killed in the fire.’


Sex Guide – Dolphins: FAQ on Mating

`WARNING! In the considerations of safety, you should NEVER let a male dolphin attempt anal sex with you. The Bottle-nose dolphin member is around 12 inches, very muscular, and the thrusting and the force of ejaculation (A male can come as far as 14 feet) would cause serious internal injuries, resulting in peritonitus and possible death.’


Baggy Pants Trigger Protest

`Bonham High School officials rotated 200 high school boys through their cafeteria – forcing students to lift their shirts to find out if their waist lines were too low, or their underwear was showing. Students filed past a video camera and violators were forced to sign a form saying they would attend one day of in-school suspension.’