It is the one currency still in use that dates back thousands of years — sex. Apparently people are willing to trade sex for either goods or favors. A survey finds college students bartering intimacy for a variety of things, including help preparing for a test….
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A red rose on her crotch…hmm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7487143.stm
23
Jun
08
Rejected tiger adopted by dog
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“They accuse us of terrorism, so let’s serve terrorist bread, why not?”15
Jun
08
Water-fuel car unveiled in Japan
Representatives from price comparison website, www.moneysupermarket.com wandered the streets this morning wearing sandwich boards offering a free £5 note to anyone who asked. Despite encountering over 1800 people, only 28 passers by bothered to take advantage of the offer.
Additional research found that more than half of all Brits (53 per cent) admit they too would not be bothered to claim their £5 if they were in the same situation. This finding suggests that people actually overestimate their own likelihood of acting in such a situation, given the poor take up of the offer on the streets of London and Manchester.
“This exercise reveals a fundamental inertia which is stopping people from making sensible financial decisions,” said Tim Moss, head of loans and debt at www.moneysupermarket.com. “This was a completely genuine, no strings attached offer. People simply had to approach the sandwich board wearer and ask for a fiver. If more than 98 per cent of the people who passed by couldn’t be bothered to do that, it raises some interesting questions about what needs to be done to persuade people to make an effort to improve their financial position.”
Here’s the link:
http://www.webitpr.com/release_detail.asp?ReleaseID=8847
I disagree with Tim Moss. I don’t think it was a genuine offer -they were advertising for their company. Plus, if a stranger told me that he would give me $10, I would look at him like he’s a nutcase and ask him, “What’s in it for you?” Everytime something that is too good to be true comes along, it would be a sure thing to assume that a scam or some sort of psychological experiment is taking place.
06
Jun
08
Say No to a Prius
If you want to buy a Prius for fuel economy, that is a logical decision. However, to say that your driving a Prius around will save the earth is just foolishness. The Prius is outselling the Honda Civic Hybrid, which is a more superior car in design and function by all points of comparison, because it stands out like a sore thumb on the road. People recognize it for its peculiar shape and the ostentatious Hybrid sign. People are not simply buying a fuel efficient car that is economical; they are buying into the idea that the Prius is a magical- environmentally-friendly car that will erase all their past and current wastefulness that still continues to pollute the earth.
Enough of my rant, here’s the article from Wired Magazine that talks about hybrid cars and why they are not all that “green”:
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-06/ff_heresies_09usedcars?showAllComments=true
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=542932&cc=5901
The paper put together a spread showing Polish coach holding the heads of Ballack and coach Joachim Low
A man wearing a T-shirt depicting a cartoon character holding a gun was stopped from boarding a flight by the security at Heathrow’s Terminal 5.
PATNA, India – An elephant nicknamed “Osama bin Laden” that killed at least 11 people and injured dozens has been shot dead, officials in eastern India said on Saturday.
The wild male elephant had been terrorizing villagers in two states in recent months, destroying their crops and homes.
Forest officials and a police team tracked down the rogue jumbo in the eastern state of Jharkhand late on Friday, where it was shot dead, senior government official Ravi Ranjan said.
“Yes, Osama has finally been killed and it took us 20 bullets to silence him,” Ranjan told Reuters from Jharkhand on Saturday.
Deadly rampage
Hundreds of villagers gathered on Saturday to catch a glimpse of the dead elephant.On Thursday, another elephant rampaged through a village in northern India, killing at least seven people and injuring 24 others before it was killed.
The female entered the village of Bhudaheda on the edge of the Jim Corbett National Park, and began destroying crops, said Srikant Chandola, the park’s chief wildlife officer. He said the animal started trampling people when residents tried to frighten it away by beating drums.
Story continues below ↓advertisementBelinda Wright, director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India, said the elephant had apparently entered the village after becoming separated from its herd.
31
May
08
Euro 2008 Hotties
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7405376.stm
Girlfriends/ wives of footballers in Euro 2008. Check out Andrese Svenssons girlfriend lol her poster is banned in Birmingham for causing to many accidents. Also check out Ballacks girl lol I love how BBC clarified she wasnt a waitress at a cocktail bar when Ballack met her…
this pretty much sums up how bizarre Japanese culture is…
A loss-making Japanese railway company is back on track thanks to the popularity of a stray cat.
24
May
08
Parents try to sell baby on eBay
20
May
08
Gay Star Trek Wedding
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7410431.stm
I never realized he was gay it all makes sense now….
Loud iPod headphones have been partly blamed after an oblivious student was hit and killed by a helicopter.
Isaiah Otieno was listening to music while walking down the street – only to be struck by the aircraft that had crashed to the ground.
The 23-year-old Canadian was dragged along the pavement in Vancouver and died of his injuries. The pilot and two passengers were also killed.Now the tragedy has prompted a debate on whether there ought to be more restrictions on the volume of headphones attached to personal music players.
Witnesses said Mr Otieno seemed oblivious to any danger, while listening to his iPod using in-ear headphones passed through the hood of his shirt.The student had arrived in Canada to study two years ago, after growing up in Kenya.
Isaiah’s father Dalmas Otieno, Kenya’s minister of state for public service, said: “Everybody is just shattered here.
“They’re just praying that they have enough strength to go through all this.
“He was a brilliant student, very considerate, very aggressive at times. He had strong leadership qualities.”
In the US, New York Democratic Senator Carl Kruger tried to pass a bill banning pedestrians from listening iPods and other music players as they cross the road.
The British charity Deafness Research UK last year promoted a campaign with a similar aim.
After the latest tragedy, British Columbia University audiologist Lorienne Jenstad said: “There are a lot of beliefs and assumptions right now on how dangerous this headphone use is, but currently no data to back them up.
“In our own informal tests, we’ve found that the range of volume used is very wide – from moderate to levels that are potentially able to cut out all background noise.”
Vancouver-based digital music consultant Geordon Hoag said: “The average downtown street registers at around 60 decibels.
“A jet plane flying overhead is generally quoted at 120 to 130 decibels.
“If you are playing your music loud enough to cut out that level of noise, then you have it cranked to a degree that is damaging your hearing.”
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/article.html?in_article_id=148010&in_page_id=64
How the fuck does this spark a debate over ipod headphones? A helicopter smashing into building windows and ultimatly falling like a rock into any pedistrians below isnt exactly an avoidable feat. WTF?
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