By staff writers
April 27, 2007 12:30pmSheep sold as poodles in scam, report claims
Couple alarmed to learn their dog had hooves
Killjoy bloggers say yarn is just an urban mythTHOUSANDS of Japanese pet owners were swindled into buying half-price “poodles” that were actually sheep, it was reported today.
It wasn’t until a film star appeared on a talk-show program and wondered why her new poodle wouldn’t bark that the swindle was uncovered, the story said.
Category: Humor
Worst recipe ever
At lunch today, we were discussing food items abd I came up with an outline for what is to my own taste the grossest recipe ever, and yet something that many people would happily eat. As such, without further ado:
Shellfish salad (mayonaise-based) with eggplant and mushroom
If you really want to gross me out, somehow add organ meats to it but it’s hard to imagine anyone eating it then.
“is made out of 96% post-consumer organic soybean sputum, and thus, actually helps the environment.”
Google’s 2007 April Fools joke: Introducing Gmail Paper
Make sure to click on “Learn more about Gmail Paper”
“There can be only one!”
Sword Fight Ensues After S.C. Break-In
A man toting a 3-foot sword apparently met his match when he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment: The woman’s roommate grabbed a sword of his own and sliced the intruder, police said.
No further comment.
Second Life: a pet rock for the new millenium, revisited.
Go check out “http://www.getafirstlife.com/“.
Via Russ on the [Geeks] list at work.
See also the original post Second Life: a pet rock for the new millenium.
Old news, but too weird not to share.
Fisher Island millionaire Bruce McMahan loved his daughter so much, he married her.
Published: September 28, 2006A secret sexual relationship with his daughter was not enough.
There had to be a wedding.
It gets worse from there. Much worse, and funny as hell (for us safely uninvolved 3rd parties.)
“Which SF author are you?”
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I am:
This prolific author brings surprising depths to he-man adventure tales, and broke science fiction’s prudery barrier. |
Blogmeme via a post by this title on RASSF.
“Watch it. Love it.”
Link and quote above via Eric at work, in response to lunch conversation.
Also see Crab vs. Pipe and the classic Infamous Exploding Whale
Sloth lives up to its name.
Scientists can’t get sloth to move
JENA, Germany – Scientists in the eastern German city of Jena said Wednesday they have finally given up after three years of failed attempts to entice a sloth into budging as part of an experiment in animal movement.
Alrighty-then.
Bah humbug, part 1: AIDS group claims Viagra causes increase in HIV infections.
AIDS group to sue Pfizer over Viagra ads
Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:02am ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A major U.S. AIDS treatment group plans to file a lawsuit on Monday that accuses drug giant Pfizer Inc. of illegally promoting recreational use of its blockbuster impotence pill Viagra.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) told Reuters it wants Pfizer to be barred from marketing Viagra as a lifestyle or sexual enhancement drug. The nonprofit organization said Pfizer’s actions had led to risky behavior by men and an increase in HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
“Pfizer has created and contributed to the perception of Viagra as a safe, sexy, lifestyle, recreational drug, to be frequently used regardless of the degree, or even existence of” erectile dysfunction, the group said in draft legal documents.
While I sympathize about AIDS treatment costs, the case – at least as made in the news article (which is very much worth a full read) – is tenuous. Then again, I haven’t seen the ads in question.
Should the federales be suing Pfizer for welfare checks because of unintended pregnancies that might not have happened but for Viagra? It’s similar logic, though I doubt at $9/pill retail (and higher through the online vendors who cater to the recreational use market) that it’s making a lot of inroads among the very poor.
And why just Viagra? The other PDE-5 inhibitors (Levitra and Cialis) are essentially the same; indeed, both of the others for various reasons are better choices for a purely recreational user.
And yes, in one sense they’re right – Viagra is used as a recreational drug, especially heavily if you count people with real but intermittent ED. So what? It still require’s a doctor’s prescription, and the few risks a healthy individual (or otherwise-healthy individual with ED) takes in using it are theirs alone and relatively minor. The risks of STDs faced by someone using it are no higher than those by someone without ED, and indeed given the occasional complaints guys have about losing their erections when using condoms, one could argue that with Viagra may encourage safer-sex practices.
(I’m locking this one “no comments” because mentioning the big V will probably attract extra spambots. If you really want to comment, do so on Bah Humbug Part 2, to be posted shortly.)
Beware undead hamsters.
A post on Making Light tracks BBC “obsession” with hamsters, and this one story caught my attention:
Hamster back from the dead
Three-year-old Claudia had gone to the great cage in the sky. Or so it seemed.
For despite being buried in her makeshift coffin three feet below the ground, the plucky rodent was determined not to give up on life just yet.
She gnawed her way out of the box and burrowed up to the surface, before making her way back home.
via a post on DailyKos (probably C&J?)
Wacky Russians?
Woman Survives Being Locked Up in Barrel and Thrown Into Sea by Jealous Husband
A Russian banker sealed his wife in a barrel and threw her into the sea when the couple were on vacation on Crimea Peninsula in Ukraine, the Pervaya Krymskaya newspaper reports.