“An employee of a Langley, British Columbia, Wendy’s restaurant was handing food to a customer waiting in her car when a naked man ran between them, taking off with her fries…”
I wouldn’t even be upset. Just impressed….
should have put in the extra effort and grabbed a couple burgers, though too.
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Banda softly shouted: “You (monkey) have urinated on my jacket,” and paused as he looked up to see the animal playing in a tree just above his chair.
“Perhaps these are blessings,” he said continuing his address amid laughter from the audience of journalists and diplomats at the State House presidential offices.
Beats getting shat on?
I wonder if he would have been so lighthearted about the matter, had that been the case.
Regardless, presidents getting peed on is still a pretty funny concept.
I’m easily amused.
And ok with that.
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serious cat joker
Came across this oldie-but-goodie list. It shows its age in some places, but it’ll get a smile out of you, I know it!
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I don’t know if Science means something other than Science in the UK – but I was pointed to an article entitled “Bacon Sandwich really does cure a hangover” filed under the headings “Home > Science and Technology > Science > Science News”. They throw in the subtitle “A bacon sandwich really does cure a hangover – by boosting the level of amines which clear the head, scientists have found.”
“Bread is high in carbohydrates and bacon is full of protein, which breaks down into amino acids. Your body needs these amino acids, so eating them will make you feel good.”
Ms Roberts told The Mirror: “Bingeing on alcohol depletes neurotransmitters too, but bacon contains a high level of aminos which tops these up, giving you a clearer head.”
So yes, aminos, aminos, aminos – woohoo! Maybe its cause I have scientists in my family, but the article reads like complete bull-crap (or perhaps the scientist invited the reporter to have a drink of ten to try out the bacon sandwich remedy for hangovers).
Let me ask you this, what kind of scientist does research on how to cure a hangover? Ok, fine, an alcoholic scientist maybe, touche. I didn’t realize this, but apparently the science of hangovers is so big in the UK, that there are 6 – yes, 6! – related articles with fun titles such as “The best hangover cures (from pickled eyeballs to citrus armpits)”, “The best hangover remedies tested“, “France’s hangover ‘cure’ may head to Britain“, “Hangover cures fail test (scientists get a headache in hunt for hangover cure)“, “Chemical reaction that explains the appeal of the bacon sandwich” and “10-minute mood boost“. Fantastic, isn’t it?
I guess with a quote like the following to justify making a science out of hangovers, I can understand their perspective. I mean – 2 billion pounds lost cause of hangovers!
Hangovers cost the nation about £2 billion a year in lost earnings through sickness absence, and at Christmas higher alcohol consumption leads to a 0.4 per cent increase in fatal poisonings for every one per cent increase in sales of spirits.
So there you have it folks, drink a lot, eat bacon sandwiches. Here’s some more mindless drivel from the article:
Ms Roberts said: “The smell of sizzling bacon in a pan is enough to tempt even the staunchest of vegetarians. There’s something deeper going on inside. It’s not just the idea of a tasty snack. There is some complex chemistry going on.
“Meat is made of mostly protein and water. Inside the protein, it’s made up of building blocks we call amino acids. But also, you need some fat. Anyone who’s been on a diet knows if you take all the fat from the meat, it just doesn’t taste the same. We need some of the fat to give it the flavour.”
She explained that the reaction released hundreds of smells and flavours but it is the smell which reels in the eater. “Smell and taste are really closely linked,” she said. “If we couldn’t smell then taste wouldn’t be the same.”
So, apparently complex chemistry that goes on when bacon is sizzling in a pan tempts even the most vegetarian vegetarians. Also, meat is mostly protein and water. And you also need some fat to give it flavor. Ah, whatever, go read it yourself, I’m done laughing about the kind of crap that gets force-fed to the brits by the Telegraph.
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Lets recap, in our previous installment of “why you shouldn’t fall asleep while getting a tattoo” we discovered that:
Kimberly Vlaeminck, 18, made headlines when she claimed last week to have woken up from a tattoo session with 56 stars on her face. She said she had asked for just three small ones. Turns out though, Vlaeminck was lying.
And that’s according to the very eloquent staff at BoingBoing (I have to say, I’d paraphrase it myself but I’m still a little shocked at the picture). The Sydney Herald reports that apparently she lied about it because her dad got mad at her. Moreover, the tattoo artist offered to pay to have half of her stars removed – but when he found out she was lying, he took that offer right back.
To add to the lineup of international press covering this incident (you’d think they were talking about the insanity going on in Iran or something) – here’s something that Dutch TV added to the fray:
“I asked for 56 stars and initially adored them. But when my father saw them, he was furious. So I said I fell asleep and that the tattooist had made a mistake,” Ms Vlaeminck told Dutch TV.
Now of course, our press correspondants have the ingenuity of the Australians and the Dutch combined. Maybe even as much insight into current events as BoingBoing’s star reporter Cory Doctorow – although it was David Pescovitz is the actual writer behind BoingBoing’s writeup. Sooooo.. why hasn’t anybody said anything about this particular tattoo artist? I mean, look at the guy (I’m assuming that’s him in the callout picture up there, and not lets say – the dad of this poor girl for instance)! You can barely tell he’s human, he looks more like a character who stepped off the set of Star Trek. Self-expression is good, but when you run out of canvas, it might be a problem.
So, honestly, I care not who lied and who fell asleep and who was doing the tattooing. The whole story is just a tad-bit too bizzare to me. So I’ll stop talking about it – at least until the next “twist” gets revealed, which will probably qualify it as a script for the next M. Night Shyamalan blockbuster movie.
UPDATE: There’s a video of the girl and the tattoo artist! Woohoo!
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