Your Dogs Name Could Put You In A Dog Fight
Posted on August 12, 2009 by admin in Entertainment
People often struggle to find the perfect name for their dog. However, when an American movie maker decided to call a dog in the film, Anwar Sadat, after the late Egyptian president, he ended up in the middle of a dog fight. One of the characters in the romantic comedy film ‘I Love You Man’, [...]
Hair For Diamonds
Posted on August 11, 2009 by admin in Business, Society
The next time you go to your hairdressers, you might like to consider the value of what is left lying on the floor. In the ‘Roaring Twenties’ the world was first introduced to the cultured pearl, which threw the pearl industry into spasms. Now the same revolution is taking place in the sparkling world of [...]
Aussie Good Samaritan
Posted on February 11, 2009 by admin in General
While bush fires, (many deliberately lit) and high temperatures have ravaged the southern part of Australia, with over 175 deaths reported so far, heroes and good samartians abound. From dedicated fire fighters to neighbours simply giving each other a hand. There are also small incidents that can bring a smile in the midst of the [...]
When It Gets Too Hot For Koalas
Posted on February 3, 2009 by admin in Environment
Sweltering under scorching winds and record temperatures, which have killed at least 32 people from heat-related conditions, Australians brave the worst heat wave in 70 years. Railway lines buckle, arson lit bushfires rage across tens of thousands of acres of bushland and more than half a million homes have lost power for days, as the [...]
Shark Nabbing And Crab Vasectomy
Posted on February 1, 2009 by admin in Humour
Whether you are thinking about stealing a shark, or doing your own vasectomy, it is definitely a very bizarre fishy story. Thirty year old Elbert Starks, of Freeport, Long Island, committed a bizarre shark heist, from Total Aquarium in Lynbrook, USA. He stalked up to an aquarium tank where a foot-long baby nurse shark, was [...]
Barbie Doll Promoter Had Manic Sex Drives
Posted on January 25, 2009 by admin in Women
Launched in March 1959, in her striped bathing suit, Ruth Handler was credited with the creation of Barbie, the doll with adult characteristics and loved by millions. Now in the year of her 50th birthday, Barbie, also known as Barbara Millicent Roberts, appears to have been popularized by a Yale-educated man who was a swinger [...]
Dubai Jails British Adulteress
Posted on January 25, 2009 by admin in Women
While Dubai presents such a beautiful modern and glitzy face to the world, in the background there is an entirely different scene. A British mother-of-two lost her appeal against an adultery conviction in Dubai. Her six month sentence has been halved, but it looks as if she is to still serve the remainder of a [...]
How To Find The Secret To True Happiness
Posted on January 4, 2009 by admin in How To
The secret to finding happiness is to first understand what happiness is. It is not the elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It is more to do with your state of mind, rather than your situation. Your ability to focus on the positive, no matter how small, in spite of the [...]
Whacky Drops Of New Year’s Eve
Posted on December 28, 2008 by admin in Humour
This started out as a short research on where New Year resolutions came from and has led to the discovery of amazing once in a year Blue Moon New Year whacky traditions. We all know about the Waterford Crystal ball dropped in Times Square, New York, but how about the lighted strawberry dropped from Hilton [...]
Somalia Pirates Operate A WorldWide Information Network
Posted on December 11, 2008 by admin in General
It has been revealed that the Somali Pirates operate a world wide information gleaning network. In particular they look for illegal cargo, such as the 33 tanks being carried on the MV Faina, hijacked a few months back. A Somalia expert at Purdue University in Indiana, Michael Weinstein says “The huge Somali world wide diaspora [...]
