First the houseboat, now the houseplane. Jammal revealed that when he decided to go ahead with the project, he had a secret motive to clip his wife’s wings: “Let me build the airplane so that I can keep her in all the time.” Airplane House Keeps Marriage Grounded, if Not Wife
Former Smiths singer Morrissey could represent the UK at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC has confirmed. Morrissey in talks for Eurovision
When an earthquake is about to occur, snakes will move out of their nests, even in the cold of winter. If the earthquake is a big one, the snakes will even smash into walls while trying to escape. This sounds quite labour-intensive since it depends on someone sitting there watching the snakes to see what …
The world’s tallest man has saved two dolphins by using his long arms to reach into their stomachs and pull out dangerous plastic shards. World’s tallest man saves dolphin
The article in the Surrey Coment is quite entertaining, but the comments are where it’s really at. I was once saved from certain death when a pair of woods grasped me by the shoulders and flew me from the path of an oncoming car. Now these feathered heroes follow me everywhere and they often speak …
A snake charmer who made a name for himself as Malaysia’s Snake King has died after being bitten by a king cobra. The world of snake charming’s loss may be language’s gain as I understand that Malaysia now has its own version of the phrase ‘an accident waiting to happen’. BBC NEWS | World | …
The report, co-produced by Google, said UK firms invested a total of £10.6bn yearly on net-based systems. It is predicted this will top £13bn in 2009. That all sounds very positive for the future of the internet industry. BBC NEWS | Business | UK firms come to embrace internet
Illusionist David Blaine has begun his next stunt, spinning inside a gyroscope above the streets of New York. Okay, that’s annoying enough, but how about this: After the stunt, Blaine will lead 100 underprivileged children chosen by The Salvation Army charity on a shopping spree. There’s something wrong with the man. Blaine in giant gyroscope …
Lots of people seem to be typing utube.com instead of youtube.com and getting a tubing manufacturers website instead, completely overloading their hosting. I think one option would be to set up a simple video sharing site at the same address, but it seems like they’d rather just have a new domain name. Universal Tube & …
It’s official – eating curry might help arthritis. (I may be paraphrasing, but probably no worse than the BBC reporters are.) Apparently it’s the turmeric that really does it. Dr Janet Funk and her colleagues believe their findings also suggest turmeric extract could treat other inflammatory disorders, including asthma, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease. …