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.”
Category: News
Morrisey may represent UK in Eurovision
Former Smiths singer Morrissey could represent the UK at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC has confirmed.
Snakes in China ‘predict quakes’
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 they do. And how do you tell the difference between a snake that’s leaving its nest because of an earthquake and one that’s just popping out for a snack?
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Snakes in China ‘predict quakes’
World’s tallest man saves dolphin
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.
Marksman called in to kill Kingston’s pigeons
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 to me too.
Let’s just relax here – they’re just PIGEONS, bear that in mind. They’re just fluffy little critters who are cute and tickle you with their whiskers … ah no, that’s kittens. Sorry.
Gas them like badgers!
Why not give them bicarbonate of soda in a sausage so they explode in mid air?
I hate them. Especially their toes!
Bite kills Malaysia ‘Snake King’
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 | Asia-Pacific | Bite kills Malaysia ‘Snake King’
UK firms come to embrace internet
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 | Entertainment | Blaine in giant gyroscope stunt
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.
BBC NEWS | Business | YouTube sued by sound-alike site
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 & Rollform Equipment said its own website – Utube.com – had to be moved five times after millions of inadvertent hits made it crash.
The best thing about this article is the ‘Related Internet Links’ on the right hand side which include a link to Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment’s website – I’m sure that’s going to help their bandwidth costs!
BBC NEWS | Business | YouTube sued by sound-alike site
Curry is good for you
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.
If it’s good enough for Dr Funk, it’s good enough for me!