Say "Good-Bye" to Blondes
A picture is worth a thousand words: A map of the Earth that shows countries by
the size of their populations [http://www.odt.org/Pictures/poplcart.jpg].
Eric Scheske
Get Ready for a Caning
> A German teenager caught smoking in the toilet of a Singapore-bound airliner
has
ended up in jail after police found him with marijuana, a report said on
Saturday.blockquote>
[http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/December/theworld_December291.xml§ion=theworld&
Drunk Doofus
> A drunk driver was arrested in Germany after he accidentally rang the police
instead of a breakdown service when he had a flat tyre.
Natural Medicine
I believe there's a lot to be said for natural healing, though Seinfeld and Tor
Eckman [http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheHeartAttack.htm] undoubtedly set the
cause back twenty years with that hilarious episode ("The Heart Attack").
Nonetheless, I found this interesting, the yoga stuff aside:
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If It's Free, It's Me
Free Christmas coloring pages for your children
[http://www.apples4theteacher.com/coloring-pages/christmas/index.html].
A Paris Christmas
Give the guy credit. I don't think I could think of any more effective way to
desecrate Christmas, a holiday based on innocence and the love of simplicity
that is the manger.
> Blown-up images of [Paris] Hilton and strings of pink Christmas lights adorn the
front
Why Didn't I Think of That?
> The mayor of a Brazilian town is trying to bring in a law making it illegal for
residents to die.
> Mayor Roberto Pereira da Silva, of Biritiba-Mirim, came up with the idea because
the town's only cemetery is full.
> He wants to bring in
They're Not the Same
> Just like human boys and girls, male monkeys like to play with toy cars while
female monkeys prefer dolls, a research project has shown.
> This intriguing discovery is one of many signs of deep-rooted behavioral
differences between the sexes that scientists are exploring with the latest
tools
French Victories
A friend sends this along:
> Do this before it gets changed by someone at Google.
> 1. Go to www.google.com [http://www.google.com/]
> 2. Type in: "French military victories" with the quotes.
> 3. Hit "I'm Feeling Lucky" instead
The Weekend Eudemon
Wowsy and woosy. The stomach flu tore through my family, starting Thursday
night, in the following order: Jack (10), Michael (7), Meg (4), Marie (can't
mention age or she'll throttle me), Me (same concerns), Abbie (11). Alex (12)
and Tess (8 months) have so far escaped.