Archive for 'World' Category
China toy boss kills self after recall
13 August 2007Not as bad as the food and drug administration guy who was executed. While here in Canada, the worst we do to the worst criminals is lock them up and maybe take away their TV privileges… maybe.
China toy boss kills self after recall - Yahoo! News
Zhang Shuhong, who co-owned Lee Der Industrial Co. Ltd., [...]
Baby vs. Cobra
28 June 2007Some people are just plain fucked up!
Apparently, pitting baby against cobra is a rite of passage (or as this article says, “a ‘bite’ of passage) for snake-charming families in India. It is supposed to teach the child not to fear the snake.
The cobra has been defanged and its mouth is stitched up. But it doesn’t [...]
Greek fan dies in soccer violence, fan clubs suspended
3 April 2007And Greeks wonder why they never get to host any soccer events. Ah, maybe it’s cause your fans are lunatics!
Greece suspends fan clubs after violence
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - All Greek soccer supporters’ clubs were suspended Tuesday, and league organizers escaped with a warning after last week’s deadly fan violence.
The measures were announced by the [...]
Seniors discount day at brothels in Germany
15 March 200750% discount for afternoon sex if you are over the age of 66!
Brothel offers pensioner discounts - CNN.com
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) — A brothel in Germany hopes to capitalise on the growing number of pensioners by offering them a 50 percent discount for sex in the afternoon.
The “Pascha” in the western city of Cologne has introduced [...]
Britain’s Prince Harry to serve in Iraq
22 February 2007How close to the action do you think he will get?
Britain’s Prince Harry to serve in Iraq - Yahoo! News
LONDON - Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is getting his wish to serve in
Iraq.
The Ministry of Defense ended speculation that had been swirling for about a week by announcing Thursday the 22-year-old [...]
Australia to ban old-fashion light bulbs
20 February 2007I have had a couple of these fluorescent bulbs that are not suppose to burn out but died within a few weeks. Other then that, they seem to be fine.
Wired: AP Technology and Business News from the Outside World on Wired.com
The Australian government on Tuesday announced plans to phase out incandescent light bulbs and [...]
Beware of knitting, stealing nuns
30 January 2007Well, they had to do something in their spare time. They can only pray for so many hours of the day and they can’t really go around fornicating now can they. Need to make some cash somehow.
Ananova - Nuns on the run
Fifty-five nuns - all called Maria - are on the run after [...]
Topless girls help slow down speeders
16 November 2006Once again, Canada is so far behind the rest of the world. While I get a pot-belly, scruffy male to great me every day with a slow down sign, Denmark has hot topless women with speed limit signs.
BTW, this is an news clip from Denmark. So, that means it’s boarderline porn. Probably [...]
Blame it on the dead guy
13 November 2006Now why can’t we come up with creative laws like this in Canada?
Australian speeders’ excuse: The dead guy did it - CNN.com
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of Australian drivers have come up with a way to weasel out of tickets: Blame it on a dead guy.
More than 200 motorists have avoided parking and speeding fines [...]
51 slaps for village rapist
10 November 2006This story sounds like something out of the Borat movie. A guy in a village in India rapes a deaf and mute woman, and his punishment is 51 open handed slaps to the face. I would think 51 kicks to crotch would be more appropriate.
I had seen a documentary once were a rape [...]