Christmas is a-coming
As if it wasn't obvious enough from the Christmas markets here in Mainz or from the sale of stollen and lebkuchen (ok, they appeared in october...) in the supermarkets, you really know when Christmas is here when everyone has disappeared. Yes, Olga is relaxing on a beach at 26 degrees, Jordi is going back tomorrow to Valencia at 16 degrees, and the rest have already gone as far away as possible from the temperatures here, which currently do not go above 0 degrees. Brrrr.
Anyway, on with the news.
In a show of equality, a mexican woman has been allowed to sign up for a men's football team, in one of the first cases of it's kind. Of course, this will make the after-match showers interesting...
Keeping on the theme of football, scientists have now calculated that referees are physically incapable of spotting if a player is offside. We all knew this since various european and world cups, but now it's been proven scientifically. Now all we need is the ability to catch "hand of God" goals too...
After reports of Scotland, Ireland and New York banning smoking to various degrees, Bhutan, a Himalayan kingdom, has banned the sale of tobacco outright. Of course, what people would be doing smoking at such a high altitude where there's less oxygen anyway, I don't know.
After spending 10 billion US dollars a year on it (instead of on medical aid, social help, pollution cutbacks) the missile defense system "Son of Star Wars" has yet again proved it's worth, by failing miserably in protecting the country against an airborne attack. Nearly as spectacular a waste of money as the failed UK IT projects...
Last week plastic explosives disappeared in Paris airport during an exercise, and now a bomb disappears from an US airport during trials as well. So never mind the terrorists, it's the security procedures that should be getting you really worried.
Now for those of you who've gone ahead and moved with the times and bought yourselves a personal music player with photo capabilities (like Apple's iPod photo) you now have the chance to view your personal pin-up courtesy of Playboy's iBod. Yes, download your set of 25 beautiful women, and never again be bored whilst travelling to work on public transport.
Well, that's it for now
Sunday, December 19, 2004
Sunday, December 12, 2004
It Snow Joke
Seeing as the weather has decided to hint towards a white christmas, what better way to pass the time, than to catch up with the latest newsbites brought to you on this page.
Like beer? Like coffee? Ever wondered what was missing from your life? Now you have it, coffee beer, in a supermarket near you. No longer let the effects of the alcohol make you tired, now you can keep on drinking all night/day/night long :)
Twenty Eight thousand pounds for a truffle is quite a lot of money, I think you would agree. Especially when one considers that this truffle was left on display too long and has now had to be thrown away as it has gone off. At least the money went to charity.
No more dowdy nighties for us brits any more (not that I wore one anyway, honest) as a recent survey has shown that english women are buying more negligees and shiny pyjamas. Whatever next? Germans walking around without their white socks with sandals?
One for the businessmen amongst you now, as a new study has shown that the use of laptops can cause male infertility. However, they are not as dangerous as cups of hot coffee wedged between your legs whilst driving. Apparently.
Just to ub it in to the pilots that don't quite make it through their training course, scientists have taught cells from a rat brain to fly an F-22 fighter jet in a hurricane. Now let's see if they can also teach them how to run a country better than some of the present participants.
You have to hand it to the french, they always manage to do things differently from everyone else. However, this may soon come to a halt, seeing as a practice at paris airport resulted in plastic explosives, placed into a passengers bag for the sniffer dogs to find, were not found in time and left on a plane to an unkown destination. I can just imagine someone of arabic decent being the unlucky passenger, arriving at a US airport with the aforementioned luggage, and the excuse "I've never seen it before in my life" not quite working...
You learn something every day. European countries such as France and the UK have vowed to hold a referendum so that their inhabitants can vote on whether they want a european constitution or not. Germany, though, has said it can't ask the people, as there is a law preventing such actions.
Ever wondered what people do near their computers? Well, a recent study has brought an interesting insight into what can be found under the keys of a users keyboard. Unbelievable.
On an ending note, it seems like ETA is back to it'S old habits again, setting off bombs in Madrid and other major cities in Spain.
Well, wrap up warm, and snuggle up by the log fire, as christmas time is a-coming.
Seeing as the weather has decided to hint towards a white christmas, what better way to pass the time, than to catch up with the latest newsbites brought to you on this page.
Like beer? Like coffee? Ever wondered what was missing from your life? Now you have it, coffee beer, in a supermarket near you. No longer let the effects of the alcohol make you tired, now you can keep on drinking all night/day/night long :)
Twenty Eight thousand pounds for a truffle is quite a lot of money, I think you would agree. Especially when one considers that this truffle was left on display too long and has now had to be thrown away as it has gone off. At least the money went to charity.
No more dowdy nighties for us brits any more (not that I wore one anyway, honest) as a recent survey has shown that english women are buying more negligees and shiny pyjamas. Whatever next? Germans walking around without their white socks with sandals?
One for the businessmen amongst you now, as a new study has shown that the use of laptops can cause male infertility. However, they are not as dangerous as cups of hot coffee wedged between your legs whilst driving. Apparently.
Just to ub it in to the pilots that don't quite make it through their training course, scientists have taught cells from a rat brain to fly an F-22 fighter jet in a hurricane. Now let's see if they can also teach them how to run a country better than some of the present participants.
You have to hand it to the french, they always manage to do things differently from everyone else. However, this may soon come to a halt, seeing as a practice at paris airport resulted in plastic explosives, placed into a passengers bag for the sniffer dogs to find, were not found in time and left on a plane to an unkown destination. I can just imagine someone of arabic decent being the unlucky passenger, arriving at a US airport with the aforementioned luggage, and the excuse "I've never seen it before in my life" not quite working...
You learn something every day. European countries such as France and the UK have vowed to hold a referendum so that their inhabitants can vote on whether they want a european constitution or not. Germany, though, has said it can't ask the people, as there is a law preventing such actions.
Ever wondered what people do near their computers? Well, a recent study has brought an interesting insight into what can be found under the keys of a users keyboard. Unbelievable.
On an ending note, it seems like ETA is back to it'S old habits again, setting off bombs in Madrid and other major cities in Spain.
Well, wrap up warm, and snuggle up by the log fire, as christmas time is a-coming.
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