Thursday, April 1, 2004

Winners like these

Sorry, but waiting a year until it was almost too late to claim a winning lotterty ticket is insane.

The winner of the single largest lottery prize in Canadian history has finally come forward.

Raymond Sobeski won $30 million in Lotto Super 7 and came to hand in his winning ticket today, just days before it would have become a worthless piece of paper.

Wasting a whole year thinking about it just doesn’t make sense.  Mind you, it’s not something most people will ever have to worry about.

Fat Freaks

Thin isn’t always in - sometimes fat turns your crank.

But there’s a dark side to all of this. Within the FA community there are men known as “feeders”, who encourage their partners to gorge themselves to become as fat as humanely possible

There’s some truly strange stories on Fark

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Motorist miracle

There are a million stories in the driving wars - some turn out well.

Ed Theisen’s body was blocked from view by Gulf Freeway traffic barricades in this Houston suburb. The 46-year-old survived a night alone on the concrete, unable to move or summon help.

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

Save your digits

Our greatest minds are busy at work saving the world - one finger at a time.

SawStop technology works on all types of power woodworking tools. The video demos below illustrate the operation of the SawStop technology on a table saw, a band-saw and a pneumatic up-cut saw.

via BB

Tuesday, March 23, 2004

My Pet Fat

What will overweight North Americans think of next?

mypetfatTM consists of a 1oz. replica of body fat and a set of thoughts that are called mind stretches. Together, they are the mypetfatTM program.

Monday, March 8, 2004

Thanks Montel!

Nothing like the power of TV to help solve domestic problems.

An Oklahoma woman shot her husband to death during a fight after the couple watched a daytime TV talk show on how to survive domestic violence, officials said on Monday.

Thursday, March 4, 2004

Burn it

Talk about keeping your own house in order before leaving for work.

It was a busy day for Melbourne firefighters. After responding to several emergency calls, they returned home to find their own station on fire.

Wednesday, March 3, 2004

Brush off

Brushing your teeth can be hazardous to your health.  I’m just waiting for breathing to be declared dangerous.

Through his research going back 20 years, Glass lays claim to being the first to recognize that toothbrushes act as reservoirs and actually cause bacterial or viral-induced disorders like ulcers and other digestive tract illnesses, respiratory infections, kidney ailments and even cardiovascular disease.

I am beginning to wonder if reading all these stories is worse for your health than any of the contents of these stories.

Thursday, February 19, 2004

Taste for money hard on stomach

I left the headline from the paper as it was very well done - what a sick story.

French doctors were taken aback when they discovered the reason for a patient’s sore, swollen belly: He had swallowed around 350 coins along with assorted necklaces and needles.