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"She added, 'Just 10 minutes of staring at the charms of a well-endowed female, is roughly equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out.'"Quote:
Originally Posted by motherhubbard
I've just got rid of my exercise bicycle and am going for an eye test.
Guess where someone might be going soon?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
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Mr McCormack said his skin now felt "like a pork roast" A New Zealand truck driver who fell on a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock has survived being blown up like a balloon.
Steven McCormack had fallen between the cab and the trailer of his truck, breaking the air hose.
The nozzle pierced his buttock and began pumping air into his body, which expanded dramatically.
As he screamed, Mr McCormack's colleagues turned the air off and laid him on his side, saving his life.
The accident happened at Opotiki on the North Island on Saturday.
Mr McCormack, who is 48, is still in hospital in the nearest town, Whakatane.
He said that doctors had told him they were surprised that his skin had not burst, as the compressed air - pumping into his body at 100lb/sq in - had separated fat from muscle.
"I felt the air rush into my body and I felt like it was going to explode from my foot.
"I was blowing up like a football... it felt like I had the bends, like in diving. I had no choice but just to lay there, blowing up like a balloon," he told the local newspaper, the Whakatane Beacon.
He said his skin feels "like a pork roast", hard and crackly on the outside but soft underneath.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13537084
British savoury spread Marmite could be illegal in Denmark if it fails to meet safety requirements, officials say.
By law, the Danish authorities must give their approval for food fortified by vitamins or minerals before sale.
Products with such additives need to be assessed for any potential dangers, the Danish Food and Veterinary Administration says.
Denmark has previously banned several popular items, including the drink Ovaltine and some breakfast cereals.
A shop in Copenhagen was recently asked to remove its supplies of Marmite following a phone call from Danish authorities, the owner says.
A spokesman for the Danish Food and Veterinary Administration said: "We have no record of an application for the sale of the product, so we have neither forbidden or accepted it."
Marmite Ingredients
Yeast Extract
Salt
Vegetable Extract
Niacin (Vit B3)
Thiamine (Vit B1)
Spice Extracts
Riboflavin (Vit B2)
Folic Acid
Celery Extract
Vitamin B12
Source: Marmite website
The procedural checks needed before a final decision is reached could take up to six months.
If a ban is put in place, outraged fans of the spread in Denmark are threatening a campaign of civil disobedience, the BBC's Europe correspondent Chris Morris says.
Nutritionist Melanie Brown told the BBC she believed a ban on Marmite, which is rich in B-vitamins such as riboflavin and niacin, would be counterproductive.
"Marmite plays such a useful part in many people's diet, and in my practice it's incredibly useful for older people...who are short in vitamin B12.
"It's full of folic acid, and there's lots of evidence that many women, young women of child-bearing age are deficient in folic acid," she said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13544266
The part of the brain used by people who can "see like a bat" has been identified by researchers in Canada.
Some blind people have learned to echolocate by making clicking noises and listening to the returning echoes.
A study of two such people, published in PLoS ONE, showed a part of the brain usually associated with sight was activated when listening to echoes.
Action for Blind People said further research could improve the way the technique is taught.
Bats and dolphins bounce sound waves off their surroundings and by listening to the echoes can "see" the world around them.
Some blind humans have also trained themselves to do this, allowing them to explore cities, cycle and play sports.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13539921
echo-locate - I misread that as a misprint for 'eat chocolate' - and I was going 'How does that..? What does that..?'
Think I'll eat some chocolate...
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Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Seriously, how did I miss this one??
A Toronto couple are defending their decision to keep their infant's sex a secret in order to allow the child to develop his or her own gender identity.
Kathy Witterick and David Stocker have been widely criticised for imposing their ideology on four-month-old Storm.
The family were the subject of a recent profile in the Toronto Star newspaper.
In an e-mail, Ms Witterick wrote that the idea that "the whole world must know what is between the baby's legs is unhealthy, unsafe, and voyeuristic".
Ms Witterick, 38, and Mr Stocker, 39, have also been criticised for the manner in which they are raising their two sons Jazz, five, and Kio, two.
The boys are encouraged to choose their own clothing and hairstyles - even if that means wearing girls' clothes - and to challenge gender norms. Jazz wears his hair in long braids, and the boys are "almost exclusively assumed to be girls," Mr Stocker told the Toronto Star.
The child's grandparents do not know Storm's sex, the Toronto Star reported, and have grown weary of explaining the situation, but are supportive.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13581835
^ Theodore Rothke had the similar problem - he worked it out (like kids do) and wrote some pretty cool poems into the bargain
The real worry is what happened to Lou Reed, but he's still writing some pretty cool songs
An error which slashed the price of beer and cider led to a stampede of customers at a number of Tesco supermarkets in Scotland.
A deal offering three boxes of various alcoholic drinks for £20 was going through the tills at three for £11.
Police were called to Tesco in Greenock after heavy congestion was reported in the car park as customers rushed to get the deal.
A spokesman for Tesco said the pricing error was quickly spotted.
He said till operators changed the prices manually until the system was corrected.
It is understood the offer was supposed to be "buy three boxes of beer and save £11".
Instead customers were able to purchase up to 45 small bottles of lager or 36 cans for £11.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13621315
Veteran songwriter Leonard Cohen has won a top Spanish literature award for a body of work which has "influenced three generations around the world".
The Prince of Asturias awards jury said the Canadian, 77, had created "imagery in which poetry and music are melded into an unchanging worth".
The 50,000 euro (£44,000) prize is one of eight given in different fields by the Asturias Foundation each year.
They will be presented at a ceremony in Oviedo, northern Spain, in October.
Winners also receive a sculpture designed by the late Catalan artist Joan Miro.
The foundation said Cohen's poems and songs explored "with depth and beauty the major questions concerning humanity".
Cohen is known for songs including Suzanne, Hallelujah and So Long, Marianne.
Previous winners of Prince of Asturian awards have included Woody Allen, JK Rowling and pianist Daniel Barenboim.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13625379
A teenager in China has sold one of his kidneys in order to buy an iPad 2, Chinese media report.
The 17-year-old, identified only as Little Zheng, told a local TV station he had arranged the sale of the kidney over the internet.
The story only came to light after the teenager's mother became suspicious.
The case highlights China's black market in organ trafficking. A scarcity of organ donors has led to a flourishing trade.
Deep red scar
It all started when the high school student saw an online advert offering money to organ donors.
Illegal agents organised a trip to the hospital and paid him $3,392 (£2,077) after the operation.
With the cash the student bought an iPad 2, as well as a laptop.
When his mother noticed the computers and the deep red scar on his body, which was caused by the surgery, Little Zheng confessed.
In 2007, Chinese authorities banned organ trafficking and have introduced a voluntary donor scheme to try to combat the trade.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13639934
Chimps have "replayed" an ancient fable, a team says in Plos One journal.
In Aesop's 2,000-year-old tale, a crow uses stones to raise the water level in a pitcher to reach the liquid so as to quench its thirst.
But when given a similar set up, chimps were able to attain an out-of-reach, floating peanut by spitting water taken from a dispenser into a vertical tube.
One hungry chimp went even further by urinating into the vessel to get hold of the prized snack.
"He was spitting water into the tube, then got frustrated," explained lead researcher Daniel Hanus from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Leipzig, Germany.
"So he started peeing and then he realised: 'Wait a minute, if I move in that direction, that fills up the tube'."
The chimp's unusual method proved successful, the scientist said. The fact that the peanut was urine-sodden did not deter the animal from eating it, he added.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13560247
Chimpiss marinade peanuts! Yummy!
Henceforth I will snack on eanuts, without the p.