Saturday, August 11, 2007
Double-Nosed dog maybe sniffing you one day
Explorer Colonel John Blashford-Snell has had close encounters with vampire bats and angry bees, but his latest brush has been with a rather odd dog. He spotted a rare breed of Double-Nosed Andean tiger hound, which has two noses, on a recent trip to Bolivia.The chairman of the Scientific Exploration Society said the dog, named Xingu, was "not terribly handsome". He said: "This breed could be used for sniffing out mines or narcotics because they have an enhanced sense of smell."
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Should have checked into a different calling plan
Man receives $218 trillion phone bill A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he recieved a $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face prosecution.
Yahaya Wahab said he disconnected his late father's phone line in January after he died and settled the $23 bill. But Telekom Malaysia later sent him a $218 trillion bill for recent telephone calls along with orders to settle within 10 days or face legal proceedings.
It wasn't clear whether the bill was a mistake, or if Yahaya's father's phone line was used illegally after after his death. "If the company wants to seek legal action as mentioned in the letter, I'm ready to face it," Yahaya said. "In fact, I can't wait to face it."
Friday, August 10, 2007
Humor from God.............
The man: "God, how long is a million years?"
God: "To me, it's about a minute.
"The man: "God, how much is a million dollars?"
God: "To me it's a penny.
"The man: "God, may I have a penny?"
God: "Wait a minute."
God: "To me, it's about a minute.
"The man: "God, how much is a million dollars?"
God: "To me it's a penny.
"The man: "God, may I have a penny?"
God: "Wait a minute."
Being Obese is not just in America
The extraordinary scene as man is laid to rest in Britain's biggest casket
Tipping the scales at more than 700 pounds Mark Bamber could never lead a normal life.
After the father-of-one died of heart failure aged 38, his family were determined he should have a dignified send-off.
To accommodate his formidable 700lb-plus frame, a mahogany casket was built - As it wound its way fully laden through the streets of Mr Bamber's home town of Wigan, it weighed more than half a ton.
Alan Roby, of funeral directors Thorley Smith, the firm that supplied the casket, said: "It really was at the very edge of what is dignified. It has got to be the biggest casket ever used in this country. And it is a casket rather than a coffin. A casket is a straight rectangular box. It would have been impossible to make the coffin shape at that size." He added: "There are no hearses available that would be big enough for a casket that size so there had to be a horse-drawn platform for the journey to the cemetery."
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