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Sunday, November 11, 2007

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Basset Hound Who Loves Tights

Love of tights puts Basset hound on vet's operating table.

A hungry puppy has surprised his owners, and a vet, by swallowing a whole pair of tights (pantyhose).

Parnsip, the seven-month-old Basset hound, was taken to the vets with digestion problems and the tights were discovered during surgery.

Owner, Katie Phillips and her son Bailey Jones, 6, from Telford in Shropshire, said Parsnip would chew on anything, including handbags and shoes.

Vet Barry Jacobs said the tights were found whole without a tear on them.

"They were entire and were not torn at all," he said.

"He ate a friend's pair of shoes the other day," Katie added. With news video.

Seven-year-old Singaporean boy seeks place in university

The parents of a seven-year-old science prodigy have begun a world-wide search for a university place for their child. With the warning that "a great mind could be lost” if he is not offered the chance to pursue his studies at degree level.
Ainan Celeste Cawley, the son of a British father and a Singaporean mother, passed his O-level chemistry in Singapore at the age of 6 and is studying for an A level in the same subject.
The case of the child genius, whose parents claim that he could walk at six months and construct complex sentences by his first birthday, has provoked both curiosity and concern. Experts believe that the lack of a normal childhood can do irreparable long-term psychological damage More here.