Sunday, October 26, 2008
Pampered pooches inherit fortune
Who needs a best friend when you can live off their riches?Pampered pooches Wags and Deefa hit the jackpot when their wealthy owner died six months ago.
The unidentified owner's last will and testament, addressed to ``my faithful dogs'', outlines a life of luxury for her pups.
Having inherited $700,000 between them, the pair will spend the rest of their days at a five-star animal resort north of Melbourne.
At a cost of $5000 a month, Wags, a nine-year-old cairn terrier cross, and Deefa, a 10-year-old corgi cross, enjoy weekly pedicures and regular massages, as well as the services of a personal trainer.
They sleep in four-poster beds, in a bedroom fitted with a television and an air-conditioner.
Their residence at Kepala Pet Resort, in Diggers Rest, also allows them to languish by the lagoon, or spend time at the "country club'', which features grass and sand running tracks, and even an indoor swimming pool.
And when these spoiled pets go on to pooch heaven, the remaining riches will go to animal charities including The Lost Dogs Home.
But it's not just dog-lovers with unusual plans administered from beyond the grave. In NSW, one person left their entire estate, worth $500,000, to the Australian Taxation Office, citing it was "for the good of the Commonwealth''.
Another sought to leave their estate to members of the British royal family.
Meanwhile, a 22-year-old Queensland engineering student has pledged to leave a quarter of his superannuation to former prime minister John Howard.
Brad Kanther said: "I just really like the guy and want to send a personal message to him.''
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Cat glows green under fluorescent light
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Mr. Green Genes The Glow in the Dark Cat
The Today Show intro's us to Mr. Green Genes, The first glow in the dark cat in the US.
His eyes glow ghoulishly in the right light, just like any other cat's - but so do his nostrils, gums and tongue. Mr Green Genes of New Orleans in the U.S. is the country's first 'glow in the dark' ginger tom.
In daylight he looks normal, but put him in a darkened room and switch on an ultraviolet light, and his face will beam out a bright green.
Woman grows her hair to nearly 9 feet
Asha Mandela has hair that could rival Rapunzel's. The South Florida woman who started growing her hair 20 years ago now has locks longer than she is tall.
Mandela has submitted her hair, which measure 8 feet 9 inches long, to the Guinness Book of World Records for the Longest Dreadlocks, the first entry in a new category.
It takes one bottle of shampoo and one bottle of conditioner every time she washes her hair and can sometimes take days to fully dry after she washes it.
The 46-year-old Mandela says she "used to wash it three times a week. Now I do it once a week. It's very tiring. Sometimes I don't have the energy."
Mandela has submitted her hair, which measure 8 feet 9 inches long, to the Guinness Book of World Records for the Longest Dreadlocks, the first entry in a new category.
It takes one bottle of shampoo and one bottle of conditioner every time she washes her hair and can sometimes take days to fully dry after she washes it.
The 46-year-old Mandela says she "used to wash it three times a week. Now I do it once a week. It's very tiring. Sometimes I don't have the energy."
Friday, October 24, 2008
What Six Grade Education Gets You
Jed and Jethro live in the hills, about 5 miles outside of town.
Jed asks Jethro to go in to town to pick up some lumber.
Jethro walks the 5 miles to town to the local lumber yard.
"Jed says we're gonna need some 4 x 2's" Jethro tells the lumber man.
"Do you mean 2 x 4's?" asks the lumber man.
"Well, I don't rightly know, I better go ask Jed" says Jethro and walks the 10 miles to the hills and back to town.
"Jed says we're gonna need 2 x 4's" Jethro tells the lumber man.
"Now, how many 2 x 4's will you need?" asks the lumber man."
Well, I don't rightly know, I better go ask Jed." says Jethro, and again walks the 10 miles to the hills and back to town.
"Jed says were gonna need about 40 of 'em" Jethro tells the lumber man.
"Now, how long will you need them?" asks the lumber man.
"Well, I don't rightly know, I better go ask Jed" says Jethro and yet again walks the 10 miles to the hills and back to town.
Upon returning Jethro says to the lumber man, "Jed says you better give 'em to us for a while
. . . we're gonna build a barn."
Jed asks Jethro to go in to town to pick up some lumber.
Jethro walks the 5 miles to town to the local lumber yard.
"Jed says we're gonna need some 4 x 2's" Jethro tells the lumber man.
"Do you mean 2 x 4's?" asks the lumber man.
"Well, I don't rightly know, I better go ask Jed" says Jethro and walks the 10 miles to the hills and back to town.
"Jed says we're gonna need 2 x 4's" Jethro tells the lumber man.
"Now, how many 2 x 4's will you need?" asks the lumber man."
Well, I don't rightly know, I better go ask Jed." says Jethro, and again walks the 10 miles to the hills and back to town.
"Jed says were gonna need about 40 of 'em" Jethro tells the lumber man.
"Now, how long will you need them?" asks the lumber man.
"Well, I don't rightly know, I better go ask Jed" says Jethro and yet again walks the 10 miles to the hills and back to town.
Upon returning Jethro says to the lumber man, "Jed says you better give 'em to us for a while
. . . we're gonna build a barn."
In the News
Absent minded store owner sells diesel for 59 cents
Diesel fuel was on heavy discount at a rural Wisconsin convenience store - just 59 cents a gallon.
That is, until the owner discovered he had left off the other $3 while changing the price in his computer.
Mohinder Singh estimates 50 to 75 customers took advantage of the mistake at his Lyons Shell Plaza last weekend, costing him more than $4,000.
He says he changed the price about noon Saturday, and it stayed at 59 cents until he arrived at 7 a.m. Sunday and saw a warning light indicating the diesel tank had only 200 gallons left.
Eighteen-year-old Jordan Koster knew something was wrong when he filled his pickup's 30-gallon tank for only $10. He told his father, and his father advised him to make things right.
The teen stopped Monday and paid the full amount.
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Sniffer dogs in teenage bedrooms
Retired sniffer dogs that have spent years on police patrol are now working in the private sector in the US - sniffing out teenagers' bedrooms.
Parents can rent a dog and handler for $200 (£125) an hour from Sniff Dogs, a firm operating in New Jersey and Ohio.
The dogs are highly trained and can detect illegal drugs.
The company says the animals can smell marijuana from up to 15 feet away (5m) and residue on clothing from drugs smoked two days earlier.
The dogs will sit when they detect the drugs but they leave the final inspection to the parents.
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'Fart gas' link to blood pressure
Hydrogen sulphide is behind the smell of rotten eggs
The gas best known for being used in many stink bombs may also control blood pressure, say US researchers.
Small amounts of hydrogen sulphide - a toxic gas generated by bacteria living in the human gut - are responsible for the foul odor of flatulence.
But it seems the gas is also produced by an enzyme in blood vessels where it relaxes them and lowers blood pressure.
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Diesel fuel was on heavy discount at a rural Wisconsin convenience store - just 59 cents a gallon.
That is, until the owner discovered he had left off the other $3 while changing the price in his computer.
Mohinder Singh estimates 50 to 75 customers took advantage of the mistake at his Lyons Shell Plaza last weekend, costing him more than $4,000.
He says he changed the price about noon Saturday, and it stayed at 59 cents until he arrived at 7 a.m. Sunday and saw a warning light indicating the diesel tank had only 200 gallons left.
Eighteen-year-old Jordan Koster knew something was wrong when he filled his pickup's 30-gallon tank for only $10. He told his father, and his father advised him to make things right.
The teen stopped Monday and paid the full amount.
.
Sniffer dogs in teenage bedrooms
Retired sniffer dogs that have spent years on police patrol are now working in the private sector in the US - sniffing out teenagers' bedrooms.
Parents can rent a dog and handler for $200 (£125) an hour from Sniff Dogs, a firm operating in New Jersey and Ohio.
The dogs are highly trained and can detect illegal drugs.
The company says the animals can smell marijuana from up to 15 feet away (5m) and residue on clothing from drugs smoked two days earlier.
The dogs will sit when they detect the drugs but they leave the final inspection to the parents.
.
'Fart gas' link to blood pressure
Hydrogen sulphide is behind the smell of rotten eggs
The gas best known for being used in many stink bombs may also control blood pressure, say US researchers.
Small amounts of hydrogen sulphide - a toxic gas generated by bacteria living in the human gut - are responsible for the foul odor of flatulence.
But it seems the gas is also produced by an enzyme in blood vessels where it relaxes them and lowers blood pressure.
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