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26.BBC NEWS | Africa | SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' (news.bbc.co.uk)
Which is quicker: ADSL or a Pigeon??
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27.Monkeys Appreciate Monkey Music and Metallica (dsc.discovery.com)
No comment.
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28.Paws for thought: Cats found to be left or right handed (www.telegraph.co.uk)
I'm afraid my Tom cats are right handed/ambidextrous.
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29.Europe’s First Floating Apartment Complex (www.inhabitat.com)
While France is discussing carbon taxes, other countries have innovative ideas.
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30.Is it the end of the line for the Rohrschach tests? (www.telegraph.co.uk)
An opportunity for patients to "cheat"!
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31.Beluga whale 'saves' diver - Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk)
What a nice little story; I hope it's true and not a case of the whale saying "get out of my Pagoda"!
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32.BBC NEWS | Europe | Swedes miss Capri after GPS gaffe (news.bbc.co.uk)
Typos can indeed be troublesome!
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33.Chandler woman burns bum on penny left on car seat - Phoenix Arizona news from ABC15 News | ABC15.com (www.abc15.com)
So the moral is: don't leave your money in the car!
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34.French workers paid not to blow up factory - Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Well that's my future career mapped out for me then; I presume that these would-be terrorists will not be prosecuted?
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35.Police investigate 'Nazi' gnome - Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk)
This is er, "original!"
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36.Brain Fitness Software Sharpens Drivers | Autopia | Wired.com (www.wired.com)
Better driving for old codgers? If so, not before time!
But can anything be done about "white van man" and the inevitable rep in his BMW?
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37.Little Green Footballs - Saudis Cure Cancer (littlegreenfootballs.com)
No longer "by the beard of the prophet" but now "by the urine of the camel!"
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38.BBC NEWS | Americas | US smoker chokes on cost of habit (news.bbc.co.uk)
I know that cigarettes are expensive, but this was ridiculous!
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39.Dual Perspectives Article (www.wired.com)
This piece looks into the future for newspapers - perhaps they do have a future after all.
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40.German brothel offers discounts to cyclists - Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk)
"It's good for business, it's good for the environment - and it's good for the girls." So says the owner.
The earth has been cooling since 1998; perhaps it will now start to warm up again!
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41.Little Green Footballs (littlegreenfootballs.com)
Creationists!! "The earth's been here for 6000 years" she said.
Ho hum...
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42.Australian town bans bottled water - Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Hurrah! Sense prevails at last
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43.Spanish police thwart jail break using remote-controlled Zeppelin - Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Indeed we have come a long way from the traditional file inside a cake!
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44.Michael Jackson to be buried in gold plated coffin - Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Nothing like good taste is there?
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45.Chinese woman boiled man's head to cure daughter's psychiatric problems - Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk)
I imagine that one is entitled to suppose that there is education in China?
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46.BBC NEWS | Europe | Spain's blogger granny dies at 97 (news.bbc.co.uk)
Imagine: she started blogging at 95!
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47.The Espresso Book Machine (www.dailymail.co.uk)
Kindle competitor?
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48.Couples to test 'intimacy' device (news.bbc.co.uk)
Is your lover far away? This device is supposed to help.
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49.Total Recall: The Woman Who Can't Forget (www.wired.com)
The extraordinary story of Jill Price and her amazing autobiographical memory
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50.Silvio Berlusconi: woman doctor can 'resuscitate' me any time (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Yes! It's that man again - he is really quote extraordinary I must say.