It seems you have to search harder and harder these days to find some good news or at least news that doesn't involve us all being scared shitless. I know many people are avoiding the news sources for the reason it is so emotionally draining but spare some time for these news snippets:
In The Times on Saturday it was reported an American 21 year old man was trapped in a vat of chocolate for two hours. He had entered the tank to unplug it but became stuck waist deep in chocolate. That is the industrial accident pre-menstrual women dream of. And what's this stuck for two hours? I could easily have eaten my way out in under 90 minutes, I'm sure.
In Nepal 50 woman have worked their paddy fields in the nude to appease the rain Gods. They think it has worked as afterwards there was a short shower. Now just a few weeks ago I was bemoaning the lack of water for my garden and lately it has been bucketing it down so own up, who's been weeding in the buff and frightened God into a cloud burst?
Prison guards in Vienna, Austria thought a prisoner was trying to escape when they spotted a man on the roof. When he was escorted down they realised he was one of their previous inmates who had been legally released a week before. The 23 year old man said he tried to break back into jail "because life is so much easier on the inside. They feed you, do your washing and let you watch TV, which is a lot more than my mother does".
I read this wonderful story on the BBC today. It was red faces at a Swedish TV channel as in the background of news bulletin a TV could be seen showing porn. The TV is usually tuned into news sources but workers had switched channels to watch a football game and forgotten to switch it back which was unfortunate as after midnight the channel went from foot and balls to, well, all body parts.
The channel have apologised and the spokesperson noted ""It lasted no more than 30 seconds."
30 seconds? Sounds about right. This is why the vat of chocolate scenario is so much more appealing to women...
miaow scratch your eyes out.
Posted by: Pete | 22 August 2006 at 07:04 PM
Another splendid post Beki
Posted by: Thursday | 23 August 2006 at 11:33 AM
I love that story about the Austrian prisoner :-)
Yip, 30 seconds, that sounds about right to me too.
Posted by: Kate | 23 August 2006 at 01:57 PM
I sure hope they disposed of all that chocolate once they got the guy out...
eww. LOL
Posted by: Attila the Mom | 25 August 2006 at 12:00 PM