h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/bolivia/8088945/Woman-tries-to-post-mummy-to-France.html

Woman tries to post mummy to France

Hi Effers,

>'we cannot honestly regret their extermination' in terms of attitudes at the time,<

It was only a few years after Baum wrote that H G Welles wrote the War of the Worlds. I'd like to see a scene in the film where a US Army type asks help from a Native American.

Happening now:

http://www.comedycentral.com/dcrallylive/

That link is dead now.
I hope some of you got to see it.
There will no doubt be follow ups on the Daily Show on Monday.

~jwf~

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-31/harry-mulisch-dutch-author-who-wrote-the-assault-dies-at-83.html

Harry Mulisch (Dutch author) has just passed away

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/845814-man-eaten-by-lions-in-south-africa-wildlife-park

has to be a candidate for the Darwin awards!!

how stupid can you actually be?

"Johnny Janse van Rensburg, owner of the resort, was forced to shoot the animals so that police could recover the victim's remains."

From later on in the story, it looks like the victim wasn't dead yet.

Aye he was still alive when they started chewing

Before they started chewing

No he was dead. It was the previous owner (a few years ago) who
took a week to die.

In the article it says:
"Johnny Janse van Rensburg, owner of the resort, was forced
to shoot the animals so that police could recover the victim's
remains."

So swl's comment about the stupidity of shooting the beasts to
recover the body is well taken.

But it seems the police are more focused on the victim's stupidity:

"Police spokeswoman Gerda Swart commented that, although Bredenhand
was drunk and probably not 'in sound mind', his actions were 'incredibly
dangerous and stupid'."

NO! No! No! It was the owner who was stupid.
The lions had meat to last a few days; woulda saved him a bundle.
But no, he shoots them. Stupid, stupid, stupid. The worst kind of stupid,
human arrogance about our dominion over the animals.


~jwf~


Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/845814-man-eaten-by-lions-in-south-africa-wildlife-park#ixzz143oiBU32

And here's a big Ooops!

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/101101/entertainment/as_philippines_shooting


~jwf~

~jwf~ : sorry, I stand corrected. I should learn to read some day

'Jesus had HIV' sermon sparks South African fury

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11575773

Controversial, for some reason...

Britain and France cosy up together over weaponry..after all we are the 3rd and 4th largest arms manufacturers in the world...cute pic of Cameron and Sarkozy together.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11670247

'Ozzy Osbourne's Genome Reveals Some Neandertal Lineage'

'We found a little segment on Ozzy's chromosome 10 that very likely traces back to a Neandertal forebearer.'

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ozzy-osbourne-genome&sc=WR_20101102

and, on a more profoundly practical pedagogical note:

'Advanced monitoring techniques have enabled scientists to see what happens inside your head when you listen to your mother and actually practice the violin for an hour every afternoon. And they have found that music lessons can produce profound and lasting changes that enhance the general ability to learn. These results should disabuse public officials of the idea that music classes are a mere frill, ripe for discarding in the budget crises that constantly beset public schools. . .'

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hearing-the-music-honing


Always make sure your childrens' schools give due attention to the arts.

Police discover India elephant smuggling racket

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11682752

The mind boggles

I've just read the story and I still can't get my head round it....how the h**l do you smuggle and elephant?!!?! It's not like you can put it in your back pocket

Easy : stick a slice of bread on each side of it, and say it's a sandwich.