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The ABC News service in Australia reports that a baby humpback whale abandoned by its mother off Sydney’s northern beaches earlier this week, has been put down.
The calf, nicknamed Colin, was found in the Pittwater Basin and has been unable to feed since being separated from its mother.
The calf has tried unsuccessfully to suckle moored yachts for several days.
People around the world with unusual names are reeling at news that courts can now legally change your name - even without your permission.
This is the finding of a court in New Zealand that decided that the pretty name “Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii” was a social disability that caused the eight year-old child distress and therefore had to be changed.
Judge Murfitt said that names were a very real part of a person’s existence.
I always thought the Spanish were a bit hairy, but it seems not hairy enough as gorillas and monkeys now have the same rights in Spain as humans.
So watch out for who is driving the car next to you on your next driving holiday to Spain, carries your bag at the hotel (Manuel) and even vote in the next election.
I guess it is only a matter of time before we see great ape politicians - though some would argue there have been several in the past. [Read more →]
Still on your honeymoon but fed up with you new wife already? Is your new marriage not all it is cracked up to be?
Then Gabe Watson has a way to get rid of an unwanted wife.
Step one
Convince your sweetheart that a honeymoon in a tropical place would be great, lets say…Australia!
Step two
You cannot be in a tropical paradise and no go diving, so make the most of your experience as a diver and convince her what fun diving is.
A challenger to the popular Microsoft Office program is going to be renamed after threats of legal action from Microsoft.
The recently launched product (read about it here), which provides an alternative to all the inclusions of the Microsoft office suit and sells for hundreds of dollars cheaper has been targeted as trying to pass itself off as Office.
This has led to a rethink on the name and the packaging with the product now to be called FukOffice.
I have 2 shark jaws on my wall, each as fearsome as this. They came from a 6′ and 9′ bronze whaler shark, one I cut from the shark’s head 35 years ago. I still remember how hard it was to do ….
But of course I was not a fucking stupid as this lad. I put them somewhere were they would not be subject to nocturnal interactions. They are safe on my office wall, looking at me now. Beautiful things. Not grotesquely set in kitsch some fiberglass shell of a head.
Of course, being mostly on the wall did not stop one girl getting her head stuck in one when my daughter took it for show and tell at school. All ended well, the jaw was undamaged and she only needed three band aids and some antiseptic wipes.
One has to wonder about the things that go one in the minds of US college students - those who are going on to be that country’s leaders….
The Badger Herald (who thought up THAT name for a paper!) reports on one sick hazing prank…
One eye witness speaking on condition of anonymity, who is a member of the UW Greek community but not associated with Sigma Phi Epsilon, said the bucket contained a “slurry of vomit (and) urine with large brown chunks that could have been feces” and was dumped on three members’ heads. The source said he was standing across the street with an unobstructed view and could smell the contents of the bucket that made two of the students vomit. [Read more →]
Wacky people those Brazilians, especially when it comes to religious stunts.
Seems Roman Catholic priest Reverend Adelir Antonio de Carli attached himself to a tall column of helium filled balloons and in a special floating chair headed off into the sky.
He was also wearing wearing a helmet, thermal suit and a parachute, in case things went wrong, which naturally, with such a fund raising stunt, they would, and did.
Wacky people those Brazilians, especially when it comes to religious stunts.
Seems Roman Catholic priest Reverend Adelir Antonio de Carli attached himself to a tall column of helium filled balloons and in a special floating chair headed off into the sky.
He was also wearing wearing a helmet, thermal suit and a parachute, in case things went wrong, which naturally, wity such a stun, they would, and did.
Following the arrest of the 8 teens for bashing another teen and taping the event (hint, never tape yourself committing a crime - its waaaay to useful for prosecutors!)it seems all are now out of jail - even if one was bailed by A TV show.
The teenagers, ranging in age from 14 to 18, who showed up at a Central Florida girl’s home to harass and beat her on videotape, are out of jail…and one of them was bailed out by the Dr. Phil Show.