Caffeinated Soap?

Ok, this might be a good idea for some people who have a hard time waking up in the morning and are especially lazy. Caffeine in your soap. It is a regular bar of soap with peppermint oil and caffeine that is absorbed through the skin to get you going in the morning. Personally I prefer to drink coffee in the morning, the warmth of it coursing through my bloodstream. What if you used caffeinated soap and drank coffee... wouldn't that be the equivalent of smoking with a nicotine patch? I think this soap would be PERFECT for 13-year-olds who don't yet drink coffee... Get to school, kid!

Croc Bites off Hand of Zoo Worker

TAIPEI, Taiwan (April 13) - A zoo worker had his forearm reattached Thursday after his colleagues recovered the severed limb from the mouth of a 440-pound Nile crocodile, an official said. [From AOL News]

Are You as Smart as a Fifth-Grader?

There have been a lot of articles, posts, T.V. shows and interest in testing adults' knowledge of fifth-grade education lately. I dismissed them as silly, and didn't read any until today. My curiosity got the better of me, so I took the 5th grade science test. To my horror, I failed miserably! But to redeem myself, I took the 9th grade vocabulary test and passed with flying colors! See how you do, it's quick and easy. Fifth Grade Science Test
High School Freshman Vocabulary Test

Very Cruel April Fools Day Pranks

These are actually very mean and cruel "jokes" that have been played on people.

Online Museum of Hoaxes lists the Top 10 April Fool's Day "jokes" to celebrate April Fools Day. But it's worth remembering that sometimes the holiday inspires attempts at humor that don't turn out so well. Some attempts are, in fact, truly awful. [Link]

Ten of the Best April Fool's Day Hoaxes

NEW YORK (AFP) - From television revealing that spaghetti grows on trees to advertisements for the left-handed burger, the tradition of April Fool's Day stories in the media has a weird and wonderful history.

Here are 10 of the top April Fool's Day pranks ever pulled off, as judged by the San Diego-based Museum of Hoaxes for their notoriety, absurdity, and number of people duped. [Read Them Here...]

Toad the Size of a Small Dog Captured

DARWIN, Australia (March 27) - A "monster" cane toad the size of a small dog has been captured by an environmental group dedicated to wiping out the toxic amphibian, which has killed countless animals since being introduced to Australia in the 1930s. [Read More, See Pic...]

Shamrocks Banned in Boston?

C'mon, some Americans are set to ban the Shamrock in Boston following complaints from minority groups? They have bizarrely compared Ireland's three-leafed emblem to the Nazi swastika. Now the shamrock will become a thing of the past as the emblems are torn down from playgrounds, doors and windows in housing developments all over the city. The decision has been made by Boston Housing Association following complaints from blacks and Hispanics. [More]

Dog With College Degree Called to Court

An attorney challenging the authority of the city's police chief wants the department's police dog to appear in court as an exhibit, because he says the dog and the chief have criminal justice degrees from the same online school. (More...)

Police With a Sense of Humor D'oh!

POLICE have set their car on-board computers to shout “D’oh!” like Homer Simpson when they spot uninsured drivers.

The automatic number plate readers also say “Here’s Johnny” — Jack Nicholson’s saying from film The Shining — when they find a stolen car.

And if a car is linked to crime, it plays Dan Aykroyd saying: “People like this are a menace to decent society.”

Thames Valley cops say it helps their reactions.

Sleep-Walking Woman Had Sex With Strangers

Sleep medicine experts have successfully treated a rare case of a woman having sex with strangers while sleepwalking.

The behaviour had disrupted the lives of the woman and her partner. At night while asleep, the middle-aged sleepwalker - who lives in Australia and cannot be identified for reasons of confidentiality - left her house and had sexual intercourse with strangers. The behaviour continued for several months and the woman had no memory of her nocturnal activities.

Circumstantial evidence, such as condoms found scattered around the house, alerted the couple to the problem. On one occasion, her partner awoke to find her missing, went searching for her and found her engaged in the sex act. (More...)

STRANGE NEWS

NYC Newcomer Gets Lost for Five Days
Mon Jan 22, 8:49 PM ET
NEW YORK - A newcomer to the city became hopelessly lost for five days after going for a walk. Damon Mootoo was staying at his brother's house in South Jamaica, Queens, when he decided to go for the stroll last Wednesday, 12 hours after arriving in New York for the first time, the Daily News reported Monday.

The 32-year-old man quickly got disorientated by the confusing streets of Queens.
(More...)

Man Arrested for Smuggling 500 Parrots in a Car
ALMATY, Jan 23 (Reuters Life!) - Kazakh border guards arrested a man trying to smuggle 500 parrots in his car from neighbouring Uzbekistan, media reported on Tuesday.

"Border guards discovered a live cargo of 500 parrots in his car," Kazakhstan Today news agency quoted a KNB security service official as saying.
(More...)


Diver Says he was Partly Swallowed by Shark
SYDNEY, Jan 23 (Reuters Life!) - An Australian abalone diver told rescuers he was partly swallowed head-first by a Great White Shark on Tuesday but managed to fight his way free, suffering a broken nose and bite marks around the chest.

Diver Eric Nerhus, 41, was underwater with his 25-year-old son and other divers off Cape Howe, near Eden on Australia's southeast coast, when the 3 meter (10 foot) shark attacked. (More...)


Pet Shop Owner Creates Beer for Dogs
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Jan. 22) - After a long day hunting, there's nothing like wrapping your paw around a cold bottle of beer. So Terrie Berenden, a pet shop owner in the southern Dutch town of Zelhem, created a beer for her Weimaraners made from beef extract and malt. (More...)

Strange But True Headlines This Week

BERLIN (Dec. 27) - A 21-year-old German woman who did not feel like going to work at a fast food restaurant sent her parents a text message saying she had been kidnapped. (More...)

WELLINGTON (Dec. 27) - A New Zealand woman is in critical condition in hospital after being crushed by a dolphin that leaped on to her boat, media reported on Wednesday. (More...)


MANCHESTER, N.H. (Dec. 26) - Police say a man they pulled over for driving drunk continued to swig his beer during his arrest. Patrick Allain, 35, faces numerous charges after his arrest Monday night, the fourth time he's been arrested for driving while intoxicated. Police say he hit two other cars and initially refused to stop when officers tried to pull him over.

When he finally stopped, Allain allegedly continued to drink a 40-ounce bottle of beer, telling officers, "You can charge me with whatever you want. It's not going to stop me from drinking and driving." (More...)

DES MOINES, Iowa (Dec. 26) - You, Only Bouncier. Once reserved for the likes of athletes and celebrities, now bobblehead dolls can look just like you. (More...)


Read the full articles on these and others at aol News Strange But True

WHAT HAPPENED TO FREEDOM OF RELEGION?

This really burns me up so I will not say much on the subject.

(Yahoo News) Christ is missing from Christmas in this small town. The community's holiday display has a manger with shepherds, a guiding star, camels and a palm tree, but no baby Jesus, Mary or Joseph.

The parks superintendent said Jesus was left out because of concerns about the separation of church and state. But Mayor Dick Callaway said it was done for purely technical reasons: "It's not easy to put a light-up representation of a baby in a small manger scene, you know."
In recent years, some communities around the country have dropped nativity scenes after the displays were challenged as unconstitutional. Unconstitutional?? Freedom of Religion is one isn't it, and this is UNconstitutional to me because I happen to be Christian as MOST Americans are, and I cannot enjoy my own religion in my own Country. Ok, I'll stop now.

CURRENT EVENTS TODAY

My usual routine is to review my feeds, check out the headline news and breaking stories and check my favorite "what's new today" websites. Unfortunately, there was too much sadness today it seemed; women grieving over killed loved ones on the Gaza Strip; kids killed on school buses; the state of the union, even business and technology news was blah. That's ok, it can't always be upbeat and exciting like it was Saturday and Sunday; I found a lot of funny stuff, crazy pictures and the like. But, I switched my blog from the original verson to Beta over the weekend, and seemed to have lost all that groovy stuff. Nothing like starting fresh!