Snails carry mail faster than postmen, says a January 25, 2008 Reuters report. This sets up a potential data transport contest/showdown between snails and slugs (see below for the slug part of it). The snail report says: WARSAW – It’s official. Postal delivery is as slow as snails, at least in Poland. An IT worker, […]
Month: January 2008
Stalin World adds beatings
Whippings and interrogations can now, at last, we are told, be purchased for about 35 euros at the theme park popularly known as Stalin World. Viliumas Malinauskus, the park’s founder, was awarded the 2001 Ig Nobel Peace Prize. According to a January 22, 2008 Raw Story report, which includes a Reuters video report: Soviet theme […]
Eats, reads and leaves
Until recently, no one knew how much fruit changes hands in a typical library. Or at least, no one was telling. Thankfully, the de facto information embargo is now lifted. Anyone who is willing to shell out ?38 can find out by obtaining a copy of a report called The Survey of Library Cafes…. The […]
Linguistics lesson: Fetish
British Member of Parliament Ronnie Campbell recently conducted some linguistics research, according to a Sunday, January 20, 2008 report in the Sunday Sun: North MP hot under collar at fetish mistake A NORTH MP was left red-faced last night after accidentally giving his support to National Fetish Day. Organisers revealed Ronnie Campbell had promised to […]