A well-intending colleague of mine posted this on our office’s internal discussion board today, along with another passage that espoused the value of drinking water. I know that some of these are urban myths, but it was an interesting read. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the “real…
Woman Gets Beer From Her Kitchen Faucet.
This is the kind of thing that you might expect to happen in Ireland, not Norway.
Messing with Perfection?
[ From the Irish Times ] Diageo promises their new mid-strength stout will offer the same taste and the same colour as full-strength Guinness, along with the distinctive head. Drinkers of Limerick will decide whether this reduced-alcohol version of Guinness goes on sale across Ireland later this year.
No to Indian mascots, yes to leprechauns?
NCAA president Myles Brand says that the ban of American Indian mascots and images in postseason competition will remain firm despite resistance from schools that would be affected. Asked why the nickname ‘Fighting Irish’ is acceptable at Notre Dame, Brand said, “We’ve never had any Irish people come to us and say we find that offensive… We have cases where real people are being offended, not make-believe leprechauns.”
Red Bull gives you wings… and a lead foot.
British drivers have been warned about caffeine excess after a man was jailed for leading police on a 50-mile car chase after drinking 20 cans of Red Bull.
Student asked to change out of kilt seeks dress code change.
I bet my Celtic cousin Scott will get his kilt out of kilter over this one.
It’s been too long.
Over a month, that is, since my last post here. Bad Keola. I’ve been busy with work and relocation Nahenahe.net from Manila to a new WordPress server. I’ve also been working with some friends on a new community podcasting project that has me excited.
eBay has a sense of humor.
I was checking out this story about the Minnesota Vikings reputed “orgy cruise” on MSNBC.com, and checkled a bit at the eBay ad at the bottom. The first two were Vikings memorabilia, s complete set of 1976 Viking trading cards and a freezer mug, followed by a couple of yachting cap and a boating sports watch. Strange that no sexual paraphernalia showed up.
Messing with telemarketers.
Our home is on the Do Not Call list, but that doesn’t seem to stop people with funny accents from calling our home during dinner trying to get us to refinance our home. Caller: Mr. Donaghy, can I ask what your current mortgage rate is? Me: I’d rather not tell you, and I’m not interested in refinancing. Caller: But, Mr. Donaghy, did you know… Me (yelling to my daughter): Malia!, didn’t I tell you not to let the dog play with matches and gasoline! He set himself on fire again! (returning to call). Sorry buddy, I have to go and…
Cornish language revival.. in Australia?
Lilian James AOM has called on the Cornish Language Board to consider how students of the Cornish language living overseas can be helped to take exams in the language.