Purely Amazing...

Ladies and Gents - if only there were more people like this...
the world would truly be a better place.

According to reports in Ananova, a Hungarian pensioner is now living on the streets after giving up his home and life savings to a children's hospital.

The man, 85-year-old Joe Csarmaz, now lives in a cardboard box after selling his house and all his possessions to buy X-ray and heart scanning machines.

He raised over 1.2 million SEK for the a Childrens' Clinic in Budapest where he used to work before he retired.

Mr Csarmaz said: "I feel sad for those children who can not live a full life because they are sick. I have lived 85 years, and now I think it is their turn to be happy... That is why I do not mind living in absolute poverty, knowing that at least they'll be better off."

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Vasa what?

So, in the Local.se it said "Fresh research has shed light on what exactly is breaking down the wooden hull of the centuries old Vasa war ship housed in one of Stockholm's’s most popular museums."

As we know (or many do) the infamous Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in 1628. Then it lay on the bed of Stockholm's harbour for more than 300 years until being lifted from the sea bottom in the early 1960s, and restored. So I have to ask the obvious question of - why... why did the bother restoring it in the first place?

Is it to celebrate one of the greatest misadventures in Swedish boating engineering that has ever occured in history?

I find it amazing that so much time and energy has been put into restoring something that is, in a nutshell - a complete failure! Of course they make a massive amount of revenue by all the visitors to the museum today, but isn't there something else they could have displayed instead of promoting their shortcomings? Say like largest meatball in the world or an Ikea sofa. At least it would be something to be proud of!

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Environmentally Friendly Clubbing

Well here we go Ladies & Gents!

Now we can even be 'eco-friendly' when we go out clubbing. According to a report in Reuters, a club where dancers generate power to light the floor, toilets flush with rain water and drinks come in recyclable cups opened in the Netherlands a few weeks ago with the hope to lure environmentally conscious clubbers.

The club, named Rotterdam's WATT, is designed to save about 30% on energy and carbon emissions and 50% on water and waste compared to other nightclubs. It has included sustainable elements into everything from its architecture right down to its cafe menus, which is mainly sourced locally and from organic producers.

The main showpiece at WATT is a dance floor on which the lights become more dynamic as more people dance around on it. In other words the more you dance the more the lights come to life and a meter on the side shows how much power is being generated.

Another interesting twist is that the architects behind WATT say they have attempted to create a 'bathroom experience' as you watch rain water from the roof travel through transparent pipes when you flush.

The project, which they now hope to export was one of the finalists for last year's €500,000 'Green Challenge' prize juried by billionaire Sir Richard Branson.

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Sick... (continued)

I am still sick.
Went on air yesterday...

sounded terrible.

No radio today.

It still sux.

Nuf said...

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The end... is nigh (part two)

According to international media, a teenage girl in India has killed herself after fearing the Big Bang experiment in Switzerland may cause the world to end.

Local Indian authorities said the 16-year-old girl from Madhya Pradesh drank pesticide and was rushed to the hospital but died later.

The girl, named Chayya, killed herself after watching doomsday predictions made on Indian news programmes, her father said....

Sick...

I am sick.

No radio today.
It sux.
Nuf said...


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The end... is nigh

According to the Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper, the world's biggest instrument - a $9 billion atom-smasher that will recreate conditions not seen since a split second after the big bang 14 billion years ago - will be switched on this Wednesday.

Built 100 metres below the Swiss countryside by CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, the collider will fire two beams of particles in opposite directions around a 27-kilometre ring at almost the speed of light. When the beams collide head on, they will create fireballs and showers of subatomic debris never witnessed before.

It has been heralded as a monumental creation that will reveal the fundamental nature of the universe, but also as a doomsday machine that could destroy the planet. A physicist from the University of Sydney, Kevin Varvell, said the impacts could produce man-made mini black holes, reveal that the universe has extra dimensions that are normally curled up, and throw light on the nature of the mysterious dark matter which makes up most of the cosmos.

The scientists in the article said they have designed and built the machine on the "current ideas and theories" about the creation of the universe and they also predict the "results the machine should have." They don't even bloody know!!

Now my question is this, once upon a time these 'so-called' scientists also 'knew' that the world was flat! So are we really willing to trust them now when they have decided to play God?

I don't mind if they play around with stupid ideas and continue trying to send doughnuts into space to feed the alien police, but they said that their machine may create mini black holes here on earth, and they still don't know what a black hole actually is or why it expands!

Of course the fact that we, the human race, might have just possibly built the ultimate doomsday device doesn't even get front page news or recognintion. Instead it's covered with photos of Britney, with a half shaven head, holding her MTV awards.

And still like the sheep we are, we keep buying these magazines because what happens in the life of Britney apparently is more important than the survival of our planet....

I bet someone wasn't expecting this when they applied for ironing duties...

For all the lovers of weird and whacky..... and slightly grotesque.

A Swiss man has sold his elaborate Virgin Mary tattoo created by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye . The transaction which is a first of its kind fetched 150,000 euro, with the other main stipulation being that the 35-hour work can be removed from the bearer's skin upon death and handed to its owner.

My only question is - I'm guessing the skin will be wrinkly right... so who is the poor bastard that gets the 'ironing duties' at this art gallery??

The tattoo will go on show for the first time next week in Singapore and Shanghai.

Human evolution - not our greatest accomplishment

Well Ladies and Gents here you go! According to a new study if you ever get lost and need to find north, locate a cow because they reportedly align themselves with Earth's north-south magnetic fields when grazing or resting.

Scientists have now used Google Earth to study the alignment of 8510 cows in 308 pastures around the world. It is already known that many species use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate across the planet. Examples include migratory turtles, salmon, termites and birds.

The animals are thought to use their own internal magnets made of crystals of magnetite.

So my obvious question is this. If we, 'the dominant species' are so smart then why didn't we (if you believe in Darwinism) evolve into something better than we are! If I could decide then three things would be different:

1. First we would have this 'magnetic sense' so that we don't waste our time with GPS systems that tell us "you have arrived at our location" just after you accidently drive into the local pond because you truly believed that little voice would never lie.


2. Second... gills. Need I say more? If we had gills like fish then we could breath underwater - just imagine - the possibilities are endless! It would bring a whole new meaning to the good old bath routine.


3. And finally, the most obvious of them all - WHERE THE HELL ARE OUR GOD DAMN WINGS??? Think about it, no need for cars, and definately no need for these so-called 'eco-cars' that yes, help the environment, but are so overpriced that only a slim few can afford.

Yes Ladies & Gents it is undeniable - we have indeed got the short end of the stick!

ends.