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Curious Times No. 267
October 21, 2004
THE ONLY WORLD RECORD YOU CAN BREAK BY JUST LAYING THERE
Organizers of the Eroticon Sex Fair in Warsaw, Poland are facing stiff opposition from local authorities who hope to stop the fair, especially an event in which women from Poland, Brazil, and the U.S. will try to smash the World Sex Record by humping over 1000 men in one day. Fair spokesperson Krzysztof Garwatowski says the show will go on despite objections and will feature an erotic fashion show, go-go dancing competitions, body painting and a chance for spectators to meet their favourite porn star. But the main event will be a competition which will pit three woman against each other to see who walks off with the title of World Sex Champion. The record they are trying to smash is held by a Polish porn star who had sex with 759 men during one day of last year’s event, but all three of the woman claim they are aiming for the 1,000-man mark (won’t their moms be proud!). The Sex Fair is also looking for men to volunteer for the event with a chance not only to meet the ladies in a very unique setting but also to walk off with the title of “Polish Stallion.” Despite facing legal charges of promoting prostitution (which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison), Garwatowski says “I don’t see any reason to leave Warsaw just because some people don’t like what we’re doing. This has nothing to do with prostitution.” (Ananova)
SUPER SIZE ME!
20 Singaporeans gathered last week in an attempt to smash 10 weird world records, including the records for doing the most push-ups in one minute, picking up the most Smarties with a pair of chopsticks in one minute and drinking a bottle of ketchup through a straw in the fastest time. Unfortunately, only two records were broken, with most of the glory going to Ezra Nicholas, 19, who set a new record by stuffing three and one/fifth Big Mac burgers in his mouth without swallowing. “I’m on top of the world right now,” exclaimed Nicholas, “because everyone’s going to know that I can shove more than three burgers in my mouth!” The other record was broken by Jeffery Koh, 50, who was able to eat three dry biscuits in only 14.45 seconds. Some of the other failed attempts included pushing an orange with your nose for one mile, making the world’s longest paper doll chain, and speaking backwards the fastest. (AP)
READ THIS BEFORE YOU TELL OFF YOUR BOSS
If you’re busy hating your job today, just be glad you’re not an Anal-Wart Researcher. That job has topped this year’s list of “Worst Jobs in Science,” as surveyed by Popular Science Magazine. Other awful jobs to make scientists reconsider why they ever took out a student loan include Worm Parasitologist, Lab-Animal Veterinarian, Landfill Monitor, Iraqi Archaeologist and Computer Help-Desk Tech. My personal favorite is a job I couldn’t have imagine even existed. Apparently there is an occupation called “Tampon Squeezer” in which some poor schmuck has to manually squeeze out the liquid of used tampons in order to recover specimens for sexually transmitted disease tests. can you say “unsatisfying career path” boys and girls? (Popular Science)
TOO REAL FOR REALITY TV
Outraged television viewers in the UK have called for the cancellation of a reality program called “The Farm” after an episode in which Rebecca Loos spent 10 minutes wanking a pig in order to retrieve a semen sample with which to inseminate sows. “This is sickening,” said Mediawatch-UK director John Bayer, who is trying to have the show cancelled immediately, “it is nothing short of bestiality.” “It was vile - one of the grossest things I’ve ever seen,” added another viewer. During the episode in question, which was seen by over 1.6 million viewers, celebrity farmhand Rebecca Loos stimulated a boar for ten minutes until it finally gave up the goods, filling a flask with almost three quarters of a pint of semen. Afterwards, Roos complained that “my arms are aching.” (The Sun UK)