Curious
Times No. 353
June 15, 2006
YOU CAN SLEEP WHEN YOU’RE DEAD
A chance discovery at a hospital in the UK has found that sleeping
pills can sometimes wake patients from a coma. So far the strange
effect has been documented on three semi-comatose patients who
have become conscious for several hours at a time after being
given a common sleeping drug called zolpidem. The drug has allowed
the patients to wake up and talk to their friends and family for
a few hours before the effect of the drug wears off. “The
effect is amazing to say the least,” said Dr. Ralf Clauss,
who accidentally made the discovery when he tried to calm down
a vegetative patient who was experiencing restless movements,
but was shocked when the patient woke up 15 minutes after the
drug was administered. A drug company in London is now working
on creating a version of the drug specifically for the purpose
of waking semi-comatose patients after which clinical trials will
begin. The doctors hope that a slow-release formula could be created
which would allow patients to remain permanently aware. (Nature.com)
STILL NO MOVING SIDEWALKS...
Check
out Techeblog.com
for a cool website called “The Top 10 Strangest Gadgets of
the Future.” Among all the hi-tech virtual uber-geek wizardry
displayed on this site lie a few of my favorites which enhance
the simple pleasures of life. For example, number five is a toaster
made of heating glass in order to allow you to see your bread
getting toasted inside; number four is a self-cooling beer can
which can turn a tepid can of warm beer into a refreshingly frosty
beverage in only three minutes; and at number one, the strangest
gadget of the future will be the “On Target Video Game Urinal”
which will allow you to dispose of that chilled beer in the funest
possible way...
ANOTHER VICTIM OF GOD’S SENSE OF IRONY
A few weeks ago we heard the sad tale of five children who were
killed by lightning while praying at a large metal cross in the
town of Santa Maria del Rio, Mexico. This week a woman in Alabama
barely escaped with her life after she was hit by lightning while
she was praying to “God” to keep her children safe during
a very strong thunderstorm. (wsbt.com)
LIONS 2, GOD 0
And more proof that it’s a big universe and God doesn’t
have time for your little shenanigans thanks to a Russian man
who climbed into the lion’s enclosure at the Kiev zoo shouting
“God will save me, if he exists.” According to zoo officials,
“a lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed
his carotid artery.” This story is strangely similar to one
from two years ago when a man at the Taipei Zoo in China climbed
into the lion’s den and tried to convert the animals to Christianity.
At least God was kind enough to spare that man’s life. As
they say, don’t try this at home. (Reuters)
HMMM...
I WONDER WHAT THE RECORD FOR ASS HAIR IS?
What
is it about Canadian men and their long nipple hair? A 31-year-old
Manitoban man is taking a run at the official Guinness record
for the longest nipple hair in the world. Don McPhail, 31, is
pretty sure that he’ll go down in history as he sports an
11.43 centimeter nipple hair, which, if Guinness makes it official,
will crush the current record of a piddling 8.89 cm nipple hair
held by previous champ Tyler Ing, a fellow Canadian who lives
in London, Ontario. (Winnipeg
Sun)
I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF ALEXANDER ST. AND ALEXANDER AVE.
The multi-millionaire who has been dubbed “Britain’s
Vainest Man” has bought an entire town in Bulgaria and plans
to name it after himself. Scott Alexander, 31, bought the coastal
resort town for around $5.5 million and plans to build hotels,
apartments and casinos on the property. “I’ve decided
to call it Alexander,” he said. “The Bulgarian name
is difficult to pronounce.” (The
Independent)
WHISTLEBLOWERS WANTED
One of the best sources of alternative information is from the
NewsTarget network of websites (NewsTarget.com, CounterThink.org,
TechnologyNews.info, TruthPublishing.com) which recently put out
a call for whistleblowers to help expose the corruption and criminal
activities of the medical system. If you work for a drug company,
federal regulator, health insurance company, hospital, junk food
manufacturer or any other organization related to health, Truth
Publishing will be reviewing and compiling legitimate documents
and recordings and release them in the near future for the public
record. According to the website, “conventional medicine
is about to have an Enron moment, and whistleblowers have a rare
opportunity right now to help expose the fraud of drug companies,
the FDA and the entire disease mongering system known as conventional
medicine.” Get more details at NewsTarget.com/019395.html
I-READ-IT-ON-THE-INTERNET-SO-IT-MUST-BE-TRUE FACT OF THE WEEK
Overzealous nose-picking can rupture the nasal membrane and create
a blood clot in the brain, which can lead to death.
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