No. 475 - October 16, 2008
What's For Dinner? Brain Tacos and Balls Pizza

WAITER, THERE’S A TESTICLE IN MY SOUP
A Serbian chef has published the world’s first cook book for anyone looking for a recipe for balls. Yes, it’s “The Testicle Cookbook: Cooking With Balls” by Ljubomir Erovic, a man who has spent 20 years perfecting his ballicious recipes and in 2004 founded the World Testicle Cooking Championship. “The tastiest testicles in my opinion probably come from bulls, stallions or ostriches, although other people have their own favourites,” said chef Erovic. His new book includes recipes for testicle pizza, calf testicles in wine and testicles with bourgignon sauce. Erovic also claimed that “all testicles can be eaten - except human, of course,” but he didn’t explain why that might be. (Ballcup.com)

EATING BRAINS ISN’T JUST FOR ZOMBIES ANYMORE
And if eating testicles isn’t daring enough for you, head over to The List Universe (Listverse.com) where they’ve compiled the Top 10 Incredibly Unusual Recipes, a mouth-watering list which includes Caterpillar Pretzels, Bee Larvae In Coconut Cream, Red Ant Chutney, Stuffed Pig Rectum Sausage, Fish Sperm Crepes, Uterus Sausage, Stir-Fried Pigs Heart, and Lamb Brain Tacos. Yum!

YOU COULD BE A GANGSTER AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT
A creative bank robber in Washington State used CraigsList to hire a dozen unsuspecting accomplices for his heist of a Bank of America last week. The ad offered $28.50 per hour for maintenance workers who would show up near the bank wearing a blue shirt, yellow vest, safety goggles and respirator mask -- the exact same outfit the bank robber wore as he sprayed a guard with pepper spray, grabbed a bag of cash and then escaped by riding an inner tube down the Skykomish River. (King5.com)

NO ONE IS INNOCENT
A survey of 5,000 people in Britain found that the average person breaks the law once a day. The most common crime was speeding (admitted to by 46% of respondents), followed by talking on the phone while driving (40%), littering (36%) and downloading music illegally (35%). (Daily Mail)

RULES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN
While we’re on the subject of breaking the law here are the five strangest laws which are still in the U.S. legal books despite being completely useless. In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession; in Washington State, you can't carry a concealed weapon that is over 6 feet in length; in Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping; in Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year; and Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane. (Sbt.Bhmedia.com)

URINE TROUBLE
Japan has hosted what I assume must be the world’s first ever adult diaper fashion show as diaper manufacturers try to cash on that country’s rapidly growing market of old people who can’t hold in their pee anymore. “Diapers are something that people don’t want to look at,” said Kiyoko Hamada of the Aging Lifestyle Research Center, a leading organizer of the show. “But if you make them attractive, then people can learn about them more easily,” she said. She also might have taken the opportunity to remind young people to enjoy the simple pleasures of life -- like a properly-functioning bladder. (JapanToday.com)

THE FUTURE OF FARTING
And while the Japanese are covering your leaky front, an American company is covering your ass with their new odourless underwear. According to their website at GarmentGuard.com you simply insert the “Subtle Butt Garment Guard” inside your pants and the special carbon fabric will neutralize the smell of any discharges you might unintentionally release. But be forewarned as they advise that the invention does not work as a silencer.

DYING WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE
A German study has found that having an affair can by deadly for men. Not because their wives might have them killed if they found out, but because men are about twice as likely to die during sex with their mistresses than with their wives. Research done at the Centre for Forensic Medicine in Frankfurt studied over 30,000 deaths covering the last 30 years and found that 60 men had died during sex, almost all by heart attack. While only one in four died in the arms of their wives, over half of them died during an unfaithful fling and the rest died during masturbation. One possible explanation may be that the added stress of having sex during an affair may have caused the heart attacks, but the researchers only conclusion was that the men were trying harder to impress their extra-marital lovers and that extra effort caused enough strain on the heart to kill them. (AFP)

MESSAGES FROM BEYOND
A company called LifeTouch has launched a service which will send your final e-mail messages to five of your closest friends and relatives after you die. MyLastEmail.com allows you to store up to five messages on the company’s servers for about $10 for three years. Then, after you kick the bucket, your loved ones can retrieve your messages and finally hear what you really thought of them. "We may not be given the chance to say goodbye, thank you or I love you..." warns the blurb on the website, "Mylastemail.com gives you the chance to prepare your farewells in advance. The letters you prepare here are personal, private last email messages that will be sent to your family and friends one day - but only after you die."

I-READ-IT-ON-THE-INTERNET-SO-IT-MUST-BE-TRUE FACT OF THE WEEK
Farting continuously for six years and nine months will generate an amount of energy equal to that of an atomic bomb.

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