August 31, 2000
CHEAP IMITATION FIGHT CLUB
OK, summer¹s over, time to quit flaking out.
And since Tyler Durden isn¹t around to kick your sorry ass, here¹s your
first homework assignment. Enter Adbuster¹s Creative Resistance Contest.
³The next time you¹re losing sleep over the state of the world, try
dreaming,² they say, ³when you wake up, turn your vision into reality.
Produce a poster, performance, spoof-ad, storyboard, video or anti-logo.
Send us the message you want the world to hear. And sleep soundly.²
Deadline is Dec. 1, and $2000 bucks can be yours, so get jamming.
(www.adbusters.org)
THINK YOU¹RE WEIRD? GUESS AGAIN
A man named Gary Val Tenuta is looking
for people who have had Ouija Board experiences that involved any kind of
communication with UFOs or ET phenomenon. This man claims aliens from our
future, on the planet GREK-5, talk to him through his Ouija Board and
through automatic writing, and he is seeking stories from people who have
similar experiences (uhhh, like who?). Contact him by email at
CodeUFO@aol.com.
FLYING FISH
On May 31, one of the most bizarre but real meteorological
events hit southern Ethiopia. Millions of fish, some dead and some still
squirming around, rained down on that region, causing ³panic among the
mostly religious farmers² (no kidding, how would you react to millions of
fish falling from the sky?). Nobody is sure exactly why animals sometimes
rain from the sky, but scientists believe that waterspouts during heavy
storm can lift up animals and dump them down miles away. (Amharic)
HOLY POLITICALLY INCORRECT
A new book funded by the Turkish government is
causing an outcry in that nation for its contention that men may beat
their wives. The Muslim¹s Handbook, written by Kemil Gubran, advises men
not to hit too hard and to avoid hitting the face. How thoughtful. (The
Guardian)
A TOMB WITH ALL MOD CONS
Archaeologists have discovered the world¹s
oldest flush toilet in the tomb of a king of the Western Han Dynasty in
China. The toilet was built between 206 BC and 24 AD, and included running
water, a stone seat and an armrest. Before this find, it was believed that
the first ³water closet² was invented by Britain¹s Thomas Crapper, who
patented the flush toilet in the late 19th century. (Xinhua News Agency)
BRUSH UP ON YOUR ENGLISH
Some fresh words have made it into the new
edition of the Oxford Compact English dictionary. Along with
self-explanatory new words like ³cybersquatter², ³dot.com², and
³Frankenfood², you¹ll also find ³Lookist²‹someone who discriminates on the
grounds of how a person looks, ³Screenager²‹an internet or
computer-addicted teenager, and ³Gaydar²‹the ability of one gay person to
recognize another. (Reuters)
SMOKE TWO FATTIES AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING
British researchers from
London¹s Imperial College have found that marijuana may be able to relieve
some pain that morphine is unable to help. Pain from nerve injuries does
not respond to morphine and similar drugs, but research shows that
marijuana is still effective in nerve injuries. (Journal of Molecular and
Cellular Neuroscience)
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