… can it?
In a series of tests, the businesswoman, named only as KH, was unable to pick out the tones of a whole series of well-known people including posh actress Joanna Lumley, David Beckham and ex-PM Margaret Thatcher. However, the only voice she could identify was the Scottish burr of actor Sir Sean Connery, star of James Bond hits including Dr No.
…for finding this funny?
A horse had to be cut free with a chainsaw after it managed to get its head stuck in a tree.
The young filly needed to be freed from the tree after curiosity got the better of it and it wedged its head between separate sections of the trunk.
Although in my defence, I would have been horrified if it had been unable to free the horse, or if it had been badly hurt (it just suffered a few cuts).
Rogue ass jailed in Egypt. (RTÉ)
Palin lookalike strippers to strut in pageant. (AP)
RIAA appeals mistrial in file-sharing case. (CNet)
Its native tongue facing extinction, Native American tribe teaches the young. (International Herald Tribune)
Bee Gees song Stayin’ Alive helps doctors perform CPR. (The Daily Telegraph)
Your bottled water may be no purer than tap. (Lifehacker)
Space smells of steak, says Nasa. (The Sun)
I used to do a daily list of links, but that fell by the wayside for some reason. Consider this a restart.
Skippy on the menu as Australia seeks to fight global warming. (Bloomberg; for the record, kangaroo meat isn’t bad)
Suit against God tossed over lack of address. (AP/MSNBC.com)
Consumption of psychoactive drugs by Tiwanakuan mummies. (Anthropology.net)
Crate expectations: 12 shipping container housing ideas. (Treehugger)
What your home and workspace say about your politics. (Lifehacker)
The music alliance pact. (UnaRocks)
Nerd rage. (1,000 Tiny Things I Hate)
Forget subprime mortgages, it was bin Laden. (The National)
Choir mistress pays hospital parking fine in 3,500 pennies. (The Daily Telegraph)
The Israeli city of Petah Tikva is building a DNA database to help reward and punish dog owners.
The animal is taken to a vet for a swab and the results are kept on file.
Owners who scoop up their dogs’ droppings and place them in specially marked bins on Petah Tikva’s streets will be eligible for rewards of pet food coupons and dog toys.
But droppings found underfoot in the street and matched through the DNA database to a registered pet could earn its owner a municipal fine.
It’s certainly a novel way of doing things. But, as one Slashdotter muses, ” I wonder what sin you had to commit in a previous life to find yourself the official dog poop examiner of Petah Tikva, Israel”.
I spent the day in Dubai, so there shall be some photo posts to come. In the meantime, I invite you to watch this peculiarity:
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