February 2009 Archives

A LAW banning boys aged under 10 from looking at naked mannequins in England was exposed after shops in Chester's Grosvenor Precinct left a display for all to see.

Shoppers passing the Hugo Boss store were greeted to a line-up of naked mannequins with just a shrewdly placed banner to spare their blushes.

The odd old law is just one of hundreds written in the statute book, the same list which states that it is legal to shoot a Welsh man with a bow and arrow inside the city walls, but only after midnight.

High-flying business staff will soon be careering downhill fast... and loving every moment of it.

They are set for the ride of their lives - by using a helter-skelter instead of a lift.

The fairground-style spiral tube will take just seven seconds to slide them from the third to the ground floor.

This one came to me via email today....

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule of thumb'

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Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'... and thus, the word
GOLF entered into the English language.

Here are some conversations between air traffic control and pilots:

While taxiing, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. The irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming:
"US Air 2771, where are you going? I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between C's and D's, but get it right!" Continuing her tirade to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically: "God, you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half
an hour and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"
"Yes ma'am," the humbled crew responded.
The ground control frequency went terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to engage the irate ground controller in her current state. Tension in every cockpit at LGA was running high. Then an unknown pilot broke the silence and asked,
"Wasn't I married to you once?"

The controller working a busy pattern told the 727 on downwind to make a three-sixty (do a complet circle), a move normally used to provide spacing between aircraft. The pilot of the 727 complained, "Don't you
know it costs us two thousand dollars to make even a one-eighty in this airplane?"
Without missing a beat the controller replied, "Roger, give me four thousand dollars' worth."

A DC-10 had an exceedingly long rollout after landing with his approach speed a little high. San Jose Tower: "American 751 heavy, turn right at the end of the runway, if able. If not able, take the Guadalupe exit off
Highway 101 and make a right at the lights to return to the airport."

Found this nice pic today (by AP/Daniel Roland). A broker dressed up as a doctor blows up a protective glove as he celebrates carnival at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, central Germany.

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Professional footballers have a lot to answer for...

A gene that affects if we are cheery or gloomy has been tracked down by researchers.

Scientists said this may lead to help for traumatised people - as those who look on the bright side are more resistant to stress.

Sixteen out of 97 people tested were optimists with the happy gene variant, research published by the Royal Society discovered.

Prof Elaine Fox, of Essex University, said: "We have shown for the first time a genetic variation is linked with the tendency to look on the bright side."

Is this the best shop front ever?

The store is called The Guitar Store and it is on Commercial Road opposite Southampton Central railway station, Southampton, England.

The picture was posted to Flickr by the shop's owner.

Two dozy robbers who wore women's thongs over their faces in an attempt to hide their identities, have been jailed after their skimpy disguise turned out to be pants.

In a bizarre attempt to avoid identification during a raid, the men, dubbed the Thong Bandits, wore the brightly coloured women's underwear on their heads - only just covering their noses, mouths and chins.

Richard Espinoza and Joaquin Rico broke into a convenience store in Denver, Colorado, with blue and green thongs draped over their faces as makeshift masks.

OK, so this is a commercial for a new phone - even so, it's well worth awatch...