My useful and useless facts thread

[IrvineCommuter_IHB]

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080109/ap_on_fe_st/sweden_body_heat

Is is what you guys do at IHB?

 

[Trooper_IHB]

IC, in looking through some of the other stories on that site, I came across this winner Glowing pig passes genes to piglets - Yahoo! News

if link doesn't work, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080109/ap_on_fe_st/china_fluorescent_pig;_ylt=AmTdhzv8TngDeOmoaRoc3HYZ.3QA

 

[effenheimer_IHB]

Is is what you guys do at IHB?

No comment.

 

[caycifish_IHB]

Next trend: taking a glowpig to a rave.

 

[IrvineCommuter_IHB]

This article is both sad and humorous.

real-us.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080109/ap_on_re_us/katrina_flood_lawsuits

"NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Katrina's victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering — including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion."

"Of roughly 489,000 total claims, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has received 247 for at least $1 billion apiece, including the one for $3 quadrillion.

"That's the mother of all high numbers," said Loren Scott, a Baton Rouge-based economist.

For the sake of perspective: A mere $1 quadrillion would dwarf the U.S. gross domestic product, which Scott said was $13.2 trillion in 2007. A stack of one quadrillion pennies would reach Saturn."

 

[Trooper_IHB]

Tazer is the new mace. Is It Time for a Taser Party? - AOL Small Business

or http://smallbusiness.aol.com/start/startup/article/_a/is-it-time-for-a-taser-party/20080107161009990001

 

[IrvineCommuter_IHB]

There story is so tragic, disturbing, and incredible.

news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080111/wl_uk_afp/britainchildrenadoptionmarriage

LONDON (AFP) - Twins who were separated at birth and adopted by different sets of parents later married each other without realising they were brother and sister, a peer has told the House of Lords.

 

[caycifish_IHB]

Dude, that's messed up. Really, really messed up.

 

[effenheimer_IHB]

Reunited adoptees sometimes run into attraction issues as well.

More.

 

[caycifish_IHB]

We all must live by the "Unicorn Code".

"This time it's personal!"

 

[lawyerliz_IHB]

I was given to understand by trashy novels too numerous to mention or even contemplate, that this stuff only works if you are a virgin.

 

[Trooper_IHB]

Well Cayci...that rules you out. Can I have your toy ?

 

[caycifish_IHB]

Well Troop, you might actually get more use out of a unicorn in your profession than I would. Evil doers and criminals would cower in fear at the sight of the Mighty Trooper riding her avenging, impaling steed down the streets of Hollywood.

 

[Trooper_IHB]

A unicorn and a Taser...what more could a girl want ?!

 

[caycifish_IHB]

It's splitsville for Spidey and MJ. And this was important enough news to be amongst the links at the top of the homepage for cnn.com. Sigh. Seriously, people?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/01/17/spider.man.single.ap/index.html

 

[Anonymous_IHB]

Smell inspired optimism. Yeah, that's how to solve the subprime crisis...

Davos Aromas Deodorize Subprime Stench, Charm Dimon, Kissinger

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=amVCFL1X76w0&refer=home

 

[Trooper_IHB]

Interesting concept. Vertical farm rises in Las Vegas - Slashfood

 

[Nude_IHB]

Cayci-

Are you seriously bashing CNN for covering comicbook plots? This from the woman with 2 bazillion toy ponies scattered around the county?

 

[Trooper_IHB]

WTF Nude ?

 

[caycifish_IHB]

Hey, my ponies are not scattered. They are safely stored all in one place. It's easier to round up the troops that way so my pony army can march upon you.