Don't Panic! Lighten Up!S


Question

Ohio judge frees man after Bible quiz


Associated Press
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:41 UTC
A man arrested on Wednesday for allegedly trying to use a stolen credit card at a drugstore got a break from a judge after passing a sort of Bible quiz.

When Eric Hine appeared in court this morning, his attorney described him as a church-goer, hoping the judge would set a low bond.

Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge John Burlew was skeptical and asked Hine to recite the 23rd Psalm.

He did: all six verses. Some in the courtroom applauded.
Read More...
Clock

Woman, 95, to be oldest college graduate

Carl Manning
AP
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:48 UTC
HAYS, Kan. - Sitting on the front row in her college classes carefully taking notes, Nola Ochs is just as likely to answer questions as to ask them. That's not the only thing distinguishing her from fellow students at Fort Hays State University. She's 95, and when she graduates May 12, she'll be what is believed to be the world's oldest person to be awarded a college degree.
Read More...
Battery

Sore ears anyone? Strongman Pulls 16,300-pound Airliner 12 Feet

Chris Kjelgaard
Livescience
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:37 UTC


If you've ever complained about your ears hurting after a flight, read on.

British strongman Manjit Singh pulled along a Jetstream 41 airliner weighing around 16,300 pounds for 12 feet yesterday using only his ears. Manjit wore ear harnesses that were attached to cables that pulled the plane.

©n/a
Read More...
Evil Rays

Hair pulling time!!! - Fake Trees (cell phone towers) Are Springing Up Across America


W. P. Armstrong
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:38 UTC


©W. P. Armstrong

Throughout northern San Diego County, new trees are springing up everywhere. Unlike most palms and gymnosperms that take many decades to grow, these "new" trees appear within days. They are commonly used in indoor landscaping and to camouflage unsightly communication towers.

Comment: To read and see more pictures go to this link.

Read More...
Wine

Indian Court Issues Warrant for Gere Because of Kiss


Associated Press
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:34 UTC


©AP Photo/Gurinder Osan, FILE
Hollywood actor Richard Gere, hugs and kisses Bollywood ...

NEW DELHI - A court issued arrest warrants for Hollywood actor Richard Gere and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on Thursday, saying their kiss at a public function "transgressed all limits of vulgarity," media reports said.
Read More...
Document

Sex life of a giant tortoise puts writer in line for prize

Lewis Smith
The Times
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:01 UTC
Books on the search for happiness and the sex life of a Galápagos tortoise have been shortlisted for the world's leading award for science writing.

Six authors will be considered for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, which carries a first prize of £10,000.

The range of subjects covered by the authors, one of whom is a Nobel prize-winner, include climate change, a history of mankind in Britain, cancer and memory.

Among those who failed to reach the last six were the astronomer Sir Patrick Moore and the guitarist Brian May with their joint book Bang: the Complete History of the Universe.

The judges on the panel assessing the books include Colin Pillinger, Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Open University, and Trevor Baylis, the inventor of the wind-up radio.
Read More...
Wine

Of beer and bubbles: The formula for a perfect pint

Julie Steenhuysen
Reuters
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:56 UTC
A mathematical formula can now predict how the frothy head on a beer changes over time, a finding that may have a wide range of commercial uses beyond pulling the perfect pint, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

The formula explains how the tiny bubbles that make up foam grow -- an explanation that could lead to the development of products such as metal shrink wrap.

The possibilities include "the heat treatment of metals or even controlling (the) head on a pint of beer," Robert MacPherson of Princeton University in New Jersey and David Srolovitz of Yeshiva University in New York report in the journal Nature.
Read More...
Magic Wand

Drunk man parks horse in German bank


AP
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:20 UTC
BERLIN - An early-morning German bank customer had a bit of a shock when he found a horse already in line at the automatic teller machine in front of him. It seems the horse's owner, identified only as Wolfgang H., had a bit too much to drink the night before and decided to sleep it off inside the bank's heated foyer, police said Tuesday.

©AP
Horse waiting to deposit
Read More...
Coffee

The stats of life

Nick Britten
telegraph.co.uk
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:18 UTC


©Channel 4
A little girl is fascinated by a lifetime of apples and carrots

The average person will eat over 10,000 bars of chocolate, shed 121 pints of tears and have sex more than 4,200 times, a television documentary will claim tomorrow.

Human Footprint, to be shown on Channel 4, aims to chart every aspect of our lives to give an insight into how much we eat, dream and pass wind from the cradle to the grave. It also looks at the effect each human being has on the planet during the 2,475,576,000 seconds that each of us will, on average, have on Earth.
Read More...
Bulb

Man With Potent Pot Odor Seeks Permit


Associated Press
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:18 UTC
LENOIR, N.C. - A man applying for a gun permit at the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office was instead charged with marijuana possession after authorities smelled it on his body.
Read More...