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Cheese

Tennis champ chomps into donkey cheese - at $1200 a kilo

Djokovic cheese
© AFPNo, that's not a cheese ball he's hitting. Novak Djokovic hits a backhand on the court.
Some might think this is udderly asinine - but it's true.

Novak Djokovic, the champion Serbian tennis player, has bought the world's entire supply of donkey cheese.

Pule is a Serbian delicacy made with donkey's milk.

It is said to be the world's most expensive cheese, which makes Djokovic's bill all the more exorbitant.

The crumbly, white cheese sells for 1000 euros ($1233) a kilogram, but it's unclear exactly how much the Australian Open winner has bought.

Bullseye

Man freely smoking pot in Washington literally has no issue he feels strongly about anymore

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"What global crisis foisted on us by psychopaths in power? Chill dude, it's all relative!"
Seattle - Celebrating the new law in Washington state that allows him to freely smoke marijuana within his home, local man Erik Cirrone, 25, told reporters Thursday there is no longer any political or social issue he feels strongly about in any way whatsoever.

"Yeah, the right to smoke marijuana legally was pretty much the only thing even remotely tying me to events going on in the world," said Cirrone, who unreservedly took a drag from a joint before adding that he does not have an impassioned stance, or any stance at all, on topics such as the economy, health care, gay rights, unemployment, Gaza, global warming, or any other major domestic or international matter.

"I used to consider myself pretty political before this law was passed, but now I realize this was actually the one and only political issue I cared about. Don't really give a shit about anything else, frankly."

At press time, Cirrone was smoking pot.

Mars

LEAKED: Real uncut NASA footage by Curiosity rover displaying life form on Mars (clear evidence)

First video ever from Mars. Raw uncut / unedited footage from NASA rover "Curiosity" shooting its first video after landing safely on Mars on August 6 2012. This is considered by many experts as the first tangible proof we have about the existence of extra-terrestrial life forms in our solar system. Filmed by the MAHLI camera.


Question

Help wanted: Professional fart-smeller

Fart-Smeller
© DreamstimeA professional fart-smeller must endure some occupational hazards.
There are a lot of bad jobs out there, and maybe you're convinced that yours is one of them. But here's a job description that virtually nobody would likely be jealous of: professional fart-smeller.

Some Chinese who practice alternative medicine apparently believe that each person's flatulence has particular nuances - bitter, savory, sweet, fishy - and these undertones can be used to detect diseases by a trained expert with a sharp sense of smell, according to Rocket News 24. An unusually meaty smell, for example, might be interpreted as an indication of intestinal bleeding or tumors.

Oddly enough, some scientific research suggests that using farts as a diagnostic tool isn't as far-fetched as it might sound.

Dogs, for example, have been trained to detect the presence of prostate cancer from smelling patients' urine samples. In another study, dogs were able to identify the stool samples of colorectal cancer patients with 97 percent accuracy.

Dollar Gold

Petition posted to White House website seeks Death Star construction

Death Star
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Savvy politicians know there's much to be gained by giving the people what they want. And at least some Americans want... a Star Wars-style Death Star.

A petition posted to the White House Web site - the administration created a forum that allows people to post petitions and promises a response to those that garner more than 25,000 digital signatures - is seeking the construction of a Death Star by 2016.

Forget sequestration! Let's build a moon-sized space station that the evil Darth Vader would love! The Death Star, Star Wars fans will recall, was the bad guys' big gun capable of blowing entire planets into oblivion (sorry, Princess Leia) with a laser.

"By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense," the petition reads.

Never mind the bit about such things only existing "a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away." If we do end up building one, we should beware and do a bit better on the security front than the Galactic Empire did: remember, scrappy bands of rebels actually managed to destroy the Death Star pretty handily - three times*. (UPDATE: I'm changing this to twice, thanks to feedback from Star Wars aficionados, who tell me the third Death Star isn't a part of the accepted "canon" - thanks, and may the force be with you, Loop fans!)

The petition has gotten 495 signatures as of 11:25 a.m Monday.

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Shopping Bag

(Not) Humor... Jackpot in Italian Lottery: Supermarket job

With the Italian economy in its fourth recession in the last ten years and unemployment soaring, a supermarket has come up with a novel way of hiring. According to Germany's Mittelstands Nachrichten, customers who spend over EUR30 will receive a lottery ticket and the grand prize winners will be given "temporary part-time assistant jobs" at the supermarket. We are not really sure where to go with this - but somewhere in this odd arrangement is a sad reflection of the European society's deterioration...
jackpot

Smiley

Turkish broadcaster faces $30,000 fine after airing "The Simpsons"

The Simpsons
© RT.comScreenshot from the animated film The Simpsons.
Turkish private broadcaster, CNBC-e, has been fined $30,000 after airing an anti-religious episode of The Simpsons in which God was shown taking orders from the devil.

­Turkey's Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) issued a fine saying that the show "makes fun of God, encouraging young people to exercise violence by showing the murders as God's orders." "The Simpsons" is especially popular amongst the younger middle classes, the local Hurriyet newspaper reported.

In one of the segments of the episode, titled "Dial D for Diddly, the devout character Ned Flanders portrays serial killer, Dexter Morgan from another TV show, and goes on a killing rampage, an order, he believed, was straight from God.

Later in the controversial episode the devil was asking God to make him a coffee.

Smiley

North Korea has found a secret unicorn lair, apparently

Unicorn
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"Archaeologists of the History Institute of the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences have recently reconfirmed a lair of the unicorn rode by King Tongmyong, founder of the Koguryo Kingdom," reports the - wait. Stop. UNICORNS?

That's an actual snippet from a report from the Korean Central News Agency, the state news agency of North Korea and fine, okay, we totally understand that this might be a retaliatory joke in response to China getting fooled by The Onion naming Kim Jong-un the Sexiest Man Alive or something.

But experts don't lie, do they? Jo Hui Sung, director of the Institute, told KCNA:
"Korea's history books deal with the unicorn, considered to be ridden by King Tongmyong, and its lair.
And these are the history books Hui Sung is talking about :
The Sogyong (Pyongyang) chapter of the old book 'Koryo History' (geographical book), said: Ulmil Pavilion is on the top of Mt. Kumsu, with Yongmyong Temple, one of Pyongyang's eight scenic spots, beneath it. The temple served as a relief palace for King Tongmyong, in which there is the lair of his unicorn.

Bacon

Bacon shaving cream 'provides maximum bacon scent when you need it most'

bacon shaving cream
© J&D's FoodsMmmmmm, Bacon.
Your wife will be happy because you're finally shaving off that disgusting no-shave-November beard, and you'll be happy because bacon.

J&D's Foods finally found a way to top its now-infamous Baconlube with the brand new breakfast-infused lathering product, Bacon Shaving Cream.

You'll not only get all the benefits of "rich creamy moisturizers and hearty essential oils," but you'll smell like bacon. All day.

"Bacon Shaving Cream is a high end, luxurious bacon-scented shaving cream for all skin types," company co-founder Dave Lefkow wrote in a press release."Our advanced heat-activated aromatic technology lasts for hours and delivers maximum bacon scent when you need it most."