Tuesday, May 25, 2004

take that!
A Chinese businessman has killed 8 million flies in a vendetta that began 10 years ago when one landed on a meal as he dined with a client, costing him £13,000 worth of business. An Indian man claims he can't survive without eating a kilo of grass a day. That's roughly what Syd Barrett used to smoke in a day. A Chinese alternative medicine guru is being sued after a man almost died from eating 130 raw frogs to cure a pain in his neck. 'PollyVision: Strictly for Parrots', a dvd launched to mark World Parrot Day (sic), is designed to 'fill some of the boring moments in the lives of captive birds'. A Yorkshire woman overdosed on Pontefract cake while trying to relieve her constipation. A candidate in the European elections says German women are 'too lazy' to get pregnant. No, I don't understand that either. The Queen has a collection of Abba records and apparently occasionally likes to 'move to the music'. Presumably to 'Dancing Queen'.