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Who Knew? No, Really. Who?

May 19, 2008
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Who knew there was a sport of Power Tool Racing? Here are the rules:

THE RULES (version 4.1.2, updated 5/5/07 and subject to ongoing change)

GENERAL IDEA:
Finish your machine before you arrive. Stay away from the liquor. Go faster than everyone else. Don't Crash. Win money.

Gotta love a WTF with such simple and elegant rules.

What the F**K

Sep 11, 2007
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First thought - huh? who told the people at Harrods that THAT was a good idea!

Second thought - are those really the sandals that cost £62,000?

Third thought - what, you get $2 to £1 now!

clipped from news.lycos.co.uk

No Way

To their high society owners, a pair of haute couture shoes can be a precious thing.

A real-life Egyptian cobra guards a pair of ruby, sapphire and diamond sandals by designer Rene Caovilla at Harrods department store London. Harrods has hired an Egyptian cobra to guard a 62,000 pound pair of ruby- sapphire- and diamond-encrusted Rene Caovilla sandals at their launch.

Whether hiring a poisonous snake is, strictly speaking, the most effective means of guarding precious footwear might be a moot point with security experts.

But it makes for a pretty effective photo opportunity.

A spokeswoman for Harrods admitted that the cobra had been hired strictly for Monday's launch of the shoe collection.

The snake has now been returned to its owner, she said.

So no need to fear snake bites at the shoe counter, then.

What is this? I bought it from one of my local Indian shops. They were calling it a Chow-Chow but the internet has let me down - all I could find called a Chow-Chow was that big, blue-tongued dog.

How do I eat it - I only bought one so not too much is going to waste if my plea for help is unsucessful. But I am sort of depending on you, people!