+-------------------------------------+ | Issue 31 Wednesday August 26th 1998 | +-------------------------------------+ (( ___ )) / \ ,___,_|_ _ ( \) / | / \ | /_\ \___/\/\_| \_/ |_/\__, of the day "The male chromosome is an incomplete female chromosome. In other words the male is a walking abortion; aborted at the gene stage. To be male is to be deficient, emotionally limited; maleness is a deficiency disease and males are emotional cripples". - Valerie Solanos ___ __ ___ ___ | |_ / /| / / | | |_| /_/ | \_\_ |_| of the day The secluded island on the Althorp Estate where Princess Diana was buried had been used by the family as a burial-site for its hunting dogs for many years, and in fact the headstones on several dogs' graves had to be removed to make room for her sarcophagus. ____ _____W E_I_R D ____ __ __ / __) (_ _) / O\ ( O\ (_ \/ _) \__ \ | | ( ) | _ < \ / (____/ (___) \___/ (__|\_) (__) O F T H E D A Y A machine-shop worker who made a regular practice of masturbating by holding his penis against the drive belt of a piece of machinery leaned too close to the belt one day and caught his scrotum between the pulley -wheel and the drive belt. The man suffered a torn scrotum and lost one of his testicles, but he calmly stapled his scrotum back together and resumed work before finally visiting a doctor three days later. This is an actual case that was reported in a letter submitted to the medical journal Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality in 1991. _ _ | |_ (_)doubtfully | _| _ _useful | | | | | _ \ | | | | | |_) ) |_| |_| | __/ of the | | day |_| Polystyrene packaging is usually too big and clumsy to be disposed of easily. But if you break it up you get little bits all over the place. The solution? Put it in a bin liner and THEN break it up! ____ __ ___ //_// (( // // // (( (( _)) ((__ (( (( of the day [cinderella] __ G )__) /- G /_/ \C__ / \ \_______ |__((___ `| | ' | \ |_ \ (_ \__/_ ) //'-._ \ /\_|/|/ \_ _|\._/ _/ \_ /_ \ ' , |_ ,-' '., / / \-. ( _ ) /__` / , ' _/ ,' \_ \ ___/|-' '-,.__,-' \ |_ \/ \_|( ________________ \ | |________________|_______|/________ |_________________|_______________ b'ger +----------------------------------+ | Issue 32 Friday August 28th 1998 | +----------------------------------+ (( ___ )) / \ ,___,_|_ _ ( \) / | / \ | /_\ \___/\/\_| \_/ |_/\__, of the day "You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count." - Rabbit ___ __ ___ ___ | |_ / /| / / | | |_| /_/ | \_\_ |_| of the day Beauty and the Beast's Belle can be glimpsed in a scene from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Belle appears during the film's second musical number, the sequence in which Quasimodo sings "Out There" from atop the roof of the Notre Dame cathedral. As the camera slowly pans down and along a street reminiscent of Belle's home town in Beauty and the Beast towards a small group of people, Belle appears in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, walking and reading a book (and wearing her blue dress, of course). [True! I've seen it! :-)] In the same scene, a sharp-eyed viewer can catch glimpses of a rooftop satellite dish, The Lion King's Pumbaa being carried by two men with a pole, and a street merchant shaking out the flying carpet from Aladdin. ____ _____W E_I_R D ____ __ __ / __) (_ _) / O\ ( O\ (_ \/ _) \__ \ | | ( ) | _ < \ / (____/ (___) \___/ (__|\_) (__) O F T H E D A Y Police in Vigo, Spain, chased and arrested a 35-year-old man, who had begun to beat up his girlfriend in public, breaking her nose. The couple were attending a rally to protest against domestic violence at the time. _ _ | |_ (_)doubtfully | _| _ _useful | | | | | _ \ | | | | | |_) ) |_| |_| | __/ of the | | day |_| Use empty Pringles cartons to store opened packets of biscuits and keep them fresh. ____ __ ___ //_// (( // // // (( (( _)) ((__ (( (( of the day ____________ /\ ________ \ / \ \______/\ \ / /\ \ \ / /\ \ \ / / /\ \ \/ / /\ \ \ / / /__\_\/ / /__\_\ \ / /_/_______/ /________\ \ \ \______ \ \______ / \ \ \ / /\ \ \ / / / \ \ \/ / /\ \ \/ / / \ \/ / /__\_\/ / / \ / /______\/ / \/___________/VK ________________________________________ | ____________________________________ | | | | | | | Issue 33 Saturday August 29th 1998 | | | |____________________________________| | |________________________________________| (( ___ )) / \ ,___,_|_ _ ( \) / | / \ | /_\ \___/\/\_| \_/ |_/\__, of the day "Never before have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church?" - Black Adder II ___ __ ___ ___ | |_ / /| / / | | |_| /_/ | \_\_ |_| of the day A female ferret will die if it goes into heaat and cannot find a mate. ____ _____W E_I_R D ____ __ __ / __) (_ _) / O\ ( O\ (_ \/ _) \__ \ | | ( ) | _ < \ / (____/ (___) \___/ (__|\_) (__) O F T H E D A Y After 800-pound Tommy McGruder, 35, nearly died of congestive heart failure and obesity, a diet center in Orange, California, donated its service. In five months on a special diet, McGruder lost 400 pounds, but the loss was so rapid that his skin became lose and cumbersome. In December, surgeons trimmed the excess skin to give him more mobility. The skin, weighing 75 pounds, was donated for transplants and research. (2/21/96) _ _ | |_ (_)doubtfully | _| _ _useful | | | | | _ \ | | | | | |_) ) |_| |_| | __/ of the | | day |_| When sunbathing on your own in the garden use a long handled sponge dishmop for applying suntan lotion to your back. ____ __ ___ //_// (( // // // (( (( _)) ((__ (( (( of the day .------. / ~ ~ \,------. ______ ,' ~ ~ ~ / (@) \ ,' \ ,' /`. ~ ~ \ / \ ,' | ,'\ ~ ~ ~ X \ \ \ ,' ,' V--< ( \ \ \ ,' ,' (vv \/\ \ \ | | (__,' ,' / (vv "" \ \ | | | (__,' / / vv """ \ | / / / \__,' / | vv / / / / / \__/ / | | \ / /,',',' \__/\_^ | \ /,'',','\ `-^.__>.____/ ' ,' \ // //---' | ===============(((((((================= from Lauren Nowlin | \ \ \ / | | \ / / / \ \ `. | \ `--------' ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :Issue 34 Monday 31st August 1998: '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' (( ___ )) / \ ,___,_|_ _ ( \) / | / \ | /_\ \___/\/\_| \_/ |_/\__, of the day "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." - Bill Vaughan ___ __ ___ ___ | |_ / /| / / | | |_| /_/ | \_\_ |_| of the day The scene in "Titanic" with Titanic leaving the SouthHampton dock, was filmed on the largest movie set ever made, in Baja California. Due to the immensity of the ship, and logistical reasons, the ship only had rivets on one side. Because of this, the crew had to film some of the scenes as mirror images. The vehicles, crew uniforms, signs on buildings and the boat, and costumes were all made backwards for certain scenes, and the film flipped over. ____ _____W E_I_R D ____ __ __ / __) (_ _) / O\ ( O\ (_ \/ _) \__ \ | | ( ) | _ < \ / (____/ (___) \___/ (__|\_) (__) O F T H E D A Y Pakistan announced a ban on lavish wedding feasts. Explaining such celebrations cause financial hardships for the poor and middle classes, lawmakers voted in May to restrict families to a wedding meal at home for relatives and house guests. Larger gatherings can take place at hotels and clubs outside the home, but no food may be served -- only hot and cold non-alcoholic drinks. _ _ | |_ (_)doubtfully | _| _ _useful | | | | | _ \ | | | | | |_) ) |_| |_| | __/ of the | | day |_| When painting a room, wear socks over your shoes. Take them off before you leave the room and that way you won't tread paint all over the house. ____ __ ___ //_// (( // // // (( (( _)) ((__ (( (( of the day ______ /\ \ / \ \ / \_____\ _\ / ____/_ /\ \ / /\ \ / \ \/_/ \ \ / \__/ \_____\ _\ / \ / ____/_ /\ \ / \ / /\ \ / \ \/_____/\/_/ \ \ / \_____\ / \_____\ _\ / / \ / ____/_ /\ \ / / \ / /\ \ / \ \/_____/ \/_/ \ \ / \_____\ / \_____\ _\ / / \ / ____/_ /\ \ / / \ / /\ \ / \ \/_____/ \/_/ \ \ / \_____\ / \_____\ _\ / /_ ______ ______ _\____/ ____/_ /\ \ / / \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \ / \ \/_____/ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ / \_____\ \_____\ \_____\ \_____\ \_____\ \_____\ \ / / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / / \/_____/\/_____/\/_____/\/_____/\/_____/\/_____/ axiac WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWW Issue 35 Tuesday september 2nd 1998 WWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW (( ___ )) / \ ,___,_|_ _ ( \) / | / \ | /_\ \___/\/\_| \_/ |_/\__, of the day "In California everyone goes to a therapist, is a therapist, or is a therapist going to a therapist." - Truman Capote ___ __ ___ ___ | |_ / /| / / | | |_| /_/ | \_\_ |_| of the day The metre was originally defined as one 10-millionth of the distance from the equator to the Pole. ____ _____W E_I_R D ____ __ __ / __) (_ _) / O\ ( O\ (_ \/ _) \__ \ | | ( ) | _ < \ / (____/ (___) \___/ (__|\_) (__) O F T H E D A Y A district court in southern Sweden fined Elizabeth Hallin $680 for naming her 5-year-old son "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116." She said the name is pronounced "Albin". The Hallins said they would appeal the fine, arguing that the name is "a pregnant, expressionistic development that we see as an artistic creation". (5/15/96) _ _ | |_ (_)doubtfully | _| _ _useful | | | | | _ \ | | | | | |_) ) |_| |_| | __/ of the | | day |_| Spray the toes of your tights with hairspray after washing them and it will help stop ladders and runs. ____ __ ___ //_// (( // // // (( (( _)) ((__ (( (( of the day ___ _____ .'/,-Y" "~-. l.Y ^. /\ _\_ "Doh!" i ___/" "\ | /" "\ o ! l ] o !__./ \ _ _ \.___./ "~\ X \/ \ ___./ ( \ ___. _..--~~" ~`-. ` Z,-- / \ \__. ( / ______) \ l /-----~~" / Y \ / | "x______.^ | \ -Row j Y