WWJB....What Would Jesus Buy?
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UPEvangelical Christians, among all people of faith, seem excited to purchase products that reinforce their religious values, according to a marketer cited in a December Denver Post report, with the result an explosion of Jesus-themed merchandise such as Jesus riding a bull, surfing and playing soccer, Jesus air-fresheners and Grapes of Galilee wine.
(Among the tackier products, according to a November report in London's Daily Telegraph, are "thongs of praise" underwear with an image of the Madonna and child, and a template to place on a bread slice in an oven to create toast with the Virgin Mary's likeness.)
[Denver Post, 12-22-07; Daily Telegraph (London), 11-25-07]
TODAY'S TURDS
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UPMayor Ken Williams resigned in Centerton, Ark. (pop. 2,146), in November and revealed that he is actually Don LaRose, an Indiana preacher who abruptly abandoned his family in 1980 because, he said, satanists had abducted and threatened him, and brainwashed him to rub out details of a murder he supposedly knew about. He said his memory returned only recently, thanks to truth serum. [WSBT-TV (South Bend, Ind.), 11-22-07]
Mesa, Ariz., police arrested Sebastian Mancilla, 41, in November after a security camera at Mervyn's department store caught him being not too subtle in looking up the skirt of a female shopper. According to an Arizona Republic reporter, citing a police source: "At one time Mancilla approached the woman from behind and laid down on the floor to look up her skirt. He then got back to his feet and continued to act as if he was shopping." Mancilla allegedly tried again with the same woman, dropping to his knees, but to no avail, as the woman walked away. [Arizona Republic, 11-12-07]
A court in Preston, England, convicted Akinwale Arobieke, 46, of violating an earlier court order by doing the same prohibited behavior: He accosted a man in public at a mall and fondled his bicep. [Lancashire Evening Post, 11-14-07]
NOW THAT'S ITALIAN !
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UPA week earlier in Sicily, one mother publicly turned her adult son over to the police for staying out too late, and also took away his house keys and cut off his allowance. The son, who immediately complained that the allowance was too small, anyway, is 61 years old. [CNN-Reuters, 8-2-07]
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NOT EASY BEING GREEN....(when you're DEAD)
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UPI'M A TREND-SETTER !
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UPIn Hyannis, Mass., in September, an 18-year-old high school student was charged with possession of marijuana, which police said he was smoking out of an apple. [Cape Cod Times, 9-25-07]
Oh the memories. I introduced this little trick to my High School buddies 30+ years ago. Apples, pears, cucumbers. Bananas will not work, too soft. The fruit/vegetable cools the smoke. When you're done with your smoke, simply cut the apple into slices and share with your friends. Next week's lesson is the "Beer Can Pipe".
Have a nice (drug free) evening, Trace
URBAN CAMOUFLAGE ?
YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UPCrime-fearing female pedestrians in Tokyo can soon protect themselves with fashion designer Aya Tsukioka's skirt that opens into a realistic-looking (except made of fabric), full-size vending machine that she hopes thugs will pass right by. It's one of several fanciful crime-avoiding creations of the genre that Japanese inventors are noted for, according to an October New York Times dispatch. Another, the "manhole bag," resembles a sewer covering when laid on the ground but can hold a person's valuables, again provided that the thug passes it up. Yet another is women's wraparound sunglasses that are extra-dark so that even shy, eye-contact-avoiding females can stare unobserved at potential perverts in trains to guard against the ubiquitous groping. [New York Times, 10-20-07]
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Okay, now my dumb question: If the first design (vending mahine) is so realistic, what is she goana do when I start trying to shove quarters into whatever slot I can find?
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