UK Odd News

Reuters - A vicar was found guilty on Thursday of conducting hundreds of sham marriages between African nationals and cash-strapped eastern Europeans to allow illegal immigrants to gain residency in Britain.

Reuters - A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world's strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.

Reuters - A partial set of British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill's gold-mounted dentures has fetched 15,200 pounds ($23,770) at auction, over three times the estimate.

Reuters - The Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip have ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty.

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Climate Change Chocolate Bar
by noreply@blogger.com (Steve)
12 Jan 2008 at 7:58am
Bloomsberry, LLC, a Salem, MA-based chocolate maker that sells its bars in whimsical wrappers, have now teamed up with TerraPass, a green energy broker, to offer these "Climate Change Chocolate" bars.


The wrappers have printed on them 15 tips to reduce your carbon footprint on the world, and in addition have included in their sale price, enough carbon energy credits from TerraPass to offset your carbon footprint for one day.

You can read more about the global warming confection at TerraPass' website...

http://www.terrapass.com/lp/index.chocolate.html
The Fizz - Screw-on Ice Cream Float Cup
by noreply@blogger.com (Steve)
5 Jan 2008 at 12:40am
The Fizz is a plastic cup that screws on to a plastic PET bottle allowing you to create a mobile ice cream float.

Once you screw the cup to a bottle, fill it up with ice cream, then insert a straw, and finally, squeeze the bottle. This fills the cup with soda, allowing you to sip out a mixture of ice cream and soda.

The cup is reusable, but not dishwasher safe.


Fruit Stickles - Flavored Fruit Skewers
by noreply@blogger.com (Steve)
25 Dec 2007 at 6:48am
Fruit Stickles are wooden skewers used for sticking together chunks of fruit. Except the skewers are seasoned with cinnamon and tropical fruit flavors that leach into the fruit chunks.

The idea is that gives fruit an extra boost of flavor to tempt children into eating more fruit.

The seasoning contains no sugar, just pure seasoning. It's similar to the cinnamon toothpicks that restaurants used to give out in the 70s, except for making fresh-fruit shiskabobs.

I'm sure this can be extended into meat seasoning skewers, for real shiskabobs.

Visit Fruit Stickles online...
http://www.callisonsfinefoods.com/index.php?q=stickles
Subtle Butt - Fart Pads
by noreply@blogger.com (Steve)
14 Dec 2007 at 6:00am
A company called The Pond Inc. is now selling a product called "Subtle Butt", billed as a fart neutralizer, to eliminate smelly flatulence.

It's an activated carbon fabric pad, measuring 3.25" x 3.25" square, and adheres to the inside of your underwear with two self-adhesive strips.

As the wind breaks, Subtle Butt filters the flatulence, absorbing and neutralizing its odor. Now you can eat as many burritos you want and still have a social life.

Available in a five pack, they retail for $9.95 per pack...
http://www.garmentguard.com

Check out the demonstration video...



NOTE: if you think this sounds familiar, check out the Doggie Thong Fart Neutralizer that we wrote about earlier.
Hillary Clinton Toilet Bowl Brush
by noreply@blogger.com (Steve)
12 Dec 2007 at 1:21am
If Hillary Clinton should succeed in her bid to move back into the Whitehouse, Republicans can at least find some comfort while cleaning toilets with their "First Cleaning Lady" toilet brush.

I tried to come up some smart-ass comment tying together the effectiveness of the cleaning bristles and the whole "whitewater probe", but I can't think right now.

There's also one for George W. Brush Bush that looks more like his father. And then they're working on an Osama Bin Laden brush.

Visit the official website...
http://www.theoriginalbowlbuddy.com