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Nurses' union: Care does not include sex (Reuters)
11 Mar 2010 at 9:21pm

A nurse speaks with an unidentified patient in the hospital in a file photo. REUTERS/Darren StaplesReuters - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.



The price you pay for being romantic... (Reuters)
11 Mar 2010 at 9:23pm
Reuters - A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after midnight, police said Thursday.
Japan's spouse hunters hone skills at marriage school (Reuters)
11 Mar 2010 at 6:17pm
Reuters - In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims to turn them into marriage material.
Old sea dog sets tongues wagging at Crufts (Reuters)
11 Mar 2010 at 6:18pm
Reuters - A 16th century dog, the only known female to have served aboard King Henry VIII's ill-fated flagship the Mary Rose, has stolen the show at Britain's Crufts dog show this year.
New Zealander auctions "ghosts" in a bottle (Reuters)
10 Mar 2010 at 7:31pm
Reuters - A New Zealand woman sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and a young girl for almost NZ$2,000 ($1,410) after a fiercely contested online auction, local media reported.

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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.

Climate Change Chocolate
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.

the fizz cup
Fruit Stickles - Flavored Fruit Skewers
by noreply@blogger.com (Steve)
25 Dec 2007 at 6:48am
Fruit SticklesFruit 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
Subtle Butt Fart PadsA 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
Hillary Clinton Toilet Bowl BrushIf 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


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