Ask a Biologist Q&A – Grizzly Bear vs. Lion
I remember a similar conversation of topic being raised on QI once. Apparently, bears would frequently win because they have a massive crushing power with their paws. One swipe to the head and the lion’s skull is crushed.
BBC News – Women try to take body on plane at Liverpool airport.
Staff became suspicious when the women tried to check in the man, who was wearing sunglasses, for a flight to Berlin on Saturday.
Note to Captain Kirk: Warp speed will kill you. From The Register
Thank god for Bootnotes!
Oh my God Tesco, Holmbush Centre, Shoreham – NO!
It’s still bloody Christmas!
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Auschwitz launches Facebook site.
Hmmm, I don’t think:
“Mark’s become a fan of Auschwitz”
is something I particularly want people to see……
Maybe I won’t join that group just yet….
Last night, for a work function, I got to stay in the Hilton Metropole in Brighton. Very nice!
I had a great time there, room was comfortable, etc. Except I was somewhat baffled by the need to have two specimen jars in the bathroom….
Sadly, the story did not live up to it’s trojan-like name.
I’ve long held the opinion that Body Mass Index measurements are a bunch of arse, because they don’t count the extra mass that occurs with muscle bulk.
Anyway, some one jokingly said at work that he was going to go on a diet by chopping off a leg, and that he’d bring his BMI down dramatically.
And I thought….. “Well now, that’s true!”.
So how do they measure BMI for people who have lost a limb? What about people with withered limbs? What if you have six fingers on each hand? How about people in wheelchairs?
Makes you wonder really…..
From the BBC News Website
New Kids On The Block have cancelled their forthcoming Australian tour, blaming the economic downturn.
It’s not because they’re shit then?
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