Monthly Archives: March 2011

Hotel For Chickens Now Taking Reservations

Oh, whatever shall one do when vacation is calling.  But what to do with the children… Oh dear, not the children.  Actually, the chickens.

Helston’s Chicken Hotel – where guests can lay their own eggs.  This Is Cornwall. 

No problem if you live in Helston, UK.  First class accommodations for those special hen or chicks!

As a special benefit, they will return any eggs laid during your absence.  The proprietor, a math teacher and cabinet-maker, has just the dazzling place for your special birds.

Brand new purpose-built accommodation is on offer with buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner of local produce served in the open air.

Chickens are allowed to roam free within the grounds before being gathered to roost at night.

Mr Roberts transports the birds to and from their homes if the owners require it, and even offers a nursery for chicks and an incubation service if eggs need hatching.

So worry no more.  Your prized possessions can be safely taken care of while you are away.  Chickens have a special place in his heart.  

“But when the chickens stop laying so regularly they go for the chop unless people want to buy them and give them a home – that’s how we first got started with our own little flock.

Make those reservations soon and pamper your chickens.  They already booked out this past Christmas.  

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Designer Blazing Hot Metal In The Workplace

Good thing OSHA doesn’t inspect Polish plants.

What looks like runaway blazing hot steel, does not seem to bother these workers much.

Gwoździor

 March 20, 2011

Weed Eaters Of The Italian Cingino Dam

 You’ve got to be kidding! Herd of mountain goats casually climb near-vertical 160ft dam.  Daily Mail. 

Images here and here of the goats at the Cingino Dam in the Italian Alps.

They must be awful hungry.  Or looking for just a little adventure with their meal.

Garden variety goats doing their thing in America.   Goats keep weeds under control at Boulder Reservoir.  Colorado Daily

And now, enjoy Spider Goat! Sing along!

Crazy mountain goats climb dam height of 160 feet 

October 26, 2010

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Australia Realizes A Nightmare On Elm Street

Police shoot man wielding six knives after he allegedly threatened to kill six boys in Capalaba.  The Sunday Mail.

Brisbane boy’s sleepover turns into real life horror movie.  News.com.au.

Freddy Krueger-copy cat acted out in real life.  The terror not likely to ever be forgotten. 

SIX boys cowered in the dark as a knife-wielding man threatened to kill them during a suburban sleepover from hell.

The group of mostly 12-year-olds yesterday told how their neighbour went on a rampage, screaming they “were going to die” and trying to batter down the door to their townhouse in the Brisbane suburb of Capalaba.

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Make Your Own Udon Noodles

Ummm.  Looks good. 

Quick weekend project.

Walking on Earth – How to Make Udon Noodles

April 18, 2009

Baby Cheetah Says Hello To The World

Baby cheetah almost ready for the ‘hunt’.  My Fox Tampa Bay. 

Cutest little baby cheetah has yet to be named.  He has been hand raised since his mother had little interest in him, and he was having trouble gaining weight.  So from Jacksonville Zoo he went to Busch Gardens.   Images here.

Raw Video: Baby Cheetah Squeaks, Scrambles

March 24, 2011

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Making A Controlled Avalanche In Russia

If ever you wanted to know how th Russians deal with all that extra snow just waiting to come toppling down the mountain.  Call  in the military.

Russian soldiers create avalanche by firing artillery – no comment

Mar 17, 2011

Diet Fork

The fork that delivers a jolt for the dieter.


“Fork.  The most advanced dietary device ever developed by man.  Talon-4ork the 100,000 volt diet fork.  Curbs your appetite by applying a quickburst of 100,000 volts to your tongue (saliva activated.  100,000 volts.  Talon -40rks cannot be shipped to the following states: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and Hawaii.  Can be deactivated for non-dieters.  registered media.com.” 
Image courtesy of  Registered of the Republicans via http://www.freakingnews.com/Electronics-for-Lazy-Pictures—-517.asp.

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Fractured Fork

Gag fork.  It bends.


“Bending Fork Gag.  Prank your friends with this Bending Fork. It looks like an ordinary fork until they try to use it, once it has food it bends from the weight and is useless! Especially great for that Italian friend of yours who always twirls their pasta.”
Image courtesy of http://www.gagworks.com/Product.aspx?pid=490&catid=9.

Fork On A Bad Hair Day

March winds.

Forks endure it too.

And then they turn around and go to work just the same.


“Egg cup from a bent fork.”
Image courtesy of http://www.whatimade.com/index.php/egg-cup-from-an-upcycled-fork/.