This is an on going collection of odd information I pick up from the trimedia (news papers, TV and the net) which I want to share to the world. Oddities are something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting; an eccentricity that is not easily explained or perhaps a strange attitude or habit- anything that caught my attention browsing the news which are funny (at least to me) unusual, strange or thought provoking which I want to share…urbi-et-orbi.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Terrible Racist AIDS TWEET costs PR Exec's job!
The infamous tweet above posted December 20 which insulted an entire continent, sick people with AIDS and black people in general all in one fell swoop- by a PR executive at that- caused Justine Sacco her job! . She was the communications director for InterActive Corp (IAC) an Internet company which owns popular websites as Match.com, Dictionary.com, OkCupid and Vimeo. The now viral tweet created an online uproar and was trending on Twitter worldwide within a few hours, #JustineSacco and #HasJustineLandedYet . She tweeted the tasteless post when she boarded an 11-hour flight to South Africa which she deleted (including her Twitter account) upon landing in South Africa- apparently too late as IAC already announced they had "parted ways."
Tags: AIDS, Justine Sacco, Justine, Sacco, InterActive Corp (IAC), InterActive Corp , IAC, http://dictionary.reference.com, dictionary.com, match.com, OkCupid , Vimeo, #JustineSacco, twitter
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Hand-on-Foot Surgery: cut-off hand attached to ankle!
Hand Grafted to Leg! PHOTO BY XIANGYA HOSPITAL, CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY, HANDOUT VIA REUTERS,12/17/2013 11:03 PM |
Xiao Wei's severed right hand is seen attached to his ankle before the reattachment surgery at Xiangya Hospital in Hunan, China, in this handout photo provided by Xiangya Hospital, Central South University.
Xiao Wei's right hand was cut off in an accident during his work at a factory. Rather than having a life without the right hand, the doctors offered Xiao a solution to save it by sewing the hand to the ankle to stop it dying while they treated his other injuries. The hand was grafted to his leg for a month in order to perform the surgery to reattach his hand.
Nearly a month after his hand was severed, Mr Xiao had recovered sufficiently to undergo reattachment surgery. According to doctors he will need to undergo several other procedures, but they are hopeful he will regain the full function of his hand.
Tags: XIANGYA HOSPITAL, REUTERS, reattachment surgery, surgery, Xiangya Hospital in Hunan, China, Hunan, China, China
Xiao Wei recovering from surgery. from news.sky.com |
Nearly a month after his hand was severed, Mr Xiao had recovered sufficiently to undergo reattachment surgery. According to doctors he will need to undergo several other procedures, but they are hopeful he will regain the full function of his hand.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Bloomberg Defends NYPD's Controversial Stop And Kiss Program
The outgoing mayor continues to stand by the police's routine kissing of New York citizens.
Hilarious! Is this real? A spoof? You be the judge!
Hilarious! Is this real? A spoof? You be the judge!
Published on Dec 3, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Baby Shower Vagina Cakes: Empowering or Disturbing!
An increasing number of baby showers now feature a “vagina cake”- grotesquely realistic cake rendering of a smiling blood-covered baby bursting through a woman's nether region with glee vividly representing the act of childbirth. Meant to be funny, vagina cakes, like the ones pictured below (mostly from mommyish.com and cakewrecks.com ), can elicit a shudder even from the most experienced of mothers. Cutting into one of these cakes at her baby shower will certainly give a mom-to-be a frightening glimpse of what’s in store for her!
These clever culinary concoctions will either make you laugh or will haunt your dreams! Hilarious and empowering, or dark and disturbing? You be the judge!
Related Topics: Stuff • cake • vagina • vagina cakes; Cake, Baby Shower, Modern Parenting, NSFW, Weird News, UK Lifestyle News
These clever culinary concoctions will either make you laugh or will haunt your dreams! Hilarious and empowering, or dark and disturbing? You be the judge!
Related Topics: Stuff • cake • vagina • vagina cakes; Cake, Baby Shower, Modern Parenting, NSFW, Weird News, UK Lifestyle News
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
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