Topic: NEWS english - on August 25, 2004 at 8:52:00 PM CEST
Hangovers cost UK £2.8bn annually
Hangovers are costing the UK economy £2.8bn ($3.5bn) a year, research by employment agency Reed has found.
Workers spend an average of 2.5 days hungover on the job, with people living in the south and north-east of England the most likely to turn up 'half cut'.
For some, the office is a no-go area and nationally an average 2.3 days are taken off sick due to boozing. One-in-three people admit taking 5 days off.
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Topic: CARS - on August 25, 2004 at 8:51:00 PM CEST
Corvette ad pulled over dream sequence of boy driving wildly
General Motors Corp. pulled a Corvette ad that shows a young boy driving wildly through city streets after safety advocates complained, the company said Wednesday.
Auto safety groups sent a letter Tuesday to GM chairman and chief executive Rick Wagoner protesting the television ad, saying it sent a dangerous message. The ad had been running during the Olympics.
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Topic: SEX - on August 25, 2004 at 8:49:00 PM CEST
Survival of the biggest
Sorry boys, but there's a spider so well-endowed that it self-amputates before sex and self-destructs afterwards. And as for that slug... Tim Birkhead reports on the bizarre evolution of male genitalia
Many men dream of having a larger member, and penis envy is at the root of much popular psychology - witness all those unwanted e-mails. But the idea of having a penis so large that it is an encumbrance is horrific. Penis length in humans generally varies from 10-20cm (erect), but there is a tribe in Africa in which the male member is much longer, and its owners tie it into a loose knot while walking. But for these people, it is big, but not quite an encumbrance.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on August 25, 2004 at 5:02:00 PM CEST
Doom 3
ein lustiges spiel ?
Warning: You might want to turn down your computer speakers before playing this video. These guys scream like hyenas in a wood chipper.
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Topic: SEX - on August 25, 2004 at 2:11:00 PM CEST
German prostitutes reject employment contract
German prostitutes have rejected the first ever employment contract created by union officials.
The refused to sign the deal, which includes six weeks holiday and a pension, because they are to embarrassed to admit what they do.
The union contract attempts to regulate everything from the duties of a "sex worker" to working hours and holiday claims.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 25, 2004 at 2:07:00 PM CEST
Lederhosen for dogs
Demand for traditional German clothing such as lederhosen for dogs is said to be increasing in the run up to Oktoberfest. As well as the traditional leather shorts for male dogs, there are mini 'dirndl' dresses with frilly lace collars and matching hats for female dogs.
Designer Hildegard Bergbauer, who owns a shop selling traditional German clothing for humans, came up with the idea.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on August 25, 2004 at 12:32:00 PM CEST
Golf ball polymer 'heals' bullet holes
The same material that makes golf balls tough may soon make bullet holes vanish in "self-healing" aircraft fuel tanks, say US navy researchers.
Recently, US scientists discovered that a commercially sold polymer - used to coat bowling pins, helmets, and golf balls - displays a curious property when shot at: it can immediately "pave over" the bullet holes.
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Topic: e-bay - on August 25, 2004 at 12:30:00 PM CEST
UNIQUE LOOK ALIKE TERMINATOR
THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL ITEM UP FOR AUCTION!!! THIS IS A HAND-MADE LOOK ALIKE TERMINATOR MADE COMPLETLEY OF EX-CAR PARTS. IT WOULD LOOK GREAT IN ANYONES GAME ROOM OR BAR.
IT STANDS AT A HEIGHT OF 2 METRES (79") APPROX
Starting bid £3,000.00
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on August 25, 2004 at 12:28:00 PM CEST
JibJab beats copyright rap
A music company claiming to own the rights to Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" may have gotten more than it bargained for when it took on JibJab Media, the Web animators behind a wildly popular parody of the U.S. presidential campaign.
The animators on Tuesday beat back copyright infringement charges leveled at their work, which was based on the tune. Attorneys for the company also said they had found evidence that the copyright on Guthrie's song expired in 1973, meaning that anyone can use it for free.
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Topic: ART - on August 25, 2004 at 11:55:00 AM CEST
Demands unmet, Swedish militants decapitate fiberglass cow
- A shadowy group of militant Stockholmers carried out their threat to "execute" a fiberglass life-size cow after their demand that "Cow Parade", an outdoor art exhibit, be dismantled was not met, organizers said.
"We have received the cow cut into pieces in a bag. It's really sad. There's no way of repairing it," Cow Parade spokeswoman Helene Cederberg told AFP.
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