Quickies
Skepchick Quickies 7.6
- Campaign for Iranian woman facing death by stoning – “A 43-year-old Iranian woman is facing death by stoning unless an international campaign launched by her children forces the authorities to quash what her lawyer calls a bogus conviction.” From Madfishmonger.
- A revolutionary sneaker or overhyped gimmick? – “The makers of “toning shoes” say the shoes can help give wearers more shapely butts, legs and abs, often without the need for gym workouts.”
- Desperate Spain fakes World Cup octopus predictions – From Michael.
- Weird multi-level marketing company sells $300 cure-all wand – From Sydney.
There’s a facebook page petition for the woman being stoned.
http://goo.gl/YB2i
A United Nations Petition for her
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-sakineh-mohammadi.html
So the shoes work by putting you off-balance? I have a brilliant plan! Wear 2 different shoes. Imagine how off balance you’ll be with a flip flop and a stilleto! Imagine the toning! With bonus odd looks from passers-by and neighbours!
Re: So-called magic wands…
It used to be said that a suceker was born every minute. I think that birthrate has accelerated dramatically since that phrase was coined…
I’m not buyin’ that wand business unless it has a phoenix tail feather in the core. Otherwise it’s pure scam.
I couldn’t display the cephalopodanous link… It wanted to download something I’ve never heard of.
I will be doing some research on those shoes at TAM. Will being off balance from the shoes and off balance from alcohol cancel each other out? We shall see…
Being the owner of one broken ankle, yeah, no. There are safer ways to tone your butt.
That magic wand wouldn’t happen to be made by Hitachi, would it? ;)
So, my irrational dream for the day is that she is sentenced to death by stoning… but people refuse to stone her until she climbs out.
Oh, and a moderator comment on the “wand” page:
“I’ve been to parties where they sell wands that relieve tension, but the wands are quite a bit thicker and sometimes vibrate.”
Hey, I remember those shoes from the 70’s.
They called them Earth Shoes back then.
There really is nothing new.
@Mark Hall: I liked this one–
“I’ve been to parties where they sell wands that relieve tension, but you got to smoke the wands.”
Heh I was alerted to the Wand thing by a listener a few months back, the most fun skepticism I’ve had in a while, not least because I got to use the headline:
Mature Couple Seek Strangers To ‘Wand’ (Timewasters Need Not Apply)
http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2010/04/mature-couple-seek-strangers-to-wand-timewasters-need-not-apply/
I’ve never claimed to be mature. The diagrams that support the Amega Wand are pretty special, worthy of a peek.