- The tiny fruit that tricks the tongue– “The berry rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors for an hour or so, rendering lemons as sweet as candy.”
- Older dads’ offspring at risk-Â “Children fathered by older dads are almost twice as likely to die before adulthood as children born to 20-something fathers, according to a major new study.”
- Cat turns into woman or vice versa?– In Nigeria, “…a cat allegedly turned into a middle-aged woman after being hit by a commercial motorcycle.”
- Yeti photo-fit shows potentially explosive evidence of elusive mountain beast– Also, monks hoarding a supposed yeti scalp. Thanks, Sam D.
Of the supposed Yeti scalp: “It had tufts of reddish-black fur coming out of it and was mounted on a pole and seen as a holy relic.”
Dammit, they’ve killed Alf’s great grandfather and are using his head as an ornament for their hovels. Damn them to Los Angeles.
“Nigerian Tribune learnt that three cats were crossing the busy road when the okada ran over one of them which immediately turned into a woman. This strange occurrence quickly attracted people around who descended on the animals. One of them, it was learnt, was able to escape while the third one was beaten to death, still as a cat though.”
Credulous much?
Not overly surprising though- the Nigerians also have warlocks running around stealing penises (penii?) and that vaccines are an evil plot to sterilize people. So shape shifting witches would be old hat.
Then again, their entire economy seems to run on 915 scams, so skepticism probably wouldnt hold much stock.
Me thinks Polyanna Pickering and her Yeti are from Piltdown.
Regarding the curious incident of the Nigerian cat people: It’s just SO sad to see what’s become of Professor McGonagall since the end of the series.
remember when I said Africa: it’s where teh crazy is, and people pointed out that there’s woo everywhere? Yes, we might have people who believe that a sugar pill will cure a headache, but cats turning into women? Thanks, Africa!
and that yeti scalp couldn’t possibly be yak hide, right? Why even report on that kind of thing until after doing a dna analysis??
That woman on the ground was a cat when I hit her with my motorcycle. She must be a witch! Quick, kill the witch before the police arrive!
It would be funny if it weren’t so tragic. We need to find more ways to spread reason. Sigh.
and why did they kill that “third” cat? Not very nice.
I bet the cat-turned-woman could talk the native language.
re: Nigerian cat-woman.
Come on, people! If she could disappear, she would have no need to transform herself into a cat! An invisible woman could sneak around killing people much more efficiently than a cat could. Plus, if she disappears, how will the guards find her?
Let’s use some frickin’ logic, folks! (wink)
Nigerian Tribune learnt that three cats were crossing the busy road when the okada ran over one of them which immediately turned into a woman…
And after that, she turned the motorcyclist into a newt! But he got better…. :-)