Links - 9th February 2005

(This post has been detached after posting from the one below)

Wife accused of giving man lethal enema - "Investigators say a Lake Jackson woman caused her husband's death by giving him a sherry enema, causing his blood alcohol level to surge to 0.47 percent - almost six times the legal intoxication limit."

Monkeys pay for sexy pics - Macaques swap juice for a glimpse of leaders' faces and females' rears. - "To a monkey, some things are worth looking at more than others. A US study has shown that rhesus macaques will pay to look at images of powerful or sexually interesting fellows."

Students: Strip Your Way to Riches - "Parents in Palo Alto, California, just south of San Francisco, are up in arms over a recent "career day" speaker who glorified the profession of stripper, including strong encouragement that having a larger bust would equal higher pay. The larger breasts speaker Fried explained, didn't need to be natural, but could be implants. His comment on this to students embarrassed many when he said, "For every two inches up there, it's another $50,000 in income.""

Spelling bee nixed because it 'leaves child behind' - "A school district in Rhode Island canceled its annual spelling bee this year because administrators decided the crowning of only one winner violates the main principle of the federal No Child Left Behind Act – that all children should succeed."

Married love ends in divorce - "An intense cyber affair between a Jordanian man and woman turned ugly when the couple met and turned out to be already married -- to each other... According to Petra, upon seeing Sanaa, Bakr turned white and screamed three times "you are divorced" which is the traditional manner of officially ending a marriage in some cultures. Sanaa told him he was a liar before swooing in a faint."

International Gay Rodeo Association - "Wild Drag Race - The Wild Drag Race is an audience favorite all across the IGRA rodeo circuit. Even though the competition is serious and the payoff sizable, a large number of competitors also believe this to be a very entertaining event for the audience. The drag costumes come from "Goodwill" stores, from second-hand stores, and many from raiding mom's closet. A team is made up of one male, one female, one "drag" (either male or female), and one wild steer."

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Rugby Fan Cuts off Own Testicles - "A Welsh rugby fan cut off his own testicles after his team beat England, police confirmed today... It was reported that the man told his friends: “If Wales win I’ll cut my own balls off.”"

The Nobel prize in economics diminishes the value of all other Nobel prizes - "A member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences proposes that the prize in economics should be broadened in scope or abolished. The prize in economic sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel is most frequently awarded to economists who, by using mathematics and disregarding political views, claim that they can prove optimal ways of organizing
society. These attempts at mimicking the objectivity and methods of the natural sciences are not acceptable. The economics prize diminishes the value of the other Nobel prizes. If the prize is to be kept, it must be broadened in scope and be disassociated with Nobel. This is the view of, among others Peter Jagers, professor of mathematics who is also a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Science who awards the prize."