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Sperm import |
Virtual music Internet surfers will soon be able to listen live to the soothing sounds made by dolphins living in an estuary on the west coast of Ireland. Scientists are installing a sound system in the Shannon estuary and hope to begin streaming the sounds made by the dolphins on the Internet from September. Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation (SDWF), the project's pioneers, hope also to establish a dial-a-dolphin phoneline allowing callers to tune in to the sea animals' conversations. "What we are trying to do is quite innovative and challenging," said Simon Berrow, a marine biologist and manager of the project. Eavesdropping, in this case, might be fun! |
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Scathing fans British pop star George Michael has decided to close down a fans' chatroom on his official website after messages accused him of being old, overweight and lazy. The 41-year-old, one of the most successful pop musicians of recent decades, said he had been upset to see the forum "packed full of negative comment". Some visitors to the chatroom had accused the musician of looking past his best, and of not sufficiently promoting his album, Patience, the first new work in eight years. In a message to fans posted earlier this week, Michael, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in London to Greek Cypriot parents, said he had had enough. "I'm afraid that, having visited the forums on a regular basis over the past few months, simply to see how you guys thought the album/interviews/promotion were going, I have decided to close them down," the message read. Painful climb down from stardom! |
No offence A couple fined for copulating on stage as 4,000 fans applauded and a band played on at a Norwegian rock festival said they would not pay. "No, that fine is ridiculous, there'll be no fine here, there'll be a legal process and the whole shebang," Tommy Hol Ellingsen told the media. Ellingsen, 28, and his 21-year-old girlfriend Leona Johansson were called up on stage during The Cumshots concert by the lead singer, where they had sex for almost 10 minutes as the crowd cheered and the band played on. Police later fined them 10,000 kroner ($AU2,034) each. The on-stage sex at the Quart music festival in the southern city of Kristiansand made it to the top of the country's news headlines. It was later discovered to be a pre-arranged public relations gimmick to raise money for the couple's environmental group, which raises money for organisations working to protect the rain forest. The end justifies the means, or does it? |
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Obsessed with beauty A Tasmanian woman has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for using taxpayers' money to enlarge her breasts. Sylvia Wilson, 33, defrauded the government of £200,000 and spent £40,000 of it on breast implants. The Tasmanian Supreme Court was told she got the money by making out fraudulent claims for diesel fuel rebate while working for her partner's plant hire firm. Some of the money was used to pay off the firm's creditors but much of it ended up in Wilson's bank account and she spent it on herself. The presiding judge told her: "Your application of a portion of the funds to your personal life is explained on the basis of your depression and as compensation for an unhappy life. ``Whatever the explanation, it is clear that your personal spending was in no way confined to necessities. To that extent, it can be said that your criminal conduct was motivated by greed, not need." Good money put to bad (err…naughty) use! |
Tailpiece
A man enters his favorite ritzy restaurant and
while sitting at his regular table, he noticed a gorgeous woman sitting at
a table nearby....all alone. He calls the waiter over and asks for their
most expensive bottle of Merlot to be sent over to her - knowing that if
she accepts it, she is his. |