Thursday, September 24, 2009

Trump's Tent

Officials in Bedford, N.Y., have order workers to stop building a tent for Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi citing local bylaws. The colonel wanted the tent so he could entertain during the UN General Assembly in New York. The Bedford property, it turns out, is owned by Donald Trump who has a tent too, but he wears it on his head.

Fat People Can’t See It

Only seven per cent of obese people questioned in a UK poll realized they were obese. More than half the people deemed morbidly obese said they ate a healthy diet and more than one-third of the morbidly obese said they had never tried dieting. The two-thirds who did try dieting didn’t like it, although they said the diet meals were tasty when eaten with a large side of chips and gravy.

Electric Car Noises Being Considered

Electric car makers are experimenting with sounds to make the silent cars more audible to pedestrians. Nissan has tried chimes, melodies and whirring aircraft sounds from the film The Blade Runner. That one sort of worked but pedestrians kept looking up.

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