World In Brief...
All over the world there are crazy things afoot. Things that'll make you either cry with laughter or shake your head in despair. Here's a selection from the last few days:
- In Japan it is common place to have toilets with fitted bidets, blow driers, air purifiers and seat warming functions. Sounds impressive, but 26 have recently gone up in smoke and three have even caught fire. Not exactly sitting pretty now are they?
- A truck containing pet rabbits recently closed the M1 motorway in Budapest when 5000 of the animals escaped on to the road. Surprisingly though, hardly any did a runner, most just sat munching grass - it's the simple pleasures in life.
- Eating chocolate gives you a bigger high than kissing your partner; apparently it gives a longer lasting buzz and has the same effect on both sexes. I wonder what happens if you eat chocolate off your partner? Buzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
- There is a rumour in Pakistan that a virus on mobile phones is killing people and many of the country's 56 million mobile phone users have been duped by this prank. Some reports even suggest that 20 people have already died. Beware the text message.
- China has created artificial snow in Tibet for the first time after warnings of melting glaciers and drought. What next then? Lightning at the flick of a switch; rain at the press of a button; better still, remote control clouds.
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