22 July 2010

News stuff

The world is a strange place, and South America appears to be the center of the worlds strangeness.

Exam question
Q: A prison has 15 guard towers. How many are manned?
A: Apparently in Argentina, 2. The others were staffed by mannequins. The ruse was revealed when two prisoners escaped.

A bigger god is a better god
One of Brazil's uber churches is to build a $200m replica of Solomon's Temple. It won't be cast in gold, as the OTT Solomon had it, but will "...spend tonnes of money.". Good on ya. A cynic may, possibly, suspect there could be better things to spend money on: the poor; contraception; education; gay rights; strip poker. But no, a colossal church it is - reaching a height of a measly 55m (twice the height of Rio's Christ on a Hill motif).

A bit of respect for the Guardian today, in the financial pages under the heading Consenting Partners it was announced that Reckitt Benchkiser has bought SSL International, who make Durex condoms.

me.

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