The eccentric North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il has hired doubles to carry out his more mundane tasks, according to South Korean intelligence officials. While Kim himself attends major state occasions, two men stand in for him for more routine visits to tractor factories or farms. “They are the spitting image of Kim — the same…
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Study: Women Aroused as Quickly as Men
The studies also show that both women and men quickly lose arousal when exposed to David Hasselhoff. Except in Germany where the arousal rate for both sexes is cut in half by the appearance of ‘Der Hoff’. cd Night vision is not known for helping anyone get better in the bedroom, but infrared cameras reveal…
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished-Save a life, get robbed.
This comes from Oahu’s North Shore yesterday. I have an uncle that likes to say that no good deed goes unpunished. He would probably love this story… cd A skydiving accident ended with no injuries for one lucky skydiver on Saturday. The Maui skydiver was making his first jump alone and with his new equipment….
One Small Step for A Man…..perception is everything…
This story goes to show how the way you want to see, hear, or think about things changes the world. I remember being in gradeschool and being taught about the moon landings. My teacher’s taught us about how Incredible the U.S. was and how humility has always played a part in our dealings with the…
Vintage Supermarket Photos
I like these old photos of the market. This one seems to say “Wow Mr. Grocer, nice Banana!!”This comes from http://www.random-good-stuff.com. (Thanks Juergen) Vintage Supermarket Photos
Sexiest Woman Alive is…..Scarlett Johanssen- Esquire
I nailed this one a few issues back…that is, uh, I subscribe to Esquire and as Mink and I were looking at the Sexiest Woman Alive feature…I guessed correctly that it was Scarlett. I should be careful how I phrase things… cd Scarlett Johansson’s hourglass figure and plum movie roles have brought her many fans….
Dog goes to NYC sans Ankle Bracelet
That is one thing I love about Hawaii, the spirit of Aloha. Where else would a judge say…”Oh, you are leaving the state? Sure, please take off the ankle bracelet!” No, we love Dog. Whenever I have run into him or Beth they are always super nice, although I confess that last time I saw…
First Female Space Tourist Returns to Earth
ARKALYK, Kazakhstan – The capsule carrying the world’s first female space tourist touched down Friday on the Kazakh steppe after a bone-jarring journey from the international space station. Anousheh Ansari, Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Jeffrey Williams had left the station aboard a cramped Russian Soyuz capsule about three hours earlier. After the…
Ethnic games tainted by cross-dressing cheats
Don’t you hate it when perfectly good ethnic games get spoiled by crossdressing cheats? When I was in Southwest China, in a fit of morality, I decided not to go to the Chinese Ethnic Themepark. My anarchist Chinese friends described it as an Ethnic Disneyland, much like The Polynesian Cultural Center here in Hawaii run…