Castrated males are no longer recognized as male by Indian law, nor are they considered female. Sudha is dusky and wears a salwar kameez, a traditional dress for women in India, but no make-up. She is a eunuch (or “aruvani” as they now prefer to be called) and represents a group of transsexuals seeking respect…
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Shananapocalypse boy surgery 'success'
The third arm of the Shananapocalypse boy has been successfully removed at Shanghai Children’s Medical Centre. (The little numbers on the photo refer to the surgery, not to the arms – you’ll have to go to the BBC story to see the explanation.) A two-month-old boy born with two left arms has successfully undergone surgery…
Fighting with fire…
Life has been incredibly busy lately and I’ve only had the opportunity to post small samplings of enjoyment for you guys…I haven’t been doing my homework either, but all that aside… Happy Number of the Beast Day!(6/6/6) Moms are afraid to give birth today. They are having a party in Hell and aside from that,…
There is apparently no God
For those of you who were wondering why Christians shouldn’t play with lions… cd KIEV (Reuters) – A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal’s enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday. “The man shouted ‘God will save…
It's Dildo
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Mexican Midget Rodeo
A LA institution…. Â What wonders are conjured, what rough magic promised by the phrase “Mexican Midget Rodeo”? Let us pause to savor that more slowly: Mexican . . . Midget . . . Rodeo. That is to say, a touring troupe of little people, renowned in their native land but unheralded in our own,…
Singing Tibetan nuns finish epic trek
I can’t help but picture “The Sound of Music….” Two Tibetan nuns have arrived in a hill town in northern India to meet their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. They arrived days after dramatically fleeing Tibet. One of the nuns has reportedly complained of being sick. Sources in the town of Dharamsala confirmed to the…
Lost Dimension Yields Accidental Discovery
Hopefully, we are beating boing boing to the punch on this one….that is one of our major purposes in life. cd Using strong magnets and a pigment developed by ancient Chinese warriors, scientists turned a three-dimensional system into one with just two dimensions. The transformation was accidental, but it provides physical evidence for several theories…
How often are emergency exits used? Are seats getting smaller? Can you open an emergency door in midflight? And answers to other questions you always wondered about airline travel but felt too moronic and paranoid to ask
Two weeks ago, a disturbed man aboard a United Airlines flight out of Chicago had to be subdued after claiming to have a bomb and attempting to open a cabin door during flight. Passengers, along with three Secret Service agents en route to join President Bush’s entourage in California, wrestled Jose Manuel Pelayo-Ortega to the…
Hamster survives giant shredder
A hamster has survived almost unscathed after spending several minutes passing through an industrial shredder. The rodent is thought to have got into a skip of rubbish that was taken to Recyclo recycling plant in Flintshire. It survived a giant shredder used to destroy waste such as washing machines and was found in a sorting…