A German perfume-maker has come out with a line of Star Wars fragrances. Jedi is said to evoke a "swaggering, fearless flair" and "sportiness" with a blend of pink pepper, water lily, musk and sandalwood. Empire mixes notes of lime, apple, amber, patchouli and tonka-bean for a "seductive fragrance". For the ladies, Amidala captures Padme's "royal elegance" and "strong, indomitable will" in "elegant and sensual" vanilla, musk, and patchouli with notes of apple and tangerine.
Colour-co-ordinated confusion
Mark writes: "There always seems to have been a kind of standard between petrol stations, as to the colours used on the different octane rating pump handles -- 91 octane, green; 95 octane, red; 98 octane, something else (Mobil's used to be purple I think). I believe most people would assume this system now. I notice at Mobil Balmoral that the newly refurbished pumps are now using red for their 98 octane product. Unless you carefully read the small wording on pumps it would be very easy fill up with the significantly more expensive 98 octane thinking it was 95."
Less cruel, more unusual punishment
1. Ohio Judge Michael Cicconetti ordered a woman who stiffed a cabbie out of his fare to walk 48km. It was 60 days in jail or the hike, which was the distance of the cab ride she took for free. The offender chose to walk off her punishment. Judge Cicconetti believes in giving people a taste of their own medicine and has sentenced offenders to novel alternatives to jail time, like dressing up in a chicken suit.
