Who's with Taika Waititi?
"One of our young grandsons is keen to get as many selfies as possible with anyone purporting to be famous, either with himself or his parents," writes Billie McGlynn. "However, it has come to the point now of being a little competitive between his parents - who both have travelled to Australia recently for their respective jobs. Our daughter had a selfie taken with Quade Cooper at Sydney airport, and said he was a really lovely guy and she felt like saying to him that not all Kiwis were like those who attended rugby matches. Not to be outdone, or so he thought, our son-in-law on the Gold Coast recently saw Taika Waititi in a restaurant and went over, ignoring his dining companions, to have a selfie taken with the Kiwi director, not realising at the time, that the two guys were Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth. We are all still chuckling about it."
Periodic cure for grumpy old men
A Swiss chocolatier from Lucerne is claiming to have invented a chocolate that eases period pain. Named "Frauenmond", which translates to "Women's Moon", the chocolate contains 60 per cent cocoa solids and 17 Swiss mountain herbs. Women's Moon is based on a herbal tea that is thought to have the same characteristics and claims to help lift the body's serotonin, which improves mood. Apparently the chocolate has a calming effect - which could be usefully dispensed to curmudgeonly middle-aged men as well.
