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I don't want to prolong the "cardboard cutout/sleeping policeman" theme that you have going at the moment", writes Chris Powell, "but I thought you might be interested in this photo (right) taken by a colleague of mine while I was in Bosnia in 2002. He was travelling to
Sarajevo by road early one morning and while passing through Bugojno he noticed these two chaps "stacking zeds". They were in such a deep sleep that he passed them twice to confirm what he was seeing and was then able to approach on foot to get a better quality snap."
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Ken from Auckland's North Shore noticed an ad in Saturday's Herald for P&O cruises, announcing the arrival of "New Zealand's latest ship", Pacific Sun. "Given that company's somewhat unsatisfactory record in this part of the world," writes Ken, "a quick Google search reveals the vessel was built in 1986. Perhaps the claim "latest" refers more to late arrivals in port?"
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Get down: A US woman is suing her dentist who she claims nearly drilled her eye while dancing to Car Wash. Brandy Fanning, 31, claims George Trusty was dancing to Rose Royce's 1976 hit when his drill slipped. The 2.5cm-long bit punctured her sinus cavity, lodging by her eye socket. She is suing the dentist for $809,000 saying he failed to honour a promise to pay her medical bills. The lawsuit said he was "performing rhythmical steps and movements to the song Car Wash which was on the radio". (source: Ananova.com)
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I had to laugh when I read the warning label off the neck support pillow I purchased on a long- haul flight to New York," writes Heather Hill, "I was certainly confused to see the first two lines saying 'Warning: Do not use for sleeping. For decorative purposes only.' Not being the most aesthetically pleasing of pillows, I think this warning label defeats the pillow's purpose."
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More legal names: "Regarding solicitors' names," says Simon Lord, "when I was growing up in Stirling, Scotland, my father always chuckled when we drove past the sign for the local practice of Robb, Welch & Steele." And Malcolm Webster tells Sideswipe that his secretary recalls a firm of solicitors in her English hometown, called Novack & Good. Other professions are no better, according to Pete M.: "In the UK there used to be a dentists' practice 'Pullar and Payne' in Aberdeen and in Shropshire, an estate agent 'Doolittle and Dally'."
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Noting a story from BBC.co.uk about robotic cars, a reader points to the following quote from Larry Burns, General Motors' vice-president for research and development and strategic planning, who says developing cars that drive themselves is a key objective: "Imagine being able to talk on the phone, eat your breakfast, handle your emails, and leave the driving to the vehicle". Our reader responds: "Sounds like a normal morning on the Northwestern!"
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Mark Penrose was on a bus going through Albany last week and noticed a new sign for Lotto's "What would you do?" campaign in a bus shelter. "It had only two words ... 'Absolutely nothing!' and I couldn't help laughing out loud. It is what my dad and I say every Saturday night after the Lotto draw."