A 69-year-old Californian man has been arrested for practising medicine without a licence at a fake cancer treatment office. The investigation began last month when a 49-year-old woman told police of the scam. The woman, who has late-stage cancer, told deputies she saw a website and decidedto seek his services. He reportedly gave her plastic bags containing various powders, expired medication, and at least one bag of dirt. He told her how to mix the compounds, and said if it burned her stomach, that was good - it meant it was working. (Source: CBS)
Scooting baby disqualified
Everyone agrees 10-month-old Berkley Bailey was first to cross the line in her heat at the Pan-O-Prog baby Crawl-A-Thon in Lakeville, Minnesota. But because Berkley scoots and does not crawl in a conventional manner, she was disqualified from the race. Rules verbally announced beforehand indicated babies had to crawl on their hands and knees across the finish line. The rules were established to make the competition fair and give everyone a level playing field, said Pan-O-Prog president Diana Neameyer. Berkley's mother, Samantha Moore, said her baby had a unique way of getting around - pulling herself forward with her left side, dragging her right leg behind her and her right arm in the air. "The doctor told us it was a crawl."
Another life safety tip for women and girls: be cautious! If someone captures an image of your crotch, mid-dance move, and uploads it on social media to thousands of people without your consent, and then places it in an extremely sexualised context, it is okay so long as the photo is captioned with a 'joke'. Keep this in mind, girls! Next time you're dancing in public, someone can take a photo of your vagina and upload it to the internet and as long as the photo is captioned with a 'joke' it is your own fault. You chose to own a vagina, you should know better ... Also, don't try and fight it as you'll come across as 'nagging'.
(Shared on Facebook by Wellington comedian Alice Brine)
Most obscure jobs
Professional hotel bed warmer, in uniform.
1. Professional bed warmers are paid to wear special all-in-one sleeper suits and warm up the beds of Holiday Inn guests before they get under the covers. An Edinburg Sleep Centre study concluded that cold beds inhibit sleep, and warm beds aid sleep.
2. Daily Wake Up Call assigns customers a real live person who will call to remind them of their responsibilities, daily routines and special events.
3. Human mannequins are paid about $100 an hour to wear clothes and stand still in them.
Video: A brief animated history of weapons starting with the axe in 1,000,000 B.C. and then up through the Pain Ray in 2010 (what's a Pain Ray you ask? Here's a good explanation)
