Jogglers are fitter and sharper For the last 35 years athletes have quietly been competing in joggling, a sport which combines jogging and juggling. Every August the International Jugglers' Association hosts the World Joggling Championships which features 100m sprints (while juggling three, five or seven objects) and relays where runners must pass over one ball to their team member. According to the International Jugglers' Association: "Joggling is a full mind-body workout encompassing all four limbs. It is one of the best exercises anyone can do as it provides a full body workout, plus it helps to sharpen the mind."
More mannequins. "I'll raise you half a Charlie Sheen mannequin on a couch in a second-hand shop," writes Helena.
Prepared to do his duty (or maybe not) A shop assistant from Nailsworth, Gloucestershire who wanted to give up his job to go to Iraq to fight against Isis (Islamic State) has thought better of it. Kyle Sessions, 22, said he had spoken to family members, who felt the trip would be dangerous. He said he had decided to "cease all my efforts" to go. Kyle said he was outraged by Isis' indiscriminate massacre of Christians and fed up with the UK Government's handling of the terrorist group and said he wanted to do what he could to help. Before he changed his mind Kyle felt that despite having no military experience he felt prepared: "I did go to the local cubs and scout groups when I was younger and I have a lot of camping and survival experience which will be useful," he said.
'Spice' too exotic for everyone Mary says she and a friend got more than they ordered when a central Auckland Indian restaurant delivered their meal. "My friend, who was vegetarian, was tucking in and ate a good half before discovering a cockroach in her meal. After calling the restaurant, they refused to believe her. They came to our house to inspect the discovery and swore it was star anise, or roasted garlic (it had antenna, legs, head and a body that we could all see and luckily was still whole), and as we were cooks ourselves suggested we knew what star anise and garlic looked like. We even got out a star anise and compared the two, but they insisted, almost angrily, this cockroach was a spice. "So eat it," says I. They refused saying they didn't know if we had spat in the meal beforehand. We never ordered from there again."
And the round two PGA ticket winner is ... The PGA Golf tickets generously offered to Sideswipe readers by Brian Thompson initially went to Craig, who wanted to take his Nana, but unfortunately ..."I just called around to give her the good news, and she's not keen. Sorry for mucking you about, I just assumed that watching it on TV translated to wanting to go there in person." So another winner was drawn using a random number generator and the lucky winner (second time around) was Tony Lambert.
Local: The popular Bar 101 in Hamilton held a Jungle Party on Tuesday as part of their O Week (Orientation Week) booze fest. A couple of young women went in blackface and the bar posted the pictures on Facebook. One of the woman responded to the criticism, thus digging herself a hole. Both the picture and comments have since been removed, but they are here and here. If you are wondering what the problem is, David Dennis explains: "Blackface represents a time when white Americans would put dark paint on their faces and act out incredibly racist and offensive stereotypes about African Americans ... I understand how the comment section here works, and how some will choose to dispute the merits of blackface by saying it's just face paint and shouldn't be taken as offensive. Those people will be wrong ... it has been clearly established that blackface is something that's at best in bad taste and at worst an act of unflinching racism. So, by participating in the act, people are admitting that they don't care who they offend or what symbols of oppression they perpetuate." Read full comment here...
Picture this: Kim Jong Un proving once again how much superior he is. This screen grab from the CrossFit website showing he's on top of the worldwide 'open'...
Update: Remember this picture of the neighbour's wheelie bin parked in the middle of the driveway (scroll down). You all said 'go and talk to your neighbour'. I think the car owner did and then this happened...
