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| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:43 AM
By David Derbyshire, Science Correspondent (Filed: 03/01/2003) Drugs companies have invented a new disease, "female sexual dysfunction", to sell their new products, a paper in the British Medical Journal claims today. Over the past six years, researchers with ties to the pharmaceutical industry have developed and defined the new disorder, the report says. Its author, Ray Moynihan, says the creation of diseases is turning "complaints of the healthy into the conditions of the sick". Unlike male impotence, female sexual dysfunction has proved difficult for doctors to define. But over the past couple of years, a range of symptoms including loss of libido and painful sex have been brought under the female sexual dysfunction umbrella. Creating a single disease out of a range of symptoms, makes it more likely that doctors will prescribe drugs as a solution, says Mr Moynihan. "A cohort of researchers with close ties to drug companies are working to define a new category of human illness," he says. A spokesman for the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry said: "We do not believe this to be the case. It is more about defining diseases accurately. Sexual dysfunction is a sensitive issue. Better definitions may make people more able to seek medical help." |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:44 AM
Robbers Attempt Hold Up Armed With Butter Knives Posted: 3:52 p.m. EST January 2, 2003 Glynn County police are looking for two men who attempted to rob the Friendly Express on Darien Highway on Wednesday night armed with butter knives. The clerk told police that the two entered the store just after 9 p.m., approached the counter and demanded the money. The clerk said he hit one suspect with a trash can to keep him out of the register. The suspects fled after failing to get into the store's safe. No injuries were reported and the suspects apparently left without any money. Glynn County police continue to investigate the incident. Police on the lookout for two men who attempted to rob a convenience store with butter knives. If caught the cops will say "Spread 'em" |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:45 AM
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Six elderly Japanese died and 25 others were hospitalized in Tokyo after choking on gooey rice cakes over the New Year's holidays, an official said. Three men, ages 87, 88 and 89, died Thursday after suffocating from the traditional New Year's fare. An 85-year-old man and a 92-year-old woman died Wednesday and an 86-year-old man died Sunday under similar circumstances, Tokyo Fire Department official Yuichi Yokomizo said. Twelve others were in a coma, he said. Every year, a handful of mostly elderly Japanese suffer after getting "mochi" rice cakes stuck in their throats. Mochi are usually served grilled and wrapped in dried seaweed, or in a broth. Twenty Japanese, most of them elderly, were hospitalized during the holiday last year after getting mochi lodged in their throats, but none died. A mochi accident survey is taken annually from December 26 through January 3, when the rice cakes are most commonly eaten. On Monday, the Tokyo Fire Department warned residents of the risks of eating the rice cakes, and urged them to take small bites, chew well and drink a lot of liquid with them. |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:46 AM
http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2/annoy2002/100to76.html The 100 Most Annoying Things of 2002 |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:47 AM
Vegas Has Its Share of Strange Jobs (Jan. 2) - With the new year here, many people are considering changing jobs. If you go by the 2000 census, you have your choice of 31,000 jobs in the American workforce. If nothing else, the recent census tells us how far we've come as a workforce compared to the first census in 1850 when jobs were listed. Women weren't even asked for their job titles until 1860. Back then a good number of people were soda jerks. Today there are limnologists, and dozens of others -ologists that are difficult to pronounce. Of all the cities in the world Las Vegas may have the strangest jobs of them all, including people who really jump off ships for a living. "I wouldn't call it strange," says Treasure Island stunt man Craig Dunbar, "I would say it's every little boy's dream to grow up to command his own man of war on the high seas." Only in Las Vegas will you find other "strange jobs." For instance, window washers who wash at an angle, and wall climbers at the MGM. But you must also consider the path the American workforce has taken in the last 150 years. From agriculture to industrial to service. "So that now most of the jobs Americans have are serving somebody else, you're serving the news public, I'm serving students, it's a service economy now," says UNLV Professor Dr. Robert Parker. Nowhere is that more evident than in Las Vegas. The game of bingo alone employs five different positions; attendant, checker, clerk, usher and worker. Another major difference among workers today is our specialization. In the 1910 census, the occupation of aviator included aeronauts, showmen, athletes and balloonists. Michael Jordan may be an aviator of sorts but he is definitely considered a professional athlete today. "A lot of workers like to professionalize what they do, so you have athletes who have formed labor unions and have become professionalized and so forth," adds Parker. So have stunt men, many of who find Las Vegas a comfortable home. "I was doing wild west shows actually, and wanted to stay in one place for a while, and this was a chance to work in a live show, live in Las Vegas and not be on the road," says Dunbar. But for those fearing that their jobs may soon go the way of the weight guesser or snake charmer, Dr. Parker says, rest assured, "in terms of the labor force, we're always gonna have one. We're always gonna need people to produce things and serve other people and serve the country and so forth." We've all heard the line that the guy who pumps gas is really a petroleum engineer. But job titles do carry a great deal of meaning. It can tell us a lot about someone. After exchanging names, what's the most common question asked among strangers meeting for the first time?: 'What do you do?' |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:48 AM
Cover ... drug was hidden in takeaway By MIKE SULLIVAN and IAN HEPBURN A SIEGE gunman had cannabis smuggled to him in a piece of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Suspect Eli Hall, 32, has had takeaways delivered to the flat where he has held another man hostage since Boxing Day. Cops in one of Britain’s longest stand-offs examined one boxed meal and found a big lump of cannabis under the skin of a chicken leg. Hall had previously had other food delivered, and a police source said yesterday: “We assume it was laced with cannabis.” A friend on a bike rode off after leaving Hall’s KFC meal with armed cops outside the flat in Hackney, East London. He returned the next night with another meal, and was held by police while it was searched. The source added: “He had no idea the previous food parcel had been rumbled. This time there was a wrap of cannabis oil under the chicken skin.” Jamaican Hall is wanted for questioning over four gun attacks. Last night they brought in his aunt to try to coax him out. The siege has left dozens of residents trapped indoors or prevented from going home. JUNIOR Skerrett, 22, of Brixton, South London, was remanded in custody by Highbury JPs on two charges of supplying cannabis. |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:50 AM
Man refused to return Robert Redford's credit card, police say The Associated Press OREM, Utah (January 2, 4:03 a.m. AST) - He could have had a nice meal and free ski-lift passes. But a man who tried to get autographed memorabilia for finding Robert Redford's lost credit card got a visit from the cops instead. Police in Orem, a city close to Redford's home and his Sundance resort, say the man found the card Saturday near a convenience store and called the resort to report the find. But after being offered free ski-lift passes and dinner for two if he would bring the card to the resort, the man reportedly insisted on some signed Redford memorabilia. When a resort representative responded that Redford "does not do that kind of thing," the man said Redford wouldn't get his card back and hung up, Orem Police Lt. Doug Edwards said. Police then called the man, who refused to give his address and told an officer that he threw Redford's card in a trash bin. Police traced the call and went to the man's apartment, where they recovered the card. The man did not get the free ski passes, a free dinner or an autograph. But he also didn't get charged with a crime, Edwards said. "The finder was not charged, on account of his sudden change of heart to gladly give the card to the officers when they arrived at his home," according to a report about the incident on the city's Web site. |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:51 AM
CHRISTINA AGUILERA has had to cover up her bottom and ditch her sexy outfits for a TV show. Telly bosses ordered the sexpot singer to tone down her raunchy act for tomorrow’s CD:UK. If she didn’t comply Christina risked never being allowed to appear on British kids’ TV again. She ditched her skimpy gear to pre-record her appearance and swapped them for demure black trousers, top and a white tie. The show also sees the star dump her usual striptease-style dance routine to perch modestly on a stool while singing her ballad Impossible. The cover-up order came after Christina outraged parents in October by gyrating on the ITV1 show dressed only in knickers with the word NASTY on the bottom, cowboy chaps and a bikini top. |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:52 AM
02 Jan 2003 22:13 GMT Inept car thieves couldn't drive EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) - Two would-be Canadian thieves learned the hard way on New Year's Day that knowing how to drive a car is a prerequisite for stealing one. Police said the two males accosted a pizza delivery man in northeast Edmonton, Alberta, early Wednesday and demanded the four pizzas he was carrying as well as cash. The bandits, aged 17 and 18, apparently changed their minds at one point and jumped into the man's car. But their getaway was foiled because the 17-year-old behind the wheel did not know how to drive a stick shift. Flummoxed by the manual transmission and clutch, the duo then went back to their original plan to commandeer the pizzas, Edmonton Police spokesman Wes Bellmore said. "It was a toss-up between pizzas and the car, and they knew how to operate pizzas," Bellmore said. When officers soon arrived on the scene, they spotted one of the suspects entering the home where the pizzas were to be delivered. Both were arrested and have been charged with robbery and theft under C$5,000 (2,000 pounds). Police also recovered the pizzas. |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:54 AM
Soccer fan loses bet, has hated team's name tattooed on his chest By JOHN COLES ARSENAL fan Pete White is being needled by mates — after having Manchester United tattooed on his chest. Proud Pete, 41, bet pal and Utd supporter John Ashworth his side would beat their deadly rivals. Both felt so confident they agreed the loser would have to get a tattoo of the other team. United won 2-0 and dad-of-five Pete said: “I was gutted, but a bet is a bet. My missus wasn’t very happy.” The scaffolder, from Plymouth, will have the tattoo removed at the end of the season. Doorman John, 35, said: “It was first suggested the loser would have his head shaved. But the bet got cranked up.” |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:57 AM
A blonde and a guy were out on a date and they ended up at ''Lovers' Cove'' where they were making out. The guy thought that things were going pretty good and maybe he would get lucky tonight, so he thought that he would ask her if she wanted to go in the back seat. ''NO!'' yelled the blonde. The guy just figured that she wasn't ready yet. Things got pretty hot and the guy thought he would try again. ''NO!'' the blonde yelled again. Things got even hotter and the blond was down to her bra and the guy even had her pants unzipped. ''Do you wanna go in the back seat yet?'' asked the guy. ''For the last time, NO!'' said the blonde. Frustrated, the guy asked, ''Well, why the hell not?'' The blonde looked at him and said, ‘‘because I wanna stay up here with you.'' |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:57 AM
Weekly Joke: Martian Sex! A couple from earth has finally saved up enough money to take a vacation to mars. While on mars they met a martian couple. The couple starts talking about life on earth and come to the subject of sex. They decide to switch partners for the night to see what happens. The human woman and the martian man go into a hotel room. The martian strips but his penis is the size of a pencil, the woman says, "um, how is this going to work?" The martian man replies "Oh, not big enough? Okay then." All of a sudden he starts slapping his forehead and his thing grows longer. "Um, that's good but isn't it still a little thin? "No problem" the martian man replies. Then he starts pulling his ears and it grows wider. This amazes the woman and they have wonderful sex. The next day they meet the human man asks his wife how it was and she said, "Oh my, it was wonderful! How was your night?" The man replied, "It was awful!! The martian woman kept slapping my forehead and pulling my ears!" |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:58 AM
Drinker, Smoker, Homosexual! Three guys are in a doctor's office. One is a drunk, another's a smoker and the third's a gay guy. The doctor tells each of them that, if they indulged in their bad habit one more time, they will die. Outside they pass a bar. The drunk says, I don't care if I die, I need a drink. The drunk goes into the bar takes a drink and, sure enough, he drops dead. Meanwhile the smoker and the gay guy are walking along. Then the smoker spots a lit cigarette on the sidewalk. The gay guy looks over and says, If you bend down to pick that up, we're both dead. |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 11:58 AM
Q. What do fat chicks and mopeds have in common? A: They're both fun as long as your friends don't see you on 'em! |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 12:01 PM
“If I wanted to hear from an asshole I’d fart” “If assholes could fly this place would be an airport” Q: What's the difference between a rectal thermometer and an oral thermometer? A: The taste! Q: What did the penis say to the balls? A: You guys hang around here while I go inside. |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 12:01 PM
Chores on the Farm! A young boy comes down to breakfast one morning. His mother asks, "Have you done your chores yet?" "No," replies the boy, "but could I have breakfast first?" "You know the rules, go outside and clean the chicken coop, milk the cow and feed the pigs." The boy goes down to the chicken coop and lazily cleans it. When he is finished he kicks a chicken. Next, we walks to the barn and takes out the old milking cow. After milking her thoroughly, he kicks her. Then the boy gets the food and feeds the pigs. Once he is done he kicks a pig. Finally, the boy runs back to his house, very hungry. His mother gives him a plate with nothing on it but an apple. Disappointed, the boy says, "Where are my eggs, my milk and my sausage?" "Well," says his mother, "I saw you kick a chicken, so now you don't get eggs. I saw you kick the cow, so now you don't get milk. I saw you kick the pig, so now you don't get any sausage." Just then, the boy's father walks in and kicks the cat. The boy says to his mother, "Should I tell him now, or do you want to |
| Koko | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 01:52 PM
The man who brings dancers to his house knows not what a bevy of unclean spirits follows them.--8th century English priest Alcuin on why he believed dancing to be sinful. |
| fidel | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 05:46 PM
What is with this? what is it? what is it? what? what? what is it? who reads this? what? whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttttttttttt??????????????????? |
| Matrixx | Posted
on 03-Jan-03 07:59 PM
this koko is insane! |