Outside ITM Hardware in Tawa, Wellington. (Hat tip: Mike Boon)
Denim sorted before sewn
Ripped jeans are now legit. The Kamine Zoo in Hitachi, Japan, took part in a fundraiser selling jeans that have been gnawed on by their lions, tigers and bears. Large sheets of denim were wrapped around tyres, logs and rubber balls for the animals to chew on. The deliberately torn material was then sewn into "Zoo Jeans" and are to be auctioned to raise money for the animals.
No, it's not a great way to go
Great unanswered questions: What would happen if I jumped in a pool full of alcohol? Engineer Ryan Carlyle replies. "You would find it much harder than usual to swim and may drown in an unusually horrible way, for two reasons. 1) Distilled liquors have quite a bit lower density (and thus less buoyancy) than a swimming pool because alcohol is lighter than water. You cannot float in 80 proof alcohol + even with lungs fully inflated, your body is denser than the liquor and you will sink if you stop swimming. 2) The fumes will probably cause you to choke and cough. It will be extremely difficult to get a good breath of air, and what you do inhale may cause you to get drunk to the point of passing out. Then you will pass out, inhale liquid, and die. What I don't know is whether the asphyxiation or alcohol poisoning will kill you first." (Source: Quora.com)
