A Kiwi mum created these Fidget Spinner Cookies. "No choking risk from small parts and they won't be banned at school!" She says. (Via @onehandedbaker)
A Kiwi mum created these Fidget Spinner Cookies. "No choking risk from small parts and they won't be banned at school!" She says. (Via @onehandedbaker)
Bad science
Men are at the centre of everything, even lesbianism. The Independent reports on a new study that has claimed lesbianism evolved because it's a turn-on for men.The gay community adamantly disagrees. The research comes from the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, which surveyed 1509 heterosexual people, and nota single openly gay person. It found 30 per cent of heterosexual men in short-term relationships and 15 per cent in long-term relationships want their partner to have sex with another woman. From this they hypothesised men's desire for women to sleep with each other made women attracted to each other.
Dead trees the sequel
Peggy writes: "On Mitchelson St between Ellerslie Racecourse and the Southern Motorway a line of mature trees was planted under power lines. They grew and of course began covering the lines, so were regularly centrally pruned over the years, no doubt weakening their structure. A short time ago professional tree removal experts took the trees away and ground out the trunks. Absolutely unbelievably, a new line of trees has been planted in the same place below the electric power lines."
"I was out on a date. We ordered drinks, and then it happened.
Me: 'I'll take a Black Russian.'
My Date (incredibly offended): 'I can't believe you.'
Me (confused): 'What are you talking about?'
My Date (clarifying her angst): 'There are all sorts of cultures, you know. That's so racist!'
Me (feeling embarrassed for her): 'Oh ... You mean my drink? It's called a Black Russian. It's Vodka and Kahlua. Like a White Russian, but without the cream.'
The awkward silence continued even when we got our drinks (of cultural insensitivity)." (Source: quora.com)
Legalese in Christchurch, notes Peter. Photo / Supplied
I Spy blindness
Pauline Merritt of Hamilton writes: "My daughter (8) puzzled all of us with her I Spy of N S. We tried for miles and miles. She said N S was still visible. We eventually gave in. Answer was her version of delineators. Night Sticks."
Unnecessary verbiage ...
1. A reader writes: "We attended the movies at the Albany Shopping Centre some months ago and on leaving the building noticed that the exit sign, which read EXIT in every other building that I can think of, actually read something like EGRESS POINT. When was the last time that you, or any of your readers, used egress in an everyday conversation?"
2. Robin Osborne from Tauranga writes: "Silicon Valley didn't like 'fan' so came up with AMD (Air Movement Device)!"
Humour: The 30 most disappointing 30 year olds...David Saperstein, twenty-sixShared an article about fatalities in Syria accompanied by the comment "So many feels."Oksana Iyovitch, twenty-fourIyovitch purchased a Scottish Fold kitten after seeing a picture of one on the Twitter feed Cute Emergency. Tried to return the cat to the breeder when it "got too big." Read more here.
