"Friend in Japan just sent me this sign. It's my new Twitter mantra (also going on my office door)," Tweets Greg Hillis. The original Japanese is just as meaningful: "Please do not throw your trash here."
Seeing red over white (and the speeches)
Why is the wedding industry so oldfashioned, wonders this Auckland bride-to-be: "I doubt I will be reading any more bridal magazines. Not a single non-white dress to be seen and all sorts of lists of who should do what. Oh, and speeches: Best Man, Father of the Bride, Groom. Sorry, what? Ladies can talk too, you know. It does say: 'At this point many brides are choosing to say a few words.' A few?" Meanwhile, a friend chimed in with: "Wore dark blue velvet. Had a best woman instead of a best man. Bridesmaids/tarts wore their own black dresses and the husband was the one crying."
A low-caste girl was beaten up by several higher-caste women in the village of Ganeshpura, India, for showing disrespect to a male relative of the women, by allowing her shadow to partially cover him. The girl's family went to a police station to file charges, but in some remote villages like Ganeshpura, higher-caste aggressors can intimidate the victims into silence. In this case they allegedly threatened to kill the girl and members of her family. (Source: News of the Weird)
Out of the mouths ...
Children finish off well-known proverbs:
Strike while the ... bug is close.
It's always darkest before ... daylight saving time.
Don't bite the hand that ... looks dirty.
No news is ... impossible.
If you lie down with dogs, you'll ... stink in the morning.
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