At some point the mother needs to realise that this is a time to tell the kids to stop and tell them they've been bad, so that they associate 'playing with flour' with 'mother is not happy'. Not only does she not do this, she lets them carry on playing - of course they initially have no idea it's wrong, but equally if she just wanders round in a daze (with a camera? how dazed can she be?) and lets them carry on they will never learn. They kids are cute, but the mother is clueless.
Amazing work. No, not Photoshopped at all - the smaller buildings are real and so add to the illusion. Someone posted the link to this video which shows the thing from the 'wrong' angle to prove that it's genuine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xch5Ts06TK0
I have to admit that at first glance I thought this really was a very very big poodle. Which of course doesn't make the picture any more palatable. I simply cannot imagine the mental health problems of the parents who thought this was a good idea.
The banks have more money than they know what to do with partly because they now refuse to lend it to the people who need it most - the businesses who rely on loans to start up or expand. If they lent it to businesses they'd collect interest on those loans and wouldn't need to charge for deposits. Without the interest from loans they just grab your money any way they can, such as charging for deposits. But people aren't stupid, they'll soon move their money other banks which don't charge - perhaps these banks will then be happy with no cash at all, given that they 'just don't need it anymore'.
The whole banking system is gridlocked, too nervous to do anything but think up new ways to scam their customers. Perhaps we shouldn't be so surprised with this latest one.
"statistical analysis indicates that as the number of television sets increases, the birth rate decreases"
Anyone see a problem with that? Repeat after me: correlation does not imply causation.
This is absolute nonsense. In the same period, dozens of other consumer goods have increased in number. We might as well just say that 'as the number of fridges increases, the birth rate decreases... therefore give everyone in India a fridge'. Has the number of cute cat videos increased over the years? It has? Coincidence?
YES! Coincidence!
To suggest that owning a TV puts people off sex enough to lower the birth rate presumes that there are great shows on TV every minute of every day, because it only takes an hour or so of 'there's nothing on tonight, shall we...' for something to happen - it's not the number of times you do it, once per pregnancy is enough!
I presume that if a married couple use the bus they are forced by these rules to sit separately. Ridiculous.
Ktydid, no, it does not follow that because it's someone's faith it has to be accepted and respected. If it did, it would follow that you could equally say 'I hope others would choose to respect my racism'. Who would accept, say, a Muslim bus where women weren't allowed to travel without covering their heads? Or a Christian fundie bus with a sticker on the door saying 'gays or atheists not welcome on this bus'?
If something is offensive to you, don't respect it. The banner of faith/religion should not be allowed to give bad ideas any kind of special protection.
I'm thinking that a group of women will shortly feel the need to regularly ride that bus and exercise their legal right to sit exactly where they want. And of course men should be able to sit at the back too - I'm sure that men would get an equally negative reaction from the Jewish women if they tried it. Stupid religious rules are stupid. And they clearly contravene the law.
Thanks for this! There are some wonderful pictures in the main article. I was particularly weirded out by the Snake Neck Turtle, which just looks like evolution couldn't make up its mind!
Jessss, that was my reaction to a different article a while ago - I'd never seen a tortoise called a turtle before (because here in the UK they never are - tortoise=land, turtle=water), but Wikipedia told me that all tortoises are turtles so I've just got to accept it :)
I may be a little late to the party but I'd just like to throw something else into the mix: the noble ice cream sandwich. No bread in one of those, or at least I hope not.
To further muddy the waters, perhaps a sandwich is 'something edible but potentially messy, encased in something edible but not so messy in order that the messy substance can be more easily carried and eaten, with at least one long edge revealed the substance inside to facilitate identification of the contents'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xch5Ts06TK0
The whole banking system is gridlocked, too nervous to do anything but think up new ways to scam their customers. Perhaps we shouldn't be so surprised with this latest one.
Anyone see a problem with that? Repeat after me: correlation does not imply causation.
This is absolute nonsense. In the same period, dozens of other consumer goods have increased in number. We might as well just say that 'as the number of fridges increases, the birth rate decreases... therefore give everyone in India a fridge'. Has the number of cute cat videos increased over the years? It has? Coincidence?
YES! Coincidence!
To suggest that owning a TV puts people off sex enough to lower the birth rate presumes that there are great shows on TV every minute of every day, because it only takes an hour or so of 'there's nothing on tonight, shall we...' for something to happen - it's not the number of times you do it, once per pregnancy is enough!
Improbable research indeed :)
Ktydid, no, it does not follow that because it's someone's faith it has to be accepted and respected. If it did, it would follow that you could equally say 'I hope others would choose to respect my racism'. Who would accept, say, a Muslim bus where women weren't allowed to travel without covering their heads? Or a Christian fundie bus with a sticker on the door saying 'gays or atheists not welcome on this bus'?
If something is offensive to you, don't respect it. The banner of faith/religion should not be allowed to give bad ideas any kind of special protection.
Jessss, that was my reaction to a different article a while ago - I'd never seen a tortoise called a turtle before (because here in the UK they never are - tortoise=land, turtle=water), but Wikipedia told me that all tortoises are turtles so I've just got to accept it :)
To further muddy the waters, perhaps a sandwich is 'something edible but potentially messy, encased in something edible but not so messy in order that the messy substance can be more easily carried and eaten, with at least one long edge revealed the substance inside to facilitate identification of the contents'.
Or not :)