In the animal kingdom, being tiny can have its perks: you’re hopefully too small to be seen by any predators. Unfortunately, if you do get spotted, chances are you’ll be too small to put up much of a fight. Luckily, we all love small cute tiny things, and therefore ensure the existence of many pygmy [...]
Every couple expecting a baby cannot help wonder about whether their new family member will be a boy or a girl. Some couples keep guessing for nine months and despite feeling the urge to find out, the refrain from doing any kind of test that could tell them the sex. Other couples find themselves overcome [...]
Continue reading …A serious flaw in the human condition is the mortality clause. Yes, we’re all going to die at some point or another in our lives, unless you’re a Dickensian character who has achieved immortality in the literary sense (and that doesn’t count!). But before you go all paranoid and pay extra-special care to all the [...]
Continue reading …April 1st may be over, but that doesn’t mean pranksters have to sit on their laurels for another year. In fact, the precious weeks after April Fool’s Day are the best time for playing pranks on the poor, unsuspecting victims who thought their day of reckoning had already passed. The author of this article would [...]
Continue reading …Are your legs worth a billion dollars? According to the insurance industry, Mariah Carey’s are. Think about it a moment – one thousand millions. Now those are some expensive stems. Most A-List celebrities are movie stars and sports heroes, so it should come as no surprise that they prize (and value) their bodies considerably more [...]
Continue reading …The holidays are upon us, and you may be debating whether or not to send out Christmas Cards or Holiday Greetings. There’s postage to consider, and the time it takes to address them, write personal greetings in them, and whether, after the year you’ve had, if you really have anything nice to say to anybody [...]
Continue reading …Song writing is a craft beset with clichés. Whether this is due to the fact that the English language isn’t quite as suited to rhyming as others (although, anyone whose seen the Eurovision song contest might have something to say about the musical suitability of a whole host of tongues), or if it’s just because [...]
Continue reading …Anyone who’s ever lived has, at some point in his or her life, known someone who’s died. This experience is generally a crappy one, especially when funeral attendance is involved. Being surrounded by fellow mourners can sometimes be comforting, but it can also be really awkward. What is proper etiquette? Sometimes you feel like crying. [...]
Continue reading …Hair stylists (and those of us who have in the past been completely inept but enthusiastic amateur hairdressers) do manage to come up with some truly silly styles from time to time. Here we celebrate – and snigger at – some of the worst ‘dos in history. 1. The Mullet You may blame this one [...]
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