it's a funny old world ....

A German based tourist agency is being sued by a polish hunter who wanted to shoot an elephant, and claims they sent him to the wrong part of Africa where there aren't any.

Wrong part of Africa, wrong snow on roads, wrong dust on lines, everything's just wrong these days.

Perhaps the tourist agency actually like elephants and sent hunters to the wrong place to make sure they don't get shot.

Anyway the defence by the  tourist agency is that the hunter should have seen 'elephant excrement' on the ground proving that elephants were there – and rather proving that they were taking the piss !

Tourists to Berlin will soon be able to enjoy something they weren't able to a few years ago – rolling around the city in an East German tank. 

The tank is built around around an east german car known as the Trabant

It will be painted camouflage green and have a fake cannon on the roof, and will give people an alternative to a tour bus to see the sights of the city.

The Trabant has a reputation somewhat like Skoda had a few years ago, so perhaps the manufacturer is hoping this will create a cult following.

The German daily Bild has called the idea 'tasteless', which no doubt will massively increase interest  (among brits at least)

and cracking bonus footage of a trabant being built

New Year's toy for someone – if you've got $1.1 billion, click here , otherwise read on ……

Its a new yacht, basically, designed to replicate a part of the city of Monte Carlo, and will include a 'smaller' version of the Monte Carlo Casino and racetrack.

Rather than have decks as on a normal boat, it will have buildings – basically a floating city. It has a beach, waterfalls, helicopters and submarines as well – lots of buttons to push , then !

Especially in New York. Mark Moody was sitting on his window sill having a cigarette, when a police car screamed to a stop, and two officers jumped out, shouting don't do it, don't do it ( or words to that effect !) .

Slightly bemused, Moody explained that he was simply having a fag, which was pretty obvious, anyway.

Next thing, another cop had burst through his front door, grabbed him, threw him to the  floor, handcuffed him then wheeled him outside where he was taken to the psychiatric ward of his local hospital.

After the quickest psych exam in history, about three and  a half minutes, he was released with lots of mumblings about sorry.

He's currently suing the cops and city for $400,000 – would have thought he could get much more than that, maybe he's in a mellow mood !

However much of a problem snoring is, there is the old adage about the solution being worse than the problem.

This product which seems to be called 'my snoring solution' is a sort of face mask that you're supposed to wear at night that somehow regulates your airways and supposedly stops you snoring.

Apart from the fact that it promotes that it is not available in stores as some sort of plus factor ( if its that good, why isn't it in stores ? )  it just looks incredibly uncomfortable.

And at $120 not a cheap option either, but do feel free to check it out here

Any other stuff you don't want to buy ?

Facebook is of a size and nature that some people are going to get fed up with it and start looking for alternatives – here are a couple of quite specialized sites that could help fill a vacuum :

Large and Lovely Connections in its own words , for BBW's ( Big Beautiful Womren) , BHM's (BIg Handsome Men) and FA's ( Fat Admirers) 

Smoker Datelink - if you're 'tired of browsing dating profiles, only to find that your perfect match is a  NON – SMOKER '  shock, horror 

And finally, as they say…  Alt.com – definitely not for the squeamish !!

Any Others ??

Recent reports of two thousand dead blackbirds (sounds like a nursery rhyme) falling out of the sky in Bebe, Arkansas should have been a golden opportunity for end of the world soothsayers to strutt their stuff with added vigour.

The most newsworthy to date is an American preacher and prophet (must be great to be a prophet) named Cindy Jacobs.

Cindy explains to us that the demise of the birds is a sign from God. Apparently he is unhappy about the recent decision to repeal the 'don't ask don't tell' policy on gay's in the US military, and this is his way of showing it !

for video of birds click here

for video of cindy , click here

if you go down to the woods today …………
 

LIFE,BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT-THE TOURISTS from Andrew Doig on Vimeo.