Sabrina's page of collected silliness

Woman’s prerogative
Italy’s highest appeals court has ruled that it is not illegal for a woman to lie to a police investigation if the reason is to cover up her adulterous affair. Court of Cassation judges said that her honor is more important than providing intimate information about her lover.

Show us your melons!
When Johnny Diablo’s year-old vegan restaurant failed to catch on in Portland, Oregon, he converted it into Casa Diablo’s Gentlemen’s Club, or what he believes is the world’s only vegan strip club. He has no rule against meat-eating dancers, but won’t permit leather, fur, silk or wool outfits on stage.

Money for nothing
An Italian man is demanding $300,000 compensation after claiming his wife’s constant nagging left him impotent. Sergio Vinucci, from Parma, produced medical evidence in court to support his claims that the nagging caused significant stress. “All she does is complain,” he complained.

Heavy breathing
A drug used to treat impotence could help Israeli fighter pilots operate at high altitude. A study by a retired general on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania found that tadalafil, the active ingredient in Cialis tablets, improved breathing in a thin atmosphere.

Pets on public transport
Tasha Maltby, 19, a goth who describes herself as a human pet who doesn't cook or do dishes, was thrown off a bus in West Yorkshire for wearing a dog lead held by her boyfriend. The bus company later apologised but insisted she be unleashed on future journeys for safety reasons.

Backseat sex led to car crash

A 22-year-old carnival worker in Idaho has blamed two friends having sex in the back seat of his car for an accident in which the car struck a telephone pole. Joshua Frank pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanour charge of failing to notify a police officer of a traffic accident. He left the vehicle at the site of the crash and was fined $US188 ($A220), the Lewiston Tribune reported. According to a probable cause affidavit, Frank told police the actions in the backseat caused the car, which "was top heavy anyway," to become "tippy" and lose control. Frank had a minor head wound. The two in the backseat were treated for injuries, though further information on their condition was not available.

Straight ahead
Straight men are best at map reading and heterosexual women worst, a Warwick University study found. Researchers say sexual orientation, as well as gender, affects navigation skills. But age withers all men’s minds alike
and at a faster rate than women’s, Prof Elizabeth Maylor says. Data was taken from 198,000 people.

Bible below the belt
More than 800 Hongkong residents called on authorities to reclassify the Bible as ‘indecent’ due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university student journal. The complaints follow the launch of an anonymous website - www.truthbible.net - which said the holy book ‘made one tremble’ given its content, including rape and incest. The site said the Bible’s sexual content ‘far exceeds’ that of a sex column in the uni mag, which was deemed ‘indecent’ by the Obscene Articles Tribunal, sparking a storm of debate.

The bare minimum
People who practise nude recreation aren’t getting any younger. To draw 20-30yos US nudist groups and camps are trying everything from big discounts on fees to a young ambassador program in colleges. The American Association for Nude Recreation, which represents about 270 clubs and resorts, estimates more than 90% of its 50,000 members are older than 35.

Filthy plastic sluts
Iran’s Muharraq Municipal Council is cracking down on provocatively dressed mannequins. Chairman Mohammed Jassim Saleh Hamada said the Council had received many complaints, especially from women, who believe they fly in the face of traditional values. ‘The mannequins are wearing see-through clothing that show their breasts,’ he said.

Blind justice
Chinese prosecutors dropped a case against a housewife who organised online chats in the nude, after discovering there was no law to bring charges. The 36yo had been charged with ‘organising pornographic activities’ for using a Web cam to chat on the Internet with people in the buff, but lawyers found that nude chat rooms were not defined in China’s pornography laws – an oversight described as a legal ‘blind spot’.

New jobs on the rise
Durex has been inundated with queries after launching its first UK recruitment drive for condom testers. It wants a panel of 5000 people to report their experiences of using its products. Men and women of all ages, ethnic groups or sexual orientation have been asked to apply – and 14,000 responded on the first day.

Like a runaway train…

New York City officials are planning advertising or promotion on the 1.5 million free condoms a month they hand out. They’re considering a subway map on the packaging to give the NYC condoms some identity of their own. Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden says brand names work, and will help officials judge the success of their distribution methods.

Jiggy-jig pig
South Koreans are pinning their hopes for prosperity on the Year of the Pig- but it’s bad news for condom makers. Stores are reporting a marked decline in condom sales as couples plan to have babies in an especially auspicious year. The pig is cherished by Koreans as a symbol of wealth and prosperity, and the origin of good fortune.

Willie’s wonder

South African inventor Willem van Rensburg has begun to market his Pronto condom, which he promised can be applied directly from the wrapper in three seconds - and with practice, one second. It’s available now only in South Africa, but he has obtained a US patent.

The Dirty Thirties
The US Department of Health & Human Services is seeking to extend its sex abstinence education program, which currently gives grants to States for programs for teenagers. The Department wants to expand it to reach unmarried people aged up to 29.

Dulux or durex?
German sex educators plan to launch a spray-on condom tailor-made for all sizes. Jan Vinzenz Krause’s device sprays on latex from nozzles on the inside of a spray can – a bit like a car wash. The plan is to make the product ready for use in five seconds. Krause said it would function more effectively as a contraceptive because it would fit better and not slip. He drew inspiration from spray-on plasters used in medicine.

Munici-pill

The mayor of a small Brazilian town is handing out free Viagra, spicing up the sex lives of elderly men and their partners. Novo Santo Antonio mayor Joao de Souza said 68 men over the age of 60 had signed up. But the programalso had the unforeseen consequence of encouraging some extra-maritalaffairs. To discourage illicit canoodling, the town is now distributing thepills to the wives of the men who signed up.

Optical nerve

The average British male spends six months of his life ogling women, a study reveals. Researchers say men will perve eight different girls each day and spend two minutes eyeing up each one. The average Pom will look at the breasts before working down to the bum and then the legs. Girls do it too but are not as prolific, picking only two men a day for 90 seconds at a time. Women look first at a man’s eyes - then a quick look at his bum.

In-depth investigation

Hillsborough County, Florida vice officers spent $6400 for more than 90 lap dances, drinks and tips in an investigation into nudity and liquor violations at an adult bikini bar that spanned two years. Sheriff David Gee defended the length of the probe and the number of visits. "Sometimes that’s what it takes to get rid of the problems - a lot of attention", he said. Detectives laid 41 misdemeanor nudity charges against 15 dancers, but were unable to identify another 34 girls at Lil Tootsie’s. They bought seven lap dances from 'Cherry', but never identified her, records show.

28/10/06

A UK darts player has been thrown out of her ladies’ league - because she used to be a man. Christine Makin, formerly Clive, had to quit the Fountain Pub team in Leek after 17 out of 25 rival sides protested. Christine, 51, was married for 13 years as a man but became a woman through a series of sex-change operations.

29/08/06
English women going on boozy nights out have been warned by police to ‘wear nice pants’ in case they fall down drunk in the street. A Suffolk police safety magazine shows pictures of young women slumped on the ground, and reminds if they fall over or pass out, their skirt may ride up. "You could show off more than you intended - for all our sakes, please make sure you’re wearing nice pants and that you’ve recently had a wax".

Stiff fine

A group of military funeral protesters who threatened to attend a Michigan service but then didn’t show up have been charged $5000 for the cost of providing the security they requested. The controversial Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, who say military deaths are God’s retribution for the country’s failure to condemn homosexuality, say they were told by the Holy Ghost at the last minute to stay home.

Many happy returns

British transsexual woman Sarah Richards should have her pension paid from her 60th birthday instead of her 65th as a man would, the European Court of Justice has ruled. She was refused a pension at the age of 60 as Britain does not allow a change of sex on a birth certificate. But Britain will gradually raise the pensionable age for women to 65 between 2010 and 2015.

24/05/06

A brothel in Cologne was forced to black out the flags of Saudi Arabia and Iran from a huge World Cup soccer-themed advertising banner after angry Muslims complained and threatened violence [which seems to be their standard response to anything they don't like, eg: Danish cartoons, etc]. The 24 by 8 metre banner on the side of the building features a scantily-clad woman and the slogan: “The world as a guest of female friends”, a variation on the World Cup slogan. The flags of the 32 competing nations were included.

18/05/06

Prostitutes in the Romanian town of Botosan agreed to take a week-long Easter Holiday break so they could go to church and confess. The local prostitutes union said there were not many customers over Easter anyway, and they wanted to purify their souls and clear their accounts ready for the coming year’s labors.

11/04/06
An Egyptian man who routinely donned the full Islamic veil to visit his mistress incognito was exposed by his unfeminine shoes in the Cairo rail network's women-only carriage. The 30-year-old student came unstuck after accidentally revealing clumpy footwear, leading an alarmed passenger to scream for security.

06/04/06
The flames of a British couple’s Valentine’s Day passion were extinguished in more ways than one after their hastily discarded underwear caught fire on a romantic candle. Fifteen firefighters were needed to extinguish the resulting blaze at a house in Southampton, on England’s south coast.

The Age, 18/01/06:
A Croatian lumberjack is suing the hospital he received a kidney transplant from, saying he received a female kidney and as a result has been turned off drinking with his mates and now has a passion for traditionally female jobs such as sewing and ironing.

January 2006
A city in Brazil plans to have three separate public toilets - for women, men and transvestites. Nova Igaucu councillor Eduardo Moreira would require businesses and shops to put in the extra conveniences. The poor city of 800,000 people, near Rio de Janeiro, is home to 28,000 transvestites.

The Age, Odd Spot, Tuesday February 21, 2006
A man dressed as a woman escaped on rollerblades after holding up the National Australia Bank's Bayswater branch yesterday, witnesses told police. Wearing a skirt and a wig, he escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. [This is what happens when trannies go bad -Ed.]

Hum-dinger of an idea
A western Colombian city councilman wants to require everyone in town 14 or older to carry a condom to prevent pregnancy and disease, outraging local priests. Cr William Pena of Tulua wants any man or woman caught empty-pocketed – even those just visiting – to pay a $180 fine or take a safe sex course. “If you carry a condom, chances are you’ll use it during the day. It’s not going to be there forever,” he said.

Furballs
Uzbekistani authorities, citing the ‘unbridled fantasy’ that new-fangled thermal undergarments could spark if left unchecked, have ordered an immediate halt to sales of men’s and women’s underwear lined on the inside with animal fur.

Going for bust
British couples cause $825 million damage each year by having energetic sex, a poll reveals. A third of couples broke something during sex and 10% made insurance claims. Many hurt themselves too. Some 41% have suffered carpet burns, a third pulled their backs and 12% twisted ankles or wrists.

Dress sense
A male US high school student has won the right to wear a dress to class. Michael Coviello, 17, first wore a costume skirt to protest at his New Jersey school’s ban on shorts but was ordered to go home and change into an ‘everyday’ dress or skirt. Days later, he was sent home with a note from his principal threatening expulsion. A compromise was reached through the American Civil Liberties Union. Students cannot wear shorts between October 1 and April 15, but can wear skirts.


	Silliness
Home Glossary Disclaimer Site map	Woman’s prerogative Italy’s highest appeals court has ruled that it is not illegal for a woman to lie to a police investigation if the reason is to cover up her adulterous affair. Court of Cassation judges said that her honor is more important than providing intimate information about her lover. Show us your melons! When Johnny Diablo’s year-old vegan restaurant failed to catch on in Portland, Oregon, he converted it into Casa Diablo’s Gentlemen’s Club, or what he believes is the world’s only vegan strip club. He has no rule against meat-eating dancers, but won’t permit leather, fur, silk or wool outfits on stage. Money for nothing An Italian man is demanding $300,000 compensation after claiming his wife’s constant nagging left him impotent. Sergio Vinucci, from Parma, produced medical evidence in court to support his claims that the nagging caused significant stress. “All she does is complain,” he complained. Heavy breathing A drug used to treat impotence could help Israeli fighter pilots operate at high altitude. A study by a retired general on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania found that tadalafil, the active ingredient in Cialis tablets, improved breathing in a thin atmosphere. Pets on public transport Tasha Maltby, 19, a goth who describes herself as a human pet who doesn't cook or do dishes, was thrown off a bus in West Yorkshire for wearing a dog lead held by her boyfriend. The bus company later apologised but insisted she be unleashed on future journeys for safety reasons. Backseat sex led to car crash A 22-year-old carnival worker in Idaho has blamed two friends having sex in the back seat of his car for an accident in which the car struck a telephone pole. Joshua Frank pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanour charge of failing to notify a police officer of a traffic accident. He left the vehicle at the site of the crash and was fined $US188 ($A220), the Lewiston Tribune reported. According to a probable cause affidavit, Frank told police the actions in the backseat caused the car, which "was top heavy anyway," to become "tippy" and lose control. Frank had a minor head wound. The two in the backseat were treated for injuries, though further information on their condition was not available. Straight ahead Straight men are best at map reading and heterosexual women worst, a Warwick University study found. Researchers say sexual orientation, as well as gender, affects navigation skills. But age withers all men’s minds alike and at a faster rate than women’s, Prof Elizabeth Maylor says. Data was taken from 198,000 people. Bible below the belt More than 800 Hongkong residents called on authorities to reclassify the Bible as ‘indecent’ due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university student journal. The complaints follow the launch of an anonymous website - www.truthbible.net - which said the holy book ‘made one tremble’ given its content, including rape and incest. The site said the Bible’s sexual content ‘far exceeds’ that of a sex column in the uni mag, which was deemed ‘indecent’ by the Obscene Articles Tribunal, sparking a storm of debate. The bare minimum People who practise nude recreation aren’t getting any younger. To draw 20-30yos US nudist groups and camps are trying everything from big discounts on fees to a young ambassador program in colleges. The American Association for Nude Recreation, which represents about 270 clubs and resorts, estimates more than 90% of its 50,000 members are older than 35. Filthy plastic sluts Iran’s Muharraq Municipal Council is cracking down on provocatively dressed mannequins. Chairman Mohammed Jassim Saleh Hamada said the Council had received many complaints, especially from women, who believe they fly in the face of traditional values. ‘The mannequins are wearing see-through clothing that show their breasts,’ he said. Blind justice Chinese prosecutors dropped a case against a housewife who organised online chats in the nude, after discovering there was no law to bring charges. The 36yo had been charged with ‘organising pornographic activities’ for using a Web cam to chat on the Internet with people in the buff, but lawyers found that nude chat rooms were not defined in China’s pornography laws – an oversight described as a legal ‘blind spot’. New jobs on the rise Durex has been inundated with queries after launching its first UK recruitment drive for condom testers. It wants a panel of 5000 people to report their experiences of using its products. Men and women of all ages, ethnic groups or sexual orientation have been asked to apply – and 14,000 responded on the first day. Like a runaway train… New York City officials are planning advertising or promotion on the 1.5 million free condoms a month they hand out. They’re considering a subway map on the packaging to give the NYC condoms some identity of their own. Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden says brand names work, and will help officials judge the success of their distribution methods. Jiggy-jig pig South Koreans are pinning their hopes for prosperity on the Year of the Pig- but it’s bad news for condom makers. Stores are reporting a marked decline in condom sales as couples plan to have babies in an especially auspicious year. The pig is cherished by Koreans as a symbol of wealth and prosperity, and the origin of good fortune. Willie’s wonder South African inventor Willem van Rensburg has begun to market his Pronto condom, which he promised can be applied directly from the wrapper in three seconds - and with practice, one second. It’s available now only in South Africa, but he has obtained a US patent. The Dirty Thirties The US Department of Health & Human Services is seeking to extend its sex abstinence education program, which currently gives grants to States for programs for teenagers. The Department wants to expand it to reach unmarried people aged up to 29. Dulux or durex? German sex educators plan to launch a spray-on condom tailor-made for all sizes. Jan Vinzenz Krause’s device sprays on latex from nozzles on the inside of a spray can – a bit like a car wash. The plan is to make the product ready for use in five seconds. Krause said it would function more effectively as a contraceptive because it would fit better and not slip. He drew inspiration from spray-on plasters used in medicine. Munici-pill The mayor of a small Brazilian town is handing out free Viagra, spicing up the sex lives of elderly men and their partners. Novo Santo Antonio mayor Joao de Souza said 68 men over the age of 60 had signed up. But the programalso had the unforeseen consequence of encouraging some extra-maritalaffairs. To discourage illicit canoodling, the town is now distributing thepills to the wives of the men who signed up. Optical nerve The average British male spends six months of his life ogling women, a study reveals. Researchers say men will perve eight different girls each day and spend two minutes eyeing up each one. The average Pom will look at the breasts before working down to the bum and then the legs. Girls do it too but are not as prolific, picking only two men a day for 90 seconds at a time. Women look first at a man’s eyes - then a quick look at his bum. In-depth investigation Hillsborough County, Florida vice officers spent $6400 for more than 90 lap dances, drinks and tips in an investigation into nudity and liquor violations at an adult bikini bar that spanned two years. Sheriff David Gee defended the length of the probe and the number of visits. "Sometimes that’s what it takes to get rid of the problems - a lot of attention", he said. Detectives laid 41 misdemeanor nudity charges against 15 dancers, but were unable to identify another 34 girls at Lil Tootsie’s. They bought seven lap dances from 'Cherry', but never identified her, records show. 28/10/06 A UK darts player has been thrown out of her ladies’ league - because she used to be a man. Christine Makin, formerly Clive, had to quit the Fountain Pub team in Leek after 17 out of 25 rival sides protested. Christine, 51, was married for 13 years as a man but became a woman through a series of sex-change operations. 29/08/06 English women going on boozy nights out have been warned by police to ‘wear nice pants’ in case they fall down drunk in the street. A Suffolk police safety magazine shows pictures of young women slumped on the ground, and reminds if they fall over or pass out, their skirt may ride up. "You could show off more than you intended - for all our sakes, please make sure you’re wearing nice pants and that you’ve recently had a wax". Stiff fine A group of military funeral protesters who threatened to attend a Michigan service but then didn’t show up have been charged $5000 for the cost of providing the security they requested. The controversial Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, who say military deaths are God’s retribution for the country’s failure to condemn homosexuality, say they were told by the Holy Ghost at the last minute to stay home. Many happy returns British transsexual woman Sarah Richards should have her pension paid from her 60th birthday instead of her 65th as a man would, the European Court of Justice has ruled. She was refused a pension at the age of 60 as Britain does not allow a change of sex on a birth certificate. But Britain will gradually raise the pensionable age for women to 65 between 2010 and 2015. 24/05/06 A brothel in Cologne was forced to black out the flags of Saudi Arabia and Iran from a huge World Cup soccer-themed advertising banner after angry Muslims complained and threatened violence [which seems to be their standard response to anything they don't like, eg: Danish cartoons, etc]. The 24 by 8 metre banner on the side of the building features a scantily-clad woman and the slogan: “The world as a guest of female friends”, a variation on the World Cup slogan. The flags of the 32 competing nations were included. 18/05/06 Prostitutes in the Romanian town of Botosan agreed to take a week-long Easter Holiday break so they could go to church and confess. The local prostitutes union said there were not many customers over Easter anyway, and they wanted to purify their souls and clear their accounts ready for the coming year’s labors. 11/04/06 An Egyptian man who routinely donned the full Islamic veil to visit his mistress incognito was exposed by his unfeminine shoes in the Cairo rail network's women-only carriage. The 30-year-old student came unstuck after accidentally revealing clumpy footwear, leading an alarmed passenger to scream for security. 06/04/06 The flames of a British couple’s Valentine’s Day passion were extinguished in more ways than one after their hastily discarded underwear caught fire on a romantic candle. Fifteen firefighters were needed to extinguish the resulting blaze at a house in Southampton, on England’s south coast. The Age, 18/01/06: A Croatian lumberjack is suing the hospital he received a kidney transplant from, saying he received a female kidney and as a result has been turned off drinking with his mates and now has a passion for traditionally female jobs such as sewing and ironing. January 2006 A city in Brazil plans to have three separate public toilets - for women, men and transvestites. Nova Igaucu councillor Eduardo Moreira would require businesses and shops to put in the extra conveniences. The poor city of 800,000 people, near Rio de Janeiro, is home to 28,000 transvestites. The Age, Odd Spot, Tuesday February 21, 2006 A man dressed as a woman escaped on rollerblades after holding up the National Australia Bank's Bayswater branch yesterday, witnesses told police. Wearing a skirt and a wig, he escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. [This is what happens when trannies go bad -Ed.] Hum-dinger of an idea A western Colombian city councilman wants to require everyone in town 14 or older to carry a condom to prevent pregnancy and disease, outraging local priests. Cr William Pena of Tulua wants any man or woman caught empty-pocketed – even those just visiting – to pay a $180 fine or take a safe sex course. “If you carry a condom, chances are you’ll use it during the day. It’s not going to be there forever,” he said. Furballs Uzbekistani authorities, citing the ‘unbridled fantasy’ that new-fangled thermal undergarments could spark if left unchecked, have ordered an immediate halt to sales of men’s and women’s underwear lined on the inside with animal fur. Going for bust British couples cause $825 million damage each year by having energetic sex, a poll reveals. A third of couples broke something during sex and 10% made insurance claims. Many hurt themselves too. Some 41% have suffered carpet burns, a third pulled their backs and 12% twisted ankles or wrists. Dress sense A male US high school student has won the right to wear a dress to class. Michael Coviello, 17, first wore a costume skirt to protest at his New Jersey school’s ban on shorts but was ordered to go home and change into an ‘everyday’ dress or skirt. Days later, he was sent home with a note from his principal threatening expulsion. A compromise was reached through the American Civil Liberties Union. Students cannot wear shorts between October 1 and April 15, but can wear skirts.	See also: More information: