Food
Chicken Deception Criminalized
Be careful in Zimbabwe. If you serve your husband the gizzard, wings and a drumstick instead of the breast and "back portions", you may get hauled to tribal court and fined ... wait for it....
a chicken.
Here's the link.
http://nehandaradio.com/2012/10/15/nkayi-woman-assaulted-for-eating-chicken-thigh/
The part that really angered the husband was the the wife had eaten the "best parts", which are reserved for the husband by local custom.
But everyone seems fine with the assault and possible divorce facing the 24 year old wife. Even the grandmother was charged with "dereliction of duty" for not teaching her grand-daughter "the rules".
Makes me glad I don't live in Nkayi. Or Zimbabwe.
Sorry to readers living in Nkayi and Zimbabwe.
Posted By: gdanea - Sat Oct 20, 2012 -
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Category: Food
Blue Honey
Bee keepers in northeastern France were at first puzzled why their bees started to produce blue and green honey. They finally figured out that the bees were picking up dyes from a local M&M plant. The colored honey looks pretty cool, but the bee keepers have decided that it's unsellable. nbcnews.com
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 08, 2012 -
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Category: Food
Happy Food
This one is best enjoyed at full-screen dimensions.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 28, 2012 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Food, Cartoons
Weird Woodrow Wilson
Two further odd reasons why Woodrow Wilson is recalled as one of our worst presidents: sweet sorghum and no wine!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 13, 2012 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Food, Government, 1910s, Alcohol
New Use For A Water Bottle
How cool is that!
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 31, 2012 -
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Category: Food
The New Golden Age of Crow Hunting
According to crowbusters.com, the 40s, 50s, and 60s were the "Golden Era" of crow hunting. But then Federal protection appeared, and the crow population began to grow... and grow. As a result, crows aren't endangered any more. And so, says the crows busters team:What to do with the crows once you've shot 'em? Eat 'em, of course!
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 24, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Food
Eating Watermelon: A tutorial
This is almost too late in the season to do much good but, hopefully it will aid us all next year and in the years to come.
Posted By: Expat47 - Fri Aug 17, 2012 -
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Category: Food
Alum-laced Peanut Butter
What else could explain that intense puckering?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 12, 2012 -
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Category: Food, 1910s, Face and Facial Expressions
Follies of the Mad Men #187
If Zu Zu were witnessed offering cookies to a child today, he'd be in the sniperscopes of a SWAT team's rifles faster than a cocaine-covered bank robber.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 03, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Clowns, Food, 1900s
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