"The Little-Known Sport of Dwarf Bullfighting."
Just savor those words for a moment. Feel better? Whatever ails you, that is probably the cure. I don't know how this escaped us for so long, but there is a craze in bullfighting nations wherein a little person toreador is pitted against a bull calf. The Little People of America condemn this as too close to the exploitation that people with dwarfism once faced, and no animal rights group has ever been happy with bullfighting, but it is true that a toreador of any size is a formidable, highly-trained and dedicated athlete/artist, which little people have as much right to pursue as any average-height person. Read the story at http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/dwarf-bullfighting-where-human-exploitation-and-animal-cruelty-come-together-to-play/
"Man Cuts off Foot to Avoid Job Assignment"
When you finish cringing, here's the scoop: A Swedish guy was facing a health screening by the Swedish unemployment office to decide if he was able to work, so naturally he waited til his family left for the day and ran his leg across a table saw. Then, realizing medical technology was, sadly, good enough to probably reattach his foot, he threw it in a wood stove to relieve himself of that option. Allegedly the problem is not that he doesn't want to work, just that they kept giving him jobs he didn't like. Surprisingly (for him), the unemployment office is threatening to find him another job as soon as he is well enough. Not surprisingly (for anyone), he is currently a guest of a psychiatric facility until further notice. This one's from MSNBC:
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/27/10890647-man-cuts-off-foot-throws-it-in-furnace-to-avoid-job-assignment
"Woman Pleads Guilty to Illegal Butt Injections"
Sigh. I get that butt injections are a thing, but if you are looking to enhance a part of your body you use almost constantly, why would you find the shadiest person possible to perform that service for you? Or even a vaguely shady person? Or anyone at all who wasn't licensed to high heaven? I am Irish, which means, congenitally, I have no butt. Anatomically I am capable of sitting down because there is muscle covering my hip bones, but it serves solely to connect my back to the top of my legs. And yet I STILL would not allow a woman who TOLD me she wasn't a nurse (or even a cosmetologist) and insisted on meeting in hotels to inject "silicon" into my rear end. At least she didn't inject tire sealant and cement like that other case; technically speaking it WAS silicon, but the kind used for furniture polish. My favorite part is how she "plugged holes with cotton balls and super glue." That's right, she not only used totally inappropriate things to close human flesh, but this cosmo-not left holes big enough to PLUG! Strong stomachs can investigate further here: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/silicone-buttocks-injector-guilty-872315
Just savor those words for a moment. Feel better? Whatever ails you, that is probably the cure. I don't know how this escaped us for so long, but there is a craze in bullfighting nations wherein a little person toreador is pitted against a bull calf. The Little People of America condemn this as too close to the exploitation that people with dwarfism once faced, and no animal rights group has ever been happy with bullfighting, but it is true that a toreador of any size is a formidable, highly-trained and dedicated athlete/artist, which little people have as much right to pursue as any average-height person. Read the story at http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/dwarf-bullfighting-where-human-exploitation-and-animal-cruelty-come-together-to-play/
"Man Cuts off Foot to Avoid Job Assignment"
When you finish cringing, here's the scoop: A Swedish guy was facing a health screening by the Swedish unemployment office to decide if he was able to work, so naturally he waited til his family left for the day and ran his leg across a table saw. Then, realizing medical technology was, sadly, good enough to probably reattach his foot, he threw it in a wood stove to relieve himself of that option. Allegedly the problem is not that he doesn't want to work, just that they kept giving him jobs he didn't like. Surprisingly (for him), the unemployment office is threatening to find him another job as soon as he is well enough. Not surprisingly (for anyone), he is currently a guest of a psychiatric facility until further notice. This one's from MSNBC:
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/27/10890647-man-cuts-off-foot-throws-it-in-furnace-to-avoid-job-assignment
"Woman Pleads Guilty to Illegal Butt Injections"
Sigh. I get that butt injections are a thing, but if you are looking to enhance a part of your body you use almost constantly, why would you find the shadiest person possible to perform that service for you? Or even a vaguely shady person? Or anyone at all who wasn't licensed to high heaven? I am Irish, which means, congenitally, I have no butt. Anatomically I am capable of sitting down because there is muscle covering my hip bones, but it serves solely to connect my back to the top of my legs. And yet I STILL would not allow a woman who TOLD me she wasn't a nurse (or even a cosmetologist) and insisted on meeting in hotels to inject "silicon" into my rear end. At least she didn't inject tire sealant and cement like that other case; technically speaking it WAS silicon, but the kind used for furniture polish. My favorite part is how she "plugged holes with cotton balls and super glue." That's right, she not only used totally inappropriate things to close human flesh, but this cosmo-not left holes big enough to PLUG! Strong stomachs can investigate further here: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/silicone-buttocks-injector-guilty-872315
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