Video: Sarah Silverman – Give the Jew Girl Toys
Sarah Silverman gives Santa an earfull about the inclusive nature of the holiday season.
Man ‘died 32 times in 20 minutes’
Man ‘died 32 times in 20 minutes’
Leslie Hackwell survived a succession of cardiac arrests after suffering an attack at his home earlier this year.
The father-of-four, from Gloucester, who was resuscitated after each attack, praised the doctors who saved him.
“I was neither alive or dead. It was really quite remarkable that they managed to save me. They did an unbelievable job,” he said.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer : The Physics of Christmas
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer : The Physics of Christmas
One commonly held view is that Rudolph’s nose was red due to a cold. Others claim that the song has saddled Rudolph with the red-nose slur-the implication being that while Santa consumes the milk and cookies left out for him, Rudolph helps himself to the strong stuff. The unexpected triumph of the drunken, inefficient Rudolph over his sober companions chimes with the relaxation of social conventions that has long taken place during winter festivals.
Odd Halvorsen of the University of Oslo suggested some years ago in the journal Parasitology Today that the “celebrated discoloration” of Rudolph’s nose is probably due to a parasitic infection of his respiratory system. Even today, he is awed by the response that followed this revelation. “This paper brought me more fame than anything else I have published,” he admits.
Zoo tiger kills SA crime suspect
Zoo tiger kills SA crime suspect
A criminal suspect on the run ended up being mauled to death by a caged tiger, South African police say.
The man took refuge in the Bengal tiger’s cage at the Bloemfontein Zoo. A visitor to the zoo on Sunday noticed a body covered in bite marks in the cage.
Seraph – Flash Game
Like Sega’s afterburner or any shooting games with mechs at a behind the back perspective. Rating: 6/10
Teen With Peanut Allergy Dies After Kiss
Teen With Peanut Allergy Dies After Kiss
A 15-year-old girl with a peanut allergy died after kissing her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter snack, hospital officials said Monday.
Christina Desforges died in a Quebec hospital Wednesday after doctors were unable to treat her allergic reaction to the kiss the previous weekend.
Santas gather for run
Santas gather for run
Four thousand six hundred Father Christmases have taken part in the fifth annual Santa Run.
The 4.5-mile race took place in Newton in Powys reports the BBC.
The town currently holds the world record for the world’s biggest Santa gathering.
Organisers are hoping it will have broken another world record this year – for the number of Santas yo-yoing at the same time.
The annual Santa run is organised community transport charity Newtown & District Dial A Ride.
Jo Corfield, one of the race’s organisers, said; “The Santa Run started just because were on our last legs and wanted one event that would be a good fund-raiser and keep us going.
“Since it’s grown into the biggest event that Newtown hosts and we estimate it brings £150,000 into the local economy in just one day.”
The first santa across the finishing line was Darren Hisscock from Aberdare in the Cynon Valley who completed the course in 18 minutes.
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from Ananova