Eeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuw!!!

That's just minging!

Stella.

Money spinner?

Today's random news:

Woman Sells Ad Rights to Pregnancy on eBay

ST. LOUIS (AP) - If the human body is the last frontier for advertising space, then St. Louis resident Asia Francis is helping chart new territory - the big, pregnant belly.

Francis, 21, auctioned off the advertising rights to her pregnancy on eBay. The winning bid of $1,000 went to a California Internet company, giving it exclusive rights to temporarily tattoo its brand-name on Francis's belly and broadcast the birth of her daughter live on the Internet. The baby is due any day.

The concept of a human billboard is hardly new.

Twenty-one year old Andrew Fischer of Omaha, Neb., earned more than $37,000 last year by bearing a corporate logo on his forehead for a month. Michele Hutchison of Lanhorne, Pa., auctioned ad rights for her baby's clothing on eBay last year, seeking $1,000 for a months' lease.

I'm not too sure if these folk are sharp as a knife or a few sarnies short of a picnic, but it seems selling off your dignity to the highest bidder can be quite profitable. But what to market? Perhaps I could sell my arse to Mcdonalds (fair-sized ad!)? Have Stella tattoo my beer belly? Wear a NOVA cap to work?

Hmmm, this is gonna require a little more thought.

それしらなかった！！

Have you ever pondered how kangaroos came to be called kangaroos? Of course you haven't! I'm sure you couldn't give two hoots, but I'll tell you anyway...

According to my Japanese textbook, Captain Cook sailed to from England to Australia in 1778, where he discovered a strange bouncy animal with rather large feet. Intrigued by this creature, Cook asked the aborigines what it was called. The aborigines, who spoke no English, replied 'kangaroo'. And so Cook returned to England and shared his knowledge about the wonderful bouncy kangaroo with anyone who cared to listen.

And so become apparent the perils of being monolingual; 'kangaroo' is aboriginal for 'I don't know'.

You learn something new everyday...