Saturday, January 28, 2012

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

This morning I saw a story about how the show 'Fear Factor' served fresh glasses of donkey semen to contestants. I thought, 'Disgusting, but not quite disgusting enough for Bizarre News.' Because people will put just about anything in their mouths for money. So I tweeted the story instead.

But then I read about a new gastronomic fad growing in Thailand. Elephant penis. Among other bits and pieces.

A new taste for eating elephant meat â?? everything from trunks to sex organs â?? has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.

"The poachers took away the elephants' sex organs and trunks for human consumption," Damrong Phidet, director-general of Thailand's wildlife agency, said. Some meat was to be consumed without cooking, like "elephant sashimi," he said.

Poachers typically just remove tusks, which are most commonly found on Asian male elephants and fetch thousands of dollars on the black market. A market for elephant meat, however, could lead to killing of the wider elephant population.

Consuming elephant meat is not common in Thailand, but some Asian cultures believe consuming animals' reproductive organs can boost sexual prowess.

Wipe out an entire species because some people think it will give them hardons. Makes perfect sense.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- 'Scream rooms' principal takes leave --*
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - The principal of a Connecticut elementary school under fire for use of so-called scream rooms, has announced she is taking a leave of absence. Patricia Girard, principal at Farm Hill Elementary School in Middletown, told The Hartford (Conn.) Courant Wednesday she would take a leave of absence to spend time with her family for personal reasons. She said she plans to return to the school as principal. Controversy has surrounded the school since some parents showed concern about its use of "scream rooms," where out-of-control students are sent to calm down. Parents at a Jan. 10 board of education meetings said the rooms posed a danger to students and staff and caused disruptions for the rest of the school. One parent started an online petition seeking the ouster of three special education administrators over use of the rooms. Connecticut state law permits the use of time-out rooms only for students with an Individualized Education Plan. The school district said Jan. 13 it would no longer use the rooms for students without IEPs. Two state agencies are investigating the use of the rooms at Farm Hill, the Courant said Thursday.

*-- Elephant gets contact lens --*
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A 45-year-old Asian elephant at a Netherlands zoo has become the first of her species in Europe to be outfitted with a contact lens. Officials with the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam said the elephant, Win Thida, had to undergo surgery and be outfitted with a contact lens after her eye was badly injured during a fight with another elephant, the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday. "I was called in when the zoo reported that Win Thida's eye was painful and streaming," veterinarian Anne-Marie Verbruggen said. "The main difficulty was her height. Elephants can't lie down for long before their immense weight impairs their breathing, so I used a ladder to get close enough. It wasn't ideal, but it worked. She seemed happier straight away."

*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Lewis, Ha ha ha, if you are the same Lewis as years ago I remember when you and your wife took your kids on vacation. You took your kids to the water park and you said things were so chaotic that you even saw a young kid shit in the pool and I think that is when you and yours decided to go home. That was one of your funnier remembrances. -Dennis

Honestly! I can go to Red Lobster and order Lobster tail, Steak and a cognac if I choose it, for far less than the cost of that $100 hot dog. And if I want a great hot dog, an all beef hot dog with the works including French fries and a cola from any Chicago hot dog stand can be had for about $2. Anyone willing to pay $100 for that so-called gourmet hot dog is a fool. Barnum said it best; there's 1 born every minute. --R.S.R
[I, personally, am envious of the guy's ingenuity. I wish I could come up with a way to get people to pay me a hundred dollars for five or ten dollars worth of product.]

Lewis, I hope the government never learns how to control the weather. They've already screwed up everything else they have control over. I live very near the Mojave desert and we don't get enough rain as it is. If the government takes that over then all of California will become a desert. -Chris
[There is some data that suggests that global warming (or climate change if you prefer) could lead to 'desert greening' in some scenarios.]

Lewis, There are some people who have similar injuries and seem to have no adverse effects after such a brain injury. That seems to mean that we can't tell any difference in brain damage before or after. is that just a lower standard to begin with...?
[Maybe it means our brains aren't really as necessary as we think.]

*-- END OF READER COMMENTS --*
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