Heavy delay after fat man gets stuck
An overweight train passenger caused delays of over
an hour on a busy rail network after becoming stuck
underneath a table. The man - travelling on the
Scarborough to Manchester Airport service - is thought
to have dozed off and slipped under his table. He
awoke at Manchester Airport, realised he was stuck
and then had to ask for help from train staff. Several
Arriva Trains Northern workers tried to free the
stricken passenger but eventually called in the
fire service, which took around 45 minutes to remove
the table and free the man.
—The Times of London, 12 Jan. 2002
Cuba
honors Beatle John Lennon with park and life-size
statue seated on bench: "President Fidel Castro
and Cuban singer-composer Silvio Rodríguez
unveiled the singular statue on December 8, 2000.
On that occasion, Castro affirmed: 'I'm a dreamer,
too, like Lennon.'" —
Cuban Review
"Guide
dogs take driving lessons"
by P. Enis Smorch
14th September 2001
"There was much surprise today when the Royal
National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) announced
plans to train guide dogs to drive. 'Guide dogs
have been doing a huge variety of household chores
for years,' remarked RNIB spokesperson Arthur Cumming,
"so why not let them drive? Our research shows
that only 40% of the canine brain is used to perform
tasks such as answering the telephone, wiping their
owner's arse and scrubbing the bath, and we firmly
believe that the remaining 60% is plenty of room
to hold the knowledge required to drive a vehicle."
(from FishFace, Hull University)
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An
Ideal Wedding (people who have their priorities
straight)
An
11-year friendship began smoldering last spring and
caught fire on July 8 when Debi Marie Spyros and Jorge
Luis Iglesias exchanged wedding vows at Gates of Heaven
Chapel [the first synagogue in the city, now a public
monument—JW] in James Madison Park. The couple
had been friends since 1990, but it took only one
'real date' for them to fall completely in love.
....
Debi and Jorge both are Catholic, but chose Gates
of Heaven chapel so their dog could attend the ceremony.
—Wisconsin State Journal [Madison], 30
December 2001, p. G 7
Pope
to bless Internet.
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