Tag: Ewwww

Not flushed with success

I have to wince in sympathy with New York City’s sanitation workers.  The New York Times reports: In recent years, the intersection of evolving hygienic sensibilities and aggressive industry marketing has fueled the product’s rise. Wet wipes, long used for baby care, have grown popular with adults. Some of the products are branded as “flushable”… Continue reading Not flushed with success

No wonder this food is tough . . .

I couldn’t help laughing at this report from Denmark, even though it’s rather nauseating. National authorities have shut down a company that produced food for nursing homes and hospitals in a cement mixer. The Danish Food and Veterinary Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) discovered that the food company Nordic Ingredients violated hygiene rules by producing gelled foods in… Continue reading No wonder this food is tough . . .

Doofus Of The Day #798

Today’s award goes to the inventor of a dubious typeface. Peeing in public: Many have witnessed it, many more have done the dirty deed. And now there’s a bold design tribute to the dishonorable act—a drippy font modeled after urine stains on a wall. “The Art of Peeing” was created by 23-year-old Aravindan Thirunavukarasu using… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #798

Hair-raising?

This is more than a little gross.  The Telegraph reports: Doctors treating a teenage girl who had become unable to drink water without being sick were shocked to excavate a gigantic nine-pound hairball from inside her stomach. Ayperi Alekseeva, 18, from Kyrgyzstan, suffered months of dehydration and malnourishment because she couldn’t eat or drink, and… Continue reading Hair-raising?

Doofus Of The Day #790

Today’s award goes to a politically-correct ultra-feminist mother who doesn’t appear to have a clue.  WARNING:  Language and sensitive subject alert, for those who are worried about such things. (Background:  a teacher sometimes allows ‘volunteer parents’ to bring in treats for her second grade class.) So Friday rolls around and the kids are excited. Autumn… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #790

Doofus Of The Day #781

This award isn’t just about doofidity – it’s about wilful blindness and ignorance so great as to almost defy belief, a genuinely “WTF???” moment. It seems there really is a movement calling itself – I kid you not – ‘Gay Aryan National-Socialists’ . . . in Russia.  I learned about it from this comment to… Continue reading Doofus Of The Day #781

Creepy!

My skin’s still crawling after reading this story in the BBC Magazine.  It dates from the late 19th century. In hindsight, there were better places to hunker down for a kip. But James Payn wasn’t to know that as he clambered into the goods van of a waiting freight train. He was just thankful he’d… Continue reading Creepy!