A story about an overweight Irishman...

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A story about an overweight Irishman...




An Irishman was terribly overweight, so his doctor put him on a diet.

'I want you to eat regularly for 2 days, then skip a day,then eat regularly again for 2 days then skip a day ...... And repeat this procedure for 2 weeks.
The next time I see you, you should have lost at least 5 pounds.'

When the Irishman returned, he shocked the doctor by having lost nearly 60lbs!

'Why, that's amazing!' the doctor said, 'Did you follow my instructions?'

The Irishman nodded ...

'I'll tell you though, be jaesuz, I t'aut I were going to drop dead on dat 'tird day.'

'From the hunger, you mean?' asked the doctor.

'No, from the fuckin skippin.


Acknowledgements:  http://nultygoestopartick.blog.co.uk

Dead, stiff, forgotten for seven years

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Dead, stiff, forgotten for seven years...



A man's corpse has been found in his bed...after nearly seven years, police in Essen, Germany, said recently.



The unemployed man, aged 59 years, had probably died of natural causes on November 30,2000, according to the date of a letter from the Welfare office found in his flat.



Next to his bed were cigarettes, an open television guide and Deutschemark coins, withdrawn from circulation after the introduction of Euros in 2002.



His flat was in an building with many offices and units, many of which were now empty.



"No missing person report was ever filed." police said.



Dead, forgotten by his family, if he had one. But who paid the rent? Would the owners of the building not investigate the fact that his rent wasn't paid? Another extraordinary story of death not reported.



Why don't you visit 'The Kiwi Riverman Post'  some time?



http://kiwiriverman.blogspot.com

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Are couch potatoes doomed to an early grave...

Are couch potatoes doomed to an early grave? A recent study says that sitting in front of the TV for hours on end could shorten your life.



According to Reuters, researchers from the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Victoria, Australia, tracked 8800 adults and found that each hour spent in front of the TV daily was associated with an 11 percent increased risk of death from all causes.



Additionally, there was an 8 percent risk of death from cardiovascular disease, and a nine percent higher risk of cancer death.



"Compared with people who watched less than two hours of television daily, those who watched more than four hours a day had a 46 percent higher risk of death from all causes and an 80 percent increased risk for CVD-related death," said the researchers in a statement.



And it's not just overweight people who are at risk: researcher David Dunstan said "sitting for long periods of time" watching TV has an unhealthy influence regardless of how big your waistline is.



Dunstan suggested that while the study focused on television, other sedentary behaviours such as sitting in front of a desk or a computer may also prove risky to your health.



"The human body was designed to move, not sit for extended periods of time," he said.



So, if you like to sit in front of the TV watching sport with a few beers, limit the time doing it and make sure you go out and actually play some sport too.

Acknowledgements: MSN NZ Mens Lifestyles

http://lifestyle.msn.co.nz/article.aspx?id=999244

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Pitbull cross dog castrates six month baby boy in preventable dog attack...

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Pitbull cross dog castrates six month baby boy in preventable dog attack...



What a sad and disgusting dog attack on a baby boy. The sad thing was the boy's mother could have prevented this attack by protecting her son from the dog. She is guilty of
blatant neglect of a six month old baby. She deserves to lose custody of her son and her other children.


A 22-year-old mother has been charged with child endangerment after a friend's pitbull cross bit off her six-month-old son's testicles.



Californian woman Carrie Rae McKinney left her child alone in a stroller at her friend's house on April 3, TV station KTLA reported.



When she returned several minutes later she found the dog had ripped off her baby's nappy and severed the child's testicles.



Prosecutors have now charged McKinney saying the attack had been forseeable since the dog had shown a previous interest in the nappy.



The dog and another dog suspected of being involved in the attack were put down.



McKinney has lost custody of the baby as well as her two other children.



Acknowledgements: MSN News

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Just heard on our TV news that cheap fish from the polluted Mekong River being sold here in NZ...

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Just heard on our TV news that most of the fish sold in New Zealand for fish and chips comes from Vietnam. It is called Basa. It is a cheap quality catfish grown in the Mekong River - one of the dirtiest and polluted rivers in Asia, and maybe the world.



Unfortunately it is cheap quality budget valued fish that suits a depressed economic market. It has been described as tasteless with almost no smell. Most of our supermarkets are stocking the fish. Many of our fishing boats are tied up because the New Zealand hoki is not being sold in the supermarkets here.



A blind taste test resulted in nearly all of the tasters selecting the hoki. One customer became nauseated and was unwell for three days after eating the so-called Basa fish.



There is really something fishy down here in New Zealand, and it smells too! A bit of corruption perhaps, some graft and backhanders along the line? Much of the fish has been sold without a country of origin sticker. I bet that will change after the publicity on television here - something just fifty years old here too!

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