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Well, here we are back to Friday again.

I was working on a serious post for today when I realized it's Friday so I had better take you around the world for your updates.


Some people just like to hang out as demonstrated here:

BERLIN - The skeleton of a German retiree who tied himself to the top of a tree and shot himself to death nearly 30 years ago has been found by a hiker.

German police in the southern town of Landshut said on Monday the 69-year-old man disappeared in 1980 and had been classified as missing. "After searching the area we found the skeleton up in the tree with the pistol hanging on a rope next to it," said the police.

I always thought trees were to hang yourself or someone from. This story could bring back the western movies.


The department of motor vehicles in Colorado has no sense of humor:

'Tofu' License Plate Deemed X-Rated

A Colorado woman loves tofu so much that she decided to tell the world, right on her license plate. But DMV officials say her suggestion for the plate -- "ILVTOFU" -- could be misinterpreted as profane.

I haven't tried tofu but from the looks of the stuff I guess I would agree it is profane because it looks just plain nasty.


Is nothing sacred?

Divorce court no place for frozen dog sperm flap

PONTIAC, Mich. -The judge wondered if she was an unwitting participant in an episode of "Candid Camera" or "Punk'd." Oakland County Family Court Judge Cheryl Matthews wasn't. She just had a front-bench seat Wednesday for a feud between a divorced couple over who gets frozen sperm from bull mastiffs they bred in happier times.

I wonder who harvested the dogs' sperm? Now there is your visual for the day.


It's the law:

In Santa Cruz , Bolivia , it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.

I presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law?


Dangerous research:

Flower power

Even if a woman's self-conscious about her body, wearing a spicy floral fragrance can make her seem to be 12 pounds thinner to men, according to a study by the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago.

Men beware, when the woman of your life asks how you like the smell of her new perfume, you are now entering the no-win zone.

When she asks and you say to her "Honey, you you smell 12 pounds thinner," plan on sleeping in the spare room for a while.



It's a gas:

Man causing real stink in motel room gets stabbed

WACO, Texas -A man was stabbed after causing a stink — literally — in a motel room while eating with a friend, police said. Five men from the Houston area were sharing a Waco motel room Tuesday night, and two were inside the room eating when one had a flatulence problem. One man was so upset about the gas that he threw a large knife at him, cutting his leg, and then stabbed him in the chest, Waco police said.

Can you say Taco Bell?


That's a wrap for this week.

Sunday is a late night work shift for me so there will be no new post Monday.

Sunday is also Easter, the chief Christian feast, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus after his crucifixion.

My wish for you is that your table be bountiful and may you find lots of the colored eggs left by the Easter Bunny.