Posted on 09/13/2005 4:33:52 AM PDT by genefromjersey
Good News and Bad News
Fakikeng,South Africa : 33 year-old Hein Wagner of Cape Town –blind since birth – has set a new land speed record for the visually challenged: driving 167 mph across a remote airstrip in a “borrowed Maserati V8 Gran Sport”.
Wagner was accompanied by a sighted person, who acted as navigator,and the episode – staged to raise money for charity – was filmed for the Guiness World Book of Records.
( The bad news is: Mr. Wagner wants to set a speed record in an airplane next. )
Los Angeles: Those opposed to the idea of hungry alligators swimming in a city park lake will be happy to learn a posse of 12 firefighters and an urban search and rescue team have succeeded in capturing “Little Reggie” – a former pet alligator someone released into the lake.
It was something of an epic struggle to move the creature into a drainage ditch, get nets over him, and wrap his snapping jaws up with duct tape. The threshing animal was finally winched out, and will be moved to a zoo.
(The bad news is “Big Reggie” – who is said to be at least 10 feet long,and who still lives in the lake , despite herculean efforts to find and neutralize him.)
Berlin: Bavarian brewer Harald Schneider has produced what he terms “the world’s strongest beer”.
The brew is fermented for 12 weeks, and is said to taste like a mix of beer and sherry. Alcohol percentage is a whopping 25.4 % ,and Herr Schneider says two or three glasses will intoxicate most people.
( The bad news is : it’s served only in shot glasses. )
Beijing: Chinese police, in a rare act of cooperation with American authorities,have arrested 11 Chinese and 1 American on charges of operating a counterfeit drug ring , that produced fake Viagra, Cialis,and similar helpful pharmaceuticals. Some 440,000 pills bearing these markings were seized during the arrests.
(The bad news is: If you are one of the thousands of Americans who decided to “get ahead of the pack” by purchasing Viagra, Cialis, etc. online – that treasured box of pills in your medicine cabinet probably contains Chinese-made counterfeits. Moreover, if they worked for you, it is suggested you look up “placebo effect” next time you go online.)
Let him try it up single on a motorcycle first , if he makes it why not an airplane?
"I see", said the blind man.
(But he didn't se at all !)
Now that I have my first new pair a glasses in a decade, I'm afraid I see what you mean.
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