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Post by keres on Oct 30, 2004 7:43:42 GMT -5
Imagine how sore his throat must have been...
Hong Kong - A Hong Kong radio presenter hopes to have sung his way into the record books after singing karaoke for more than four days, a media report said on Tuesday.
DJ Barry Yip spent 81 hours and 23 seconds singing 1 000 songs in the charity record bid, the South China Morning Post reported.
With just 15 seconds rest between each song and with the help of 63 local pop stars, including actress and singing superstar Kelly Chen, Yip also managed to raise R150 000 for the charity Oxfam.
Yip, a DJ for a local music station, had a doctor on hand to monitor his blood pressure and a lawyer to verify his record claim.
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Post by keres on Oct 30, 2004 7:50:38 GMT -5
Mom Charged After Car Stolen With Baby InsideA mother who was reunited with her baby after her car was stolen when she ran inside a Holly Hill store now faces possible neglect charges for leaving the boy in the running car, according to Local 6 News. More about it: www.local6.com/news/3850513/detail.html
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Post by keres on Oct 30, 2004 7:54:43 GMT -5
Interesting news never end.... Scientists uncover possible new species of humanIn a breathtaking discovery, scientists working on a remote Indonesian island say that they have uncovered the bones of a human dwarf species marooned for eons while modern man rapidly colonized the rest of the planet. Read more: www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/27/dwarf.cavewoman.ap/index.html |
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Post by brunneng on Oct 30, 2004 14:05:29 GMT -5
Imagine how sore his throat must have been...Hong Kong - A Hong Kong radio presenter hopes to have sung his way into the record books after singing karaoke for more than four days, a media report said on Tuesday. DJ Barry Yip spent 81 hours and 23 seconds singing 1 000 songs in the charity record bid, the South China Morning Post reported. With just 15 seconds rest between each song and with the help of 63 local pop stars, including actress and singing superstar Kelly Chen, Yip also managed to raise R150 000 for the charity Oxfam. Yip, a DJ for a local music station, had a doctor on hand to monitor his blood pressure and a lawyer to verify his record claim. I'd bet he'll never sing again after this!   ...all I need... |
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Post by brunneng on Oct 30, 2004 14:06:59 GMT -5
Mom Charged After Car Stolen With Baby InsideA mother who was reunited with her baby after her car was stolen when she ran inside a Holly Hill store now faces possible neglect charges for leaving the boy in the running car, according to Local 6 News. More about it: www.local6.com/news/3850513/detail.html Yup, grab your purse but forget the baby! Sigh...  ...you're my everything... |
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Post by brunneng on Oct 30, 2004 14:08:25 GMT -5
Interesting news never end.... Scientists uncover possible new species of humanIn a breathtaking discovery, scientists working on a remote Indonesian island say that they have uncovered the bones of a human dwarf species marooned for eons while modern man rapidly colonized the rest of the planet. Read more: www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/10/27/dwarf.cavewoman.ap/index.htmlGuess this group is just a LITTLE behind our evolution! ...don't look back... |
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Post by keres on Nov 13, 2004 8:33:20 GMT -5
Man mistakenly burns cash for heat OSLO, Norway -- A Norwegian who felt a bit chilly after a night on the town and decided to stoke his fireplace didn't really have money to burn. It just turned out that way. What he realized too late was that the paper he used to start the blaze was a stack of bills, worth about 15,000 kroner (US$2,400; euro1,830), the regional newspaper Avisa Nordland reported Thursday. "I came home late at night after a party, and wanted a beer before I went to bed," he told the newspaper. "It was cold in the living room, but there was a glow in the wood stove." So the man, identified only as being his 50s, grabbed a handful of paper next to the stove and tossed it in. "I discovered too late that the envelope of money had fallen onto the floor with the kindling paper," he said. He said the cash had been payment for an artwork he had sold earlier in the day. Had there been anything left of the bills, he might have been able to exchange some of it for undamaged bills at the state Bank of Norway, but the wood stove was too efficient. The man, who lives on the Arctic Lofoten Islands of northwestern Norway, told the newspaper his tale of woe on the condition that it did not publish his name. --- www.sun-sentinel.com/news/custom/fringe/sns-othernews-1111cashforheat,0,1416956.story?coll=sfla-news-fringe
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Post by brunneng on Nov 13, 2004 10:08:41 GMT -5
Man mistakenly burns cash for heat OSLO, Norway -- A Norwegian who felt a bit chilly after a night on the town and decided to stoke his fireplace didn't really have money to burn. It just turned out that way. What he realized too late was that the paper he used to start the blaze was a stack of bills, worth about 15,000 kroner (US$2,400; euro1,830), the regional newspaper Avisa Nordland reported Thursday. "I came home late at night after a party, and wanted a beer before I went to bed," he told the newspaper. "It was cold in the living room, but there was a glow in the wood stove." So the man, identified only as being his 50s, grabbed a handful of paper next to the stove and tossed it in. "I discovered too late that the envelope of money had fallen onto the floor with the kindling paper," he said. He said the cash had been payment for an artwork he had sold earlier in the day. Had there been anything left of the bills, he might have been able to exchange some of it for undamaged bills at the state Bank of Norway, but the wood stove was too efficient. The man, who lives on the Arctic Lofoten Islands of northwestern Norway, told the newspaper his tale of woe on the condition that it did not publish his name. --- www.sun-sentinel.com/news/custom/fringe/sns-othernews-1111cashforheat,0,1416956.story?coll=sfla-news-fringe Now that's a hot one! ;D ...when it's cold outside... |
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Post by keres on Nov 19, 2004 11:15:40 GMT -5
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Post by keres on Nov 19, 2004 11:20:22 GMT -5
Poetry is beamed into space for aliens to enjoy.Swedish poets have broadcast their work into outer space by radio to give alien life forms -- if they exist -- a taste of earthling literature. "I can't think of anything more adequate than poetry to communicate what it means to be human," said Daniel Sjolin, editor of Swedish poetry magazine Lyrikvannen and organizer of the live reading at a Stockholm observatory. The transmission Tuesday night was aimed at Vega, the brightest star of the Lyra constellation, which is 25 light-years from Earth -- meaning the poets will have to wait 50 years for alien reviews. --- www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=6841443
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Post by keres on Nov 19, 2004 11:25:55 GMT -5
N.Y. Farmer's Hog Tops Scales At More Than Half TonIt's a porker named Norm. It stands 4 feet high, is 7 feet from snout to tail and weighs 1,600 pounds. Norm lives on Bob Peterson's farm in central New York's Madison County. Peterson, a retired state trooper, named the prodigious pig after the character on "Cheers." A livestock specialist at Cornell said a normal 3-year-old pig tops out at 500 pounds. Being more than three times that, Norm has attracted a lot of human visitors. But Peterson said the big pig will never wind up as bacon. He said Norm has become a mascot, and as long as there's a farm, he's got a place to stay. --- www.thelouisvillechannel.com/news/3932413/detail.htmlCool!
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Post by brunneng on Nov 19, 2004 18:41:22 GMT -5
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Post by brunneng on Nov 19, 2004 18:43:51 GMT -5
Poetry is beamed into space for aliens to enjoy.Swedish poets have broadcast their work into outer space by radio to give alien life forms -- if they exist -- a taste of earthling literature. "I can't think of anything more adequate than poetry to communicate what it means to be human," said Daniel Sjolin, editor of Swedish poetry magazine Lyrikvannen and organizer of the live reading at a Stockholm observatory. The transmission Tuesday night was aimed at Vega, the brightest star of the Lyra constellation, which is 25 light-years from Earth -- meaning the poets will have to wait 50 years for alien reviews. --- www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=6841443 Bad news...the beings near Vega hate poetry! They are true World Wrestling Federation watchers, though! ...I can make a ship sail... |
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Post by brunneng on Nov 19, 2004 18:45:52 GMT -5
N.Y. Farmer's Hog Tops Scales At More Than Half TonIt's a porker named Norm. It stands 4 feet high, is 7 feet from snout to tail and weighs 1,600 pounds. Norm lives on Bob Peterson's farm in central New York's Madison County. Peterson, a retired state trooper, named the prodigious pig after the character on "Cheers." A livestock specialist at Cornell said a normal 3-year-old pig tops out at 500 pounds. Being more than three times that, Norm has attracted a lot of human visitors. But Peterson said the big pig will never wind up as bacon. He said Norm has become a mascot, and as long as there's a farm, he's got a place to stay. --- www.thelouisvillechannel.com/news/3932413/detail.htmlCool! Norm sounds like a cutie! My ex-girlfriend had the same kind of figure! :laughing :laughing :laughing :laughing :laughing ...all I need... |
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Post by keres on Jan 21, 2005 18:36:28 GMT -5
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