Monthly Archives: July 2011

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Monk almost scores a goal before being violently tackled by his own team mates. He was treated for two bruised ribs.

Tibetan Buddhist Monks Start Soccer Team; No One With Ego To Score Goal

Lon­don: Last week, ten Tibetan Bud­dhist Monks cre­ated a soc­cer team, aim­ing to travel the world and use the sport as a way to high­light reli­gious oppres­sion under the Chi­nese gov­ern­ment. While turnout to their first game against famous Lon­don … Con­tinue read­ing →

 
Jenny Rutherford, precocious 8 year old from Waterloo, ate 136 hot dogs at last year's contest, taking the trophy. She died shortly thereafter.

Undocumented Workers at Meatpacking Plant Thrown in Jail, Hot Dog Eating Contest Called Off

Water­loo, Iowa: In tem­po­rary court­rooms at the Iowa State County Fair in Water­loo, 260 undoc­u­mented immi­grants were sen­tenced to five months in prison for work­ing at a meat­pack­ing plant with false doc­u­ments. The con­victed immi­grants were among hun­dreds detained in … Con­tinue read­ing →

 

AJTI: The Anthropological Journal of Threats and Insults

Data entries 4 — 6, col­lected from Andhra Pradesh,Hong Kong, and West Ben­gal are now avail­able for your research pur­poses. Sin­cerely, Pro­fes­sor L.K. Doolally

 
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U.S. Bikram Yoga Company Opens Studio on Subcontinent, Discovers India Already Hot as Hell

Chen­nai: The U.S. based com­pany “Hot Yoga!” focus­ing on Bikram Yoga recently held a lush grand open­ing of its newest sub­con­ti­nen­tal branch in Chen­nai, Tamil Nadu. How­ever, the com­pany has expe­ri­enced a num­ber of trou­bles dur­ing its open­ing week, the … Con­tinue read­ing →

 

Nepali Man Inadvertently at Forefront of Fashion

Kath­mandu, Nepal: We stopped Lhakpa Kar­ma­charya, a Nepali man, on the streets of Kath­mandu spout­ing the new West­ern hip­ster look – an effort­less cool demon­strated through extremely tight fit­ting pants, unkempt hair­cuts, and… Con­tinue read­ing →

 
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