shanmonster | Belated Link Dump

Abdominal surgey can turn into a time-delayed seppuku.

WWII rationing in Britain caused many foods which we take for granted to disappear. One woman remembers being a schoolgirl during the war, writing, "I remember my uncle fetching back some bananas when he came home on leave. He gave me one and I took it to school. Everyone crowded around me and my teacher showed it to the whole class. It seemed like a priceless treasure. I was a very popular girl that day. Everyone wanted me to open it and eat it, but I wouldn't. I took it back home with me and left it till it went black, but it still smelled so good. Even now I can't smell ripe bananas without evoking that memory."

The story is obviously biased, but, let's face it--it's difficult to remain completely objective when two police officers tasering and pepper spraying a blind, weaponless 94-year-old woman so severely that her prosthetic eye pops out and rolls around in the dirt.

Dayalets: Jaysus! Educational writeups on vitamin deficiency can induce nightmares.

Win This Baby: An unwed sixteen-year-old girl and the baby she's putting up for adoption make for tasteless reality television. Barbara Walters officiates as five couples compete for the coveted prize. Classy. The story gets even weirder when spoonbender Uri Geller gets pissed off because Barbara Walters is stealing his idea.

Roanoke Ballet: Because NASCAR is so cool, it has to be turned into a ballet.