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Week 26, 2007 - The Laughable News

In The News:

Powdered Booze?!

Dutch students have developed powdered alcohol which they have called Booz2Go. It is available in 20-gramme packets that cost 1-1.5 euros . Top it up with water and you have a bubbly, lime-coloured and -flavoured drink with just 3 percent alcohol content.

“Because the alcohol is not in liquid form, we can sell it to people below 16,” said project member Martyn van Nierop. The legal age for drinking alcohol and smoking is 16 in the Netherlands.

The students said companies interested in making the product commercially could avoid taxes because the alcohol was in powder form. A number of companies are interested, they said.

Teen Finds 2.93 Carat Diamond:

Walking along a path taken by thousands of others at the Crater of Diamonds State Park, Nicole Ruhter, 13, noticed something everyone else had missed - a tea-coloured, 2.93-carat diamond.

“We were walking through the path and I just walked and saw this little shine,” said Ruhter, who has just finished the seventh-grade. “We wrapped it up in a little dollar bill and took it back and showed them.”

Ruhter said both park rangers and her vacationing family got excited about the diamond, found along a service road. “So far this year, visitors to the park have found 332 diamonds”, said Bill Henderson, assistant park superintendent.

Crater of Diamonds State Park is the world’s only diamond-producing site open to the public and visitors are allowed to keep the gems they find. On average, two diamonds are found each day at the park.

Hooked On Facts:

If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones go to the top.

More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a typical French kiss!

It’s against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas.

Senegalese women spend an average of 17.5 hours a week just collecting water.

Over 90% of all fish caught are caught in the northern hemisphere.

The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.

Brought to you by HookedOnFacts.com

Just Joking:

Naval Test:

A young naval student was being put through the paces by an old sea captain.

“What would you do if a sudden storm sprang up on the starboard?”

“Throw out an anchor, sir,” the student replied.

“What would you do if another storm sprang up aft?”

“Throw out another anchor, sir.”

“And if another terrific storm sprang up forward, what would you do then?” asked the captain.

“Throw out another anchor, sir.”

“Hold on,” said the captain. “Where are you getting all those anchors from?”

“From the same place you’re getting your storms, sir.”

Making Babies:

When the second grader arrived home from school, she excitedly ran up to her mom and said, “Guess what we learned today, mommy? How to make babies.”

Her mother was more than surprised, but did her best to remain calm. She knew that this day would come, but she had hoped it wouldn’t have been so soon. “How interesting dear,” her mother said. “How do you make babies?”

“It’s really simple,” replied the little girl. “All you have to do is change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’.”

Party Crashers:

I was at a party and the host was getting worried because there were too many people and not enough refreshments. She was sure that not all of these people had been invited but didn’t know how to tell which ones were the crashers. Then her husband got an idea....

He turned to the crowd of guests and said “Will those who are from the brides side of the family stand up please?” about twenty people stood.

Then he asked “ Will those who are from the groom side of the family stand up as well?” about twenty five people stood up.

The He smiled and said “Will all those who stood please leave, This is a birthday party.