Xpat Magazine September, 2006
Tyco executive Dennis Kozlowski’s brother-in-law’s defense for an extravagant bachelor party held for his son with Tyco company money: “It wasn’t like a three-ring circus…there was only one dwarf.”
World Record for the longest “midget toss”: 11 feet 5 inches1
Event at which the record was made: British Midget Tossing Championships 2002
Penalty in Ontario, Canada for tossing a midget: “a fine of not more than $5,000 or…imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or both.”
Amount of money a professional tossing-dwarf can earn: more that $100,000 USD per year
2 Duration 1.14m-tall Manuel Wackenheim fought a French ban on dwarf-tossing that left him unemployed: 2 years 2
The result: he lost
Age of an East Indian girl who married a dog to ward off an “evil spell”: 9
Manifestation of the “evil spell”: she had a tooth rooted to her upper gum, a bad omen
The size of the dowry a Sudanese man paid to marry his neighbor’s goat: $15,000 Sudanese Dinars (approx. $50 USD)
The reason behind it: He was caught copulating with the goat, and village elders decided he must pay the owner a dowry and marry it
Last known status of the marriage: still together
According to a state approved West Indian textbook for 14 year olds, why a donkey is like a wife: “It has to toil all day, and, like her, may even have to give up food and water.”
Why a donkey is better than a wife (same source): “while the housewife may sometimes complain and walk off to her parents’ home, you’ll never catch the donkey being disloyal to his master.”
Number of donkey weddings in Madras, India in 2003 in an attempt to bring rain: 5
New Zealand’s top producer of greenhouse gasses: belching and flatulent livestock
The governments initial proposed solution: a flatulence tax (later abandoned)
Number of calls in 1998 Southern California resident Al Niño received complaining about his effect on the weather: more than 100
Number of calls he received with blame for a stranger’s daughter’s loss of virginity: 1
Number of calls he’s received thanking him for improving the weather: 1
World Record for longest time standing nude atop Mt. Everest: 3 minutes
The accomplishment that George W. Bush expects to be his legacy, according to a senior White House consultant: “saving Iran”
The reason that Canadian Minister of Defense Paul Hellyer called on Canadian Parliament to discuss the best way to deal with extraterrestrials: he’s “so concerned about what the consequences might be of starting an intergalactic war.”
The name of a series of Brooklyn-based hip-hop parties aimed at young, white people: Kill Whitey
Attendees eligible for free entry: anybody who brings a bucket of chicken
The cost of one professional anus bleaching in Los Angeles: $75
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