Some interesting links

Funny, funny post at The Museum of Hoaxes. Well, funny for women, but I suspect not for men.

Huichol Indians are descendants of the Aztecs, and live in the mountains of North Central Mexico. During traditional childbirth, the father sits above his labouring wife on the roof of their hut. Ropes are tied around his testicles and his wife holds onto the other ends. Each time she feels a painful contraction, she tugs on the ropes so that her husband will share some of the pain of their child’s entrance into the world.

Sorry, but just imagining that happening is totally sending me into fits of laughter. Anyway, the author is still investigating, but it appears to be true.

Here’s the best picture I’ve found yet of Jack, the orange tabby (yay orange tabbies!) who chased a black bear up a tree. Hey, Tig swatted an Australian Cattle Dog on the nose once.

Real giant jellyfish photo. Fake giant jellyfish photo. (Again, Museum of Hoaxes, which needs to go in my current sidebar.)

And, if that weren’t enough for you, there’s this gem from the Weekly World News:

“We’ve hired 25 young, beautiful women willing to remove all their clothing and station themselves at strategic points on and approaching the bridge,” explained San Francisco Police Public Information Officer Bruce Onder.

“Hopefully, that will keep religious radicals from coming near the structure.”

According to Dr. Henry Chilvers, Professor Emeritus of Religion and Morality at the University of Sprituality in Sacramento, “Many orthodox faiths demand that a woman cover herself completely, excluding the face and hands, from men except her husband. Most religious zealots who would harm our nation are youths who have not seen one naked woman, let alone many. The shock, shame or simple eye-popping spectacle is going to make them do a U-turn pretty quickly. Or else drive into the bay, which is just as good.”

They’re much prettier than the usual naked San Franciscans you see in protest pictures.