They all fall down: Mattress dominoes world record attempt
via dailymail.co.uk Posted via web from Wayne Schulz’s Posterous
Archive | July, 2009
Airlines reduce size of spoons to save fuel during recession
via telegraph.co.uk In the United States, Northwest Airlines has excluded spoons from its cutlery pack if the in-flight meal does not require one. It is not alone, according to Paul Steele, director of the environment at IATA. Another carrier, JAL of Japan, took everything it loaded from a 747 and put it on the floor [...]
Coca-Cola trials sweet, fizzy, milky ‘vibrancy’ drink in three US cities
via guardian.co.uk Coca-Cola is trialling a new carbonated “vibrancy” drink and it will depend on Americans’ tastebuds whether other countries experience what the company claims is “a refreshing sensory experience”. The soft drinks giant has so far launched its new Vio products only in New York, but milk-based products are popular in Asian markets such [...]
‘Stolen’ car found in neighbour’s garage two years later (Hint: Not stolen – mis-parked by mechanic)
via thelocal.de After a calamitous mix-up with a local mechanic, an 82-year-old woman’s car, missing for two years and presumed stolen, turned up on Wednesday afternoon in her neighbour’s garage. The astonished neighbour, 61, who hadn’t used the garage for the past two years, found the car under a thick layer of dust, said police [...]
Astronaut Koichi Wakata didn’t change underwear for a month – Times Online
via timesonline.co.uk As the space shuttle Endeavour prepared to return to Earth yesterday, bringing Mr Wakata home from the International Space Station, where he has been since March, he revealed that he had been wearing the same pair of prototype pants for a month, all in the name of science. Posted via web from Wayne [...]
