Links 07-10-2007
The Daily Telegraph sez: Do not spurn gifts from twitchy Japanese office workers
A disgruntled Japanese worker smashed up his employer’s office in a fit of pique after his boss ignored his gift of sweets.
An Osaka court was told that the 31-year-old man, who worked for an online clothing sales company, had given the company president a box of sweets as a mark of gratitude after landing the job, the English-language Asahi Shimbun said.
Many Japanese maintain a tradition of sending gifts to important business contacts in summer and winter.
When the employee realised his boss had left the gift unopened under his desk, he smashed 22 computers in the office with a truncheon, the paper said.
The Daily Mail (yes, I know, I know) sez: Ladies! Your makeup is killing you!
Women absorb 5lb of chemicals from cosmetics every year - from cancer-causing compounds in face cream to arsenic in eyeshadow.
Mr Amusement Park ride designer sez: You know, not enough people are vomiting on our rides. Let’s do something about that.
“My job is a decision-making job. And as a result, I make a lot of decisions.”
“…all of the famous Bush malapropisms…have involved occasions when Mr. Bush was trying to sound caring and compassionate… By contrast, Mr. Bush is articulate and even grammatical when he talks about punishing people; that’s when he’s speaking from the heart.”
The Perry Bible Fellowship sez: Accept Velociraptors into your home and into your heart.
