And on we go to the second half of 2010.

July

Wasp spent most of the month in Estonia where this wonderful sign was seen highlighting the different view of personal responsibility in Estonia compared to the UK :

Estonia – No drunken swimming

UK – English water is much more dangerous than elsewhere in the world you know.

Christwire brought us this warning on the dangers of unemployment :

With Unemployment Benefits Extended, Rates of Domestic Masturbation And Sodomy Are Poised to Skyrocket

And I made the mistake of posting about split crotch panties – this post alone keeps google search in business :

Split crotch panties!

Trawling around the blogosphere on a slow Saturday evening brings the occasional wtf and slow smile :

Ironically, however, recent archaeological research at the site of the battle has proved conclusively that the Battle of Hastings was the first battle in recorded history where the conquering army were all – indeed – wearing French knickers and camisole tops under their armour.

Later on, during the Renaissance it was – of course – that prolific inventor and proto-scientist Leonardo Da Vinci himself, in some of his sketches and drawings, who first came up with the concept of the peep-hole bra and split crotch panties.

Electronvolt maintains that there is some evidence that can attribute the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa down to her, in fact, wearing some prototype erotic lingerie invented by Da Vinci during her sittings for the picture.

Enigmatic indeed as a slow Summer breeze reach nether regions I would imagine.

August

Berlin opened the first Cannibal Restaurant :

A sick internet joke or a serious business proposition? A restaurant in Germany has been conducting an advertising campaign for people to donate body parts which will be transformed into delicious dishes at a new restaurant called Flime.

The advertising campaign has been carried out not only online but also on television and in the press. Calling for donors to donate body parts “any part of the body”, the restaurant, called Flime, in a secret location in Berlin, claims that the donors will be considered “members” of a new dining cult.
The “members” will declare themselves willing to donate “any part of their body” while the resulting hospital costs will be borne by the restaurant which is looking for “an open-minded surgeon”.

Flime declares it is inspired by the Brazilian Waricaca tribe, whose “compassionate cannibalism”, consuming the parts of a loved one, was said to help the bereaved get through the mourning process by becoming joined to the dead.

Other dishes advertised at Flime are the traditional Brazilian feijoada, or black bean stew (boiled meats stewed with black beans and served on a bed of white rice) and bolinho, which are fried balls of meat, fish or vegetables served with a dip.

It is not yet clear whether this is a hoax, a publicity stunt by a restaurant that is due to open or simply extremely bad taste, since it evokes the shocking case of Armin Meiwes, the Hannibal of Hesse, who in 2001 filmed himself stabbing to death computer programmer Bernd Juergen Brandes, who had volunteered to be eaten and killed.

Meiwes at the time claimed there were around 800 cannibals in Germany in an underground movement.

Next time someone asks “breast or thigh” I do hope you remember reading this.

Russia enjoyed the summer swimming with blow up dolls event :

Waspsnest got all educational with this useful SQL query :

And was then amazed with this perfect news photo which makes you want to know what the hell happened next :

September

Melons! was the title of the post with this video where someone made a complete tit of themselves using, well, melons:

Small Dead Animals had the story on what must be the worlds ultimate bunny boiler :

the following story snippets must mark a new record for obsessive female aquaintances :

A doctor involved in an “on-again, off-again” relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend’s home by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday

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Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof last Wednesday night, removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue, Bakersfield police Sgt. Mary DeGeare said.

While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit “to avoid a confrontation,” authorities said.

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Kotarac apparently died in the chimney, but her body was not discovered until a house-sitter noticed a stench and fluids coming from the fireplace Saturday, according to a police statement. The house-sitter and her son investigated with a flashlight and found Kotarac dead, wedged about two feet above the top of the interior fireplace opening.

Firefighters spent five hours late Saturday dismantling the chimney and flue from outside the home to extract Kotarac’s body, DeGeare said.

Whilst one of The Waspsnest’s Estonian co-conspirators found this incredibly strange creature resembling a prototype “sailors friend” designed by H. R. Giger for Anne Summers :

October

Wasp discovered the delights of Topless Sledging :

Whilst Estonians found this handy guide to socialism :

And, a man in Congo competed for the title of most stupid idea of 2010 :

Sometimes the news is just too bizarre :

A plane crash in Democratic Republic of Congo that killed 20 people on board was caused by a crocodile hidden in a bag on the flight, a media report said here Friday.

British co-pilot Chris Wilson was among 20 people who died in the crash when passengers ran into the cockpit to escape a crocodile, the Daily Mail reported.

Wilson died alongside Belgian pilot Danny Philemotte when the twin-engined plane crashed Aug 25 into a house a few hundred metres from its destination in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Sify.

A crocodile being stored in a duffel bag got loose on the flight, everyone panicked, and the plane went down. Now, a crocodile on a plane running wild is funny, but not when it results in 20 deaths.

According to the only survivor of the plane crash, when the reptile got loose, all hell broke loose. “The terrified air hostess hurried towards the cockpit, followed by the passengers,” said the report.

This caused the to become unstable as the weight shifted wildly, and the plane went down “despite the desperate efforts of the pilot,” Popular Fidelity reports.

Where to start?

What the fuck was someone doing with a crocodile in their bag? I suppose they could have been slightly confused as to exactly what a crocodile handbag actually was but seriously!

November

Leslie Nielsen died which led inevitably to this clip :
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The IMF visited Ireland to see what rape and pillage services were needed :

Hardly surprising then that the IMF as an abbreviation can be taken (tongue in cheek) to mean something else entirely :

IMF – Imposing Misery and Famine

Whilst Sinn Fein gave its views on the Irish cabinet :

And Pravda reported on the US Museum of Sex where delights liek this can be found (I imagine the chequerplate is a right bugger to clean) :

December

Whilst Hungarians get drunk and strip off for the annual Santa Race :

And James Naughtie may have had a stiff one before coming on the show :
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We have to rely on South Africa to warn of the real dangers of drink driving :
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That is all from me for this year.

All the remains is to wish everyone a Happy New Year and all the best for 2011,

või Eesti Keeles – head uut aastat!

Bottoms Up.

The Wasp.