Daily Archives: November 26, 2003
This Year’s “Gotta Have It” Toy Winner
Israeli customs officials have seized 400 Osama bin Laden dolls and 50 Saddam Hussein dolls saying they constitute incitement. The singing and dancing dolls, which carry toy guns, were discovered during a routine check of cargo at he port of … Continue reading
Science Catchs Woody Allen After 30 Years
If there’s anything more American the celebrity sex stories, we don’t know what it is. Sometimes it gets hard to tell if life is imitating art, or visa versa. It took 30 years, but science has finally caught up with … Continue reading
She’s Not Heavy, She’s a Lawyer
As reported by the Dowbrigade back in September, Russian ballerina Anastasia Volochkova was unceremoneously dumped for getting "too big." Anastasia claimed that the real reason behind her dismissal were political and personal. Appearantly, a Moscow court agreed with her…. A … Continue reading
To Grandmother’s House We Go
Packing up the old Toyoto to join 36 million of my countrymen in the closest thing our culture has to the Haj – the Pilgramage to Give Thanks. The Dowbrigade’s Mom lives up in Maine, or rather, Down East in … Continue reading
Using the Old Noodle
Thailand builds ‘world’s biggest noodle Xmas tree’ A Thai hotel has built what it claims is the biggest Christmas tree ever made entirely out of noodles. The tree, made for a charity celebration, was decorated with coloured sugar and … Continue reading