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Custom-made beer can coffin

Fri, 09 May 2008 21:12:36 GMT

clipped by: Babe_ORiley
clipper's remarks: well, he's certainly high on life....and death!

Glenwood village administrator Bill Bramanti had a coffin specially designed to look like a can of his favorite beer, Pabst Blue Ribbon, in Chicago Heights, Ill. Saturday, May 3, 2008. (Mary Compton, Associated Press / May 3, 2008)

By Associated Press

SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. - Bill Bramanti will love Pabst Blue Ribbon eternally, and he's got the custom-made beer-can casket to prove it. "I actually fit, because I got in here," said Bramanti of South Chicago Heights.

The 67-year-old Glenwood village administrator doesn't plan on needing it anytime soon, though.

He threw a party Saturday for friends and filled his silver coffin -- designed in Pabst's colors of red, white and blue -- with ice and his favorite brew.

"Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?" said Bramanti's daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42.

Tags: coffin, beer, can

Body Art

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:31:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: interesting... and partly painful

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

The artist meticulously spends up to 19 hours copying the design from the wall-covering onto the naked women.

The incredible images were created by self-taught body artist Emma, 35, who lives in Adelaide, Australia.

She scrupulously paints the patterns onto her models by hand until they seamlessly blend into their background.

The camouflage idea came to her in 2005 when she saw wallpaper designed by Florence Broadhurst, popular for her stylish interior designs in the 1930s.

"I saw the amazing wallpaper and I thought 'that's it,' says Emma.

Macca is irritating!

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:13:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: hehe!

Clip Source: www.contactmusic.com

BEATLES legend SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has been named the most irritating pop star of all time, by a new online poll.
The rocker was judged to be even more annoying than James Blunt, Lily Allen and Robbie Williams - who he beat to the top of the Musicmagpie.com survey.
Site spokesman Craig Dawson says, "It's easy for musicians to get very irritating very quickly. MACca has driven people up the wall with his 'holier than thou' approach to his divorce, two-fingered peace gesture and penchant for wearing trainers with suits."
The top ten 'most irritating stars' is as follows:
1: SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY
2: JAMES BLUNT
3: LILY ALLEN
4: ROBBIE WILLIAMS
5: AMY WINEHOUSE
6: BONO
7: SIR CLIFF RICHARD
8: PETE DOHERTY
9: JOSS STONE
10: CRAIG DAVID.

Tags: beatles, paul mccartney

Potatoes fry Swiss government

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:58:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: And Bush blames the Indian middle class for food shortage!!!

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

BERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The Swiss government has agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes following fears that Euro 2008 soccer fans could face a shortage of French fries next month.

A spokesman for the country's department of agriculture told national radio on Wednesday that the government would allow an additional 5,000 tonnes of potatoes to be brought in.

The decision follows a request by Swiss potato industry association Swisspatat who warned that supplies were already running low in the buildup to the June tournament.

The association has estimated that 3,000 additional tonnes will be needed to make chips for foreign supporters, with the remaining 2,000 used for other forms of potato.

The tournament runs from June 7 to 29 and will be co-hosted by Switzerland and neighboring Austria.

Tags: swiss, french fries