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The Hoohaa Monologues

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:42:39 GMT

clipped by: missangelyss

No vaginas please, we're Floridian

A theatre in Florida had to change the title of a charity production of The Vagina Monologues on its marquee, after a woman complained that it was offensive.

The new name? They decided on 'The Hoohaa Monologues'.

Then, they had to change it back after the play's producers said that the lack of offense was offensive.

Atlantic Theatres in Atlantic Beach, Florida, received a complaint from a woman who'd seen the advertised title as she drove past with her niece. She said that it had made her niece ask her what a vagina was.

The theatre's Bryce Pfanenstiel commented: 'I'm on the phone and asked “What did you tell her?” She's like, “I'm offended I had to answer the question.”'

So the theatre, anxious to avoid controversy, decided that the childish slang word 'hoohaa' was the most appropriate thing to replace 'vagina'.

Some have welcomed the change to 'The Hoohaa Monologues', while others have expressed some confusion. 'It sounds like a country band,' one passer by commented to local TV station WJXT.

The production was being staged by a group of law students, with all proceeds going to charity.

The director of the play demanded that the title be changed back, saying that they only had the rights to the play if its contents - including the title - were not censored.

As a result, two days after the hoohaa brouhaha began, the vagina was returned to its rightful place on the billboard.

The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler's award-winning international hit play, is an attempt to celebrate the vagina as an object of empowerment, rather than of shame. There's some way to go with that one, clearly.

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Missing For 25 Years After Boarding Wrong Bus

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:21:40 GMT

clipped by: missangelyss

Clip Source: www.weirddaily.com

February 6, 2007

Woman Goes Missing For 25 Years After Getting On Wrong Bus

Posted by gonzo | Filed Under Weird News |

A 76-year-old Malay Muslim woman from southern Thailand who got on the wrong bus 25 years ago and ended up living at the other end of the country has been reunited with her family, officials and domestic media said on Tuesday.

Unable to speak, read or write Thai, Jaeyaena Beuraheng boarded a bus in Malaysia thinking it was bound for Narathiwat, one of three Muslim-majority provinces in Buddhist Thailand’s far south.

Instead, she ended up 1,200 km (750 miles) to the north in Bangkok. Her predicament grew worse when she boarded a bus she thought was heading south only to end up in Chiang Mai, another 700 km to the north, the Nation newspaper reported.

She eked out a living as a beggar for five years before being arrested in 1987 and put into a centre for homeless people in a nearby province, where she has remained ever since.

She was finally reunited with her eight children — who were told she had been run over by a train — after three students from Narathiwat came to work at the centre and spoke to her.

“It was only when the students in Muslim clothes visited her and she started chatting to them that we realised she wasn’t mute,” centre director Jintana Satjang told Reuters.

The woman had been known as “Mrs. Mon” because centre staff thought her mutterings sounded like Mon, a tribal language in neighbouring Myanmar, she added.

Thailand’s three southernmost provinces were annexed by Bangkok a century ago and remain culturally distinct from the rest of the country. Eighty percent of the population are Muslim and speak Malay as a first language. [link]

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Guard Your Banana

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:37:42 GMT

clipped by: missangelyss
clipper's remarks: Thought this was cute! Could certainly start some interesting conversations.

Clip Source: crzyland.com

So you like bananas, but hate when it always gets abused during your commute. Well the good folks at BananaBunker.com have created a little gadget to save your lunch box friend. This device keeps your banana safe in it’s rock hard container, safe from laptops and other crunching devices. Notice the ribbed middle section, alowing for the uniquie shape of your banana. While being caught carrying an empty one might lead to laughs and finger pointing, the payoff just might be worth it. Coming in 4 colors these little guys keep your banana hard and always looking good. Welcome to CrzyLand

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