Viral Videos Just as Deadly as Viral Illnesses

People who inadvertently starred in Youtube videos that got huge are the child TV stars of the internet, their lives defined by some awkward, emasculating moment. So it goes for the "Numa Numa" guy.
Numa Numa: 27.28 million hits now. Wowzers. If you are Gary Brolsma, the Numa Numa guy, you can only go two ways: fight your destiny and retreat into yourself—which would exact a high social cost, but let you retain your fundamental humanity—or embrace it and pimp it as much as possible. Gary's chosen option #2, as you can see, because here he is with that Geico gecko, going 'viral' and generally being a one-trick pony like some Harlem Globetrotter who would really love to tell the kids about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, but all they want to see is that half-court trick shot. The point is, never ever do anything popular on the internet, or you can kiss your ass goodbye.

Numa Numa Guy with Gecko

Saudi clerics demand ban on women appearing in media

London, Mar.23 : A group of hard-line Saudi clerics have urged the kingdom’s new information minister to ban women from appearing on TV or in newspapers and magazines.

The 35 clergymen also called on Abdel Aziz Khoja, who was appointed by King Abdullah February 14 as part of a wide reform drive, to prohibit the playing of music and music shows on television, reports the Daily Express.

The clerics’ recommendation will probably have little effect because the king’s reshuffle removed a number of hard-line figures and is believed to be part of an effort to weaken the influence of conservatives in this devout desert kingdom.

The statement does, however, put a degree of pressure on the new minister and lets him know the feelings of the country’s powerful religious establishment.

Saudi Arabia was founded on an alliance with the conservative Wahhabi strain of Islam that sees the mixing of sexes as anathema and believes the playing of music violates religious values.

Brazilian Wax Ban? NJ Considers It After Two Women Are Injured

In this June 21, 2002 file photo, visitors and residents spend the day on the beach in Belmar, N.J., on this first day of summer. New Jersey is drawing the line when it comes to bikini waxing. The state Cosmetology and Hairstyling Board is moving toward a ban on genital waxing altogether after two women reported being injured. Both women were hospitalized for infections following so-called "Brazilian" waxes. The board will decide on April 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price)

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey is drawing the line when it comes to bikini waxing. The state Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling is moving toward a ban on genital waxing after two women reported being injured in their quest for a smooth bikini line.
Both women were hospitalized for infections following so-called "Brazilian" bikini waxes; one of the women has filed a lawsuit, according to Jeff Lamm, a spokesman for New Jersey's Division of Consumer Affairs, which oversees the cosmetology board.
Technically, genital waxing has never been allowed _ only the face, neck, abdomen, legs and arms are permitted _ but because bare-it-all "Brazilians" weren't specifically banned, state regulators haven't enforced the law.
"The genital area is not part of the abdomen or legs as some might assume," Lamm said.
Officials with the National Cosmetology Association and National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology said they were unaware of another state that has banned genital waxing.
Regular bikini waxes would still be allowed.
Genital waxing can be dangerous in that the hot wax can irritate or tear delicate skin in the bikini area, resulting in infections, ingrown hairs and rashes, according to skin care experts.
Despite such risks, millions of American women _ and some men _ choose to have the hair down there ripped away, and a majority of salons in New Jersey offer the procedure for between $50 to $60.
The state Board of Cosmetology meets next on April 14 and will decide whether to move forward with banning the procedure, made popular in Brazil to accommodate skimpy thong bikinis.
The earliest the ban could take effect would be sometime in May, Lamm said, and salons that continue to perform it could be fined.
For salon owners, discontinuing the popular service could mean a substantial drop in business, especially as summer swimsuit season nears.
Spa owner Linda Orsuto, who owns 800 West Salon & Spa in Cherry Hill, estimates that most of 1,800 bikini waxes performed at her business last year were Brazilian-style.
"It's huge," she said, adding that her customers don't think their bikini lines are anyone's business but their own. "It's just not right."
She said many customers would likely travel across state lines to get it and some might even try to wax themselves.

Presidential Slip-Up: President Obama Insults The Disabled!

In Photo: Then Presidential Candidate Barack Obama and Jay Leno. Close enough to tonight's scene.

So I thought I'd be writing a very different story right about now. I thought I'd be writing about how I felt it was a little out of place for a President to go on a late night show, that it didn't do the office justice to joke around in that way and that President Obama was taking the title just a tad too lightly (at least in terms of PR).

To a large extent, that is still very true in this story. But I would never have thought that President Obama would have made such a slip-up as to insult the disabled!

Talking about White House bowling, the President admitted to improving his score, reaching a personal best of 129. "That's very good, Mr. President" said Jay Lenosarcastically (as many of you would have).

In an attempt to laugh at himself however, the President said it's "like the Special Olympics or something," thereby insulting the disabled. Now I have no problem with this kind of humor, we've all done it and its quite fine coming from a comedian that tries to push the boundaries. But the President has to be above it all.

The President has to be everyone's President and must be a unifying figure. That's where the man and the office find strength.  It may have been the first Presidential appearance on a late night show, but if it never happens again, this will be the reason why.

Most bizarre complaints made by Brit holidaymakers!

London, March 18 : Extremely white sand, too many fish in the sea, and the possibility that mosquitoes could bite are some of the most bizarre things that Brit holidaymakers have complained about in a new study.
Based on the research by The Association for British Travel Agents and Thomas Cook, a list of the 20 most absurd grievances received by tour operators was put together.

The list included one jealous vacationer moaning his friend’s three-bedroom apartment to be “clearly bigger” than his one-bedroom place, reports the Telegraph.

Another one was unhappy that it took Brits nine hours to fly back to England from Jamaica, while Americans could reach home in a mere three hours. former tourist was livid that the 3.50-pound pair of Ray Ban shades purchased from a street vendor turned out to fake.

A travel agent faced the heat from another holidaymaker for not telling him to take his swimming trunks to a water park, while another complained of not having received the warning that mosquitos could actually bite.
Another criticism included Spain being full of too many Spanish people, while restaurants in India were also not spared for serving too much curry

When sex goes hilariously wrong

London, Mar 18 : While most people enjoy a healthy sex life, sometimes a good sex can go hilariously wrong.


In her new book 1001 Ridiculous Sexual Misadventures, Gina McKinnon, reveals some of the funniest tales.

An Edinburgh man was caught romping with a traffic cone claimed to be carrying out a piece of fringe theatre.

A pair of teenage lovebirds in the Czech Republic were run over by a tractor while making out in the hay, reports the Daily Star.

In 2001, the king of Swaziland fined himself a cow when he broke his own rule banning sex in his country.

A Kent couple were fined 250 pounds after being caught having sex in a fridge in a busy supermarket.
When the security guard asked what they were up to, the women relied chilling out.

A Taiwanese couple Lee Shin, 29, and Lin Gu, 25, were hospitalised when their car skid off a cliff-face during an extra-marital sexcapade in the back seat.

A French couple was caught on a mobile phone camera while making love in the lobby of a bank.

In another hilarious incident in 1986, a woman distracted staff of clothing stores in Salisbury by flashing her breasts while her accomplice robbed the place.

Malaysian mistakes woman for a monkey, shoots her

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Police said a man in Malaysia shot his neighbor as she picked sapodilla fruit in his tree thinking she was a monkey. Police chief in eastern Pahang state Yahaya Othman said the woman was gathering fruit Thursday when her neighbor shot her.

Yahaya said the man came home and saw rustling in the tree and fired into it. "Then there was screaming ... and only then did he know it was his neighbor."

He said the woman was hospitalized with a wound to the abdomen but her condition was stable Friday.

He said police were investigating the man, a volunteer security corps member, for illegally discharging a firearm, which carries a maximum prison term of two years.