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Scarification—cutting or branding marks into the skin—is becoming an increasingly widespread type of body modification throughout the U.S., Europe, and Australia.

This is a freshly carved scar tattoo.

This is the skin that came off to create it.

Scarification is done either by cutting repeatedly with a scalpel, using a cauterizing tool, or by "strike branding," which is much like cattle branding.

After cleaning the area and stenciling on the design, the artist begins cutting or burning the skin until reaching the right depth and width. "It can take 15 minutes, but I've also done pieces that took eight hours over two days," said Ryan Ouellette, a body-modification artist who owns Precision Body Arts in Nashua, New Hampshire.

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How painful would this be! This imagine shows an example of a body modification practice known as corset piercing. According to Wikipedia,

"A corset piercing is a series of surface piercings done to emulate the appearance of the lacing on the back of a corset. Two rows of bilaterally symmetrical piercings are performed and can be composed of as few as four piercings (two in each row) or as many as the length of the area being pierced (usually the back) and the vertical space between piercings will allow space for. Due to the difficulty and risks associated with permanently healing single surface piercings, most corset piercings are intended to be temporary in nature."

Temporary corset piercings are open wounds, and are subject to the same infection, cross contamination, and irritation risks as any other healing piercing or small wound. Scarring from the removal of temporary piercings is usually minimal or non-existent.

I must admit to a certain squeamishness when I view these images. If you're interested, there's plenty of pictures online.

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ARL stands for Australian Rugby League and AFL stands for Australian Football League.

Does the following apply to the ARL, the AFL?

• 36 have been accused of spousal abuse
• 7 have been arrested for fraud
• 19 have been accused of writing bad cheques
• 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
• 3 have done time for assault
• 71, repeat 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
• 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
• 8 have been arrested for shoplifting
• 21 currently are defendants in lawsuits, and
• 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

Can you guess which organisation this is?

Neither, it's the 535 members of the Australian Parliament in Canberra.

The same group of Idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.

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Must give up smoking and wear pyjamas to bed.

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• In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death.
• In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.
• Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers. The sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times.
• The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
• There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time.Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.
• In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband's illicit lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.
• Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England but only in tropical fish stores.
• In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act.
• In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.
• In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: Prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."
• Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
• Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
• The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
• Butterflies taste with their feet.
• An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
• Starfish don't have brains.
• Turtles can breathe through their butts.

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