Never Sleep In The Jungle
Villagers look on as a snake is found that has eaten one of the locals.
The snake is sliced open
The body of the missing local is found inside
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June 23, 2007
June 21, 2007
Drink Urine - It's Good For You
Independent Online reports that British hiker Paul Beck was stranded in the Spanish mountains for six days - and survived by drinking his own urine. As the 33-year-old waited for rescuers to find him, he resorted to urinating into a cup and drinking a few drops a day.
Last year, yachtsmen Mark Smith and Steven Freeman spent 11 days stranded in the South China Sea after their boat capsized. They put their survival down to urine.
You're probably pulling a face right now and thinking "how gross", but the fact is, some people believe that a few drops under the tongue each morning is actually good for you. Urine is highly sterile and consists of 95 percent water and five percent nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, proteins, antibodies and other beneficial ingredients.
Egyptian medical texts and Chinese and Indian documents mention the benefits of drinking one's urine, while the Aztecs used it to disinfect wounds. Aztec physicians administered urine as a drink to relieve stomach and intestine problems, and there is evidence that the ancient Romans used the bleaching power of urine as a teeth whitener.
The drinking of one's own urine has historically been credited in curing irregularity, fluid retention, abdominal pain, food allergies, exhaustion, chronic illness, hair loss, weight problems, lack of energy, jaundice, scurvy, gout, "hysterical vapours," and more.
June 11, 2007
The Dangers of Smoking
This is graphic in the extreme. Anyone for a cigarette?
Fourteen years ago I was in hospital after having one of my children, and smoking was allowed on the balcony then, but only on one floor. I went down to the 2nd storey balcony and used to sit with a woman who had just had her second leg amputated at the knee through smoking. We used to sit and enjoy our cigarettes together. Losing two legs to tobacco hadn't stopped her from smoking.
June 1, 2007
Michelin Man Denies Paternity
