Hey Ladies! Are you gonna be Boobalicious for Boobquake?

Check out: "Boobquake Event Urges Women to Revolt With Cleavage" - www.asylum.com

http://www.asylum.com/2010/04/23/jennifer-mccreight-boobquake-facebook-page-revolts-against-iran-cleric-earthquake-claim/?icid=asylum-iphone-url


An Iranian cleric attributed the recent string of natural disasters -- in Haiti, Chile and Mexico/Southern California -- to promiscuous women flaunting their bodily goods.



"Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes," said Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi.



Sounds ridiculous, right? But instead of brushing aside this obviously false assumption, Jennifer McCreight of Purdue University created "Boobquake," a worldwide event taking place on April 26th that encourages women to wear low-cut tops and push-up bras.



Continue reading for more details of this brilliant plan to tempt fate.
"Nearly all the feedback I've received has been extremely positive," McCreight tells Asylum. "A lot of people seem really thankful that someone vocalized how ridiculous this anti-science and anti-women thinking is."



The event will take place all day on Monday, April 26th (much to the delight of the male sex). So far, over 100,000 people are registered to participate, according to the event's Facebook page.



Boobquake is more than just showing off jugs, though. In addition to wearing a low tank top herself, McCreight plans to do some actual scientific research on the day of the event to see if all that cleavage can significantly increase activity on the seismograph.



And if the world actually shifts?



"Tens of earthquakes happen every day, so I'm not too worried," she tells us. "But if we do [see a big one], we'll know women have magical powers, which is kind of cool."



McCreight admits that the science may be flawed since the upcoming Boobquake will be a one-off. To combat the small sample size, she also hinted at repeating the event to gather more robust scientific data. We here at Asylum can only hope for this research to continue.

-------------------------------

This article came from the Asylum iPhone App, which features all of the content from the www.asylum.com men's lifestyle site, including weird news, humor, fashion, sex tips, dating, style, food and wine, gadgets, tech, music, movies, events, health, fitness, entertainment and weirdness of all kinds.

To learn more about the app or download it go here:
http://www.asylum.com/downloads/iphone/

Sent from my BAT::iPhone

Sponge Bob saves lives!

Check out: "Choking Girl Saved by Lessons From 'SpongeBob'" - PopEater.com

http://www.popeater.com/2010/04/23/choking-girl-saved-by-lessons-from-spongebob/?icid=popeater-iphone-url


We know SpongeBob entertains, but we had no idea he could save lives! A girl from Long Island credits 'SpongeBob' for showing her how to perform the Heimlich maneuver on a choking friend, reports Newsday (via AP).



Allyson Golden and Miriam Starobin found a joke their teacher told on Tuesday so funny that they were both "on the floor" laughing. But the laughter in the Long Beach Middle School music class soon stopped, as Allyson started choking on her gum. She began kicking her legs and turned red. That's when her best friend Miriam, 12, sprung into action. With the aid of lessons learned from the television show 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' Miriam performed the lifesaving Heimlich maneuver and Allyson's gum popped out of her mouth.


"Her hands were around her throat and she's turning purple and I'm going, 'Oh my God,'" Miriam recalled to ABC News. "The first thing I did was channel SpongeBob," she told Good Day NY on Friday. "I saw SpongeBob do the Heimlich."



In one episode of the series, the surly character Squidward swallows a fork and is revived by Patrick. Squidward also once had a clarinet in his throat and was saved by SpongeBob. 'SpongeBob' is an animated TV show on Nickelodeon.



"[The gum] flew across the room like five feet. I was so thankful she saved my life," said Allyson.



"We think it's smart thinking on Miriam's part, and we are happy that SpongeBob could be such a positive help," said a spokesperson from Nickelodeon.



Miriam claims she also likes 'Grey's Anatomy' and other medical shows. She has not received formal training in performing the Heimlich maneuver.



Allyson is in good medical condition.





-------------------------------

This article came from the PopEater iPhone App, which features all of the content from the PopEater.com men's lifestyle site, including weird news, humor, fashion, sex tips, dating, style, food and wine, gadgets, tech, music, movies, events, health, fitness, entertainment and weirdness of all kinds.

To learn more about the app or download it go here:
http://www.popeater.com/downloads/iphone

Sent from my BAT::iPhone

Buy a bed- fed a mouse to gator? How dumb!

Check out: "Alligator Feeding at Store Grand Opening Shocks Furniture Shoppers" - www.asylum.com

http://www.asylum.com/2010/04/21/alligator-feeding-at-store-grand-opening-shocks-furniture-shoppe/?icid=asylum-iphone-url


We're not marketing experts, but the traumatic deaths of small mammals probably isn't the best way to attract new customers to your business. But who knows, maybe you can sell furniture based on how many bunnies a gator will eat.



In Los Lunas, N.M., a furniture store decided the best way to get people excited about no-credit-check-needed rentals was to toss some live animals to a pit full of gators every so often.



Thoughtfully, management warned folks before they tossed the mice and rabbits to their ends, so folks could turn away if they'd rather not sacrifice their children's innocence on the altar of affordable sofa beds.



The store admits that there were gators, and that they were fed live animals, though they insist it was only mice and not rabbits ... and that everyone was told ahead of time when the feeding would occur. Customers say the gators were next to a child's play area.



We say show us the video, Internet! And the Supreme Court agrees.


-------------------------------

This article came from the Asylum iPhone App, which features all of the content from the www.asylum.com men's lifestyle site, including weird news, humor, fashion, sex tips, dating, style, food and wine, gadgets, tech, music, movies, events, health, fitness, entertainment and weirdness of all kinds.

To learn more about the app or download it go here:
http://www.asylum.com/downloads/iphone/

Sent from my BAT::iPhone

I find many women LOVE to talk to me over the phone.

"Women Swoon Over Men With Monotone Voices" - www.asylum.com

http://www.asylum.com/2010/04/20/women-swoon-over-men-with-monotone-voices-clint-eastwood-george-clooney/?icid=asylum-iphone-url


Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with.



Males with a steady tone of voice have a significantly higher number of sex partners than their tonally inconsistent counterparts.



Researchers tested 200 men to observe how much their vocal pitch changed during a simulated dating game, among other situations. The less a man's voice wavered, the more sexual partners that guy reported over the past year.



Experts believe a monotone voice signals to a woman that a man is strong, powerful and in control -- a gent who won't waver in stressful situations. Clint Eastwood and George Clooney are examples of men whose monotone voices contribute to their sex appeal.



And, of course, there's perfectly even-voiced Nixon-speechwriter-turned-actor-and-game-show-host Ben Stein. You'd be a fool to let your woman within a city block of that smooth-talking cat.


-------------------------------

This article came from the Asylum iPhone App, which features all of the content from the www.asylum.com men's lifestyle site, including weird news, humor, fashion, sex tips, dating, style, food and wine, gadgets, tech, music, movies, events, health, fitness, entertainment and weirdness of all kinds.

To learn more about the app or download it go here:
http://www.asylum.com/downloads/iphone/

Sent from my BAT::iPhone

He has risen indeed!

Check out: "Church Erects Jesus Painting With a Foot-Tall Penis" - www.asylum.com

http://www.asylum.com/2010/04/16/warr-acres-oklahoma--st-charles-borromeo-catholic-church-jesus-penis-painting/?icid=asylum-iphone-url


He hath risen.



Well, probably not in the biblical sense, but a painting depicting the crucifixion of Jesus, which hangs in Warr Acres, Okla., seems to indicate Jesus indeed had a rising ... in his pants.



As you can see in the picture here, Jesus appears to have, for some inexplicable reason, a giant penis. Considering the artwork is approximately 10 feet tall, that would make this an almost foot-long wiener.



Of course, the parishioners of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church -- and pretty much every other Christian -- have a problem with it: "I think it's an embarrassment to our Lord," one longtime churchgoer told the local news station. "I think it's an embarrassment to our parishioners. And I think it's an embarrassment to our visitors."



Interestingly enough, instead of admitting that a giant penis is depicted in the painting, the local archdiocese, the church's leader and even the artist himself are denying that's what's being pictured here.



Father Phillip Seeton says that it's actually showing abdominal distension, probably caused by Christ's many hardships in the name of God.



What do you think? (Hint: It's definitely a penis.)




-------------------------------

This article came from the Asylum iPhone App, which features all of the content from the www.asylum.com men's lifestyle site, including weird news, humor, fashion, sex tips, dating, style, food and wine, gadgets, tech, music, movies, events, health, fitness, entertainment and weirdness of all kinds.

To learn more about the app or download it go here:
http://www.asylum.com/downloads/iphone/

Sent from my BAT::iPhone

Why are the Smarties always the Smellys

Check out: "Nerd Body Odor Out of Control at MIT" - www.asylum.com

http://www.asylum.com/2010/04/14/nerd-body-odor-out-of-control-at-mit/?icid=asylum-iphone-url


MIT has a well-deserved reputation of being home to the kinds of people who will get rich off of making the world a better place while the rest of us read about it online. However, genius apparently has its limitations, and at MIT those limitations are represented hygienically.



Body odor has become such an issue in the halls that the school has actually invested money in buying toothpaste and deodorant for rank, nasty students who are funking up the buildings. Can you even begin to imagine how much stink we're talking about if administrators had to get together and allocate funds to deal with it?



Asking people to run a wet cloth across their bits might have worked just as well, but for whatever reason, since a number of hardcore students are willing to eschew even the basics of living during study sessions leading up to finals, this was apparently the best solution available.



Here's hoping all these people graduate and go on to invent personal jetpacks and portable, affordable baconizers, thus making this all worthwhile. Keep reading and be amused by some of the brains at MIT graphing the problem out for CNN.

-------------------------------

This article came from the Asylum iPhone App, which features all of the content from the www.asylum.com men's lifestyle site, including weird news, humor, fashion, sex tips, dating, style, food and wine, gadgets, tech, music, movies, events, health, fitness, entertainment and weirdness of all kinds.

To learn more about the app or download it go here:
http://www.asylum.com/downloads/iphone/

Sent from my BAT::iPhone

I love scotch! And I want her job!

Check out: "Heather Greene, Scotch Master -- Hot Girl, Cool Job" - www.asylum.com

http://www.asylum.com/2010/04/14/heather-greene-scotch-master-hot-girl-cool-job/?icid=asylum-iphone-url


Scotch master Heather Greene travels the globe offering booze enthusiasts the "Deadwood" equivalent of the Pepsi Challenge: The New York native provides blindfolds and, with snifters full of cinnamon and wood and pears and honey, schools the soused about the sauce -- in particular Glenfiddich Scotch Whisky. She helps drunks everywhere find out just which single malt whisky works best with their respective palettes. Trouble is, Greene goes down smoother than any swill the Scottish distillery has to offer.



You've been heading up Glenfiddich Scotch tastings for three years now. What did you do before then?

I am also a professional musician. Just as the music industry imploded around 2005, I was selling out tours in 10 European cities but bringing home a nickel and some drunken memories. While I was living in Edinburgh I needed some dough to record and satisfy my weekend-trip-to-Paris habit. So I walked into the Scotch Malt Whisky Society in Edinburgh to ask for a job, and they liked the idea of a Manhattanite working there.



I completely fell in love with the wistful world that is Scotch whisky. Within one year I had visited a dozen distilleries, taken a test to find out I was a "nose," served on the SMWS tasting panel (the first American woman, I'm told) and collected so many bottles I took a ship home from England so I could sneak them by customs. I've actually done that four times now.
That's quite a collection. So just how loyal are you to Glenfiddich? If Macallan called with a job offer, would you consider?

I don't care for the overt and strong sherry notes of their whiskies, and I would also get tired hanging around 60- to 80-year-old men in golf slacks correcting me on how to drink my dram. Glenfiddich is an exciting place to work. They have a true pioneering spirit, no pun intended, and are willing explore new ways to reach new drinkers. I've done tastings in odd art spaces, and I've worked with chefs on cooking and pairing with Glenfiddich. The fact that they even hired me is pioneering; most ambassadors are young men with an accent and a kilt. So, no, I have no interest in switching to another brand. Some of the opportunities that have come my way include offers to move to South Africa, Russia, France, work on TV shows, write books, teach, open whisky bars, and even pose nude with a whisky bottle. I've yet to be tempted. I've got the dream gig.



Are you usually working art shows and dinner parties? What's the usual scene like?

There isn't always a formula. I try to go where I can make an impact and find a way to create a meaningful experience with a loyal whisky drinker or novice. I've done whisky-paired dinners, charity events, speaking engagements, magazine parties, private parties, press events, men's clubs, restaurants and bars. Last week I met Sir Sean Connery, Donald Trump and Alan Cumming at the Glenfiddich-sponsored "Dressed to Kilt" annual event. That was good fun.

Do you find anything particularly sexy about your job?

I'll tell you what is super-sexy, and that's a woman walking into a bar and saying, "Glenfiddich 18. Neat. Side of water." I also like to see a female mixologist handle whisky and know what she's doing, like Aisha Sharpe at The Breslin in the Ace Hotel. Add her to my crush list.



Where in NYC do you recommend people go for a decent Scotch selection or just a flat-out damn-good deal?

I love Ari Form's cocktails at The Jakewalk in Brooklyn. He stunned me with this amazing nutmeg-infused Glenfiddich, and they have a killer collection.



You can't go wrong visiting Ethan Kelly at the Brandy Library for a huge selection, and for something esoteric, the recently opened 10 Downing has a Glenfiddich 15, a tea-infused whisky cocktail.



Highlands in the West Village is fabulous. I think Jim Meehan at PDT is great with whisky, as is Brian Miller at Death + Company. Hudson Bar and Books has a great list, too. Finally, Glenfiddich 12 can be found at just about any bar. It's springtime, and sipping that on ice is pure joy.

Are you a hot girl with a cool job? Write us so we can appreciate you.

-------------------------------

This article came from the Asylum iPhone App, which features all of the content from the www.asylum.com men's lifestyle site, including weird news, humor, fashion, sex tips, dating, style, food and wine, gadgets, tech, music, movies, events, health, fitness, entertainment and weirdness of all kinds.

To learn more about the app or download it go here:
http://www.asylum.com/downloads/iphone/

Sent from my BAT::iPhone

How about a nice game of chess?

Check out: "WarGames 'Shall we play a game?' computer for sale; credit cards at DEFCON 1 (video)" - www.engadget.com http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/wargames-shall-we-play-a-game-computer-for-sale-credit-cards/?icid=engadget-iphone-url

You know what sells? Nostalgia. And while you might be from the Kin generation, you have undoubtedly heard the W.O.P.R. supercomputer utter the text-to-speech phrase, "Shall we play a game?" from the speaker resting atop David Lightman's IMSAI 8080. The 1983 film WarGames is the stuff of nerd legend, of geek folklore; a 1200 baud, acousticly-coupled, wardialing catalyst in a Hollywood blockbuster that gave phreakers mainstream cred and a real chance at Ally Sheedy. Appraised at $25,000, the perfectly preserved IMSAI 8080 and its associated peripherals will go sale to the general public soon. So embrace it, buy it, and then hand over your icon of computing to the Smithsonian where it can be admired for generations. See the 8080 after the break with a gratuitous WarGames trailer tossed in just for fun.

-------------------------------

This article came from the Engadget iPhone App, which features everything from the latest smartphone news, to reviews and hands-on looks at laptops, HDTVs, gaming, and more. To learn more about the app or download it go here: http://www.engadget.com/downloads/iphone

Sent from my BAT::iPhone

I think someone needs a timeout and a nap

Check out: "Ice Hockey Coach Fined for Phenomenal Rink-Side Outburst" - www.asylum.com

http://www.asylum.com/2010/03/30/jim-playfair-ice-hockey-coach-fined-for-phenomenal-outburst/?icid=asylum-iphone-url


Ice hockey, ironically, has long been a heated sport, though usually because of player-on-player violence



Try telling that to Coach Jim Playfair who has received a fine for a sensational outburst during a match between his Canadian side Abbotsford Heat and Hamilton Bulldogs.



The coach smashed two sticks over the boards and then ripped off his jacket, Hulk Hogan-style, while he stood on the boards and screamed obscenities at a referee.



The outburst occurred after Heat forward J.D. Watt was given a five-minute charging penalty and game misconduct for colliding with the Hamilton goaltender.



Playfair was fined an undisclosed amount and will be back behind the bench for Monday's tilt versus the Manitoba Moose. Keep reading to see him in action.

-------------------------------

This article came from the Asylum iPhone App, which features all of the content from the www.asylum.com men's lifestyle site, including weird news, humor, fashion, sex tips, dating, style, food and wine, gadgets, tech, music, movies, events, health, fitness, entertainment and weirdness of all kinds.

To learn more about the app or download it go here:
http://www.asylum.com/downloads/iphone/

Sent from my BAT::iPhone

Wish this was the only issue at my job

Check out: "Workers Strike Over Lack of Free On-the-Job Beer" - www.asylum.com

http://www.asylum.com/2010/04/09/workers-strike-over-lack-of-free-on-the-job-beer/?icid=asylum-iphone-url


Forget shorter hours or a living wage, workers in Denmark have come up with the greatest reason ever to go on strike: They are no longer to able to drink free beer all day.



Granted, the 1,050 workers who walked off the job this week work in a Carlsberg factory, where the previous policy was that employees were allowed to grab as many beers from the plant's coolers as they like, so long as they didn't appear drunk on the job.



Now the on-the-job all-you-can-drink buffet will be limited to the cafeteria during lunch, prompting the walkout. In solidarity with the factory workers' strike, Carlsberg's truck drivers -- who are still permitted to bring up to three beers on the road with them -- are also refusing to work.



This is about when you jump in your time machine and go back a couple years so you can move to Denmark and get a job at the Carlsberg plant.


-------------------------------

This article came from the Asylum iPhone App, which features all of the content from the www.asylum.com men's lifestyle site, including weird news, humor, fashion, sex tips, dating, style, food and wine, gadgets, tech, music, movies, events, health, fitness, entertainment and weirdness of all kinds.

To learn more about the app or download it go here:
http://www.asylum.com/downloads/iphone/

Sent from my BAT::iPhone

More Stuff to fill your noggin. Happy Monday!

  

For all you people like me who love random interesting facts...

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.  Malcolm Forbes

Stewardesses  is the  longest  word

typed with only the left   hand.

                  And  'lollipop'    is the longest word typed

with your right  hand.  

(Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)  

No word  in the  English language rhymes with  

month,  orange, silver,  or  purple.

' Dreamt'  is the  only English word that ends in the letters   'mt'.  

(Are  you  doubting this?)

our eyes     are always the same size from birth,

but our nose and ears  

never stop growing.  

The sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'

uses every letter of the alphabet.  

(Now, you KNOW  you're going to try this out for accuracy,  right?)

The words  'racecar,'     'kayak'      and 'level'  are the same  whether they are read  left to right or right to left   (palindromes).    

(Yep, I knew you were going to 'do'  this one.)

There are only four  words in the English language which end in   'dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.  

(You're not  possibly doubting  this, are you ?)

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious'  and  'facetious.'

(Yes, admit it,  you are going to say, a e i o  u)

TYPEWRITER  is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

(All you typists are going to test this out)

A  cat has 32 muscles in each ear.  

A goldfish      has a memory span of three seconds

(Some days  that's  about what my memory span is.)

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a   second. 

A shark is the only fish  that can blink with both eyes.

A snail     can sleep for three years.    

(I  know some people that could do this too!)

Almonds are a member of the peach     family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

(I know some  people like that also .  Actually I know  A  LOT of people like this!)

Babies are born without kneecaps.  

They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.  

February  1865 is the only  month in recorded history not to have a  full  moon.  

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast,

the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

Leonardo Da Vinci  invented  the scissors

Peanuts     are one of the ingredients of dynamite!

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. 

The  cruise liner, QE  2,

moves  only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it  burns.

The microwave    was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

(Good thing he did that.)

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls      

froze completely solid  .

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Winston Churchill

was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Women  blink  nearly twice as much as men.

If you doubt this, watch Katie Couric conducting an interview.

Now you know more than you did before!!

Impro-Trek!

Check out: "Star Trek Meets Improv? Start Trekkin May Create a Nerd Black Hole" - www.asylum.com

http://www.asylum.com/2010/04/02/star-trek-meets-improv-start-trekkin-comedy/?icid=asylum-iphone-url


"We've had 40-foot-tall babies of destruction, magma bears, crotchety demigods and evil Care Bears that just didn't care," said Captain Commanding Ben Sterling of the improv group Start Trekkin NY. "But I think my favorite aliens are the ones in the crew ... when we discover that Ensign Rogers has special anime eyes that have the power to melt the hardest hearts."



Start Trekkin is a style of improvisational comedy that follows themes and tropes from the original "Star Trek." During their hour-long live shows, 8-10 performers improvise an episodic comedy within the United Federation of Planets' universe.



And check it -- they've even got girls! Keep reading more nerd love.
"[Our cast] studies the original episodes for themes and certain interactions, so they can better understand the base templates of 'Star Trek,'" Sterling said. "Some die-hard Trekkies question our terms and pseudo-science, but we find that the genre is like a costume or a set piece."



While the costumes look authentic, the cast doesn't use specific plot lines or characters from the series. The crew, ship and adventure are based on audience suggestions at each show. For example, past ship names include USS Alanis Morissette, Poodle and Shadow the Unbelievable Cat.



"During a recent show we did at the Tank, the crew aboard USS Chevy Caprice united to win an interstellar baccarat tournament and rediscovered the power of teamwork," Sterling said.



Captain Commanding founded the group in 2005 after learning the Start Trekkin format in Austin, Texas. During their five years, the troupe has performed at multiple improv and Star Trek conventions. Immediately, we wondered which of these nerd-tastic extravaganzas gets this crew more hot geek action?



"Certainly the relaxed atmosphere [at Trekkie fests] lets people be a little more open and adventurous. It's a place to meet people with shared passions," Sterling said. "Lots of couples go because it can be fun and sexy. A few couples I know have even met at conventions."



He continued, "Star Trek as a genre is kind of the answer to the nerd dilemma. It has space, science and teleportation ... but also babes in short velvet skirts and enormous butt kicking. Improv by itself isn't nerdy. Puzzle conventions at MIT are undoubtedly nerdier."



No offense, but the 3:30 a.m. crowd at Upright Citizen Brigade Theatre's Del Close Marathon definitely out-nerd any engineer getting jiggy on a jigsaw.

-------------------------------

This article came from the Asylum iPhone App, which features all of the content from the www.asylum.com men's lifestyle site, including weird news, humor, fashion, sex tips, dating, style, food and wine, gadgets, tech, music, movies, events, health, fitness, entertainment and weirdness of all kinds.

To learn more about the app or download it go here:
http://www.asylum.com/downloads/iphone/

Sent from my BAT::iPhone