There is always something tasty in Friday’s inbox.
(DAILY MAIL) The Qantas stewardess who claimed she rejected an amorous Ralph Fiennes on a flight to India has admitted having sex with him in an aircraft lavatory. Lisa Robertson told friends she was a big fan of the British actor and found herself luring him to the cubicle.
But they apparently shared more than a 15-minute fling at 35,000ft. Miss Robertson claims they went on to share a passionate night in a Mumbai hotel – at the star’s invitation.
The Australian stewardess has told friends she recognised Fiennes, 44, as he soon as he settled into his business class seat, 2K, for the nine-hour flight from Darwin. "I’ve always fancied him and to see him on my flight was a real thrill," she told them.
I’m just happy that Anne Coulter isn’t a flight attendant. Otherwise we’d have the searing mental image of Dick Cheney getting some on a flight to Wyoming. This would haunt us for the next dozen or so therapy sessions.
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – U.S. agents on Thursday raided the home and offices of boy-band impresario Lou Pearlman, known for launching ‘N Sync and the Backstreet Boys, as part of a criminal investigation, officials said.
Pearlman has already been sued by the state of Florida for alleged securities fraud involving an employee investment program.
Federal prosecutors and the FBI were investigating "various allegations leveled against Mr. Pearlman and his entities," U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Steve Cole said.
Finally, the ones responsible are being charged. Society must take its revenge for ‘N Sync and the Backstreet Boys. The last entry on the N’ Sync Official Website is October 2005.
RIO RANCHO, New Mexico (AP) – New Mexico is hoping to keep drunks off the road by lecturing them at the last place they usually stop before getting behind the wheel: the urinal.
The state recently paid US$21 each for about 500 talking urinal-deodorizer cakes and put them in men’s rooms in bars and restaurants. When a man steps up, the motion-sensitive plastic device says, in a woman’s voice that is flirty, then stern: "Hey, big guy. Having a few drinks? Think you had one too many? Then it’s time to call a cab or call a sobre (sic) friend for a ride home." The recorded message ends: "Remember, your future is in your hand."
The talking urinal is the latest effort to fight drunken driving in New Mexico, which has long had one of the highest rates of alcohol-related traffic deaths in the United States. (Men account for 78 per cent of all drunk-driving-related convictions in the state.)
"It startled me the first time I heard it, but it sure got my attention," said Ben Miller, a patron at the Turtle Mountain Brewing Co. bar and restaurant. "It’s a fantastic idea."
Perhaps Qantas should consider talking toilets on their longer flights. Conversely, public facilities in London should have one that tells George Michael to give up and go home for a sleep.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Environmental activists led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore announced plans on Thursday for a worldwide string of pop concerts in July featuring Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers and scores of others to mobilize action to stop global warming.
The Live Earth concerts on July 7 will take place in Shanghai, Sydney, Johannesburg, London and cities to be decided in Brazil, Japan and the United States.
The shows will feature more than 100 of the world’s top musical acts, organizers said. In addition to Crow and the Chili Peppers, U.S. artists who have signed up include Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and rapper Snoop Dogg.
Unfortunately ‘N Sync and the Backstreet Boys won’t be appearing. As long as Tipper Gore doesn’t change her name to "The (H)Edge", Al Gore can channel Bono all he wants.
(AFP) The world can expect a roller-coaster ride of conflict and unrest, natural disasters and a plunge in global stock markets once the Year of the Pig begins, Chinese soothsayers say.
As the world farewells the Year of the Dog on Sunday, believers in Chinese superstitions have been busy consulting fortune tellers, feng shui geomancers and a wealth of new books for the year’s fortunes.
Feng shui expert Raymond Lo said that according to ancient Chinese belief, the Year of the Pig is symbolised by two elements — fire sitting on top of water.
Israeli Feng Shui practitioners are calling it the Year of the Treyf. Muslim Feng Shui practitioners are calling it Year of the Israeli. North Carolina is calling it the Year of the Pulled Lunch.
(NYTimes) In a rebuke of a surveillance practice greatly expanded by the New York Police Department after the Sept. 11 attacks, a federal judge ruled today that the police must stop the routine videotaping of people at public gatherings unless there was an indication that unlawful activity may occur.
In today’s ruling, however, Judge Haight of Federal District Court in Manhattan found that by videotaping people who were exercising their right to free speech and breaking no laws, the Police Department had ignored the milder limits he had imposed on it in 2003.
Jethro Eisenstein, one of the lawyers who challenged the videotaping practices, said Judge Haight’s ruling would make it possible to contest other surveillance tactics, including the use of undercover officers at political gatherings.
I had to put that story in, if only for the last ‘graph. A lawyer named Jethro Eisenstein? It has to be true, because the NY Times can’t make that kind of stuff up. I’m picturing a Bar Mitzvah featuring a moonshine still and Jethro gets a ’71 Trans-Am up on cinder blocks as a gift. Is possum kosher?
RoadDave 