http://www.scripting.com/images/categories/bizarre/ strange items. en Copyright 2002 garret p vreeland Mon, 18 Feb 2002 04:03:34 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 gpvree@earthlink.net gpvree@earthlink.net didja hear about the buddhist who refused novocaine while having a root canal performed?<br> <br> <em>he wanted to transcend dental medication.</em> <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001246/categories/radio/">testing</a> category <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001246/categories/bizarre/">themes</a> ... <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1780000/1780541.stm">Scientists cross pigs with spinach</a>. Green pigs that taste like a steel bar, or pink spinach that snorts and really, really stinks. BBC News: sci/tech if you're as big a fan of <a href="http://jonasbeckman.editthispage.com/">mr. beckman </a>as i am, you simply *have* to <a href="http://aila.editthispage.com/2002/01/12">check this out </a>... need a <a href="http://www.leglamps.com/">leg lamp</a>? overheard in the supermarket today:<br><br> what's considered a good hour's reading in alamogordo?<br><EM>the back of a cereal box.</EM><br><br> (alamogordo, new mexico is where the 'harry potter' church bookburning took place)<br> <A href="http://www.newsisfree.com/click/-3,1245013/">afghan minister reviving tourism</A>. "he suggests the breathtaking eastern mountains near tora bora. or perhaps a hike to admire the plant life. villages on the western plains are nice, too, brimming with cultures and handicrafts for a memorable vacation experience." [<A href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/wl/ap/">AP World News</A>] AP World News