Looking for love? Forget Germany!
The worst lovers live in Germany. That’s the word from a survey conducted by OnePoll.com, which asked 15,000 women from 20 countries to rate the men from those 20 nations on their ability in bed. German men were designated the world’s worst lovers because they are too smelly. Yes, German men narrowly beat Englishmen for this title no one wants. The English are considered lazy lovers, who let the women do all the work. Coming in third are Swedish men, who were branded too quick to finish. Meanwhile, the men of Spain, Brazil and Italy were lauded as the world’s best lovers.
The world’s worst lovers ranked:
- Germany: Too smelly
- England: Too lazy
- Sweden : Too quick
- Holland: Too dominating
- America: Too rough
- Greece: Too lovey-dovey
- Wales: Too selfish
- Scotland: Too loud
- Turkey: Too sweaty
- Russia: Too hairy
The world’s best lovers ranked:
- Spain
- Brazil
- Italy
- France
- Ireland
- South Africa
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Denmark
- Canada
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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Snoop Dogg says he’s a huge fan of “True Blood” and would love to be a guest star.
- “Desperate Housewives” co-star Eva Longoria and husband Tony Parker are starring in a sexy London Fog ad campaign for the holiday season, and Eva appears to be naked under those carefully draped London Fog coats.
- ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips is taking some time off to sort things out after it was revealed he was having an affair with a production assistant. He had a wife and four kids. “Had” is correct, as she has filed for divorce.
- Paul McCartney has announced a quick 7-stop European tour which will start soon and end right before Christmas.
- First Lady Michelle Obama showed off her considerable hula hoop skills on October 20 during a “healthy kids fair” she hosted on the South Lawn of the White House. She managed to get in 142 swivels before her hula hoop fell to the ground.
- Madonna likes the new Fox show “Glee” so much, she’s given producers the keys to her musical closet. The result: an all-Madonna song episode in the works.
- Joel Madden and Nicole Richie say those reports about them getting married are not true.
- Rap star Lil Wayne is bracing for a year behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday in a two-year-old gun case.
- Apparently Rosie O’Donnell and her long-time partner are said to be heading for a split.
- The breakup rumors continue about Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, but the two were spotted out at a movie in Vancouver this past week.
- Amy Winehouse’s dad says that the singer and her new boobs are doing great. Thanks, dad.
- Using the sun’s rays, the torch for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games has been successfully lit by an actress in Greece dressed up as pagan priestess.
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WEIRD NEWS
Balloon Boy: The Video Game!
While the real Balloon Boy is at home and well, in the virtual world, he’s still flying high. A new video game, available online at BalloonBoyGame.com, features a cartoon likeness of the real Balloon Boy, Falcon Henne, who battles helicopters, UFOs, documentary movie maker Michael Moore and actual falcons. Jude Gomila is one of the game’s creators and said it took him and his friends about six hours to produce. They launched it on Twitter but the game is now distributed by Heyzap, an online gaming startup that gained notoriety a few months back when it released Swinefighter, where players kill pigs with a giant needle. In a nod to the fruitless search for Balloon Boy, a banner across the game’s homepage reads “How Many Dollars of Tax Payer Money Can You Waste?” (AHN News)
All I Want For Christmas Is My Hand Sanitizer!
Hand sanitizer shipments to the U.S. are up! Way, way up. Shipments in the third quarter of 2009 have more than doubled indicating that the personal hygiene product will be a hot item during the holidays! Overseas supplier Panjiva’s CEO Josh Green said, “If the September decline in global trade is any indication, U.S. companies aren’t expecting many items to fly off store shelves this holiday season. However, it certainly seems that U.S. companies are betting that Swine Flu will turn hand sanitizer into a holiday hit.” Hand sanitizer as a stocking stuffer? Could be a big hit! (AHN News)
World’s Most Unfortunate Name?
In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, there lives a young man whose life isn’t easy — because of his name. It wasn’t always this way. He was born back in 1989 and had eight peaceful years of being a schoolboy with what was at the time, a fairly ordinary name. But when he turned nine, things changed because that’s when a book came out that happened to have his same name — a book called “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” Harry Potter of New Hampshire now says introducing himself is akin to being in a minefield. He had to show his girlfriend his passport so she would believe him when they first met and he says, “After 12 years of it I couldn’t count the amount of times I’ve heard “You’re a wizard Harry”. He now works for the bank Lloyds TSB and says, “I’m the only person in the building who doesn’t have to use my full name when I’m talking on the phone.” Indeed it seems life was easier back in the early 90s when people simply thought he had been named after Prince Harry. (Daily Mail)
Pray Your Kids Don’t Go To College Here!
They may be a student’s dream but they’re a parent’s bank account’s nightmare. They are the most expensive colleges in the United States and we’ve got the newly revised list for the 2009-2010 school year. Topping the list for the second year in a row is Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York which will set you back $54,410 a year for tuition. NYU comes in second place at barely under $52,000 a year followed by George Washington University at $51,730 a year. Most of the colleges in the ranking of expensive colleges are private liberal arts schools located in the Northeast. But it is important to note that just because these schools have high tuition, doesn’t mean you will actually be paying that amount. Many of these colleges provide excellent financial aid packages and many offer scholarships that often cover most of the financial burden of attending. Rounding out the top ten are Bates College, Skidmore College, John Hopkins University, Georgetown, Connecticut College, Harvey Mudd College and Vassar. (Campus Grotto)
Sorry Criminals — No More Big Screen For You!
We applaud Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota who has not only ordered the removal of two dozen 50-inch flat-screen TVs from a Moose Lake sex offender treatment program, but also criticized what he called the bonehead decision to buy them in the first place. Pawlenty said, “We don’t micromanage our agencies at the level of every little item that they purchase or use, but in this case we are going to micromanage it. I think it was a boneheaded decision.” The Minnesota Sex Offender Program at Moose Lake is one of two state facilities that house civilly committed sex offenders who are deemed such a danger that they are held beyond their normal prison sentences. There are 365 sex offenders currently at Moose Lake. The state Department of Human Services bought 25 50-inch plasma screen TVs for the facility’s common areas. Pawlenty said those will be sold and the department should buy “smaller, simpler, fewer and cheaper ones” if sex offenders need TVs. (Pioneer Press)
More Why We Need Healthcare Reform!
Still don’t think we need healthcare reform in this country? Consider this. The National Women’s Law Center found that the laws of eight states permit insurance companies to deny health coverage to a battered spouse. Why? Well because they deem being a battered spouse as a “pre-existing condition,” since most batterers tend to be recidivists. What the hell?(Kaiser Health News)
Just Honoring Golfers
57-year-old Douglas Jones has been cited by federal park rangers for having, over the course of a year, littering Joshua Tree National Park in California. Apparently during that time span he pelted the park with more than 3,000 golf balls that he tossed from his car. Mr. Jones’ explanation to police was that he believed by doing so he was honoring deceased golfers. (Los Angeles Times)
Why It’s Important to Move Out of Mom’s House!
In Gloucester, Massachusetts, 46-year-old Nancy Fulford was arrested and accused of taking her 23-year-old son along with her on trips to buy and sell heroin! She pleaded not guilty. Her son, Timothy Fulford, was charged with knowing where heroin was kept. Police found 10 individually packaged bags of the drug in Nancy’s bedroom. (Gloucester Daily Times)
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