Odd facts

I've been absent from the blog because of month-end at work--it's crazy-time as everyone tries to meet targets, etc. The next two days will be taken up with month-end reporting, etc. Then it's the looooooooong week-end!! Which I plan to vegetate through. But those are not the odd facts referred to in the blog title. Those are too follow:

My apologies to the blog site I pulled this list from. I only meant to minimize, and I closed the darn window down instead. :-P

I added some commentary in italics.

1. In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death. (Somehow I think they're missing the point... )

2. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a women's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them. Hey may only see their reflection in a mirror. (Is this sort of the Medusa effect? 'Cause I can recommend someone who does a wicked Brazilian.)

3. Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. The sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or a piece of wood at all times. (Ya know, I just gotta point out, the corpse really won't care at this point.)

4. The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation. (I could make a 'head' joke, but I won't. Honest.)

5. There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time... Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry. (OMG! Time-traveling Dukes of Slut!!)

6. In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husbands other lover on the other hand, can be killed in any manner desired. (Easy. Using her bare hands, she drops a spoonful of rat poison--heh--in his dinner. Which, btw, she made with her bare hands....)

7. Topless sales women are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in tropical fish stores. (Page 3 girls selling fish. My. How original. ::blink, blink:: )

8. In Cali, Columbia, a women may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act. (Yikes! Imagine the mother-in-law from hell. Now imagine she was present in this situation.)

9. In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, It is illegal for a man to have sex with a women and her daughter at the same time. (And this is why Jerry Springer isn't syndicated in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.)

10. Banging your head against the wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Skipping lunch would be a lot less painful.)

11. Humans and Dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (I knew there was a reason for those big-assed smiles those dophins are always sporting.)

12. The ant can lift 50x it's own weight, pull 30x its own weight, and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. (er, about that last part, and they found this out how?)

13. Butterflies taste with their feet. (ewwww.)

14. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (Reminds me of some people I know.)

15. Starfish don't have brains. (Also reminds me of some people I know.)

16. And, the best for last... Turtles can breath through their butts. (But can they blow bubbles?)