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long lunch
for poor
A huge sandwich, claimed to be the largest in Latin America, fed 1800 poor in Honduras. Miguel Pastor, the mayor of Tegucigalpa, laid the first slices of ham, cheese, tomato and lettuce onto the 150-metre-long culinary delight. “It is an honour for the capital to make the largest sandwich in Latin America,” said mayor Pastor, “an example for Hondurans that we are meant for big things.” The sandwich consisted of 75 two-metre slices of bread, 400 kilograms of ham, 1350 tomatoes, 300 heads of lettuce, 270 kilograms of cheese, 180 litres of mayonnaise and 180 of mustard.
DIY self-destruction
A German man was trapped for several hours in his folding sofa after it sprang shut on him as he tried to remove something from a deep crease. It was only after hours of knocking and shouting that neighbours in his apartment block called the police. A police spokesman said the man was so stuck that he couldn’t move.
any ol’ bones . . .
Two dogs digging for a bone in a backyard in Chile have uncovered a 2500-year-old mummy. Ivan Pareded, their owner, said he couldn’t believe his eyes when the ancient body was exposed. The mummified body is that of a male child, probably buried by his farmer parents, suggest archaeologists.
miners beware
The Mexican city of Colima has banned divorce on the grounds of impotence in a bid to protect elderly men from young female gold-diggers. The law had included “incurable impotence” as sufficient grounds for divorce, but MPs believe that elderly men were being exploited by greedy young women.
what’s in
a name?
An ex-pat Brit named Eric Bush, 72, changed his name as a protest against the US-led war in Iraq. Eric, who lives in southern France, is now Eric Buisson—French for bush. “This name will go down in history as that of a tyrant,” says Buisson.
cannibal cult
Habitual fingernail biters are risking lead poisoning, says a Russian scientist. Research reveals that the fingernails are the body’s repositories for unwanted lead, so those who chew them, especially children, risk developmental problems. The danger can be reduced through the consumption of milk.
reality bite
People in China are being urged to pay their respects to deceased relatives online in an attempt to reduce congestion at cemeteries. Each year in April, the Chinese visit the graves of relatives to carry out the traditional grave-sweeping festival. The en-massé visits cause traffic jams. Thus the government has issued a statement asking people to “visit” online this year, with a number of real cemeteries launching websites where virtual respect can be paid.
sweets to avoid
A Peruvian company is making a confectionary created from a mixture of caramel and coca leaves. The company from Carmen Alto claims that the product, Cocamel, is not only delicious but—and not surprisingly—helps one to relax. The sweet has been under development for some six months but still lacks official approval. Company boss Rosario Lazo says his product “will surprise everyone and give people more than a smile.”
religiously
atheist
A Buddhist monk stands beside the altar at the only temple of its kind in North Korea, in the outskirts of Pyongyang. Officially atheist North Korea is one of the world’s most religious nations, unified in a cult around founding father Kim Il Sung and his family, with shrines in the form of larger-than-life statues and portraits of Kim dotting the capital.—AFP/AAP
The following appeared in the Signs 100 years ago.
(Signs was then known as the Bible Echo and Signs of the Times.)
Other beverages than water are useful as drinks just in proportion to the amount of water and the harmlessness of the other substances they contain.The amount of water required daily in food and drink is three to five pints. The amount depends on the character of the food. It is often better to take water quite warm. Very cold or iced water should never be taken at meals, nor when the body is heated, nor in large quatities at any time.—J H Kellogg.
Extract from Signs of the Times, June 2003.
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