“Sweden’s Supreme Court has ruled that advertising breaks inserted into films violate the film-makers’ copyright.”
— BBC News: Swedish court rules against ads. I agree. And I’d take it one step further: I’m sick of pan-and-scan (cutting the sides to fill the 4:3 screen) and the excising of end credits in television.
“What a meaningless way of passing the time. You don’t wash your vacuum cleaner or your television set, you have a machine to wash the dishes and you employ a man to clean your windows. So how much do you have to hate the sight of your wife and children before you think, “I’d rather go outside into the cold and spend a couple of hours burnishing my wheel nuts”?”
— Jeremy Clarkson on car washing — for just once, I can agree with this guy.
“One of the biggest sellers is a radium-laced water called Radithor. Steel magnate Eben Byers drink approximately 1,400 bottles of the stuff over the course of several years, believing that it is the key to longevity. After undergoing operations to remove parts of his mouth and jaw, he dies in 1932 as the rest of his bones disintegrate.”
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