Random Items Which I For Some Reason Found Interesting
1) I admit it, I've done this. And I have gotten strange looks from other drivers. And I was solidly in the 81% of Ontarians who kept going anyway. I think the only real surprise in the survey was that 34% of Canadians couldn't admit that they do "car-a-oke". My only question: how on earth did Tom Cochrane's "Life is a Highway" not make this list? That is the PERFECT driving song - both grooving and topical!
2) I have always been amazed/appalled at the competitive eating circuit, but the physics of this are truly odd. Let's analyze: a 160-pound guy eats 58 bratwursts in 10 minutes. That's 16820 calories, 1450 grams of fat and - get this - 19 DAYS worth of the recommended amount of sodium IN 10 MINUTES. And he does this for a living. And he's 160 pounds. I think my favourite part of the article is the quote from the winner, Takeru Kobayashi of Japan: "They're good. I want to take some home". That's what I would say after eating 6 sausages/minute. Another good read: the International Federation of Competitive Eating website. I got indigestion just reading the thing.
