Dispensary Corner 06 Sep 11
September 6, 2011
SOLDIERS in the Czech Republic
have been ordered to shape up or
ship out after a report found that
more than half of the country’s
22,000-strong army is overweight.
The Lidove Noviny newspaper
says servicemen will now undergo
a strict program of diet and
exercise, with suggestions that
“fat-fighting pills” may be used as
a last resort.
The report said that since the
demise of communism 20 years
ago the army had shrunk to a
quarter of its size, but now it’s set
to undergo “a different type of
downsizing”.
HOW about this for stress relief?
The latest tourist attraction in
the US gambling capital, Las
Vegas, is an adult-sized sandpit.
Called “Dig This,” visitors pay up
to US$750 to drive a range of
earthmoving equipment, using
excavators and bulldozers to dig
trenches and shift giant tyres
around a derelict building site.
The cost includes a 10 minute
training session, and once guests
are in the driver’s seat instructors
stay connected via headsets to
give direction about what earth
needs to be moved where.
SPACE looks set to be conquered
as the final frontier for fast food.
Pizza chain Domino’s has released
details of its first restaurant on
the moon, which is estimated to
cost about $22 billion to build.
It’s the latest escalation in a
Japanese pizza publicity war, in
which rival chain Pizza Hut’s most
recent salvo was to arrange an inorbit
delivery to the International
Space Station.
Dominos says it will use 15
rockets to transport construction
equipment and pizza ovens for
the new outlet, where staff will
be required to live on-site.
“We started thinking about this
project last year, although we
have not yet determined when
the restaurant might open,” said a
Domino’s spokesman.
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