Dispensary Corner 12 May 10
May 12, 2010
NOT the best lesson to teach!
A US woman has been charged
with child abuse and neglect after
it was found out that in order to
teach her five year old son not to
smoke she had in fact given him
a whole cigarette and watched
him smoke it to the butt.
According to reports, witnesses
who had seen the woman give her
son the cigarette in a public space
told a nearby police officer who
late arrested the woman.
The anti-smoking mother is now
being held on US$12,500 bond
and is awaiting her court date.
WHEN it’s time to knock off,
make sure you head home.
A study of 6000 British public
servants has found that those who
regularly worked overtime had a
significantly higher risk of heart
disease.
The problem was particularly
bad among those who frequently
worked 10 or 11 hours a day, who
showed a 60% higher risk.
POLICE in the US state of
Nebraska have arrested an
alleged thief who apparently tried
to conceal his identity during a
robbery by wrapping his head
with toilet paper.
The so-called “toilet paper
bandit” is claimed to have
attempted to rob a convenience
store armed with a knife, and
police followed clues from a
prescription pill bottle found near
the store after the incident.
A COOKBOOK has had to be
pulped after an unfortunate
spelling error in one of the recipes
called for the addition of “salt and
black people”.
The ‘Pasta Bible’ was published
by Penguin Group Australia,
which was forced to reprint about
7000 copies after the mistake was
discovered in the ingredients for
tagliatelle with sardines and
prosciutto.
The publisher said nearly every
single one of the 150 recipes in
the book required salt and black
pepper, with the misprint on just
one page probably due to a
computer spellchecking error.
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