Category: Weird

Apparently it’s dingo urine. Needless to say, it’s a bit hard to collect.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian researchers say they have discovered a new repellent that can help with everything from rehabilitating old mine sites to reducing the amount of roadkill. It’s dingo urine.

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He said the university was also trying to isolate and synthesize the active chemicals in dingo urine so that it could be made in quantities large enough to be commercially viable.

For now, the university is receiving supplies of the real thing from Australia’s Dingo Conservation Society, but he said how it is gathered is a tightly held secret.

“At one stage we fashioned a little urine catcher to walk dingoes and collect it from, but that tended to be risky,” Parsons said.

Thanks Cheryl for the link.

I seem to be obsessed with Maury lately. Read on …

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The Brits are weird…

LONDON, England (AP) — A British army regiment’s ceremonial pet goat was demoted in disgrace after it marched out of line before a host of international dignitaries during a parade to mark Queen’s Elizabeth II’s birthday, a military spokesman said Saturday.

The military mascot, a 6-year-old male goat called Billy, was downgraded from the rank of lance corporal to fusilier — the same status as a private — after army chiefs ruled his poor display had ruined the ceremony June 16 at a British army base in Episkopi, western Cyprus.

Thanks Barney for the link/headline.

I have to say, I will probably never wear a sperm or uterus or enema bag pin, or pretty much any of the jewelry this guy makes (the “Colon of Joy” is probably the best looking thing there).

Link via Inventor Spot.

He thought he was going to strike it rich when his metal detector was beeping like crazy. Instead, he managed to dig a 60-foot hole in his yard, and only found a teeny little bit of gold dust. Thanks Dave for the link.

If you’ve seen this movie, you know all about Daisy, the sheep. Which is why it would totally freak me out to see somebody in this sheep-loving apron. Link via here, where there are all sorts of other ways to freak our your date, including an LED bra, a meat hat, and sac free underwear.

Because apparently more men would pick Condoleeza Rice over Julia Roberts for a dinner date. Have they all just been just reading this book?

Thanks Cheryl for the link.