Flash in the Pan

• Keeping Diners on Ice Chillout is the name of a new lounge in Dubai where everything is made of ice. Canadians designed it. Why is this not surprising?(AP)


• Hansel and Gretel and Bonnie and Clyde Some teenagers that broke into a gas station were caught in part to the trail of candy wrappers they left as they made their escape. (AP)


• Muffin Meltdown A giant plastic muffin that had been stolen from a supermarket and apparently had sentimental value was found melted into a puddle. (NBC)


• Excuse Hard to Swallow Indian police fed dozens of bananas and then chicken and rice to a theft suspect to get him to ... um ... produce the gold necklace he had swallowed. That's getting to the bottom of the case. (Reuters)


• Encapsulation of the Food Chain Beijing officials are closing food stalls that were attached to public toilets. (Reuters)


• Snail Consumption Speeds An escargot festival ended with participants having polished off 100,800 of the creatures, which actually came from Poland. (AFP)

Labels: Beijing, Chillout, Dubai, escargot, ice, India, thief, toilets

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• Chili Smackdown A new pepper - nicknamed the bhut jolokia, or ghost chili - from India has just made the record books as the hottest chili in the world at 1,000,000 Scoville units, or ten times hotter than a habenero. (Independent Online)



• Green Bean Mean Scene A class at the William V. Wright Elementary School in Las Vegas rolled the dice by writing letters to complain about facing reheated frozen green beans on the cafeteria line. (AP)



• Moped Moping A Japanese figure skater just received a five month international competition ban after being arrested for driving a moped under the influence. Maybe he can start a new branch of the Hells Angels. (Reuters)



• Clean Your Plate, First A Beijing restaurant lets diners that rack up a check of at least a 50 yuan - that's about US$6.61 - throw dishes against a designated wall. (Ananova)



• So Much for Seconds A German court has sentenced someone who skipped out on 64 restaurant bills to 18 months in prison. A harsh sentence for someone who just had to eat and run. (Reuters)

Labels: An Obsession with Food, Beijing, plates, prison, restaurant, school, weird

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