Flash in the Pan

• Vampire Bats - and Now Vampire Peacocks In the parking lot of a Staten Island Burger King, a man attacked a stray peacock, claiming that it was a vampire. "He was going crazy," said a worker at the establishment. Eating at a fast food joint, what else could you expect? (AP)


• The Last Blow An apparently suspicious object left outside a Salt Lake City fast food place cause the city to close down several blocks for a couple of hours before someone determined that it was an abandoned trumpet that had seen better days. They probably thought it was a peacock. (AP)


• Manners, Please A man in a Pennsylvania fast food drive-through punched the woman handing him his meal because she didn't say please and thank you. And here I thought it was because he actually tasted the food. (AP)


• Wimbledon Food Woes Former top tennis player Marat Safin was griping about food at the annual tournament because they always serve the same things, charge about $20 for a plate of pasta, and the food allowance for players doesn't cover one meal. (AFP)


• Tennis, Anyone? Scientists have developed a pill that swells to the size of a tennis ball in the stomach, making someone feel full before sitting down to a meal. Possible side effects include over-dependence on your backhand. (Daily Mirror)


• Munchies, Anyone? A top Indonesian politician thinks that it's fine to use marijuana in food, although he doesn't approve of full legalization. What, does he have the brownie concession? (Reuters)


• Sports Injury The six-time winner of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating contest on Coney Island may have to pass because of arthritis in the jaw. Maybe mom didn't know best when she said chew 20 times before swallowing. (AP)


• Stopper that Bottle San Francisco says it won't pay for employee bottled water, claiming that tap is as good. "'In San Francisco, for the price of one 1 gallon (3.8 litres) of bottled water, local residents can purchase 1,000 gallons (38,000 litres) of tap water,' according to the mayor's order." But how do you get the bottles out of the faucet? (Reuters)

Labels: dieting, fast food, hot dogs, marijuana, San Francisco, weird

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