The Monday Sidebar.
There’s a truly eclectic selection of topics in this week’s Monday Sidebar.
To start of with, what do you think about this – a ‘chastity belt’ lingerie fitted with GPS tracking system’. Lingerie maker Lucia Lorio of Brazil says it’s designed for ‘modern, techno-savvy woman’. But feminist are calling it a modern-day slaver and are urging women to boycott the GPS underwear
Meanwhile, Swedish health authorities are causing controversy with their decision to supply free prosthetic penises that are not fully functional to transsexual men. Seems these free prosthetic penises [are] strictly flaccid a situation that some call ridiculous. But the Swedish health authorities have no choice – government regulations prohibit them from using taxpayers money for either products or procedures that might be considered sexual aids.
If this article – The 25 Weirdest Things Eaten By A Human – is anything to go by, Xray technicans see it all. The article exposes some of the more extreme items that people have eaten, from a ‘prisoner who has being held in a cell with wire mesh walls attempted to eat his way out of jail’ to a ‘man in England tried to walk out of a jewelry store with an engagement ring by swallowing it.’
And talking about strange things to eat, what about this collection of foods from around the world…
Weird Things People Eat Around The World – Amazing videos are here
And finally, lifehacker thinks they have the answer to Obama’s hypoallergenic dog problem – a robotic pet.
