I must admit to finding this rather amusing.  I wonder if low-cut tops were also a requirement.

A rule that women applying for government jobs in central Hunan province had to show they had symmetrically shaped breasts sparked a public uproar last year and calls for stronger legal protection against job discrimination.

Hunan scrapped its requirement, but China still does not have clear-cut laws ruling out such hiring prejudices. | Link

A few years back when God created Heaven and Earth, his intelligent design also created this neat nether-world place called Limbo. Limbo is a Catholic God place where unbaptised babies and worthy pagans like Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus and perhaps even a few Jews might end up when they die.

This month, 30 top theologians from around the world met at the Vatican to discuss, among other quandaries, the problem of what happens to babies who die without baptism.

…it remains an interesting relic, strangely relevant to what the Roman Catholic Church has been and what it wants to be. The theory of limbo bumps up against one of the most contentious issues for the church: abortion. If foetuses are human beings, what happens to their souls if they are aborted?

Ian Fisher | NYT | Link

Scotland’s rugby side might struggle against the All Blacks today, but the nation of men who wear dresses, drink whisky and talk of former glories now lead the world in far weightier sport.

Torquhil Campbell — a distant cousin of the Queen and better known as the 13th Duke of Argyll — dons his pith helmet and climbs on top of a three-metre high Elephant in Nepal on Monday to compete in the Elephant Polo World Championship. The 37-year-old Duke, captain of the Chivas Regal Scotland team, is hoping his side is able to bring home the championship for a second consecutive year.

TimesOnline | Link

I don’t really need to tell you this is a manufactured photo, do I? Well it is, and I guess like the newspaper cartoonist of my youth, it is a parody of what people, like me, think of Bush and his handling of the crisis in New Orleans.

My mate Jack emailed me the pic — he gets a tad miffed if I don’t mention him. Well Jack, here it is, another 15 seconds of fame on my blog.

This little ditty is doing the email circuit.

It was sent to me by one of my pommy (a pommy is an Aussie name for a Brit) relations. I suppose the French must be upsetting the Brits again!

The email read:

This is on CNN and Reuters so it must be true!

President Chirac has officially raised the French terror alert from “Run” to “Hide”.

There are only two higher alert levels in France, which are “Surrender” and “Collaborate”.

The rise was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed France’s white flag factory – effectively crippling their military.

You know with absolute certainty that the world has gone totally bonkers when you read how it will soon become a criminal offence in the UK to play a piano in a piano bar, or strum a guitar in the back room of a club, without a license.

Someone, somewhere, actually thought this was a good idea. THEN, they were able to convince someone else to put it into law… I mean, get a life!

Times Online | Link

Now here’s a fine endeavour for the man who has tried everything. Get one bike…

A 59-year-old Italian has set a world record in the sport of underwater cycling, pedalling his bicycle, weighed down with ballast and water-filled tyres, to a depth of 61.7 metres under the sea near Genoa.

Times Online | Link