Oh BBC, what would I do without you?

“A devotee of the Ban Tha Rue Shrine pierces himself with spikes prior to a procession during the annual religious Vegetarian Festival on the island of Phuket in Thailand.“

WRONG!!!

This may seem like a joke, but it’s not. The DOODY family has been officially crowned The FAGGOT Family, as part of National Faggot Week in jolly old England. From the BBC story:

The Doody family from Wolverhampton has been crowned The Faggot Family in a national competition, and to kick off their reign they will launch National Faggot Week.

They displayed their fanaticism for the delicacy during quizzes, role-plays and mock commercials.

“The nation knows that the Cornish pasty, Yorkshire pudding, haggis and fish and chips are great British dishes, but all too often the faggot is left off that list,” said Janet Doody.

Her husband Fred added: “It’s unfair because faggots were a British delicacy long before any of the others.

“The great British faggot is full of flavour and a great belly warmer at this time of year.

And by “the Great British Faggot”, they don’t mean this, but apparently this:

Dude:

Farmer loses arms in a tragic accident. Flash forward 6 years. Sucessful double arm transplant takes place in Germany. Totally badass!

From the BBC:

In this procedure, limbs were reattached just below the shoulder.

Reiner Gradinger, medical director at the Munich University Clinic where the operation involving 40 doctors, nurses and assistants took place over 15 hours last week, said: “The reattachment appears up to now to have proceeded optimally.”

Surgeon Edgar Biemer said the greatest challenge was establishing blood flow between the farmer’s body and muscles in the new arms because the muscles have a limited lifespan.

And he said: “We discussed with the patient that he would have to deal with the fact that his hands were from somebody else.

“But this was discussed before the first heart transplant, and in reality nobody really cared about that.”

Doctors are monitoring the patient closely to make sure his body does not reject the new limbs.

Well, no, not life on Mars, but HELLA WATER. Days ago. Which means there was probably some sort of life.

From BBC:

“The big surprise from these new results is how pervasive and long-lasting Mars’ water was, and how diverse the wet environments were,” said Crism’s chief scientist Scott Murchie, from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland.

David Bowie is stoked.

The upcoming “Music” title for Wii has a lot of promise. Now, if they can license some music besides classic Nintendo tunes, Rock Band and Guitar Hero will be in serious trouble…

From BBC:

The company did unveil a Grand Theft Auto game in development for the DS console and a new Wii title, called Music, which sees gamers play more than 50 musical instruments by using the Wiimote motion-sensitive controller. Mr Iwata said the success of the Wii and the DS was proof of a new form of social interaction developing. He said: “I believe we must find more ways for players to feel engaged, different ways for them to be enriched. The overall experience from our products must be increased enthusiasm.”