SportPractice pays off as last year’s second-place team Quaffstafari slide the stein down the bar top with first-place flair – all while holding down their beer
It was all fun and drinking games until now, but the final round of the 8th Annual Gelande Quaff World Championship was imminent, and it wasn’t looking good for the home team or their fans. Interlopers from another state looked strong, almost sober, and drunkenness clashed with foreboding in the air: would the championship trophy, the Stanley Cup of competitive après-ski drinking, go to a non-Wyoming-based team for the first time in history? Read More...
The science behind the newsScienceHow do you tap a phone?Shockingly easily. If you thought that your phone conversations were secure, think again. Covertly listening in on phone calls is a doddle if you know how. It may be illegal to listen in on other people's calls but a loophole in the law allows the inexpensive technology to be freely sold in stores across the UK, as privacy groups have warned this week. Read More...
Italy This article is more than 1 year oldItalian politician demands ban on Peppa Pig episode showing lesbian coupleThis article is more than 1 year oldBrothers of Italy’s Federico Mollicone urges state broadcaster not to show episode with co-parenting polar bears
A senior member of a far-right Italian political party tipped to win general elections this month has appealed to state broadcaster Rai not to screen an episode of the globally popular children’s cartoon series Peppa Pig over the inclusion of a same-sex couple in its cast of characters. Read More...
