Lo Wung, 42, taught the monkeys so they could entertain crowds outside a shopping centre in Nshi, in eastern China’s Hubei province.

But all it took was one slip by the trainer and it was on. A quick-thinking monkey floored him with a round house kick to the head.

Photo: CEN

Hu Luang, 32, a bystander who photographed the incident, said: “I saw one punch him in the eye - he grabbed another by the ear and it responded by grabbing his nose. They were leaping and jumping all over the place. It was better than a Bruce Lee film.”

At one point the monkey trainer grabbed a staff to hit the monkeys, only to find himself facing a stick-brandishing monkey that cracked him over the head.

Photo: CEN

He only managed to get the monkeys under control by tangling them up in the rope that had been used to stop them running off.

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The recent Vanity Fair/60 Minutes Poll asked, “The American banking and auto industries have just suffered through one of their worst years ever. Given that, which of the following BEST SYMBOLIZES AMERICA TODAY?”

Wal-Mart was the winner with 48% of the vote.

So to celebrate, let’s take a look at the People of Walmart…

P of W caption: I have the headband on because my gear is so hot that it makes me sweat. That’s why I’m buying ice cream and water to help cool me down!
Arkansas

P of W caption: Let’s, for argument sake, say that I will concede that it’s okay to have your kid on a leash (which it isn’t). Don’t you think it’s time to take the kid off the leash when he starts smoking cigars? Seriously, that kid is like 6?2? and that monkey is cutting off his circulation! You can’t lose him if he is bringing the car around for you!
Washington

P of W caption: How did this guy find my Osh Kosh B’gosh overalls from when I was 4?
Tennessee

So many more here: www.peopleofwalmart.com

Hollywood Wax Museum Auction, 6:30 PM PT - May 1st, 2009. 169 sweet wax figures on auction.

Michael Jackson from Bad wax figure

Measures 5 ft. 8 in. tall. $3,000 - $5,000. Unrelated yet related, you can bid on MJ’s former tour bus, which will go for at least $40k.

Get your paws off me you Dirty Ape

Dr. Zaius stands 5 ft. 8 in. and Zira stands approximately 5 ft. 6 in. tall. $3,000 - $5,000

Well you know something Brother

Hulk Hogan - $2,000 - $3,000

The 2009 TCCSA (Twin Cities Creation Science Association) Home School Science Fair was held recently. This was my favorite.

I guess the only question I would have if I were a judge is whether or not the goldfish in the bowl have been feed twice a day since arriving at the Science Fair.

The TCCSA provides 115 ideas for a science project…some of my favorites:
8. How much voltage or current can a human take before he is killed? (This is a to be a literature search, NOT an experiment.)
21. Does a bad mood spread?
28. What makes an animal wild?
101.If there were aliens, why would they visit humans?
104.Why do cats hate dogs and dogs hate cats?
115. If people stayed in caves with no clues to day and night, how long would their daily sleeping and waking times be? Would they set a 24 hour day? If not, what keeps us on schedule?

More 2009 exhibits

America is in the midst of a NEW GOLD RUSH. Now more than ever gold is the most valuable and secure asset. Selling your gold teeth and crowns is an excellent way to bring in extra There are two types of gold teeth: removable teeth (caps, grills) and gold dental crowns. Both are sellable and very valuable.We are a 50-year family jwelery business and pay top dollar.

All spelling and grammatical errors belong to the nice folks at SellYourGoldTeeth.

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Yum Brands Inc. subsidiary KFC has offered its services to Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government to fill the city’s potholes.

Hiring a road crew for its “pilot infrastructure renewal program,” the restaurant chain has pledged to conduct street repairs, which would include the message “Re-Freshed by KFC” stenciled in temporary street chalk.

As part of the marketing effort, KFC randomly will choose four other U.S. cities whose mayors describe to the company their cities’ needs for street repairs, according to a news release.

“Budgets are tight for cities across the country, and finding funding for needed road repairs is a continuing challenge,” Louisville Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson said in the release. “It’s great to have a concerned corporation like KFC create innovative private/public partnerships like this pothole refresh program.”

KFC really shouldn’t choose Birmingham as one of their four other cities. Mayor Langford said he was going to use “the remaining $55 million from the domed stadium that we can use to finish paving streets in downtown and in our communities” - despite the fact that much of that money the city has already allocated to pay for the Olympic-style village at Fair Park.

However, we shall not complain shall we?

“Anyone who wants to come up here and complain about the city, ask them what have you done to make it better,” Langford said. “Because anybody can complain. And there is also a passage in scripture about that, isn’t there? God hates whiners, criers and complainers.”

I haven’t seen any of these so called Colonel Sanders statues in the Birmingham area.

He was covered in mud when pulled from the river, and had lost both legs and hands, not to mention his glasses. But Colonel Sanders still had his trademark smile, 24 years later.

A statue of the KFC mascot has been found in a river in Osaka, a city official said Wednesday, nearly a quarter century after being tossed in by crazed baseball fans who felt the image of restaurant founder Harland Sanders resembled a key team member.

“He was apparently found standing upright, which is fitting, because although he was a nice man he could also be very strict and demanding,” said Sumeo Yokakawa, a spokeswoman at the chain’s Tokyo headquarters.

She said the statue was taken from a nearby KFC restaurant and tossed in the river as part of a celebration by baseball fans in 1985, the year Osaka’s baseball team, the Hanshin Tigers, won the national championship.

Local fans thought the Colonel bore a resemblance to Randy Bass, a bearded power hitter and first baseman from the U.S. who played for the team at the time.

The KFC chain currently operates about 1,160 restaurants in Japan, and has about 1,000 Colonel Sanders statues in the country.

At least give the man his hands back.

What is the Dog Bark Park (I know that’s hard to say 3x fast)?

“Dog Bark Park Inn is a bed & breakfast guesthouse inside the World’s Biggest Beagle. Guests enter the body of the beagle from a private 2nd story deck. Some of the dog’s decorative furnishings are carvings by Dog Bark Park chainsaw artists Dennis & Frances. Inside and up another level to the head of the dog is a loft room with additional sleeping space plus a cozy alcove in the muzzle.”

I like this quote:
“This is a magical place, whimsical yet refined.” Julie H - Twin Falls, Idaho

How did all this get started?

We are husband and wife artists working at Dog Bark Park since 1997. Dennis, a self-taught chainsaw artist, has been carving for over twenty years. Frances joined him fifteen years ago and also carves.

Our “big break” came in 1995 when our carvings were sold on QVC television. We did nothing but carve wooden dogs for 18 months (our children barely remember seeing us during those days!), made what seemed like a bundle of money, invested it all in developing and building Dog Bark Park.

Features:
- Chainsaw Gift Shop
- “Cottonwood is not far from the Lewis and Clark Trail. In fact, on the return trip in 1806 three members of the expedition may have walked under the legs of Dog Bark Park Inn on their way to the Salmon & Snake Rivers for fish!”
- Stay and Learn Packages

Double occupancy for only $92/night.