Using Music to Drive Away Undesirables + January Postings Reprised
A. Using Music to Drive Away Undesirables
1. "Music to drive away tube louts"
< http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,1389137,00.html >
"Tube bosses intend to use recordings of Pavarotti recitals, Vivaldi and
Mozart in a battle against anti-social behaviour at 35 stations on the
District, East London, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines"
2. "Cliff helps to clear pubs"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1205258.html >
"Landlords have found the best way to get rid of drinkers at closing time
at Christmas is to play a Cliff Richard song"
3. "Meatloaf sees off wild boars"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1135129.html >
"Serbian villagers are blaring out rock music 24 hours a day in a bid to
stop wild boars destroying their crops"
4. "Noises drive flying foxes batty"
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1239120.htm >
"Lawn mowers and stock whips have frightened off nuisance fruit bats at
one of the Northern Territory's premier tourist spots"
B. January Postings Reprised
[S. American Art Collection]
* "Artist glues 2,000 snails to church"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1242012.html >
"A Chilean artist has glued 2,000 plastic snails to a church to promote
her new exhibition"
* "Artist covers herself with raw meat"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1253657.html >
"A Chilean performance artist is causing controversy by covering her naked
body with raw meat"
[Cruel Baby Names]
* "Yahoo! baby revealed as hoax"
< http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/68700/yahoo-baby-revealed-as-hoax.html >
"An off-beat news story that did the rounds recently was a Romanian couple
naming their child 'Yahoo!' to express their joy at having first met over
the Internet"
[Strange But True]
* "Twins make same mistake on test"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1256791.html >
"Identical twin brothers have passed their driving tests after making the
same mistake with the same examiner"
