World Masters Games in Sydney Beckham Floods and Philippines Energy Saving Playboy Bunny Virginity Kit
GREAT
GRANDMOTHER
GOES FOR GOLD
Australia Any woman who
wins a medal in the shot put
deserves recognition. It’s even more
impressive if you’re 100 years old, like
great-grandmother Ruth Frith. The
only competitor in the ‘women aged
100-104’ category threw 4.07m at the
World Masters Games in Sydney last
week and bagged herself a new world
record for her age in the process.
The secret her to success? "Don't eat
vegetables,” she says. “I never have.”
The Games is the world's largest
multi-sporting event and is held every
four years. Best get your granny down
to the gym in time for 2013...
BECKHAM: THE
FACE OF SAFE SEX
Spain We may not cuddle up
to the real David Beckham at
night, but new condom packets with
his face on has got the
Spanish ish one step closer.
The Thyssen-Bornemisza
museum um in Madrid is
launching hing ‘latex art’
featuring ring Beckham’s
face on a condom
to coincide ncide with
their ‘Tears Tears Of
Eros’ exhibit
this month. onth.
They will be
available ble in the
museum m shop
and will ll feature
Sam Taylor- aylor-
Woods’ s’ image of
Becks sleeping
– the original riginal
photo was
featured d in
London’s n’s
National al
Portrait Gallery
in 2004. . So
now it’s even easier
to lie back ck and
think of David.
SUPERGRAN: CENTENARIAN
RUTH FRITH SHOWS US
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FLOODS
Philippines Philip The Marikina
Shoe Museum, home of
Imelda Marcos’ Marco o shoe collection, was
just one of the th h many buildings that
suffered in th the h tragic floods that
ravaged the Philippines P last month.
After a heroic
c effort by staff
members, many maa
of the 800 0 pairs
of shoes donated don n by the country’s ountry’s
former first lady lad d have been rescued.
The museum, in
n the capital, Manila,
swiftly moved all a
Marcos’ shoes oes to
top shelves to s ssave them from m
water damage.
The collection n
represents the
lavish tastes of
Imelda, 80, and d her husband, ,
former president presiden n Ferdinand
Marcos. “We ma managed a to haul ul about
750 pairs upstairs,” upstai i 73-year-old ld curator
Sylvia de la Cruz Cruzz
told reporters. ers.
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LET’S STAY
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US The environment may
not be No 1 on your list of
reasons to stay with your other half
(GSOH and inclination to buy you
presents rate much higher, obviously),
but it might be worth considering
how your relationship benefits the
planet, too. According to a recent
American study, if all the couples
who divorced in the US in 2005
had stayed together instead, they
would have used 2,373bn litres
less water and 73bn kilowatt-hours
less electricity. Each divorced
person spent 46% more on electricity
and 56% more on water. Seems it
pays to be in a couple. You don’t
have to be loved-up to reap energysaving
benefits, though. The study
also pointed out that living with
friends is another great way to
cut down on utility bills. It could be
time for singletons to start digging
out those candles.
out those candles. their husba
IT’S GOOD TO SHARE:
CO-HABITATION CAN
SAVE THE PLANET
EVER WONDERED WHAT
MARGE LOOKS LIKE NAKED?
NOPE, NOR HAVE WE
MARGE AS YOU’VE
NEVER SEEN HER
US Marge Simpson is about
to shed her demure image
and become a Playboy bunny. The
world’s most famous wife and mother
will grace the cover of the world’s
most famous men’s magazine to
celebrate The Simpsons’ 20th
anniversary. “We knew this would
appeal to the 20-something crowd,”
says Playboy spokeswoman Theresa
Hennessey. Hugh Hefner is said to be
a huge Simpsons fan, even appearing
in an episode in the early Nineties.
But what will Homer say?
SOME WOMEN ARE GOING TO
GREAT LENGTHS TO FAKE THEIR
VIRGINITY ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT
VIRGINITY KIT
Egypt Women in the Middle
East are going to extreme
lengths to preserve their reputations.
The Artificial Virginity Hymen kit aims
to help newly married women fool
their husbands into thinking they’re
virgins. Brace Bra yourself: the kit consists
of a pouch pouc which is inserted before
sex and leaks a blood-like
substa substance when broken. Sex
before
marriage is taboo in Egypt,
so conservative co Egyptian
scho scholars and political activists
don don’t approve. Distributed by
the Chinese C company Gigimo,
the kits costs £19. Marwa Rakha,
an Egypt Egyptian blogger and activist for
women’s
rights sees it as a tool of
empowerment. empowerm “It sticks it in the face
of every male m hypocrite,” she said.
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