New weapon in battle of the bulge...
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Size really does count, just ask Australian underwear maker AussieBum which has just launched the "Wonderjock" for men who want to look bigger.
Since the launch seven days ago, AussieBum says it has sold 50,000 pairs of "Wonderjock," mostly on its Web site
http://www.aussiebum.com and a handful of stores around the world.
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Just don't wear it in public.
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Lavish wedding video sparks outrage
By Ed Cropley
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A leaked video of the lavish wedding laid on by Myanmar junta supremo Than Shwe for his daughter has sparked outrage among ordinary people in the military-ruled and deeply impoverished nation.
In a 10-minute clip posted on the Internet, bride Thandar Shwe is seen decked out in layers of pearls and sparkling stones that appear to be diamonds, and standing beside her husband as he pours champagne over a cascade of wine glasses.
After a reception for hundreds of guests at which a five-tiered wedding cake is cut, the happy couple are seen posing before an ornate gold-braid bridal suite bed, complete with red canopy stretching up to the ceiling.
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What do you expect them to do, throw a White Trash-like wedding?
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Woman dies next to own grave
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch woman, who had meticulously planned her own funeral after the death of her husband last year, died next to the grave in Amsterdam where she wanted to be buried, a newspaper reported.
The 65-year-old widow probably died of a heart attack while she was visiting the family grave where her name, but no date, was already inscribed, De Telegraaf daily reported Wednesday.
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Now THAT'S a little scary.
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Mean squirrel attacks Pa. letter carrier
OIL CITY, Pa. (AP) - Letter carriers occasionally have to deal with angry dogs or maybe even a spider's nest in a mailbox, but a mean squirrel? Barb Dougherty, a 30-year Postal Service employee, said she was attacked and bitten Monday by a squirrel while delivering mail in Oil City, about 75 miles north of Pittsburgh.
"It was a freak thing. It was traumatic," Dougherty told The Derrick in Oil City. "I saw it there on the porch, put the mail in the box and turned to walk away and it jumped on me."
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Stay tuned for "When Squirrels Attack" on ABC.
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Steamer gets pageant contestants soaked
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) - Manufacturers of clothing steamers might need to update their product warnings to include this: Do not use near building sprinkler systems.
The damaging effect of about 1,000 gallons of water pouring into a northeastern Kentucky arts center began when a scholarship pageant contestant hung her dress from a sprinkler head on the ceiling to remove the wrinkles before the Miss Ashland Area Scholarship Pageant on Saturday.
The Ashland Fire Department said heat from a steamer she was using triggered the sprinkler system on the second floor of the Paramount Arts Center. About 2 1/2 inches of standing water flooded the center, causing an estimated $30,000 in damage.
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I wonder if the same thing would happen on "Flavor Of Love 3".
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Student causes stir with Hitler costume
NEW YORK (AP) - A Brooklyn high school student caused a stir when he showed up for class dressed as Adolf Hitler for Halloween. Walter Petryk, 16, defended his costume Tuesday, insisting it was a satire of the Nazi dictator. But some students and officials at Leon M. Goldstein High School were not impressed.
School administrators ordered the junior honors student to remove his beige coat bearing a red swastika armband or possibly face spending the day in the office, Petryk told the New York Post for Wednesday editions.
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I would've dressed up as the
Men In Black.
Speaking of wrong choices for Halloween Costumes:
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Ex-inmate's costume sparks jail lockdown
By JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press Writer
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A jail went into lockdown and recounted its prisoners on Halloween night after a former inmate was spotted trick-or-treating in his old orange prisoner's jumpsuit.
"Bad choice of costume," said Susan Tolchin, chief adviser to Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano.
The former inmate, Oscar Aponte, was taking his daughter trick-or-treating in Peekskill on Tuesday night when a county correction officer — also out trick-or-treating with her child — spotted the familiar jumpsuit, Tolchin said.
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There was someone in my high school that dresses like that every halloween.
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Skeleton marries ball and chain
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - The bride dressed in black carried chains, handcuffs and a bouquet of black roses, while wearing a ball on top of her head. The groom skipped the tuxedo and dressed like a skeleton.
The couple exchanged vows in the middle of Elm Street in Grand Island Tuesday night, and began their lifelong nightmare together.
The Halloween-themed wedding between Sandy Beyer and Keith Vogt was an impulsive idea that was frightfully clever.
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(As Freddy Krueger) "I now pronounce you husband and wife.
Just file that under frivolous complaints. I mean, no one's gonna die from the smell of fish and chips...(croaks) 
