A Florida pizza delivery man who was challenged by armed robbers in the city of Miramar got in first with his own weapon – a large pepperoni pizza.
Eric Lopez Devictoria, 40, flung the piping hot pizza at the gunman, then turned on his heels and ran.
He made a safe getaway, according to the Florida Sun-Sentinel, despite one shot being fired as he fled.
Police later arrested three teenage suspects, who have been charged with armed robbery.
In Peking Opera, finger movements express different emotions and characters. For actresses, this is called “orchid fingers”, because it looks like flowers.
Mei Lanfang, one of the most famous Peking Opera artists, developed and created many beautiful finger patterns as well as colorful make-up. International opera fans used to say that his hands had a kind of “intoxicating beauty”.
Peking Opera performers make expressive movements with their hands, such as smoothing a beard, adjusting a hat, jerking a sleeve while raising a foot. These all convey particular emotions.
A trembling body indicates extreme anger while the flicking of a sleeve expresses disgust. If an actor throws his hand above his head and flicks his sleeves back, he is astonished or surprised and an actress demonstrates embarrassment by covering her face with one sleeve.
Some of the movements are less easily understood. For instance, if an actor quickly grasps his sleeves and then promptly puts his hands behind his back in a determined manner, this indicates he is bracing himself for something important.
No country takes toilets quite so seriously as Japan.
Machines with heated seats, built-in bidets and a dynamic range of flushing options are almost ubiquitous in homes and public buildings.
A poem recently published by a stressed-out salary man captured their comforting appeal with haiku-like brevity. “The only warmth in my life is the toilet seat,” he mourned.
But lavatories here can do much more than keep you warm. One even sends a tiny electrical charge through the user’s buttocks to check their body-fat ratio.
Australian golfer Don “Dasher” Asher says he got along fine with his chums at a Brisbane golf club until he showed up in a dress.
Asher, 52, of Redland City was booted from the Wynnum Golf Club men’s team after members got upset when they found out he was taking hormones in preparation for a sex-change procedure, The (Brisbane) Courier-Mail reported Saturday.
It took an emergency meeting at the club but Asher was given permission to play for the ladies team, a move that’s just fine by him, the newspaper said.
“It feels as though everything is right at last,” said Dasher, whose wife and 27-year-old son are standing by him. “It was hard when certain male members were trying to kick me out of the club, but the women have been absolutely lovely.”
He’s already refigured his handicap playing from the women’s tees.
Still, some members won’t play while he is on the course. And then there’s the issue off his using the women’s toilet and shower facilities since his transformation to female isn’t yet complete.
In 1997, Kleberg County Commissioners unanimously voted to adopt “heaven-o” as the official greeting of the county instead of hello.
Kleberg County residents are now encouraged to use “heaven-o” to acknowledge one another. The reason cited for the change was the fact that hello contains the word hell, even though it is not etymologically related.
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Cleanliness is next to godliness, the ancient proverb says – and now scientists have proved that the state of your hands can affect your moral judgment.
A study by British academics has revealed that people who clean themselves before making such judgments are more likely to be lenient.
Researchers said the findings mean jurors who wash their hands may make their verdict less severe – and people who shower before voting may be more likely to overlook political misdemeanours.
Washing hands can make you less judgmental, scientists say
A 31- year-old Mequon man has filed a lawsuit against his former fiancee to recover the $8,995 engagement ring he gave her.
The former fiancee, defending her decision to keep the ring, told The Journal: “It was a gift. I gave him gifts, too. Do you think I want them back? No.”
Gary Nunnemacher filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Ozaukee County Circuit Court. The lawsuit names Nancy Bruemmer, 28, of Glendale.
Bruemmer, who since has married another man, now goes by a different last name.
She has 20 days to respond to the lawsuit.
Probably a good thing he didn’t marry her.
