Who should be held responsible for under-age liquor purchases as the trend seems to be to point fingers at everyone else? The truth is, the responsibility lies with each and every one of us as individuals. In light of this ongoing issue and challenge, the Industry Association for Responsible Alcohol Use (ARA) has launched their newly designed in-store sticker campaign titled RU18 to assist in increasing awareness amongst retailers and the public alike and combating the current stream of underage alcohol purchases.

“The aim is to reinforce the ARA message of responsible drinking by keeping the legal age limit top of mind for both the purchaser and the distributor as well as discouraging adults from sending underage buyers to buy alcohol for them,” says ARA spokesperson Adrian Botha.

Creating awareness regarding the role that traders play in driving a reduction of alcohol abuse in their respective communities is key to stemming the problem. Internationally published author of the LifeTalk books, Izabella Little Gates commented, “underage drinking is a real problem the world over, not just in South Africa and it is up to us as parents and communities to put a stop to the problem at the root, limiting underage children access to purchasing alcohol.

Children and teenagers are faced with a variety of difficult challenges while growing up, most importantly the effect of peer pressure and it is up to parents and communities at large to instill a sense of responsibility and awareness in their children so that they make the right choices when they are put in these situations.”

“The ARA acknowledges underage drinking as a huge problem. It is only with the assistance of the distributing outlets and by encouraging responsible behavior amongst purchasers that we can reduce the extent to which this is happening. While this campaign is targeted on the purchase of alcohol, we are continually focused on educating adults regarding awareness of the availability of alcohol within the home to underage drinkers” continues Botha.

The ARA is in the process of distributing their in-store point of sale material to various outlets over the next few months and look forward to working alongside store owners and retail employees to create greater awareness around their latest campaign.

So this festive season and on an ongoing basis, do your bit and take responsibility by alerting others to the issue of underage drinking and the extent to which children can access alcohol so that together, we may help curb this problem.

Versus Wines  support the drink responsible efforts of ARA

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Here are a few strange but true facts which are useless but interesting. The ideal stuff to take us to the weekend.

In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes.

There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo.

Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution.

Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second.

The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card.

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants.

In the US- Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500.

The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad.

Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating.

Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult.

In the US- One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year.

Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other’s shoulders.

When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 4800 km per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second.

A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun’s surface.

A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood.

It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times.

Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.

Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada.

There was a time when people thought George Michael was straight

Source: www.strangefacts.com

The harvest is in full swing and it seems that wines are coming along nicely. Here are a few interesting facts about wine and wine making

DID YOU KNOW?

• The sugar content in grapes is equal to the amount of alcohol a wine will have. The higher the sugar content, the more alcoholic a wine.
• Certain vines are not watered for over a month-and-a-half pre-harvest. This brings down the sugar content in the grapes.
• A lush green bush of vines does not mean a great crop. Brown leaves signify better quality grapes.
• The lesser the number of grapes per plant, the better the quality of wine.
• Whites are served chilled but reds are served at room temperature (of France)  best between 15-20 degrees.
• The higher the percentage of alcohol in a wine, the more tears (the trickle that you see after you have swirled a glass of wine).
• The higher the percentage of sugar in a wine, the lesser the tears.

Source: mumbaimirror.com

Today we will have a unique time sequence and last month also had a few oddities about it.

Today at 6 minutes and 7 seconds after 5 on the 8 September the time sequence will be 05:06:07 on 08/09/10.

August had 5 Sundays, 5 Mondays and 5 Tuesdays. According to some clever people (clearly, who have too much time) this only happens once every 823 years.  This means that the last time  it happened was in 1183.

Somebody should have warned me as I’ve had five blue Mondays in August.

We love this useless info and cheers to whoever calculated this utterly unnecessary stats.

Spring day just around the corner and it seems that love is in the air as a few of my mates recently got engaged.

We (the unconventional folks at Versus) was wondering what is the lamest and unconventional ways to get engaged.

Here is a list of the 7 lamest ways to propose marriage.

Can you add a few?

The list:

7. In a Twitter message:  “Dearest Guinevere, U R the luv of my life. Please make me the happiest man in the world and marry me. Text me your answer”

6. On an answering machine:

“Hi babe. I can see you’re not there. Like I was just wondering, sort of, if you fancied getting hitched like on Monday. That is if you haven’t got anything better to do that morning?”

5. On the phone.

“Hi, is this the Lorento’s?”

“Yeh well this is Mike. Could I speak to Mary-Anne please?”

“Oh she’s in the shower”

“Would I like to leave a message? Ehh O.K.”

“If it’s not too much trouble could you ask her if she would like to marry me?”

4. At the deportation office, even though there are plenty of witnesses there to chose from.

3. In your apartment while going over your bills.

“Priscella, I’ve just been going over the numbers and it would seem that if we got married we could save $1500 a month on our taxes. What do you say?”

2. “Wow I didn’t see that van coming. Are you O.K. ’cause I have  something I want to ask you?”

And the #1 worst way to propose

1. In a McDonald’s with an edible ring hidden inside a double whopper. The guy who actually did this deserved to be turned down.

Source: taitegallery.net

I’ve seen some weird and unusual families on TV, but who is the most unconventional?

Families like  The Bundys  (Married with Children) , The Harpers ( Two and a Half Men), the Osbournes and of the Mafioso family of the The Sopranos.

We (the unusual folks at Versus) are having a discussion at work of who is the most unconventional TV family.

What’s your call?

Check out this site for some of the weird TV families.

Source: askmen.com

Sometimes the simplicity of life’s little things is what make us the  happiest. This is one of the thoughts of 1000 Awesome Things blogger , whose feel-good blog has become a resounding success.

1000 Awesome Things is a blog, updated daily, that enumerates the little things in life that make us happy. It’s a reminder that even the smallest of feats, like “#936 Perfect parallel-parking on the first try” or “#572 Learning a new keyboard shortcut” are a reason to smile.

The site was launched in June 2008 and has been counting down from 1,000 ever since. Now at post number 449, the site is so popular that creator Neil Pasricha even released “The Book of Awesome Things” in April. When asked what will occur when he reaches number 1, Pasricha said, “Something very awesome will happen.”

Well done to Neil Pasrisha , whose unconventional way of looking at little things is an inspiration and has given the folks at Versus a daily dose of smiles.

Cheers to Neil. He is my unconventional guy of the week.

Can you add a little thing in daily life that makes your day?

To view more visit: 1000awesomethings.com

The World Cup is over and now it back to the real world. In the World Cup spirit, many people bought a vuvuzela and little did they know that there is a few alternative and unconventional uses for this South African ‘horn’.

The unconventional folks of Versus Wines thought these are pretty useful post World Cup vuvuzela uses:

1. Use it to blow some life into a slow-burning braai fire
2. Use it as a cheap hearing aid if the batteries on the old one go flat
3. Use it as a poop scoop
4. Use as a self-defence weapon
5. Use it as a toilet plunger
6. Use it to wake up teenagers in the morning
7. Record the sound and use it as your cellphone ringtone
8. Fill with cement and use as a dumb bell
9. Use it if your car hooter has packed up
10. Use to borrow some petrol from your neighbour

Source: yworld.co.za

With my football fever reaching fever pitch I investigated a bit to find some weird World Cup stats

The first World Cup was held in 1930 and is held every four years. (It wasn’t held in 1942 and 1946 because of World War II.) Brazil has won a record five World Cup titles, and Brazilian Ronaldo holds the individual record for most World Cup goals with 15. But there are some other facts that aren’t as well-known about the World Cup:

1)      The first goal

The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930. Many believed American Bart McGee scored the first goal in the World Cup, against Belgium in the 40th minute. But a dispute erupted and FIFA determined the first goal was scored by Frenchman Lucien Laurent in the 19th minute against Mexico on July 13, 1930.

2)      The first Red Card

The red and yellow card system was not introduced until the 1970 World Cup. The first player to receive a red card was Chile’s Carlos Caszely in 1974 in a match against West Germany in the 67th minute.

3)      Youngest Player

The youngest player to play in a World Cup match was Northern Ireland’s Norman Whiteside against Yugoslavia in 1982. He was 17 years, 41 days old.

4)      Largest Attendance

The highest attendance for one match was in the 1950 final. The official attendance was 199,854 for the match between Brazil and Uruguay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

5)      Most Consecutive First-Round Eliminations

Scotland holds the record with eight: 1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1998

6)      Most cards in a match

 20 Cards – 16 yellow and 4 red cards in the 2006  “Round of 16” match between Portugal and the Netherlands

Source: ehow.com

Google’s animated Pacman doodle game has cost the UK economy at least five million hours of work time and more than a $120 million financially.

 A playable version of the classic video game was created and put on Google to celebrate its 30 years on the 21st of May.

The game has proven to be so popular with Google users that the company has now made it permanently available on its own page at Google.com/pacman.

Rescue Time, a tool that enables businesses to measure how time and attention is being spent, estimated that Google had around 505 million unique users on the day the Pacman Google Doodle went live, and that the game consumed 4,819,352 hours of employee time, costing the economy an estimated $120,483,800.

But the numbers were not too high, as it seems most people did not know that the logo was playable.

To play the game, users must click on the Insert Coin button, which replaces the I’m Feeling Lucky button Google users are more familiar with.

The Pacman game was Google’s first interactive doodle logo.

This unusual move by Google did you go unnoticed by the unconventional brand Versus. We thought it was great idea and congratulations to Google for this out-of-the-box thinking.

Source: tvnz.co.nz

Here are three unconventional tricks you can perform at a party or during a dinner. Common household materiel needed. Hit pause when Solution title appear to try the tricks for yourself.

3 Easy Party Tricks – Funny blooper videos are here

After you have used the wine glass for the first trick you can fill the glass with  Versus and reward yourself for an excellent party trick .

Can you add any unconventional party tricks?

This guy is certainly unconventional – he’s the world’s fastest beatboxer! Versus, the wine brand which also challenges convention, supports this outrageous talent.

Student research projects topics can sometimes be a nightmare as you don’t have any idea of what to research. Here are some unconventional student research projects to get your creative mind going.

Unconventional brand Versus salutes these students for there out-of-the-box and unconventional thinking.

1. Crickets Playing Pac Man

Grad student Wim van Eck turned to crickets to add a bit more unpredictability to a game of Pac-Man, casting them in the role of the lowly ghosts against a human-controlled Pac. There’s few details about how the system actually works, but it seems that the crickets actually proved to be more worthy adversaries than your typical AI-controlled enemy: at one point, a particularly clever “ghost” decided to shed its skin, probably knowing full well that it would become invisible to the game’s color-based detection system. Watch the video . . .

2. Flash Game – Flow

The addictive little flash game was posted on the USC website as part of his graduate thesis in the Interactive Media division. Within two weeks, it had over 100,000 hits – with no intentional promotion. In the game: as you grow, you can eat bigger and bigger things and survive at deeper and deeper depths. This eventually became a PS3 game. Play this addictive game online.

3. Rubik’s Cube Solving Robot

University of Michigan students Doug Li, Jeff Loevell, and Mike Zajac created a “Rubik’s Cube Solver” robot for their final project — it can solve a Rubik’s Cube in 54 seconds or less. Watch the robot conquer the cube.

4. Prototype Hand Gesture Based iPod Remote Control

Zhuan, Derrick, and Colin of Purdue University created “Handy”, a prototype hand gesture based remote control. The setup consists of a Handy box, an iPod Nano, and a BOSE Sound Dock. Watch the video to see it work.

5. Star Trek Replicators and Diatom Nanotechnology

This paper helps demonstrate that silica can be replaced atom for atom without change of shape – a step towards the Star Trek replicator. Learn more about this Trekker project.

6. Using the Force: How Star Wars Can Help You Teach Recursion

The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges published this research article on how Star Wars can help students learn about recursion. Check out the paper’s abstract.

Any other student projects that should get mentioned here?

Read more on studenthacks.org

Everyone wants to have a party that rocks or at least remembered. So do you want your birthday bash to be really memorable? Give it an it unconventional theme.

Never have a bland get-together again with these delightful party themes.

Arch Nemesis Party- Dress up as your arch nemesis and parody what they say and do all night. Steal their clothes if you have to. Just make sure they’re not there. Maybe if you spend time in your worst enemies shoes, you’ll understand them a little better… or just hate them more. Also, if you are lacking an arch nemesis, feel free to make one up.

Your Mom’s Pajamas Party- Raid your mom’s pajama drawer. Add alcohol and music. Shake well, and end up with an amazing evening of maternal proportions. Note: this is not an excuse to show up to a party naked.

Truman Show Party- Choose a friend, and let the fact that everyone at the party is spying on them become entirely conspicuous. Plant fake secret cameras. Have everyone at the party be quiet as soon as they walk by, giving that “i know you were just talking about me” feeling. Be completely artificial. Bust out into random advertisements.

Flop Party- Come dressed as a character from any memorable movie flop. Ideas include Catwoman, Hudson Hawk, a young Hannibal Lecter, or Ben Affleck… as himself.

Monocle Party- Wear a monocle. And a vest. Speak in a British accent; say things like “poppycock” and “hip hip hooray”. Be sure to serve brandy…. the English have very refined palates.

Worst Fears Party- Face your fears by dressing up as them. Come as a spider, or a masked, threatening man with a weapon, or the girl from ‘The Exorcist’ in my case. If you’re afraid of heights, come on stilts. If you’re afraid of change, come to the party dressed in a way you never would and don’t talk to anyone you’re already friends with. If you’re afraid of death, come covered in fake blood and funeral clothes. If you’re afraid of loneliness, come to the party and leave immediately (get it?).

Amish Party- Wear a bonnet, or suspenders, and generally unflattering clothes made popular by the Amish. Make sure there’s no electricity at the party… in fact, the party should optimally take place in a corn field. Roll up in your Conestoga wagon with some barrels of ale and you’ll be sure to bag some wholesome wenches.

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Unconventional wine brand, Versus, will make your party even more memorable. So, let the good times roll.

Lord Byron said that “Fame is the thirst of youth.” This is so true and even more so today as the internet and TV as created a lot of fame seeking people.

There’s one sure-fire way to attain your fifteen minutes of fame, break a Guinness Record! Better yet, create a whole new one!

Here are a few weird records.

Source: iafrica.com

I stumbled upon these utterly yet remarkable useless information.

The USA has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.

US tops the world in plastic surgery procedures. Next comes Mexico.

22% of American women aged 20 gave birth while in their teens. In Switzerland and Japan, only 2% did so.

American adults have been educated for the longest time.

The women of Iceland earn two-thirds of their nation’s university degrees.

More than 20% of the votes in the 2001 elections in Argentina were invalid.

You can be imprisoned for not voting in Fiji, Chile and Egypt – at least in theory.

One pair of rats has the potential for 15,000 descendants in a year.

The rat has been called the world’s most destructive mammal – other than man.

Rats destroy an estimated 1/3 of the world’s food supply each year.

26% of all electric cable breaks and 18% of all phone cable disruptions are caused by rats.

It took approximately 2.5 million blocks to build the Pyramid of Giza, which is one of the Great Pyramids

Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory.

McDonalds calls frequent buyers of their food heavy users.

Americans ate eight million more orders of french fries and almost six million more hamburgers this year compared to last.

Source: stunning-stuff.com

A Christmas card, poststamped 23rd December 1914 was posted for a Ms Ethel Martin of Oberlin, Kansas. It was from her cousins in Alma, Nebraska.

After 93 years, it finally arrived at its destination, in perfect shape. Too bad Ms Martin is already dead.

The card in postcard format shows a colour drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl.

As to where it spent the most of the 20th century is still a mystery. Indeed, it’s surprising that it never got thrown away and somehow someone found it and placed it inside another envelope with modern postage for the trip to Oberlin.

The original 1-cent postage stamp, the original cost of postage when it was first sent would not have been enough.

The card is now with Bernice Martin, Ethel’s sister-in-law. After it was featured in the media, she said she’d received calls from as far away as Japan and Iraq, even offers to purchase the card.

Source: kansascw.com

Life sometimes throws you a period of utter boredom. How do you occupy these periods of time, either mentally or physically without dying of boredom? Knowing how to waste time creatively should be appreciated for what it is, an art form.

Here are some tips (from nzgirl) to rid yourself of boredom…they’re so good that I was distracted from completing this article too many times than I care to mention…

How to kill time at work: The internet, what would we do without it? But be very cautious about misusing your company PC to surf the web for personal enjoyment. Your boss probably realises that the Internet can be a big time waster and is watching for people who are doing web searches for ..umm…games… Perhaps the best way to use the Internet for your time killing purposes is to use it for all your personal research. For example if a phone number for a client across town is needed, volunteer to find it on the yellow or white pages online….just make sure to drag it out as long as possible. Don’t be afraid to legitimately use the Internet for business AND for killing time.

If your boss is of the oblivious persuasion, or if you’re just extremely sneaky, here are two great websites to help you kill time on those non-busy workdays. Handy Hint – get familiar with using Alt -Tab for quick escapes!

www.ishouldbeworking.com

www.bored.com

At A Bus Stop: You could always catch up on a bit of light reading whilst waiting for the bus. However, if you’d rather do something far less productive and are feeling rather brave, why not turn to the person next to you and whisper loudly, “I know what you did last summer.” The reaction you get will be priceless…plus you may even help to relieve their boredom for a moment or two.

In A Supermarket Queue: The supermarket queue can be a major drag, particularly with all of the chockies and sweets seducing you to be taken home. Instead of indulging your thighs, why not indulge your brain? It’s a perfect opportunity for people watching! Have some fun guessing which comestible the person in front of you will reach for. Will the businessman wearing Gucci go for the Snickers or the Crunchie bar? Will the skinny blonde pick up the light flavoured Bounty or the full fat Moro? Have a bet and see how many you win.

Source: nzgirl

No he is not a real life super hero or the new WWE star, Mr Coffee is the chief coffee taster at Costa and his tongue is worth £10m (R120m)

Costa Coffee, which sells 108 million cups of coffee worldwide each year, aims to double its number of outlets.

The insurance policy was taken out with Lloyds of London.

“The taste buds of a Master of Coffee are as important as the vocal cords of a singer or the legs of a top model, and this is one of the biggest single insurance policies taken out for one person,” said a spokesman for Lloyd’s broker Glencairn Limited, which arranged the insurance cover.

“In my profession my taste buds and sensory skills are crucial… and allow me to distinguish any defects,” said Mr Pelliccia.

Source: BBC

Useless facts are sometimes more interesting than useful facts. For instance, people spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights and a snail can sleep for three years. This is more interesting than most of the stories on the news last night. Do you agree?

More useless info:

• - Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts
• - American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad in first class.
• - People spend about two weeks of their lives at traffic lights!
• - Left handed people live slightly shorter lives than right handed people.
• - Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only in tropical fish stores.
• - If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people,50% of the world’s currency would be held by 6 people.
• - In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
• - A snail can sleep for three years.
• - In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world’s nuclear weapons combined.
• - Pearls melt in vinegar.
• - Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
• - Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
• - You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television

Source: stunning-stuff.com

Records are made to broken but some are very unlikely to be broken. The editors of “Guinness World Records” selected few records which they think are probably “unbreakable”.  All we need is a 9-foot man or a 26-year-old woman who weighs less than 2.1 kg.

1. Tallest Man: If 8-foot-11 (2.70m)Robert Wadlow were around today, he’d stand 10 inches taller than Sultan Kosën, the tallest living man, and 17 inches taller than NBA beanpole Yao Ming.

In 1940, when Wadlow died, he was 22 years old, and he was still growing.

2. Lightest Woman: Lucia Zarate, the 31.35 cm Mexican “Lilliputian,” was a 19th-century sideshow star. She died in 1889 at age 26 of pneumonia, after her circus train got stranded in the snow. While Zarate weighed as much as 13 pounds and one ounce at one point, she tipped the scales for the last time at 4.7 pounds — less than the average newborn.

3. Loudest Sound: The volcanic eruptions on the island of Krakatoa on Aug. 26, 1883, killed more than 36,000 people. The final explosion sent shock waves that reverberated seven times around the globe and were heard 2,200 miles away in Perth, Australia.

4. Most Prolific Murderess: Aileen Wuornos got a lot of press for her bloody deeds, but Countess Elizabeth Bathory allegedly killed more than 600 people, mostly young women.

As the legend goes, the creepy Hungarian noblewoman bathed in the blood of virgins to stay young. That part of the story is questionable, but she was convicted on 80 counts of murder, and was probably guilty of many more. She was locked away at Csejte Castle, where she died in 1614.

5. Largest Diamond: The 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond had no equal. In 1905, it was found in Gauteng, South Africa, and presented to Britain’s King Edward VII on his birthday. It was eventually cut into 105 pieces, including the 530.2-carat Cullinan I (or “The Great Star of Africa”) and the 317.4-carat Cullinan II ( “The Lesser Star of Africa”). Both are now part of the British crown jewels.

6. Greatest Wingspan: The Hughes H-4 Hercules, better known as “The Spruce Goose,” weighs more than 400,000 pounds and took to the air just once, in 1947, traveling about a mile, and just 70 feet (21m) off the ground. Eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes built this monstrosity with the aim of transporting soldiers. No aircraft has since come close to its 319-foot (97m) wingspan, which is longer than a football field.

7. Biggest Pandemic: Let’s file this under records we hope never get broken. From 1347 to 1351, bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, claimed 75 million people.

8. Biggest Blockbuster: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are no match for Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. “Titanic’s” worldwide box office gross of $1.84 billion is less than titanic when you start adjusting for inflation. If you do, “Gone With the Wind” is still the belle of the ball. Since its 1939 release, it’s taken in an estimated $5.4 billion.

9. Longest Pole-Sitting: Pole-sitting is generally considered a college stunt, but it also figures in what Guinness considers its oldest record. It’s held by St. Simeon the Stylite, who spent 37 years atop a pillar at Syria’s Hill of Wonders. Crowds gathered to listen to the monk preach until his death in 459. While this seems like something David Blaine would try, in the last 1,550 years this feat remains unchallenged.

10. Youngest Doctorate: In 1814, 12-year-old Karl Witte of Austria became a doctor of philosophy at the University of Giessen in Germany. He spoke five languages, and luckily never had to listen to all the incessant Doogie Howser jokes.

Source: sphere.com

I have heard about weird restaurants but this one is way up there. “Dinner in the Sky” is a Brussels based restaurant that serves dinner for up to 22 people… 50 meter in the air!

The specially-designed table and chairs are lifted by a crane. Dinner anywhere in Belgium will set you back almost 8 thousand euros; other locations are also available. Remember, you must wear your seat belt, and don’t drop your fork!

Source: chettinadusamayal.blogspot.com

It’s a unique concept according to its creators, a hotel in the French town of Nantes is offering the chance for people to become a hamster.

For 99 euros (R1000) a night, you can eat hamster grain, run in a giant wheel and sleep in hay stacks in what is called the “Hamster Villa.”

Maud and Sebastien are the first ones to experience how hamsters live, not afraid at the thought of sleeping in hay or feeding on a hamster fountain and special grain.

It’s a unique experience and, the guests say, just something different. He added that

“To become a hamster, eat seeds, change our way of life…come out of our daily routine”

The owners, Frederic Tabary and Yann Falquerho, run a company which rents out unusual and bizarre places.

“The Hamster in the world of children is that little cuddly animal. Often, the adults who come here have wanted or did have hamsters when they were small,” Falquerho said, dressed as a hamster.

What is next? A night as a dog, chasing cars and sleeping in a kennel?

Source: Reuters

The world’s most expensive armchair were sold for about R240 million. I bet a Lazyboy is much more comfortable and at a small fraction of the price.

A small brown leather armchair once owned by Yves Saint Laurent has reportedly sold for £19.4 million (about R240 million), making it the most expensive piece of 20th-century design to ever be auctioned.

The armchair, by Irish designer Eileen Gray was only expected to reach around £3 million at Christie’s in Paris. It was bought by specialist Paris art gallery Robert and Cheska Vallois.

The unique piece – known as the “dragons’ armchair because of the ornate sculptures on its sweeping armrests – was created between 1917 and 1919 by Miss Gray.

She moved to London in 1898 to study at the Slade School of Fine Art and she became renowned for the luxurious finish of her lacquered furniture.

Source : luxuo.com

A Chinese woman has reportedly paid a whopping $585,000 (R4 000 000) to buy a new pet dog. The 18-month old dog, a Tibetan mastiff measuring 80cm high, is now believed to be the world’s most expensive dog.

The Chinese woman revealed that her ‘priceless pet’ had been named ‘Yangtze River Number Two’ and added: ‘Gold has a price, but this Tibetan mastiff doesn’t.’

The millionaire said she and a friend had spent a long time searching for an original Tibetan mastiff.

In the town of Yushu they spotted the new dog and decided on the spot to buy it, regardless of price.

The Tibetan mastiff is an ancient breed that originates with nomadic cultures of Central Asia and northern India.

As a flock guardian dog in Tibet, it renowned for being tenacious in its ability to confront predators the size of wolves and leopards.

I bet the dog does not only eat Epol and chop bones for lunch.

Source: luxuo.com