Freckle Cheeks

An eatery at Maine decided to create a “Skinny Dip” special, featuring sliced prime rib in a baguette roll, and it is free at The Black Frog Restaurant to anyone who is willing to plunge naked into Moosehead Lake.

The promotion has generated a lot of publicity for the restaurant, but apparently did not violate any of indecent exposure law in Maine. Why you might ask? That is because in order to violate the law, one would have to expose genitals for the purpose of offending or shocking. But in this case the patrons of the restaurant are exposed briefly only to a skinny dipper’s derriere as a participant takes the leap from the end of the restaurant’s dock.

So I guess it is alright to get naked in public, as long as it is to get free food, not to offend or shock anyone. Well, now the homeless people in Maine knows where to get free food. They just need to be very comfortable to get naked of people, and plunge into a freezing cool lake.

Well, apparently even dogs need a little help from wigs. And guess what, you can even style them according to your favourite celebrity! Want an Elvis Presley hairdo for your dog, get a dog wig!

A Hollywood stylist who was also a master wig maker had enough of styling humans, decided to style dogs instead. A friend of her asked to make a wig for her beagle, and the next thing you know, a business of making dog wig was formed.

It’s amazing what people do to their pet. So what else can they come up with next time? A fake dog tail?

Guess what, Pepsi with its usually dark-coloured drink is going green!

The Japanese, true to their healthy lifestyle nature has launched a mint-coloured soda named as “Pepsi Ice Cucumber”. “Pepsi Ice Cucumber” hit the stores this week, and has been artificially flavored to resemble “the refreshing taste of a fresh cucumber,” said Aya Takemoto, spokeswoman of Japan’s Pepsi distributor, Suntory Ltd.

The mint-colored soda is on sale just for the summer and only in Japan. I guess we are out of luck guess wanting to get one to keep ourselves cool as a cucumber with this heat in Singapore. Hmm… I wonder what would the rivals come out with? Any suggestions?

This cute little cat name Oscar was featured on the cover on the Chinese Mypaper recently. Why you might ask? This cat is no “Lassie”, but just the exact opposite. You see if Oscar hangs with you, that means death sentence is upon you.

Oscar was a adopted by a nursing home in Rhode Island, USA. He walks the floor like the doctors will curl up with the patient during their final hours. According to the staff of the nursing home, Oscar is welcomed by the family members of the patient because it allows them the opportunity to say their last goodbye to their loved one.

Taking into consideration that this is a nursing home, most of the patients there are of old ages and therefore having a cat to be the messenger of Death seems to be acceptable because some of them have accepted that fact there their time is up soon. By having a cat to be the messenger of death, death is then associated with grace and tranquil because that is how people perceive cats.

What gets me thinking is that if Oscar is not residing in a nursing home but instead, it is roaming a hospital where sick people are ranging from babies, childrens, young adults etc, will he still be welcomed by the family members of the patients? Would it still be ok for the parents to see this cute cat curl up to your child in a cuddly way but it means that your child will die in a matter of hours? Would the patient come to terms with the fact that he or she is going to die, and see it as a last opportunity to do something meaningful with the last few hours of his or her life? Maybe, maybe not.

Appearance and packaging is very important and is dominating our perception of things and lives. ‘Death’ packaged in the form of cute, lovable, adorable-enough-to-be-your-pet package, is more readily accepted than having the Grimm Reaper coming to visit you, telling you that you are going to die.

The same message can be delivered in two extremes, one instill grace, the other instill fear. Therefore, when you want to put across a message, beware of the method of delivery, as it can achieve very different results.