Dispensary Corner 22 Jul 10
July 22, 2010
INDIAN cricket fans are certainly
passionate about their sport.
Ten special very limited-edition
versions of a new biography of
Sachin Tendulkar have been sold
at a cost of US$75,000 each -
before they have even been
produced.
The unique publications are
particularly special because they
will be printed using the cricketing
great’s blood.
“The signature page will be
mixed with Sachin’s blood - mixed
into the paper pulp so it’s a red
resin,” said the chief executive of
the publishing firm, Kraken.
He said the 852-page book is
designed to be “the ultimate
tribute to a living sporting legend”.
A further 1000 regular copies -
without the special blood
ingredient - will go on sale at
about US$2500 each, with the
books individually numbered and
personally signed.
ABOUT twenty babies born in
Great Britain since the end of the
Second World War have been
named Adolf.
The unusual finding is the result
of a survey by UK firm
Findmypast.co.uk, which shows
that the most recent Adolf was
born in 2005.
The study of official records also
found a number of unusual names,
with ten babies born in the late
1800s given the name Fish Fish -
including one who incredibly also
had the surname Fish - that is, a
full name of Fish Fish Fish!
It also revealed the British
predilection for soccer, with eight
boys named Pele after Brazil won
the World Cup in 1970.
A US man has been charged
after allegedly shooting his wife
with a wad of toilet paper stuffed
into a pistol.
Details are fairly sketchy, but
the 38-year-old apparently shot at
her after she returned home at
midnight one night last week.
The woman suffered a powder
burn from the gunshot, while the
man reportedly claimed he wasn’t
trying to wipe her out.
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