Dispensary Corner 08 Sep 10
September 8, 2010
HERE’S an example of active
ageing - a 67 year-old
Queensland man has just pushed
his lawnmower all the way from
the Gold Coast to Cairns.
Claude Harvey left Surfers
Paradise in July and finally arrived
in Cairns yesterday, raising
$40,000 for child protection
charity Bravehearts along the way.
He’s covered more than
2000km, and says it took singleminded
determination to avoid
getting distracted along the way.
“People all the time ask me to
mow their lawns,” he said.
“But I’d never get where I was
going if I did everyone’s grass”.
A CHINESE man who taught his puppy to smoke cigarettes is being criticised for getting the dog addicted to nicotine.
23-year-old Zeng Ziguang from the city of Wuchang says he’s been teaching “Blackie” to smoke since buying him six months go. “He hated the smell of smoke to begin with,” he said. “But I trained him to get used to it by blowing smoke to him”. Zeng said gradually the dog became used to the smell “and I started putting the lit cigarette into his mouth. Each time he did that, I would reward him with food.” Unfortunately what started out as a neat party trick has developed into an expensive habit, with the puppy’s new addiction meaning he gets through a pack of cigarettes a day. The man’s neighbours are also not impressed, with one telling the Changjiang Daily that “He is a terrible pet owner”.
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