On Koro and other oddities

Sometimes I wonder why I bother blogging about the weird little things I find when you can learn so much nonsense from reading an ordinary online newspaper. This week the following headlines caught my attention (though I didn't read any of the articles, so sorry if I triggered your curiosity for nothing) :

Equality Between the Genders Leads to Male Suicide

New Language Disovered in India: Researchers Think Several Aka-Speakers May Actually Be Speaking Koro Without Knowing It.*

Donald Trump Considers Running For President**

Soon-To-Be North Korean Leader Uses Plastic Surgery In Order To Look Like Dead Grandfather

Hollywood Hates Liverpool***

David Letterman Eats Bruce Willis' Meat Toupee****

Get Well With Donor Poop*****



* In this case I actually did read the article, only to find out that it did not reveal how or why one can speak a language without being aware of it. Huh. Maybe I am speaking Chinese, I just don't know it?

** I want to give myself credit for not making any jokes about hair. Or "You're Fired!". Or hair.

*** The football (or soccer, if you must) team, one can assume. Or the hometown of the Beatles. Or possibly the new sport invented by Lady Gaga (Liver Pool - get it? Huh? Funny? Yeah...)

**** I bet Letterman wouldn't have abstained from making any hair jokes. In fact, it might be argued that the entire stunt was a hair joke. Though it probably also was a Lady Gaga joke. One that almost triggered my Gaga reflex.

***** I know you really hoped there would be an explanation for this one, but I must disappoint you. I didn't read the article, as I was eating my breakfast while writing this...