The Reluctant Whore

Today in Extraordinarily Odd

After investing a large portion of their money in a tonic made from ants that was meant to be a strong aphrodisiac, thousands of residents from Northern China are freaking the hell out that they’ve been duped by a shonky investment scheme and are now rioting. After no receiving payments from their investees, they’re demanding the government intervene. When I was in Venezuela they had this chili sauce that was made from ground up ants and it was meant to be an aphrodisiac. I remember it wasn’t so bad tasting but the aphrodisiac qualities were suspect. Plus, this seems to be yet another story of how stupid Chinese peasants are with money (there were like two last week). Still, if they were better with money, maybe they wouldn’t be peasants. Stop investing in hairbrained schemes, China. You’re meant to be hosting the Olympics next year. Jesus, pull it together. [source]

The fossilized claw of what is probably an 8 foot sea scorpion was just found in a German quarry. It’s dated as being 390 million years old. This is apparently the largest sea scorpion ever found. That leads me to believe that 390 million years ago the potential for a really top notch sea scorpion boil or roast was so much greater than it is today. These days we just have camel spit roasts but back in the old days, they could have eaten a lobster like creature bigger than a human. Of course, you’d have to catch it and that would be another thing entirely. In fact, if you caught it, you might do better simply tying it to some kind of glamorous water based sedan chair so you could glide delightfully through the sea a rocket speed. That would be a pre-historic car I guess. Some kind of pre-historic water car. It’s a better investment of your time and money to not eat your massive water scorpion and to keep it for labor. That I have just realized. [source]