HOW BIZARRE NEWS (12/01/08)

WOULD YOU HANG AN ORNAMENT ON YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE THAT WAS MADE FROM . . . REINDEER DROPPINGS???

Let's be honest . . . a lot of Christmas ornaments are tacky pieces of crap. But visitors to the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, Illinois, can buy Christmas ornaments that are LITERALLY pieces of crap. That's because the gift shop at the Miller Park Zoo is selling Christmas ornaments . . . that are made out of DROPPINGS collected from the zoo's two reindeer. Seriously. According to zoo officials, the ornaments . . . which they call "Magical Reindeer Gem Ornaments" . . . are created from droppings that have been dried, clear-coated, and either painted or rolled in glitter.

The reindeer dropping ornaments cost $5 apiece. (Yahoo News)

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THERE'S A GERMAN CANDY COMPANY THAT MAKES "CHOCOLATE JESUS" FIGURINES:

Recently, a 54-year-old German guy named Frank Oynhausen decided that Christmas had become too secular and commercial. So, in an attempt to restore some of the holiday's traditional religious values, Frank started the "Sweet Jesus" chocolate company, which specializes in making Jesus figurines . . . out of CHOCOLATE. (Yahoo News)

So I guess the question here is: Are these chocolate Jesus figurines sacrilegious . . . or sacri-delicious? HI-YO!!!)

(--If you speak German, you can order your own Chocolate Jesus here . . .) http://www.theobroma-cacao.de/shop/deutsch/original-goldjesus.html

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THERE'S A NEW GENETIC TEST THAT CAN TELL WHICH SPORTS YOUR TODDLER WILL BE GOOD AT:

Parents . . . I understand that you want to give your kids every advantage in life. But THIS is just absurd . . . A company called Atlas Sports Genetics is offering a new genetic test that can tell which sports your TODDLER will be good at.

Now, I know what you're thinking . . . "How are they able to determine this?" It has something to do with a gene called ACTN3. Studies have shown that there's a link between ACTN3 and certain athletic abilities. By taking a simple DNA test, scientists can determine whether your toddler will be best at SPEED and POWER sports like sprinting or football, ENDURANCE sports like long-distance running or swimming . . . or some combination of the two. (International Herald Tribune)

(--You can buy an athletic talent test kit for $149 here . . .)http://atlasgene.com/index.php?main_page=products_all