Since the days of Alexander the Great, binge drinking has been a very popular past time - leading to him apparently killing a friend and burning down Persepolis while drunk.

Those are some Great shoes to fill.

Yet, governments, schools and the media have repeatedly tried to teach us of binge drinking's dangers. 

Dartmouth University has taken the lead, instigating a new nationwide policy to curb heavy drinking by their students.

Pour me another glass.

Binge drinking is defined as "the consumption of five or more drinks in a row by men — or four or more drinks in a row by women — at least once in the previous 2 weeks. Heavy binge drinking includes three or more such episodes in 2 weeks."

Seems I don't know anyone who isn't a heavy binge drinker.

Do you think this definition should be changed or should we change people's attitudes? Or should you follow HPD's no fools guide to drinking a lot but not dying?  . . read more

Schwartz then explained the side benefit of this finding -- that if boys know pornography will make them gay, they'll never touch it, taking advantage of what Schwartz sees as a natural homophobia. "And if you tell an 11-year-old boy about that, do you think he's going to want to get a copy of Playboy?" he said. "I'm pretty sure he'll lose interest. That's the last thing he wants!"

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Prostitution is legal and allowed in Denmark. It's free if you're a delegate to the upcoming Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen from December 7-18, AFP reports.

To counter attack the city government's measure of campaigning to the delegates of the much anticipated world environmental summit that they do not resort to buying sex, the prostitutes of a Danish sex workers union has offered their services for free.

The city government, led by Lord Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard has sent postcards and letters to the managers of the 160 hotels in the city. The postcards indicate: "be sustainable - don't buy sex" and "Dear hotel owner, we would like to urge you not to arrange contacts between hotel guests and prostitutes."

Susan Moeller, spokesperson for the group said that the campaign was discriminating as they are only doing their jobs, which by Danish law are legal.

For those who are interested in taking the offer, which is only available during the duration of the summit, she said, "All delegates who come to Copenhagen for the world climate summit will be able to use the postcards for payment after making a request on our website."

Instead of crappy competitions billed as, who will be the next Cooking God/ Greatest singer alive; 'Hey Hey' delves into a simple and well tested formula, what's funny is funny people and funny situations and what is absurd and inexplicable is all the better.

Such as: Why did the show run 25 minutes over time, when we were meant to be waiting for exclusive updates on the Samoan Tsunami?

And why do commentaries randomly boom out from the loudspeaker, random cartoons appear and Dickie Knee and Plucka Duck exist?

God knows, but I know it's an innocent and hilarious way to spend a couple of hours.  . . read more

It’s reporters on fox news misspelling words, slandering races and societies and feeding incorrect information, it’s religious groups removing scientifically proven information about our human origins from school curriculums and it’s the continued support for openly racists/fascist political parties, that have led me to believe that even with technology, we are still stupid.

It begs the question: If we are stupid even with the power of technology, aren’t we also then stupid without it? Doesn’t that just make us stupid?

“But not every one is stupid!!!”

Is what I’m sure you’re all screaming at your screens just now?

You could be right. Because none of the great advancements made to the world today, could have been made by stupid people, right?

Wrong!

Had we not been stupid by nature, we would have created a society that does not allow the foundations of in-equality, un-education, racism, violence and hate to be set. Yet here we are, able to grow hearts out of a Petri dish, but still willing to let stupid people represent us, govern us and influence our future. What else is our species, other then stupid, if only some of us are capable of being intelligent?

From one idiot to another  . . read more

So sit back and soak up some summer wisdom before heading out to your beach picnic, with a pill, a corona and lime and some tunes in your head.  . . read more