Wan's World

Month: October 2012

  • Electron microscopic photos of common things

    A whole new world out there.

    Amazing Scanning Electron Microscope Photos… Awesome!

     

    All these pictures are from the book ‘ Microcosmos,’ created by Brandon Brill from London.  This book includes many scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of insects, human body parts and household items.  These are the most amazing images of what is too small to see with the naked eye.

     

     An ant, Formica fusca, holding a microchip

     

    Surface of an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory silicon microchip

     

    Eyelash hairs growing from the surface of human skin

     

    The surface of a strawberry

    Bacteria on the surface of a human tongue

    Human sperm (spermatozoa)

    Nylon hooks and loops of Velcro

    Household dust: includes long hairs of cat fur, twisted synthetic and woolen fibers, serrated insect scales, a pollen grain, and plant and insect remains

    The weave of nylon stocking fibers

    The head of a mosquito

    Head louse clinging to a human hair

    Eight eyes (two groups of four) on the head of a tarantula

    Cut human hairs and shaving foam between two razor blades

    Cigarette paper the tobacco is rolled in

    Corroded surface of a rusty nail

    Mushrooms spores

    Clutch of  butterfly eggs on a raspberry plant

    Calcium phosphate crystal

     

    No wonder modern forensics solves so many crimes. 

  • HOW DID I LIVE ALL THESE YEARS WITHOUT KNOWING THIS?

    THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND

     

      I’ll bet you never knew this!!!        

    In the original native culture of Thailand, when males reached the age of 18 they had to participate in the following community ceremony:-

    They lay themselves stark naked in a large circle, feet facing inward.  A beautiful young naked girl kneels over the ankles of each the men. 

    She places a blob of honey and various crushed sweet fruits around his navel to attract flies and insects.  

    (This keeps them off his face during the ceremony)

    A specially chosen nubile and very beautiful naked girl then does a sexy and sensuous dance in the center of the circle. 

    As soon as all the men become fully aroused and develop erections, the kneeling girls then reach over the knees, pull the fully erected penises downwards as much as they can and then on a given signal from the centre dancer release them.          

    The men’s penises would then spring back up and go “WHAP!” against their belly buttons.   

    This exercise was a measurement of the strength of their masculinity . . .the man who killed the most flies was elected to the court of the King.  

    And that folk’s is why the current capital of Thailand came to be named Bangkok. 

  • Sex on Mars

    The year is 2222 and Mike and Maureen land on Mars after accumulating enough Frequent Flier miles.

    They meet a Martian couple and are talking about all sorts of things. Mike asks if Mars has a stock market, if they have laptop computers, how they make money, etc.

    Finally, Maureen brings up the subject of sex.

    ‘Just how do you guys do it?’ asks Maureen.

    The Martian responds, ‘Pretty much the way you do.’

    A discussion ensues and finally the couples decide to swap partners for the night and experience one another.. Maureen and the male Martian go off to a bedroom where the Martian strips. He’s got only a teeny, weenie member about half an inch long and just a quarter-inch thick.

    ‘I don’t think this is going to work,’ says Maureen.

    ‘Why?’ he asks. ‘What’s the matter?’

    ‘Well,’ she replies, ‘it’s just not long enough to reach me!’

    ‘No problem,’ he says, and proceeds to slap his forehead with his palm. With each slap of his forehead, his member grows until it’s quite impressively long.

    ‘Well,’ she says, ‘that’s quite impressive, but it is still narrow.’

    ‘No problem,’ he says, and starts pulling his ears. With each pull, his member grows wider and wider until the entire measurement is extremely exciting to the woman.

    ‘Wow!’ she exclaims, as they fell into bed and made mad passionate love.

    The next day the couples rejoin their other partners and go their separate ways. As they walked along, Mike asks, ‘Well, was it any good?’

    ‘I hate to say it,’ says Maureen, ‘but it was wonderful. How about you?’

    ‘It was horrible,’ he replies. ‘All I got was a headache . She kept slapping my forehead and pulling my ears.’

  • Bagpiper at a funeral

     

    I found this anonymous article deeply moving
    — I hope you do, too.

     

     

     

    As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. 

    Recently I was asked by a Funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless Man. 
    He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a Pauper’s’ cemetery in the back country.
    As I was not familiar with the backwoods,     I got lost and,  being a typical man, I didn’t stop for directions.

    I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight.  There were only the Diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.

    I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late.
    I went to the Side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place.
    I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to play.

    The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around.
    I played  out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends.
    I played like I’ve never played before for this homeless man.

    And as I played ‘Amazing Grace,’ the workers began to weep.
    They wept, I wept, we all wept together.
    When I finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car.
    Though my head hung low, my heart was full.

    As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say,
    “I Never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic Tanks for twenty years.”

    Apparently I’m still lost….it’s a man thing