Freeze!

Does anyone remember the childhood game Freeze?

It was a silly nonchalant outdoors game where a group of kids would run amok on the lawn until the ‘it’ person would scream "Freeze!" Than all of the kids would suddenly freeze in whatever position they were currently in at the moment Freeze was announced.

Mischievous 13 to 15 year old students turned the game into a work of art on a recent trip to the Tate Modern when they froze in several different poses.

Tate Modern and contemporary art lovers and tourists photographed the 41 students as they stood, sat or laid down in the London gallery's Turbine Hall – after their teachers went for a cup of tea.

When the teachers returned, they thought the admiring crowd was for 'a new, eccentric exhibition.'

“It was hilarious,' said modern languages teacher Peter Taylor, from Debenham High School in Suffolk.

Source: Metro.co.uk

Kellogg Cereal Prizes Goes Batty

Cereal boxes have delivered some pretty kooky kiddy pop culture in the last twenty years. There's been the Cookie Crisp "Cop" Figure, the Kellogg X-Ray Viewer and Tony the Tiger's Secret Message Pen. Toys are cool cheap thrills, but in the ever pursuit to grab a kid attentions, there are just some cereal box prizes that shouldn't be included with your morning cereal --such as a dead bat.

A Swedish couple was dismayed when they discovered their cereal box didn't have a cool kooky prize... instead they found a four-centimeter long bat. The couple in Tanum, in western Sweden, was already well into the box when they made their treasure hunt discovery.

They contacted the suppliers and hygiene authorities, which promptly took samples to check that the ‘Special K’ consumers would not delivery their own ‘Special’ health risk from the cereal. The box is one from a factory in Britain and Kellogg has sent out a ‘Special’ controller to inspect the bat.

Wrap those things in plastic or at least give em a live one! Talk about corporate cheapness. Gesh!

Best tourists award goes to...

Tourists from Japan

The best tourists in the world are the Japanese, followed by Americans and the Swiss, a survey based on European hoteliers. Japanese tourists stood out for being polite and tidy, obtaining 35 percent more votes than the Americans who came second. Swiss tourists were commended for being quiet and considerate.

According to the study, which was published this month, tourists from the United States gained points for attempting to speak the local language and always trying local food – in addition to spending a lot of money during their stays.

The fifth worst tourists mark was given to Britons who were said to have (from the survey) rude behavior, were noise and had a bad attitude towards tipping. However they were still welcomed as they were aid to be the third biggest holiday spenders after Americans and Russians.

On the other hand, American received the number 1` spot for at least one category - worst dressed tourists – “we’re #1!, we’re #1!”
Oh wait… that’s a bad thing…

Britain took second place

Based on responses from 15,000 European hoteliers, the survey carried out on behalf of travel Web site Expedia showed that the worst tourists were those from France, followed by India, China and Russia.

Source: (Reuters)