http://zeitgeist.the-world-in-focus.com Musings of a Contradictory, Cynical, OCD afflicted, Quirky, Rambling Lunatic! Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:56:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Marilyn and Lionel Partridge have grown a marrow in their vegetable patch which looks just like a duck! Marilyn Partridge, 62, said, "I have never in my 40 years of gardening and growing my own vegetables come across anything that looks like an animal before. "I am absolutely delighted. The marrow just ... http://zeitgeist.the-world-in-focus.com/?p=2543 I wonder what Burberry will make of the Norwegian artist who has painted the exterior of his house, which used to be a public toilet, in the brand's signature Haymarket check? Artist Jens Werner, 33, has covered his entire house in the famous beige, black and red tartan design. Jens Werner ... http://zeitgeist.the-world-in-focus.com/?p=2540 Sparkling wine from the Supermarket beats Möet et Chandon Champagne in blind taste tests conducted by Which magazine. The Prime Minister Gordon Brown chose a supermarket sparkling wine for his own wedding in 2000. According to the taste test sparkling wine from the Co-Op and Sainsbury's supermarkets beat the real thing from ... http://zeitgeist.the-world-in-focus.com/?p=2534 Crazy kite surfing thrill seekers Lewis Crathern, 24, and Jake Scrace, 25, used the recent stormy weather that has hit the UK to propel themselves over Worthing Pier, in England. In this video Lewis and Jake talk about how they used mother nature to fly 70 feet over the pier. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u00vyKPzVkw [/youtube] I've ... http://zeitgeist.the-world-in-focus.com/?p=2532 I only recently became interested in the work of Andrew Wyeth, and now I can't seem to get enough of it! Daydream (1980) by Andrew Wyeth I really like the images of Helga Testorf that Andrew Wyeth painted, especially the one above; Daydream. Posted on ZEITGEIST ZOQY ~ Zeitgeist Opinion Questions Yatter http://zeitgeist.the-world-in-focus.com/?p=2530 I've heard of the 7 wonders of the world, but I hadn't heard of all of the latest 7 must-have beauty wonder products of the world! 1 ~ Bésame Enchanting Lipsticks They cost £11 each. This lipstick is reportedly very long-wearing, and super-hydrating, thanks to its beeswax formula. The beeswax means the colour ... http://zeitgeist.the-world-in-focus.com/?p=2520 Patrick Roger, the Paris confectioner who built his own Berlin Wall made of chocolate, has knocked it down. The chocolate wall reportedly weighed over a ton. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQMMVrqDFoU[/youtube] What a crazy mixed-up world we live in. I hope the chocolate didn't go to waste. Posted on Zeitgeist The Wine Connoisseur http://zeitgeist.the-world-in-focus.com/?p=2518 A chimpanzee riding a segway. No doubt health and safety will be happy as the chimp was wearing a helmet and overalls! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp9Gm-aRe5A[/youtube] I only watched this video because Tim Lovejoy mentioned it yesterday morning on 'Something For The Weekend' which is why I am blaming him for the segway song now being ... http://zeitgeist.the-world-in-focus.com/?p=2516 Shaun Clark, a former soldier, has had the names of every British soldier killed in Afghanistan tattooed on his back. Shaun Clark, 43, served with the 8th Battalion Light Infantry Regiment from 1989 to 1996. The first name was inked on to his body on Wednesday morning, the 11th of November, at ... http://zeitgeist.the-world-in-focus.com/?p=2511 Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run; To bend with apples the mossed cottage trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a ... http://zeitgeist.the-world-in-focus.com/?p=2509