"We make great statements about our moral superiority- especially compared to the wicked rapacious Americans, yet when it comes to basic ethics- making a clear distinction between right and wrong- we fall well behind standards inthe USA. A new international survey by researchers from UMIST reveals Brits are the world's most dishonest people (Independent on Sunday). "It doesn't mean they don't care how they look." Soap company spokesman Andrew Watson considers the implications of a new survey which shows that 1 in 5 Brit blokes and 8% of women admit wearing dirty underwear taken from the laundry basket. (Daily Mirror) http://similarminds.com/cgi-bin/match.pl (Compatibility test (includes 'I am attracted to unavailable people', I desire some level of fame in my community', 'I am either am extremely loyal to the authorities in my environment (job, school, etc.) or totally against them',) http://20q.net (20Q.net is an experiment in artificial intelligence: 20 questions) http://www.ibogleif.dk/uk/index.html (Concentration test (tricky) ) Thailand Castration Craze Reaches 'Epidemic' Proportions So many Thai women started cutting off their unfaithful husband's penises in 2004 that local doctors issued detailed guidelines urging vulnerable blokes to prepare contingency plans if caught short. "If you have a mistress they (wives) will get mad and cut it any time, so make her very happy, always carry a thermos to put it (the severed penis) in and keep the name of a good doctor close by," re-attachment specialist surgeon Dr Surasak Muangsombot advised (Taipei Times). The trend differed markedly from the situation in Africa where several men recently chopped off their own penises to punish their women. Last October a 38 year old Kenyan man chopped off both his testicles and penis 'to teach his wife a lesson' (Western Daily Press) while at Christmas 26 year old Kenkan Stephen Ongala severed one testicle 'after a disagreement with his wife' (Reuters). American Oscar Hernandez also cut off his own penis earlier this year (with a machete) and left it lying on top of a bag of cement at the roadside in January. Cops later returned it to him at the local hospital in Alton, Illinois. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/08/2003178134/print (Angry Thai brides 'boil them, feed them to ducks, flush them down the toilet, bury them and have even tied them to hot air balloons and let them float away. . .')