Usually it’s a temporary side effect of ill-fitting bras, but Maria Alaimo’s case of quadriboob was a permanent result of botched breast augmentation — and even ruined her marriage. She’s suing for $3.5 million. [ NY Post , via Guyism ] More »

Usually it’s a temporary side effect of ill-fitting bras, but Maria Alaimo’s case of quadriboob was a permanent result of botched breast augmentation — and even ruined her marriage. She’s suing for $3.5 million. [ NY Post , via Guyism ] More »

Do we really need this list of rules for interacting with obese people (”Be wary of activities that require a lot of walking or standing”)? Can’t we just exercise common courtesy, as we would with any other human ? [ Reuters ]

Last week Switzerland unveiled (unwrapped?) special smaller condoms for 12-year-olds , and now a British boy band is in talks to create their own line of rubbers . Which raises the question: Who wants to have sex with a boy-band condom? The Mirror reports that the band JLS — artistic powerhouses who were apparently runners-up in the 2008 season of the British reality show The X-Factor — “have been in discussion with a condom manufacturer about the possibility of getting into bed together” (lolz!!). This congress could even produce color-coded condoms, since the four members of JLS apparently associate themselves with red, green, yellow, and blue, respectively (thankfully, that’s not them above). Color-coded boy-band condoms have just won my personal reality show, The Ick …

Texas has issued a warning on spring break — and it’s not about margaritas or girls going wild. Rather, students should avoid violence-ravaged Mexican border cities, especially Ciudad Juarez , where 2,600 people were killed in 2009. [ CNN ]