A work of genius!
Robin Cooper (AKA Robert Popper) wrote the brilliant 'Timewaster Letters' books, but also likes to do the same with phone calls. There are more examples here: http://www.robincooper.co.uk/
Enjoy!
I never expected that a blind person would literally give their eye-teeth to see again, but this unlikely sounding swap appears to have finally happened in Miami.
A tooth is removed, an artificial lens placed into it and it is then put over the eye to allow light back onto the retina. A synthetic base for the lens would be rejected by the body, but I imagine any bit of bone might work as well as a tooth.
I heard the patient in the video being interviewed on Radio 5 yesterday evening and despite the Frankenstein approach it's clearly changed her life. Perhaps it will be toenails for the deaf next?
Watch the woman's face afterwards. Priceless!
I've seen this optical illusion once before, but never quite as clearly. Plus the commentary really helps explain what's happening.
So, is it simply our expectation that faces are convex rather than concave, or is there something more compex going on?
I've never seen this done before, but it's quite impressive.
Having said that, it seems like an awful waste of alcohol. I wonder if it works on Pomagne as a cheap way to practice?
Since watching this I can't stop scratching my head!
Brilliant piece of lateral thinking - don't go looking for stock in a warehouse, let it come to you.
I wonder if they can bring tea & biscuits too?
I notice match.com are currently running ads highlighting the millions of "hot men" on their books. Perhaps these guys have moved there after blaming VideoMate for their lack of success?
Yet another gem from Robert Popper
A couple of days ago I was in the car listening to Dexy's first album "Searching For The Young Soul Rebels" and was inspired to track down the original version of one of the best tracks, "Seven Days Too Long".
It turns out it's a bit of a Northern Soul classic, and I can see why. I always knew that Dexy's had a habit of finding great, but little-known songs to cover, so I'm going to do some more digging and see what other gems are lurking. I can see the Twisted Wheel and Wigan Casino broadening my musical horizons over the next few weeks.
In the meantime does anyone know anything about Chuck Wood? There's doesn't seem to be much out there about the man himself...
