Showing posts with label strange but true. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strange but true. Show all posts

Monday, August 11, 2008

strangest game in china, seen only on chinese tv

Detonate Your Family! It's easy! It's fun! Do it in orange lederhosen, proclaiming your allegiance to Bavaria! OK, I made up that copy, but end translates, hilariously: Only one left, buy it now! (Don't miss the Dad's overly-enthusiastic "bye-bye" as his incinerated wife goes off the side of the building.)

Sunday, August 10, 2008

sexual harassment ruled to be civic duty in Russia


True story. Ad agency in Russia. 22-year old exec is locked out of her office by her 47-year old boss because she refuses to have sex with him. She sues. Case is thrown out of court. Why? Judge rules that employers are obliged to make passes at female staff to ensure the continuation of the human race.

"If we had no sexual harassment, we would have no children," he said.
Since Soviet times, sexual harassment in Russia has become an accepted part of life in the office, work place and university lecture room. According to a recent survey, 100 per cent of female professionals said they had been subjected to sexual harassment by their bosses, 32 per cent said they had had intercourse with them at least once and another seven per cent claimed to have been raped.

Women also report that it is common to be browbeaten into sex during job interviews, while female students regularly complain that university professors trade high marks for sexual favours.
So, think twice about accepting that transfer to the office in Moscow. For Mad Men-wannabes, of course, it could be just the place.

via DKR via Huffington Post