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- Barbie-Obsessed Woman Uses Hypnotherapy to Make Herself a Brainless Doll
- Business Brilliance – Chinese Sell Miniature Snowmen as Cartop Decorations
- Summum Mummification Services – Who Needs Coffins When You Can Spend Eternity as a Mummy?
Barbie-Obsessed Woman Uses Hypnotherapy to Make Herself a Brainless Doll Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:00 AM PST All this while I thought it was offensive to stereotype blonds as ditzy, but it turns out there is a blond who actually wants people to see her that way. She's even going through online hypnotherapy to make herself a more like a brainless, plastic doll. 38-year-old Blondie Bennett from California has been obsessed with Barbie dolls ever since she was a little girl. As a teenager, she often dressed like one to gain attention from men. But now she's taken her obsession to a whole new level. Her weekly sessions actually help her get more confused and vacant. Just like a doll. "I just want to be the ultimate Barbie. I actually want to be brainless. I don't like being human, if that makes sense. I'm sacrificing a normal life to look like this," she said. "I always hear like, 'natural's better, natural's better'. But natural's boring, I'm sorry. I would love to be like, completely plastic." Blondie isn't even her real name, as you might have guessed. The former model had her name changed a year ago to suit her new personality. She has spent over $40,000 on five breast enhancements. Her breasts are now a whopping size 32JJ. She had a chin liposuction as well, to contour her face to resemble Barbie.
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Business Brilliance – Chinese Sell Miniature Snowmen as Cartop Decorations Posted: 21 Feb 2014 02:00 AM PST When snow is free of cost, who's going to pay for snowmen, right? Wrong! Apparently, people will buy anything if you sell it right. These two Chinese men have hit the marketing jackpot – making the most of heavy snowfall, they're selling snowmen by the dozen. The two men (we don't know their names or who they are), make snowmen for cars in the suburb of Chengdu, in Southwest China's Sichuan province. A photograph taken on 10 February shows them placing snowmen with orange eyes, noses and buttons, on top of a customer's car. According to some reports, they had sold over 100 snowmen before noon that day. Other pictures show several cars lined up in a street, all sporting snowmen on the roof. It certainly made for a festive display. It was as though the frozen figures were cheering on the traffic.
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Summum Mummification Services – Who Needs Coffins When You Can Spend Eternity as a Mummy? Posted: 21 Feb 2014 01:00 AM PST If the mummies of ancient Egypt fascinate you, then you are going to love this – you can sign up to be a mummified too. Summum Mummification Services is the only company of its kind in the world, perfectly preserving human and animal bodies after death. The company, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, was set up in 1975 by Claude Nowell. He now goes by Summum Bonum Amon Ra, or Corky Ra, for short. "We're the only ones worldwide who do modern mummification," he said. Summum’s mummification method is actually a lot more advanced than the ancient Egyptians', taking only 90 days to complete. First, the blood is drained out of the body and the organs are taken out and cleansed. Then the body is hydrated for over 70 days in a tank full of chemicals that Corky Ra calls his 'secret formula'. After the soaking is complete, the body is doused in lanolin and wax, and covered in layers of cotton gauze. About a dozen coats of polyurethane rubber are put on, which dry as tough as a tire. Then come the layers of fiberglass bandages, which set the body in the desired position. Once the mummy is ready, it is encased in a bronze or steel casket.
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