Chinese women renting fake boyfriends to please parents
Beijing: Chinese women are looking for a man they can introduce their parents to, and they are even willing to pay for that opportunity. Young women are renting fake boyfriends to accompany them to family functions to appease their nagging relative.
According to the People Daily, Matthew Fan, 27, started to “rent” himself out as a fake boyfriend two years ago. Fan said that he wanted to earn some pocket money when he had just graduated from university and started to work. Fen, who works full-time as an accounts manager, said that this rental business isn’t bad, especially during the Chinese Lunar New Year when there are family reunions. Fan, charges 800 yuan per day in China and 1,500 yuan per day in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.
According to the report, on typing the keyword rent boy/girlfriend on a website, China’s largest online shopping website, more than 250 search results pop up.
The site provides a range of services and prices range from 500 yuan to 8,000 yuan per day, or around 50 yuan an hour on average. (ANI)
Princess Anne causes outrage over horsemeat eating comment
London: Anne, the Princess Royal has sparked outrage after she suggested that people should start eating horsemeat.
The 63-year-old princess, who is the president of World Horse Welfare said at its annual meeting in London that a horsemeat trade could boost welfare standards by giving horses a financial value.
She said that their attitudes towards the horsemeat trade and the value of horsemeat may have to change, the Daily Express reported.
However, her comments provoked the fury of animal rights campaigners, out of which Andrew Tyler, director of Animal Aid said that the production, trade and slaughter of hundreds of millions of other farm animals such as chickens, pigs and cows does not stop them from being mistreated and abused.
He added that horses, especially among her social set, are supposed to be cherished, yet she wants to treat them as disposable livestock. The RSPCA, animal welfare charity, said that killing of horses for meat is an emotive subject as many see them as companion animals rather than a food source, a sentiment the RSPCA has sympathy with. (ANI)
Putin better at martial arts than legendary Chuck Norris!
Sydney: Russian President Vladimir Putin has been awarded a ninth-degree black belt from the World Taekwondo Federation, a rare honour, which places him above legendary martial artist, Chuck Norris.
Putin already has a black belt in judo, and this is a recent addition to his list of achievements, a website reports.
The world’s toughest president, as declared by Forbes last month, known for his disdain of shirts, love of guns and ability to do pretty much everything well has achieved the highest honour in Taekwondo even without practicing. Grandmaster Putin is now in fact rated higher on the Taekwondo hierarchy than Norris, who is only an 8th Dan black belt. (ANI)
UK capital gets approval to use .london domain
Johannesburg: London has reportedly got the approval to use the .london domain name in a bid to have its own identity in the world of the www.
The British capital is said to get internet addresses ending in .london domain from the next year after Icann, the global internet body, approved the suffix.
According to News24, the new suffixes are part of a wider expansion of the online address system familiar to many people through the traditional .com and .net.
The report said that Icann is working on hundreds of bids for new addresses like .active, .youtube, while other city domains, such as .paris, .nyc, and .moscow, are at various stages of the launch process. (ANI)
Brit who sleeps with3 men per week named ‘horniest student’
London: A computer science student has been named ‘Britain’s horniest student’ and has won 500 pounds, a crate of alcohol and a year’s supply of condoms, after sleeping with upto three men a week.
Elina Desaine, who impressed the contest organizers of the Shag At Uni website, was determined to embrace her undergraduate life at Exeter University and broke up with her boyfriend of two years because she wanted to be able to do what she wanted.
Desaine had slept with only two people before arriving at the university and said that she tries to keep a list of all her conquests so that she doesn””t forget.
The third year student says that though her friends were worried that her new title might make it hard for her to find a job, she hopes that her employer would see it as a bit of fun and make her seem more confident than an average girl. (ANI)
Argentinean man marries tree
London: An Argentinean environmentalist has married a tree to show his love for the flora.
Richard Torres tied the knot while dressed in a white suit and blue hat in a wedding ceremony in Buenos Aries, Metro.co.uk reported
The activist, who invited his guests to perform readings at the ceremony in one of the city’s main parks, read his vows out loud before he kissed the tree several times to make his marriage official.
He said that the unusual wedding was staged to highlight environmental issues and that he now plans to bring his unique style of activism to countries throughout Latin America. (ANI)
Meet real estate agent who specialises in nudist clients
New York: A US based real estate agent, who specialises in nudist clientele, has become the go-to person for those who are looking for that special new place to live. Jackie Youngblood is based in Pasco County, Florida, which is home to one of the largest nudist colonies in the world. The realtor will feature in TLC’s `Buying Naked` where she will be joined by two completely nude couples, who will search for their dream homes in one of the country’s most expensive real estate markets. (ANI)
Alifie most popular name for dogs and cats
London: When it comes to naming pets, Alfie is the most popular name chosen by the Britons, it has been revealed.
Other names which are mostly likely to be heard include Poppy, Molly, Charlie, Max and Milly, a new chart of pet names has suggested. The list has been compiled by pet insurer Protect Your Bubble after a study of almost 86,000 insurance policies, a website reported.
The director, Stephen Ebbett said that he would like to applaud the owner who called his cat Solid Jackson.
He added that they also have a customer with a mongrel, who is called Taxi, which makes walks in the park bit more interesting for others.
But for every German pointer called Swiss Tony and pug known as Sir Alan, there are still plenty of more mundane names – such as Keith (cat), Dwayne (border terrier) and Dave (dachshund, female).
Neither Harry nor Amelia, the most popular choices for baby names in Britain last year, made the pets’ top 20. (ANI)