2019-11-01 People South Africa

THE CATCH-UP

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OC 1879:

27

OCTOBER,

1961:

OCTOBER,1415:

25

31

OCTOBER,2011:

THEglobalpopulation

estimatereaches

23

OCTOBER,

1973:

NASAteststhefirstSaturnI rocketduringthe

BREAST

HALLOWEEN EVER?

THOSEwhoharbouran,ahem,appreciationfor thefemale figure

willhave plenty to cheeraboutthroughouttheenti re month of

October.Forthefewwhosporta greatenthusiasmforHalloween,

here’syourproverbialstoneandtwobirds.A trendhaspicked

uponInstagramandit seesthousandsofnot-so-shywomen

theworld over baringtheirbreasts inanartisti csortofway. The

fadseesscoresofwomen,whoareobviousfansofthespooky

holiday,adorntheirboobswithpaint,crystalsandsequins.It’s

notjust acase ofsplatt eringany mediumacross theirassets –

there hasto besomeartisti c,Halloween-themedmeritinvolved.

Womenpaintanythingfromskullsandjack-o-lanternstocreepy-

crawliesandsuperheroregaliaontheirchests.Someevenpaint

theirbuttocks! Thetrend started last year andcame to beknown

as‘glitterboobs’. Thisiterati on, however, was started by make-up

arti st, Sophia Levy.

Counter

Feat

IT’Simportanttorememberthatnoteveryonehasthesamesenseof

humourasyoudo,especiallywhenyou’retravellingina foreigncountry.

Twenty-eight-year-oldRussianVadimVedenyapinhaslearntthisthe

hard way whenwhat was reportedlyajoke landedhimapotenti al10-

year sti nt inaThaiprison.Accounts vary, butthegist ofthestory isthat

Vadim, whowas travelling withhisfamily inThailand,handedbarstaff

a noveltybanknoteinmockpaymentforpurchasesasa joke.Thenote

wasa souvenirdollarbill,andwas,accordingtoVadim’swife,clearly

marked assuch.ButtheThaistaff weren’t laughing and reported Vadim

to thepolice,aft erwhichhewas arre

onchargesoftryingtodistribute

counterfeitmoney.Hewasreleasedo

bail,butrestricti onswere placedonh

movementsandhewasnotallowed

toleavetheSoutheastAsiancountry.

Ekaterinasaysthatthefamilyneeds

anadditionaltotal ofR58000in

legalfees,havingalreadyspenta

whoppingR172000.

“Howis it possibletothrowa man

into jailfor suchanonsense?!These

banknoteshave indicati onsthat they

‘souvenirproducts’,”sheexclaimed.

No Re -GRATES

THEYareterriblyubiquitousoflate,butnoteveryoneremainspleased

withwhat they were initiallysokeen ongetti nginthefirst place.

Yes, we are talking tatt oos,andtheregret they may cause the‘inkee’

aft eraspur-of-the-momentsit-down. Theprocess oftheir removal

hasprogressedquite remarkablythesedays, thoughyou may beleft

withsomescarring––especiallyonyourwallet.Ananonymousman

from Mendoza inArgenti nawas sokeen to avoid forking outdough,in

fact, whenitcame to removingatatt oo, that hetook matt ers into his

own hands–––without questi on not the greatest of ideas. The incident

THOMAS EDISON

appliesfora patentfor

hisdesignofthenow-

commonplaceincandescent

LIGHT

BULB.

PRESIDENT

RICHARDNIXON,

nowfully

embroiledin

theWatergate

scandal,agrees

toturnover

subpoenaed

AUDIO

TAPES

OFRECORDED

CONVERSATIONS

INTHEOVAL

OFFICE.

HENRY V OFENGLAND,

accompaniedonlybylightinfantryand

archers,defeatsa heavilyarmoured

cavalrycontingentoftheKingdomof

Franceduringthe

BATTLE OF AGINCOURT.

SATURN-APOLLO 1 MISSION.

Thiswould

alsomarkthe

firstmission

oftheApollo

programme.

7-BILLION

PEOPLE.

Thedayis recognisedbytheUnited

Nations as the Day Of Seven Billion.