Category: Miscellaneous

A female ice-skater fell through the ice into a freezing lake in Hungary and survived by holding on to the edge of the ice with her teeth.  Hungary’s Bilkk newspaper reports that after the 29-year-old woman fell into the water, frostbite set into her hands and she could only hang on to the broken ice with her teeth.

Some people walking by discovered her 10 minutes later.  The woman was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for hypothermia.

(From the story, "Saved by the Hair of Her Teeth" in the Feb 15/06 edition of The Nation.  Sorry, no link is available.)

As the Scandanavian expression goes, "Heroism is holding on for just one minute longer."

Etymology of "cool".

During the horse-and-buggy era, "cooling one’s heels" described the need to rest a horse with overheated hooves.

I did not know that.

Why on earth would the Bosnians raise a statue to a gong-fu star from Hong Kong?

"He’s far (enough) away from us that nobody can ask what he did during World War II, during World War I, or what his ancestors did under Turkey.  He’s…not Catholic, not Orthodox, not Muslim.  Bruce Lee is part of our idea of universal justice – that the good guys can win."

– The Taiwan News, Bosnians agree to honor Bruce Lee, Nov 24th (sorry, no link).

There’s something admirable in efforts to find heroes that everyone can agree upon.

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UPDATE (Apr 22/06): Reason Magazine has the latest regarding this story:

Just hours after the monument was unveiled, a group of rowdy teenagers defaced the statue and stole the nunchucks, leaving the site littered with wine bottles.

Ah, human nature.  (Hat tip to The Belmont Club.)