''Total Sale'' during Belgrade riots

A video of two young women looting during the latest rioting in Belgrade has fast become a hit on YouTube. The women, running amok, go on a free ''shopping spree'' grabbing handbags and Adidas shoes and clothing from the swankiest stores...sometimes in their teeth - all the while filmed by an amateur cameraman. I post this video to highlight what I find to be an intriguing aspect of human behaviour when social order breaks down - people remain brand hungry. Definite potential for a dissertation. hmmm.

(source: Reuters)

An entire apartment in a box

Inside this box, is an armoire, a desk, a height-adjustable stool, two extra stools, a six-shelf bookcase, and a bed with a mattress! Click here to see more pictures and a video of how this award winning design by Marcel Krings & Sebastian Mühlhäuser works.

(credit: Treehugger.com)

No red roses for Saudi

A few days ahead of Valentine's Day, the Saudi authorities have banned red roses and any other scarlet coloured items from being sold at florists and gift shops across the country. I always thought the whole rose thing was a bit overdone anyway. This could possibly encourage couples to seek out more creative ways of expressing their undying lurve for one another.

Alternatively, you could just buy a dozen white roses and spray-paint them red. ''A'' for effort?

(credit: Reuters)

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