TWiF 30: Smells Like Comic-Con - Action figures, UFC training, Italian Lotto, Cuba's out of T.P., when otters attack, and more.
Summary: <p>Action figures, UFC training, Italian Lotto, Cuba's out of T.P., when otters attack, and more.</p><ul> <li><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5336378/man-goes-ape-shit-after-mom-throws-out-gundam-action-figures" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Man Goes Nuts After Mom Throws Out Action Figures</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/12/suspect-provokes-fight-in-ufc-training-effort/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Man throws rocks at five people and tells them he was preparing for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and "he needed to practice getting knocked out so he could prepare.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32400715/ns/world_news-europe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thousands Fly To Italy to Play Lotto</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090810/od_nm/us_crisis_toiletpaper_odd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cuba Almost Out of Toilet Paper</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_otter_attack" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Woman Attacked by Otters</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/adelaide-cops-baffled-by-cucumber-thefts-20090812-ehpx.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cucumber Thefts Baffle Australian Police</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5998253/One-in-six-Britons-too-lazy-to-get-up-to-change-TV-channel.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Laziness Epidemic in Britain</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6005311/Microscopic-nanobees-sting-cancer-tumours-to-death.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nanobees Sting Tumors to Death – But at What Cost?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bookofjoe.com/2009/08/2009-sauna-world-championships-timo-kaukonen-wins-lasting-226-seconds-in-a-sauna-heated-to-230f.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finnish people need a hobby</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/13/dingbat-dictatorship.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Belarus keeping their schoolchildren safe from cell phone radiation</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.13d33a191587de8d62270d95e984c2ce.f1&show_article=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thai temple helps drug users beat their addictions through vomiting</a></li> </ul><p>Tweet Beat</p><ul> <li>"C-Murder" or "I'm an avid Birder"</li> <li>"Hate Group" vs. "Feel Like Poop"</li> <li>"Mermaid" vs. "Get Laid"</li> <li>"Damon Weaver" vs. "Have a Fever"</li> </ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahlane" target="_blank">Sarah Lane</a> and <a href="http://www.martinsargent.com/" target="_blank">Martin Sargent</a></p> <p>We invite you to read or add to our <a href="http://wiki.twit.tv/wiki/This_WEEK_in_FUN">show notes</a> in the TWiT Wiki.</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">Cachefly</a> for the bandwidth for this show.</p>
