TWiF 27: Money Well Spent - Broken space toilet, Japanese trains, same name marriage, a big credit card bill, and more.




This Week in Fun (Audio) show

Summary: <p>Broken space toilet, Japanese trains, same name marriage, a big credit card bill, and more.</p><ul> <li><a href="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/090719-iss-toilet-trouble.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Somebody Broke Toilet on Space Station</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_re_as/as_odd_japan_smile_meter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Japanese Train Workers Use Software to Practice Smiling</a></li> <li><a href="http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-07-20/Transformers_fan_drank_gasoline_to_gain_energy_.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transformers Fan Drank Gasoline to Gain Energy</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Son-39in-plot-to-kill.5477291.jp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Son and his Furry pal plot to kill parents, have his penis bitten off</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.thestar.com/article/669304" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kelly Hildebrandt is marrying Kelly Hildebrandt</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31915020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Man gets quadrillion-dollar credit card bill</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8161026.stm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tasered guy bursts into flames (submitted by Tony Colonello)</a></li> </ul><p>Tweet Beat</p><ul> <li>Bin Laden's Son or I've got the runs</li> <li>Henry Louis Gates or Jon &amp; Kate</li> <li>National Mall or Ha LOL</li> <li>Gordon Liddy or P. Diddy</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>