One of the many fascinating variations that exist among humans (and other animals) is heterochromia iridis, or heterochromia iridum – terms used to describe different colored eyes in the same person. Caused by an excess or lack of melanin, heterochromia can occur as a result of genetics, disease or injury. Yet, whatever its underlying cause, heterochromia is almost always eye-catching!
This is the family game based on the Guinness World Records book, the annual arbiter of the longest, the fastest, the tallest and other superlatives of the strange. The board game version of the book calls on family and friends to guess answers to the bizarre trivia that has made Guinness a perennial bestseller since 1955.
The dial at the front of the projector’s barrel rotates for selection of one of eight fireworks images that are backlit by an LED, including one- and three-burst peonies, contrasting diadems, and a cascading horsetails. Held like a hand-cannon, a pump of its bottom bar “launches” a firework with a mortar “poomp” and whistling trail sound.
Yo mama’s so poor, when I rang the doorbell she leaned out the window and said “DING!”
To be fair, parents traveling with young children already have their hands full as they try to mollify little Jenny or Johnny for the duration of a flight. Should we punish them further by lumping them all in the back? But for other passengers who have shelled out significant sums of money to be poked and prodded by the TSA and crammed into ever shrinking seats, having a screaming child alongside can often feel like the seventh circle of hell.
Since many flights today are fully booked and even overbooked, there is less seating flexibility. Business travelers who pay the full fare, as well as elite frequent flyers, are obviously the airlines’ top priority. Whereas it used to be a choice option for a family to sit in the first bulkhead row of a plane (which offers a bit more space), penny-pinching airlines are now charging passengers for these “premium” seats.
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