Lätt hänt att sälja sin själ

Detta tycker jag var ett riktigt roligt april skämt:

...British firmGameStation, added the "immortal soul clause" to the contract signed before making any online purchases earlier this month. It states that customers grant the company the right to claim their soul.

"By placing an order via this Web site on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Us a non transferable option to claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul. Should We wish to exercise this option, you agree to surrender your immortal soul, and any claim you may have on it, within 5 (five) working days of receiving written notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorised minions."

GameStation's form also points out that "we reserve the right to serve such notice in 6 (six) foot high letters of fire, however we can accept no liability for any loss or damage caused by such an act. If you a) do not believe you have an immortal soul, b) have already given it to another party, or c) do not wish to grant Us such a license, please click the link below to nullify this sub-clause and proceed with your transaction."

(Kopierat från FoxNews.)


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I've often thought that maybe I had given away my first-born when "I Agree". I occasionally hoped the company would come and get him. ;)

Why Have There Been So Many Geological Catastrophes Lately?

The other day a friend of mine said that "maybe there is something in this 2012-story" as we talked about the latest natural "catastrophe" (Eyjafjallajokull ). As I mentioned that to another friend she also said that she believed that all these catastrophes are not normal, and "something strange is going on".

The truth, according to the article I link to below, is that there is nothing "strange" going on. There is actually no more geological activity now compared with normal activity. However, it is true that more people dies in those activities now, and that will probably be a trend (even though Haiti hopefully is an exception) as the habitants on the earth increases.

For instance, the Eyjafjallajokull activity is relatively mild. In 1783 Laki had an eruption which killed 1/4 of Islands habitants and altered the climate on North Europe for years.

I don't want to think what it would have done to the flight industry!!

FP EXPLAINER: Why Have There Been So Many Geological Catastrophes Lately? - By Joshua Keating | Foreign Policy