June 13, 2007
A passer-by in the Arent van ‘s Gravensandestraat in Rotterdam had to first rub his eyes before he could believe what he was seeing swinging in a tree: a small ape was hiding in one of the branches.
The police do not know where the ape comes from or what type it is (hey, it’s not a gorilla!). They’ve had to dispatch an ‘ape specialist’.
Although it’s cute, it feels like someone let him out of his cage by mistake.
(Link and Photo: gelderlander)
May 24, 2007
Bokito is no longer that world-famous gorilla that broke out of its pen at the Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) last week, it is also a brand name with CDs, printed materials, clothing and advertising, although the gorilla already had its own clothing line at bokitoshop.nl (which from what I can gather, is under construction). Some other advertising features Bokito plugging potatoes. The zoo is trying to stop this madness by forcing the potato folks to stop. And people at the pub are talking about how terrible it is for people to profit from other people’s misery. Ironically, the Dutch have a word for that, ‘leedvermaak’ (roughly, malicious pleasure).
(Link: zibb)
May 23, 2007
A village school in Silvan, southeast of Diyarbakir, which was repaired by a group of Dutch students, was re-opened last Monday. Some 25 Dutch students from the ROC Albeda College in Rotterdam participated in the renovation process of Taspinar Primary School in Silvan, a proposal made by Mustafa Mermi, a Turkish citizen from Silvan who currently resides in the Netherlands. Delivering a speech at the inaugural ceremony, subgovernor of Silvan, Veysel Beyru thanked the Dutch students for their participation and support.
(Link: Turkish Press)
May 20, 2007
So, what was that lesson many children learn about not teasing animals? No wait, not only did children apparently throw rocks at the gorilla, but the woman who was attacked and bitten had stared down the animal in a way you’re not supposed to, according to the zoo’s staff. She claimed that when she laughed, the gorilla seemed to laugh back, but in fact, this was a facial expression denoting “I’m gonna get you if you keep doing that”.
(Link: Dag)
May 19, 2007
Yesterday afternoon, in the Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp), the almost adult gorilla male Bokito escaped from his pen (crib? pad?) and basically attacked a woman by biting her. Then, he popped over to the terrace of the Oewanja restaurant at the zoo and totally freaked people out. An employee of the restaurant was (is still?) in shock and the zoo is offering victim help. How this happened is as yet unknown. The fact that he could swim and cross the moat in his pen/crib/pad is a mystery to the keepers, as they say gorillas cannot swim. Maybe this is a real Dutch water gorilla.
Moral of the story: we cage up wild animals for our own pleasure and we don’t like it when they take off and attack people.
(Link: Diergaarde Blijdorp, via Netherlands Post)
May 9, 2007
The winner of the boob job contest held by the Rotterdam Baja Beach Club can’t have the procedure done yet, as she is not old enough. The 20-year-old woman has to wait until she turns 21 this November, as the clinic doing the surgery believes it isn’t “responsible” yet. In November after Ms Visser turns 21, she can have the boob job done. Happy Birthday.
(Link: Fok.nl)
April 20, 2007
The Baja Beach Club in Rotterdam is holding a contest where women can win a free boob job. Already 150 women have signed up in the hopes of scoring a new pair. All the women have to do is send in a photo of themselves with a cover letter as to why they deserve ‘a bigger rack’ to the tune of 5000 euro. “We’ve gotten entries from women between the ages of 21 and 45, mothers and non-mothers.”
(Link)
April 19, 2007
Two female ex students from Rotterdam have started an escort service that specialises in deflowering men. The ladies who work for the escort service have been specially trained for this. Clients can lose their virginity in bed, in the sauna or in a limousine, even by two women at once. And instead of cuddling, the women will answer their questions about sex in general.
According to owners Zoë and Marieke, most male virgins between 20 and 35 years of age work in the IT sector. ”Every virgin I know works with computers. They are very nice, but have a lack of social skills. They mean well, but get increasingly anxious because they don’t come into contact with women.”
(Link)
Tags: nerds, prostitution, Rotterdam, sex, virginity
