Whaaaaaat?

You know when you hear it: that information overheard on the nightly news or at the water cooler that stops you dead in your tracks, forcing you to catch your breath and put the daily business of living on hold, if only for a while. It’s bizarre, it’s unbelievable, and it would be funny -- that is if it weren’t true.

TAP WATER WARS. While initiatives like Tappening and Tap Project make strong cases for drinking tap water instead of bottled, Tap’dNY offers a cheeky twist on the “drink local” concept by bottling New York drinking water -- and selling it back to New Yorkers, bragging “No Glaciers Were Harmed Making the Water”. Only in New York! [tapdny.com]

MYFREEIMPLANTS.COM is a website where women can sign up to have their breast implants paid for by men who visit the site.

SLYDIAL voice messaging allows users to leave back-door voicemails for people they don’t wish to speak to. It’s billed as a way to avoid unwanted, time-consuming, uh conversations. Just dial 267-SLY-DIAL (759-3425) and follow the voice prompt.

A new generation of TALKING CLOSED CIRCUIT TV CAMERAS in the UK tells people off when they commit offences like spitting or littering.

Currently, five states ban the use of cell-phones without hands-free devices while driving: California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Washington. Of those, all but New York also ban text-messaging in the car for drivers over 18, while Alaska, Louisiana and Minnesota PERMIT ANY KIND OF CELL PHONE USE BUT PROHIBIT TEXTING. We’re not sure how these laws are decided upon -- aren’t both activities equally distracting.