Today's post brought to you by 'manties'

After I wrote "The Big Scam" post, I ran across this article. A luxury hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, sponsored a poverty tour.

They took 50 wealthy bankers and businessmen from around the world to visit a rural village made up of wooden shacks, where people don't have clean drinking water. Then the millionaires returned to the hotel, where they were treated to a free 10-course meal.

I don't think that's what people mean when they say "give until it hurts."

Some quickies:

• On Monday, Dr. Phil featured 4 sisters who are battling over their aunt's will. But they had nothing on this family - a woman in Georgia is fighting her mother-in-law over custody of her husband's sperm. The husband was a soldier killed in Iraq and the sperm was harvested after his death.

• More from the department of 'ew': An Australian couple with 2 children (1 deceased) recently announced that they are actually father and daughter. They were both married to other people when the sexual relationship began, and they claim they hadn't seen each other since she was a toddler. But his ex-wife says that's not true.

• "When I saw that bag on the front porch this morning, I got a funny feeling that something just wasn't right." That's what a neighbor said when bags containing human body parts were found in front of 2 residences in Greenville, SC. So far, the police don't know who the hands and feet belonged to or whether or not the person is dead.

• The pole tax: That's what people called the $5 fee Texas was charging strip club patrons. A judge overturned the law, saying that stripping is protected by the First Amendment. Damn those activist judges. First they said butt sex is okay as long as you're in your own home. Then they said sex toys were okay. And now, they're supporting strippers. The poor fundies Texas just can't win.

• And finally, what do you give the man who has everything? Why, a pair of lacy pink manties, of course.

Turn ons: rich businessmen in manties
Turn offs: Bill O'Reilly in manties, because you know he would enjoy it