Popular Science Magazine has just announced the results of its research to discover the 10 most unpopular jobs in science.
According to researchers, the worst job in science is a 'Flatus Odour Judge', which we agree sounds rather appalling. But the next two in the list sound even worse - Dysentery Stool Sample Analyser comes in, appropriately enough, at No?2, while Barnyard Masturbator takes the third spot.
If you have ever felt hard done by for being stuck in a dull, unchallenging office job, visit tinyurl.com/nhot and think yourself lucky. You could have ended up as a fistula feeder.
The New York Times last week reported that former Liberian strongman Charles Taylor may have stuffed as much as US$100 million down his socks when he fled the country last month.
We at Backspace are disappointed. Only three weeks ago, we were personally contacted by someone named Alex Obote, who claimed to be Mr Taylor's assistant.
Mr Obote began his letter with 'Top of the day to you my friend' and offered us 25 per cent of US$8.6 million Mr Taylor had apparently purloined.