Our Times: March 2006

New Age Men

In an attempt to get Austrian men to do a fairer portion of housework, one-day courses have been set up across the nation to teach men how to iron, advertised under the slogan, “A real man knows how to iron.”

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Hypnotic Robber

Police in Maldova are searching for a bank robber who allegedly hypnotises bank tellers then asks them to emplty their tills of cash. One victim said that while the thief was chatting to her, he established eye contact, then put her in a hynotic state.