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How to perform the “Perfect Handshake” according to math experts, and other handshaking stats

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 28, 2010

Howie Mandel doesn’t shake hands.

Donald Trump tries not to shake hands.

World leaders are judged on who they shake hands with, and who shakes hands (or not) with them.

Yes, shaking hands is definitely an art, and the folks at CHEVROLET UK wanted to figure out exactly how to shake hands the right way, as a good solid handshake is often the key to closing a new car sale.

So they came up with THE GUIDE TO THE PERFECT HANDSHAKE, and even commissioned a university professor to come up with a mathematical equation to putting that perfect handshake together.

Tags 10 Things, How To, News, Party Talk, Relationships, survey, World Record

10 Things News

Given unlimited money for plastic surgery, most people would get their teeth whitened

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 27, 2010

Just like many of you, Web Watch knows plenty of people who have gone under the knife for elective plastic surgery.

Sometimes the results turn out well and better than the original, other times… not so much. Sometimes the reasons behind why the person went and got the plastic surgery are obvious, and sometimes we will never know the true motivation behind why someone decides to do what they do to their bodies.

Whether you’re for or against plastic surgery on others, you may want to be aware of the MOST POPULAR PLASTIC SURGERY REQUESTS made in 2010. This survey asked over 2000 people about their opinion of getting plastic surgery — 69% responded that they had no issue with having work done if money were no object. So while the actual number of surgeries being performed is down — mainly due to the current economic situation — interest in plastic surgery continues to be on the rise.

Tags 10 Things, medical, News, plastic surgery, survey

10 Things food shopping

The Top 10 Selling Cuts of Beef does not include the “milk dud”

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 26, 2010

The New Steak Cookbook
The New Steak: Recipes for a Range of Cuts plus Savory Sides

Web Watch has a friend who claims to be a “new-fangled vegetarian”: they will only eat vegetables after they’ve been processed by a cow.

Yes, nothing beats a good piece of steak that’s been rubbed and marinated just right and cooked on a hot grill on a summer day when there’s cold beer to be had for the grillmaster.

So let’s talk a little bit about the type of meat that you’ll want to serve up next weekend. First, you need to decide what type of meat you want to put onto the grill. You can always take a cue from the CATTLEMEN’S BEEF BOARD about what they’re saying are the TOP TEN SELLING CUTS OF BEEF for this grilling season.

Boneless Ribeye
Boneless Top Sirloin
New York Strip
T-Bone
Bone-in Ribeye
Bone-in New York Strip
Bone-in Porterhouse
Filet Mignon
Boneless Tri Tip
Boneless Chuck Eye Steak

Tags 10 Things, food, shopping

10 Things food shopping

Mmmmm. That’s one damn good pie.

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 25, 2010

Cutie Pie Cherry Pies

Who doesn’t like pie?

That’s right. Nobody. Nobody DOESN’T like pie…which means that EVERYONE loves pie. Well, 92% of those surveyed said they liked pie – and that’s almost everyone.

And research has found out exactly what type of pies Americans like to eat, and where they like to eat their pie.

Tags 10 Things, food, Pie, shopping, survey

News Video

Woman loses a lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild due to “implied consent”

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 24, 2010

Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild

JANE DOE HAS LOST HER LAWSUIT AGAINST “GIRLS GONE WILD”.

The 26-year-old woman sued the publishers of Girls Gone Wild, Mantra Films, for US$5 million. In the lawsuit, she claimed that she had not given consent to show her breasts to the Girls Gone Wild cameraman — the original video even has her saying “no” repeatedly. Then her top was pulled down by another patron at the bar, where the act was caught on film and later published in the GIRLS GONE WILD: SORORITY ORGY video. She didn’t know that she was in the video until one of her husband’s friends called to point it out a few years later.

All of this took place in May 2004, while a then 20-year-old “Jane Doe” was dancing on the bar at the (now defunct) Rum Jungle at Laclede’s Landing in St Louis, Missouri. The lawsuit was suing for damage to her reputation to the now mother of 2, and was originally filed in 2008. Can you believe it took two years for this thing to get to trial?

Tags Girls Gone Wild, lawsuit, News, Video

Book Websites

We write like Stephen King. Who do you write like?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 23, 2010

Stephen King - A Memoir on the Craft of Writing
On Writing – A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King

Writing Web Watch is not often easy.

It’s not the finding cool stuff to write about. Web Watch has a stack of things in our To Do pile to address at some point, and the Internet is always growing. We’ll never have a topic shortage here.

No, it’s the actual writing that can be problematic. Finding the right words to say, putting them into their proper order. Making sure words are formed into phrases, that timing and spacing is correct. Whoever said that writing wasn’t work was lying. (Yes, we’re looking at you… every English teacher who ever taught.)

So when Web Watch stumbled upon the site I WRITE LIKE, we jumped at the chance to see if all the effort we poured into Web Watch was paying off.

Tags Book, website

Funny Websites

My Fault, I’m Female – it’s like FML, but for women

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 22, 2010

I am Woman

Remember F***MY LIFE (aka “FML”) that Web Watch told you about last year?

That’s the website where people bitch and complain about how their life sucks more than yours, and everyone gets to vote on their favorite F-ups?

Apparently, that site wasn’t catering directly enough to women.

Tags Blog, website

10 Things Internet News

Consumers have spoken: Facebook is worse than the IRS

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 21, 2010

Computer Smurf

With all the hype surrounding using social websites like Facebook or Twitter, and traditional websites trying to become more timely by jumping onto the social bandwagon, it appears that this may be one of those times when people are going social for the wrong reasons.

According to the 2010 AMERICAN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INDEX (done by ACSI with ForeSee Results), consumers ranked social networking website FACEBOOK as being worse than the IRS. When ranked on a 100-point scale, Facebook was ranked at a 64.

64. Where Web Watch went to school, this would be a D… if we were lucky. Some teachers would have given that score an F.

Tags 10 Things, facebook, Internet, News, survey, twitter