鈥淚n Dublin you鈥檝e got huddles of health-conscious people, trendies. But out in the sticks, forget it. They鈥檙e still very happily health-unconscious.鈥�
Irishman Terry Rafferty on his country鈥檚 ban on smoking in public places, the first nationwide ban in the world (The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 27 March)
鈥淭he air force can always fill my slot with someone else, but who鈥檚 going to fill the mommy slot?鈥�
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Jessica Horjus of the US Air Force, who was demoted and had her pay halved after joining the increasing numbers of military personnel refusing anthrax vaccination before rotation to Iraq (The Washington Post, 27 March)
鈥淭here are guys who would rather be robbed than change the colour of the headphones.鈥�
An unnamed 鈥榠Pod spokesman鈥� on claims that muggers are targeting people with the distinctive white earphones (The Sun, London, 30 March)
鈥淭he clients of Genetic Savings and Clone are not idiots. We know we won鈥檛 be getting the same dog, we鈥檒l be getting a biological twin.鈥�
Connie Gombert of California, who has banked the DNA of her German shepherd with the company. Genetic Savings and Clone says it is about to clone cats for four clients at a cost of $50,000 apiece, but no dogs have yet been cloned (AFP, 27 March)
鈥淎 race organised on Sunday saw for the first time the use of robot jockeys, to the surprise of the crowd.鈥�
Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Faisal al-Thani, president of the organising committee of camel races in Qatar. The sport has been criticised for using young children as jockeys (AFP, 30 March)