PowerBlogs: Jasmine Doobay

A father of two in the UK is speaking out against the Haribo candy company because of the wrappers they’re using on their MAOAM sour candies.He claims the fruity cartoon characters on the wrapper appear to be having sex.

The dad, Simon Simpkins, said, “The lemon and lime are locked in what appears to be a carnal encounter. And, the lime has a ‘particularly lurid’ expression on its face.”

A spokesman for Haribo said the fun packaging of the candy was introduced in Germany in 2002 and added, “This jovial MAOAM man is very popular with fans, both young and old.”

The two biggest beer companies control 80 percent of the beer market.

And now, these two companies are about to raise prices at the same time.

Beer drinkers could take to the streets and revolt, but they may not need to.

Industry experts say the increase in price might just cause the government to step in and decide if these huge companies are breaking antitrust laws.

While it’s not quite a monopoly, two giant companies controlling so much of any market is getting some people pretty worked up.

• Bacon Busters – Australia’s top hog-hunting magazine
• Garden and Gun – Advice on nurturing plants and killing animals
• OMFG – It’s not what it sounds like. Instead, it’s the Official Meetings Facilities Guide magazine.
• Girls and Corpses – Hard to believe, but this magazine truly exists.

According to MadeMan.com, here are the four shoes a man must own:

1. The Fancy-Pants Dress-Up Shoe – If you appear in court, go to an interview or attend a wedding, you’re going to need to look presentable. Get a nice pair of shiny shoes, take care of them — and they could last you decades.

2. The Casual Friday Sneaker Alternative – A casual pair of leather dress shoes that looks good with both jeans and nicer pants.

3. The All-Purpose Boot – You need all-purpose work boots when you’re chopping wood and making repairs.

4. The Athletic Shoe – Don’t be a cheapskate here. You’ll want to wear something solid because you want to stay healthy by protecting your ankles and knees.

A Men’s Health survey asked guys: “What’s the worst thing you’ve ever said to a woman?”

Here are some of the answers:

• “I never really loved you.” — 27%
• “I do.” — 26.8%
• “Yes, that does make you look fat.” - 23.3%
• “You’re not staying the night … are you?” — 17.3%
• “I slept with your sister.” — 5.7%

Officials from of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C., are calling Domino’s Pizza’s new Bread Bowl Pastas “food porn.”

The meal is basically a pizza topped with penne pasta, cream sauce, cheese and other toppings — and runs anywhere from 1,300 to 1,500 calories.

“Topping a pizza crust with an order of macaroni and cheese is probably the most discouraging mac-and-cheese innovation since The Cheesecake Factory decided to ball it up and toss it in the deep-fryer,” said the Center’s Senior Nutritionist Jayne Hurley. “What’s next, wrapping it in a giant blueberry pancake?”

The center’s Nutrition Action Healthletter spotlights “food porn” in each issue alongside what it calls a right stuff recommendation.

CareerBuilder.com surveyed more than 2,600 hiring managers all across the country and discovered some strange complaints people had about their co-workers.

Here are a few …

• Employee is too suntanned.
• Employee has big hair.
• Employee eats all the good cookies.
• Employee is so polite, it’s infuriating.
• Employee’s aura is wrong.
• Employee smells bad.
• Employee breathes too loudly.
• Employee wore pajamas to work.
• Employee has bells on her shoes and it’s not the holidays
• Employee spends too much time caring for stray cats around the building.
• A male employee keeps using the ladies’ room because the men’s room is not as tidy.

Here are some tips on how to fake an entire day of work — without actually getting anything done.1. Always Have a Chart or Graph On Your Computer Screen — It doesn’t matter what’s on the graph. Just get a graph up there and stare at it intently. (Check out www.graphjam.com for thousands of user-submitted graphs.)

2. Eat Lunch at Your Desk — Nothing says, “I’m busy” more than working while you’re eating. Turn down lunch invitations every now and then, explaining that you’ve “got a lot on your plate.”

3. Always Have Your Hands Full — People who carry things just naturally look really busy. Even if it’s just a file or a notebook, having something in your hands creates the illusion that you’re actually doing something with that object, which means you’re working.

Ask most women and they’ll tell you they believe that all men cheat. Well, not exactly all men — just a lot of them.

The Associated Press conducted a survey and found that while 90 percent of Americans believe that adultery is morally wrong, 22 percent of men will cheat on their spouses at least once during their marriage.

Some other surveys produced a higher number.

This, of course, brings up the age-old question again: When is it not cheating?

That has been a hot topic on Twitter where folks give some interesting answers.

Here are some answers. It’s not cheating if …

… she kisses me first
… it’s payback
… you broke up for a day
… you don’t get caught
… you’re trying to get a promotion
… when you’re being friendly to someone of the opposite sex
… it happens in Cancun or Vegas

Here’s a terrible idea that never should have been acted upon … Scented USB flash drives.

Right now, some stores in the UK are giving away free lavender-scented USB flash drives with the purchase of men’s cologne.