Smoking Chimp

I have never heard of this famous smoking chimpanzee, but it appears he died in a South African zoo at the age of 52. From news clips I've read it seems that years ago someone threw a lit cigarette into the cage and he started smoking it, of course other zoo visitors then did the same thing. My question is who was the first douche bag to throw their lit cigarette? Was someone watching the chimpanzees and thought, hey it would be funny to throw my lit smoke at that monkey.
Maybe the American Heart Association can help me understand too, if the average age of a captive chimp is 40 years old, then why did a smoking one live 12 years past that?

One in Four can Misread Traditional Pregnancy Test.

Watching some TV yesterday and this Clear Blue pregnancy test commercial came on the screen.
The TV commercial says that "one in four women can misread a traditional pregnancy test".
Should someone stupid enough to not figure out what the blue lines or "plus" and "negative" signs mean, be having a baby?
Trying to guess what would be easier than those two signs to let you know if you are pregnant, I looked on their website. The test stick says either "pregnant" or "not pregnant". That is really scary, do they think dumb people or people with limited English, they are not the same, will have any better luck if they could not figure out the universal signs for positive (+) and negative (-) ? Some marketing genius must have thought of this.

http://www.clearblueeasy.com/clearblue-easy-digital-pregnancy-test.php

Oakland Rioters what Exactly is Your Point?

The idiots appeared briefly last evening after a verdict in a trial was decided. Now when I say idiots I do not mean the people who peacefully protest and try to get something done through community organizing or political means.

 No these stupid people break windows of local businesses, spray paint buildings and looted a few stores, do they realize these are the same businesses that employ local people. How are you getting your point across when the businesses you loot are the Foot Locker, a jewelry store and a convenience store? That is plain greed not protesting.
This is the same mentality of people who riot after championship games, large political events or concerts. Watch the World Cup this weekend and see if they do the same kind of thing? (Go Netherlands).

The bad part is Oakland is a large city with some nice areas; it was iconic that the news showed kids playing in the park only blocks from these protesters. Within close proximity you can visit areas like Lake Merritt or Koreatown, then UC Berkeley and Pixar studios border the city on the north on the north side. Sad that a couple bad apples ruin it for others.