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Tour of LA slums and gang sites sold out, lunch included but not guns or bullet-wound insuranceNominee

January 18th, 2010 by Doug Lansky
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Finally an even more kitsch alternative to visiting Hollywood homes: gang tourism. You can see the LA County Jail, Skid Row (home to 90,000 homeless people) and gang hangouts instead.  Couldn’t get tickets to a game show? How about checking out the top crime scene locations instead.

On the upside, the tour hopes to  create jobs for residents and hand back a percentage of the profits.

Just make sure you’re covered by travel insurance.  To join the tour ($65 with lunch), you’ll need to sign the mother of all waivers.

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Weirdest zoo exhibit… people dressed as cavemenNominee

December 30th, 2009 by Doug Lansky
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If one wanted to put a positive spin on this exhibit at a Polish zoo, it may help to remind people that animals aren’t mean to live in zoos.

But that’s not exactly the intention. It’s to show that people are animals as well. Next best thing, perhaps.  Deputy director Ewa Zbornikowska said the project is “a playful attempt to inspire people to think about the place of humans in the universe.”

The man and woman will spend the day in a former monkey cage grooming each other, keeping a fire going and staring back at zoo visitors. No mating rituals are planned.

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