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Posted by Janet & Nick on February 5, 2010

 

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BEYONCé WILL PERFORM WITH LADY GAGA AT THE BRIT AWARDS

Beyoncé is planning to perform with Lady GaGa at this year’s Brit Awards.

B will appear on stage during GaGa’s set to perform “Telephone.”

A source told the UK’s Daily Star: “At first Beyoncé didn’t think she could make the Brits. But now it’s looking more likely. With her hubby Jay-Z also on the bill it makes sense for her not to miss out.”

Beyoncé didn’t get any Brit Awards nominations this year.

GaGa is up for “International Female Solo Artist” and “International Breakthrough Act”, and her “The Fame Monster” set is nominated for “International Album”.

The Brit Awards will be handed out in London February 16th.

 

REMINDER: AVOID ‘DOUBLE-DIPPING’ AT (SUPER BOWL) PARTIES… IT’S “LIKE KISSING EVERYBODY AT THE PARTY”

Here’s what you should consider before you bite at that Super Bowl party…

DOUBLE DIPPING: It’s really that bad: Food science students at Clemson University examined the effects of double-dipping using volunteers, wheat crackers and several sample dips. They found that three to six double dips in one bowl transferred about 10,000 bacteria from the eaters’ mouths to the remaining dip.

That means if you’re at a party and three to six people double-dip their chips, any chip you dip may pick up at least 50 to 100 bacteria.

Will it make you ill? Maybe. It depends on how much bacteria you pick up, how many people are double-dipping and what kind of bacteria they have in their mouths.

Pick thick: In general, thicker sauces – cheese dip, chocolate syrup, hummus – may be safer. They have less bacteria and the number of bacteria in them gets smaller over time.

Salsa picked up the most bacteria, probably because it was runny, making it easier for bacteria to slip off the chip back into the bowl.

TV imitates life: A Clemson professor and his students were inspired to test the double-dip theory by a rerun of a 1993 “Seinfeld” episode in which George Costanza is confronted at a funeral reception by his girlfriend’s brother after he dips the same chip twice. The scene, which ends with the two men wrestling for the chip, is credited as the first popular reference to the social taboo of “double-dipping.”

The solution: Serve small, one-dip chips or only munch with people you “really” like.

When double-dipping runs amok it’s “like kissing everybody at the party.”

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