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trollydolly
Enviromentally friendly lungs. Russian guy Artyom Sidorkin grows fir tree in his lung. The doctors thought he had lung cancer until they operated. Xray pic and article here

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...405-663,00.html

Warning if you are squeamish don't click on the Daily Mail link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...nside-lung.html
admetus
Use a condom, thwart that evil Hitler sperm

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Mock-up for an ad campaign designed by Grey Group. Another in the series depicting a Mao sperm has allegedly drawn the ire of China, and the campaign has been canned.
mlovett
Time for seatbelts in the toilet on airlines?
Samsung
It's official! Afghanistan has become the capital city of Iraq. The Associated Press See text beside story under photos.

"U.S. army soldiers from the 4th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, sit on board a U.S. air force cargo aircraft that will transport them to Afghanistan in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 23, 2009. Only in Iraq a few weeks, nearly 500 U.S. Army combat engineers who specialize in clearing roads of explosives learned they were being shipped off to southern Afghanistan, one of the clearest signs of America's shifting wartime priorities. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)"
Orla_inka
a bull in a [s]china shop[/s] supermarket


(I actually heard about it on German news.)
Melmarino
Just to give you a little insight into my hometown: http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/041209...428276457.shtml

I love this. I feel so proud. Great.
godber
A pilot in Africa managed to land his passenger Plane safe and sound, one small problem though , it was the wrong Airport!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090424/tod-o...ot-6d5fb3c.html
sarabyrd
Croatian Hen Lays Green Eggs - sorry, no ham
Mariposa
CNN: Global hunt for accidental millionaires

An international manhunt was under way Thursday for a New Zealand couple who fled after a bank mistakenly paid them NZ$10 million (US$6 million) when they applied for a loan of just NZ$10,000.
Wizadora
This one made me laugh, what a great drunken steal that would be!

http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/wwlp_local_ho...raffe_20090503#
Chelle63
This is funny...only in the US of A...
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/06/04/r...roes/index.html
Chelle63
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1902420,00.html

Another one
Kay
Not suitable for the faint of heart or weak of stomach

Man finds dead mouse in malt loaf
Kay
Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Fate and all that...

I read about it yesterday or the day before, even. IIRC the article said they'd flown to Munich and were driving back home when the accident happened.
interplanetjanet
Hey, somebody should make a movie about some people who survive a plane crash only to be killed off one by one by fate...oh wait...
redlawrey
Worlds' younges smoker?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/...d-pack-day.html

A two-year-old Chinese boy is thought to be the world’s youngest smoker.

Tong Liangliang was taught how to light up by his father, who believed the habit would alleviate pain caused by a hernia.

The toddler now smokes a pack of cigarettes a day and throws a tantrum if he can’t get his fix.
Guy
Don't tell Michael O'Leary, it might give him new ideas for passenger requirements...
Passenger fixes faulty airliner

Holidaymakers avoided a long delay to their flight home when a passenger fixed a mechanical problem with their plane. One passenger identified himself as a qualified aircraft engineer and offered to try to remedy the fault.

I liked the last bit...

"It was reassuring to know the person who had fixed it was still on the aeroplane."
Allershausen
We've all heard of camera phones, but this Chinese rioter seems to have a camera sword!Attached image
From the BBC.
UrbanAngel

I thought this would be about a lesbian couple and that it would make for an interesting story.

What a boring typo you made!!
Deccie
Could only happen in Glasgow.

Parp and ride

A FILTHY bus driver has been given the bum's rush for dropping his trousers - and breaking wind in the face of a stunned passenger
perdido
A very poor editing job by CNN today

# CNN Wire: Obama: Too many Africans...
Melf
A family in Saudi Arabia is taking a "genie" to court, accusing it of theft and harassment, Reports say.

Well if that's the case, how to I get to sue Aladdin for stealing my nintendo years ago?
redlawrey
Careful where you go to sleep after a night out...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...t-drinking.html
jozhik
Mom sues hotel, claiming her daughter got pregnant from swimming in a mixed pool. Because it's not like there's a simpler explanation.
eurovol
I don't think that is the gene pool little missy was swimming around in.
cb6dba
Hang on, virgin swimming around somewhere in the middle east area - catholic maybe - could it be a little, ... immaculate?

Or is the mother just being cupid stunt?
HellesAngel
German man arrested for stealing 1000 pairs of pants.
minga
French military exercise causes forest fire
HellesAngel
Actually that sort of thing is quite common, used to happen every few years at Purbright ranges in Surrey in the UK when the military would decide to practice fire tracer rounds in the mid summer. Yes, even in Britain it can go a few days without rain in the summer and fires would start. It was quite entertaining as the same range was also used for test firing mortars and the unexploded ones would blow up in the fires which provided quite a nice nightime show. Needless to say no fire service, either civilian or military, would go near that mix to put it out so the fire was left to its own devices.
PezMom3
Police: Fake cop tries to stop real cop
Janx Spirit
A Saudi businessman has purchased what is being described by the Canadian seller as the world's most expensive adult novelty item -- a solid 18-carat gold penis enlarger worth nearly 50,000 dollars.

Source

So ok, it's a business man and not a prince but the alliteration for the title worked better
Deccie
My linkAlton Towers bans Speedos for being 'inappropriate in a family resort'


'We feel this small brief style is not appropriate for a family venue so we are advising male bathers to wear more protective swimwear such as shorts.
'We are also looking into offering complimentary male waxing, which will ensure we preserve the dignity of all our guests.'





What is the UK coming to?
space

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What is the UK coming to?
MrNosey
Hell hath no fury etc...
It looks like it was the ex who burnt the tent at that wedding party.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6798785.ece
Allershausen
Whoops! Dumb NZ thief leaves his name!
eurobabs
Just thought this was funny (because of how she was id'd, not that she died) Model ID'd by her breast implants
marie-claire
Morning Glory clouds !!
angelbeast
A SOCIETY beauty confessed to taking opium during a drunken mile-high romp with a male passenger, a jury heard yesterday.

Clare Irby, 30 - a descendant of the Guinness brewing dynasty - had been guzzling red wine and cavorting with fellow traveller Daniel Melia when she made the astonishing claim, the court heard.

News Link
fRe4k
Oh my Gott...Axe-wielding pupil wounds several in German school
righter
Police had to clear the living room where guests continued to drink around the dead body, Teesside coroner’s court heard.

My link
legal_alien
Jedi ejected from Tesco for wearing his hood up claims discrimination. Here's the story link

Founder of the "international Church of Jediism" could surely use his Jedi mind trick over the weak minded security guards who work there?
alphadog
Man killed with parrots on train tracks is IDd

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/23/BADB19QOBL.DTL

Immediately I thought of Monty Python

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFYJe2o2yJM

ALph
stuartmartin
Check this out the silly Sod
http://news.aol.co.uk/man-crashed-rolls-royce-into-tesco/article/2009092508384179562058?icid=main|main|dl1|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.co.uk%2Fman-crashed-rolls-royce-into-tesco%2Farticle%2F2009092508384179562058
long-haul
4-year-old shares cocaine at daycare, thought it was candy.

Just when you thought you have heard it all.

Source
HellesAngel
Would you want to buy this idyllic little house for £247,000, photo as used by the estate agents?
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Er no, here's the view from the other side:
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That's England's largest nuclear power station, article about truth and nearly truth in the Telegraph
fRe4k
David Letterman Confession: I Had Sex With Staffers, Got Targeted by Extortionist

David Letterman told the audience of his late night talk show that he had sexual relationships with female members of his staff, and added he forked over a bogus $2 million check as part of an extortion plot on the matter.
FuzzyTony
I was perusing Failblog.org a bit earlier and I see this:

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Full story here: Judge Dismisses Animal Cruelty Charges Against Police Officer Robert Melia For Sex With Cows

Daily News: Sept. 25, 2009 - Perhaps the Garden State should switch its nickname to the Barnyard State. A New Jersey judge has dismissed animal cruelty charges against a cop accused of committing a sex act with young cows, saying a grand jury had no way of knowing whether the animals were "tormented."

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