The largest Fish Finger in the World
We all like stories about giant pizzas, huge donuts and massive paella. Well, not to be out done, the world’s biggest fish finger has been[…]
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Final landing place
As a proud and courageous RAF pilot, he served with distinction during the Second World War. And when the time came for Terry Prendergast to[…]
A stripper and a widow walk into a Berlin courtroom for the Checkpoint Charlie case…
From Spiegel article: The stripper was Tom Luszeit, a 34-year-old who — for his day job — dresses up in various period military outfits to[…]
Center seeks volunteers for beer-tasting festival
The Acadiana Center for the Arts is looking for volunteers to help staff the inaugural Gulf Brew beer-tasting festival, to be held from 2 p.m.[…]
China orders officials to smoke 4.5 million cigarettes per year
From Sky News: Officials in China have reportedly been told to puff their way through four and a half million cigarettes a year. Staff at[…]
Pet dog’s underwear fetish almost proves fatal
“Bad Boy Baxter” A pet dog’s underwear fetish almost cost him his life. He swallowed his owner’s G-string over the Easter long weekend. Vets said[…]
Ski Toilets
Georgia Max Coffee chose to redesign the toilets of a number of key ski resorts in Japan. The cubicles were fully wrapped on all sides,[…]
Hoax nuke blast seen on TV weather
From NYT: PRAGUE — One Sunday, several months ago, early risers gazing at Czech Television’s CT2 channel saw picturesque panoramas of the Czech countryside, broadcast[…]
Workers at a bubble wrap factory complain about the ‘popping’ sounds from nearby police shooting range
From the ModBee: ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. | The maker of Bubble Wrap – the famously addictive packaging that people love to pop, crackle and stomp[…]
Elaborate prank leaves Oregon officers in custody of gnomes
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. | A number of gnomes have taken sanctuary at the Springfield police station. Somebody apparently collected 75 lawn ornaments from around town and[…]
What’s up with Les?
What’s up with Les? Dude. Seriously. He spent 15 years, from 1983 to 1998, typing out all of the numbers from one to one million[…]
IT manager avoids the jams by kite-surfing to work
Sailing past traffic jams is every commuter’s dream but David Grimes does that almost every day – literally. The 37-year-old IT manager puts on a[…]