Thursday, August 24, 2006

Fountain bather

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BERLIN - A homeless woman refuses to stop bathing naked in Munich's public fountains despite being repeatedly fined for breaking public...
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UK robot football championships

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A football tournament between teams of robots has been won by students from Plymouth University. The third robot football UK championships e...
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A$20,000 of silver found in pipes

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Western Australian police are searching for the owner of up to A$20,000 of silver bullion discovered at a house in Como in Perth. Labourers ...
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Pluto is no longer a planet

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The International Astronomical Union approved new guidelines Thursday that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight. The leading...
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Boy charged for meowing

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JEANNETTE, Pa. -- Meow. A Pennsylvania judge is being asked to decide whether that word is a harmless taunt or grounds for misdemeanor haras...
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America's Drunkest City

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Milwaukee has been ranked by Forbes.com as "America's Drunkest City," based on information from the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
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Wife runs over hubby

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ROGERS, Ark. -- An Arkansas man who fell asleep in his driveway woke up when his wife came home and turned into the driveway to park the car...
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Granny can keep her plates

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A Central Ohio grandmother fought for and won the right to keep her personalized license plate after allegations that they...
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UK hits 60m

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The UK's population has broken through the 60 million barrier for the first time, figures show. The Office for National Statistics said ...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Talking out of his arse

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Gliwice: A Polish man who had his tongue removed has a new one made using tissue taken from his buttocks. Jarislav Ernst, 23, from Gliwice, ...

Nail art

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A portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci. created by artist Saimir Strati using industrial nails, was displayed at the International Centre of Cultu...
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Another diesel record !

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A car built by JCB has broken its own diesel land speed record by reaching a speed of 350.092mph (563.418km/h). The JCB Dieselmax vehicle ac...

Roadside eyetest

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Some of the first roadside eye tests in the UK have been carried out on motorists in south Wales. Some 300 drivers were stopped for a two-mi...
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Milkman of the year

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A milkman who delivers more than 100,000 pints of milk annually has been named Milkman of the Year 2006. Dairy Crest worker, Kevin Pierce, 4...

Minister for "Fitness"

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The government has launched a fresh attempt to tackle obesity in England by appointing a " minister for fitness ". Public Health m...

Cob eater

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A GIRL of 13 has become the UK corn on the cob eating champion after beating three men and wolfing down 26 cobs.Petite Emily Cotterill even ...

Hairdryer car

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0 to 60 in four secs Costs ½p a mile to run Quiet as a hairdryer ..and it's ELECTRIC It's as fast as a Ferrari but cheaper than a mo...

Pink Scrabble

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SCRABBLE is changing colour for the first time in its history, makers Mattel said today. The famous board game has taken on a pink hue to ra...

Too much fiddling I reckon

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A woman who experiences 40 orgasms a day from a sexual condition has been put on probation for a £6,000 benefit fraud. Ruth Leach, 49, who s...
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Cows have accents

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Cows have regional accents, a group of British farmers say, and phonetics experts say the idea is not as far-fetched as it sounds. Lloyd Gre...