In the spirit of the joke thread, this thread is a place to post the weirdest news stories you can find. Here are my first two submissions:
MUMBAI MIRROR
MUMBAI, Friday, February 10, 2006 Woman mails explosives in condoms
Boston: A former strip club waitress mailed condoms filled with a potentially explosive mixture to a TV station, strip clubs and other places, saying she was tired of being mistreated by men, according to court documents.
Kimberly Lynn Dasilva, 40, allegedly said she “couldn’t take it anymore.”
None of the condoms exploded. They each contained a mixture of drain-cleaning detergent and gasoline, which could explode when combined, authorities said. Dasilva said she did not think they would explode. Dasilva was arrested after FBI agents and state police troopers found letters hidden in the ceiling tiles of her bedroom that linked her to the mailings.
Mom finds baby feeding on dog’s milk
Dar Es Salaam: A Tanzanian mother went into hysterics when she found her six month-old baby suckling dog’s milk, a local daily reported on Thursday.
The mother left her son on a mat while she went to hang clothes in the yard of her Dar Es Salaam home on Monday, Uhuru newspaper said. When she came back to find him suckling on the dog, she screamed and rushed to her brother’s house to seek advice.
Her brother managed to convince her that dog’s milk was harmless.
“Since that day the baby has been doing well and hasn’t had diarrhoea or any signs of illness,” he was quoted as saying.
LONDON (Wireless Flash) -- A London artist who collected mucus from his nose for two years and displayed the resulting ball of snot at four separate art exhibitions is now ready to part with his prized possession -- to the tune of roughly $20,000.
James Robert Ford's brussels sprout-sized "Bogey Ball" now rests in a glass case on a shelf in his apartment, but he is seeking an art collector to take possession of it.
He wants no less than 10,000 British pounds for the mucus blob, explaining that each booger is a part of his body and it would be impossible for anyone to replicate.
In Ford's words, "It's a physical record of all the different places I have been and people I've met."
So far, the artist has only received offers in the 100-to-500-pound range, but he says his snot is worth much more than that.
His desired price breaks down to roughly 10 pounds per piece of mucus -- or about $18 U.S.
How does Ford feel about parting with his notorious piece of art? He says, "It will be hard to let go, but at the same time, it's hard not to have any money."
LONDON (Wireless Flash) -- A London artist who collected mucus from his nose for two years and displayed the resulting ball of snot at four separate art exhibitions is now ready to part with his prized possession -- to the tune of roughly $20,000.
James Robert Ford's brussels sprout-sized "Bogey Ball" now rests in a glass case on a shelf in his apartment, but he is seeking an art collector to take possession of it.
He wants no less than 10,000 British pounds for the mucus blob, explaining that each booger is a part of his body and it would be impossible for anyone to replicate.
In Ford's words, "It's a physical record of all the different places I have been and people I've met."
So far, the artist has only received offers in the 100-to-500-pound range, but he says his snot is worth much more than that.
His desired price breaks down to roughly 10 pounds per piece of mucus -- or about $18 U.S.
How does Ford feel about parting with his notorious piece of art? He says, "It will be hard to let go, but at the same time, it's hard not to have any money."
Feili has begun imitating her spectators
A chimpanzee has taken up smoking and spitting, according to China's Xinhua news agency.
It is unclear why Feili, 13, has started smoking but her zoo keeper said it was because she was frustrated.
She has turned from a "gentle girl" into a "shrew", said Liu Bing, director of Zhengzhou zoo, Henan province.
Mr Liu said Feili's partner at the zoo was 28 years her senior, and was unable "to meet her sexual demands".
Feili was not addicted to nicotine, he said, but was just imitating tourists.
However, she does appear to be quite keen on smoking - and has been known to resort to desperate measures to get what she wants.
Xinhua reported that Feili became excited when she saw a visitor light up a cigarette, and grew impatient when they showed no sign of giving it to her.
It quoted one boy visiting the zoo as saying: "Just now a tourist threw a cigarette butt to just outside the cage - she tried to get the butt with a stick."
An African Lion much like this is responsible for the death of 28 Cambodian Midgets
Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion
Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight, which took place in the city of Kâmpóng Chhnãng.
The fight was slated when an angry fan contested Yang Sihamoni, President of the CMFL, claiming that one lion could defeat his entire league of 42 fighters.
Sihamoni takes great pride in the league he helped create, as was conveyed in his recent advertising campaign for the CMFL that stated his midgets will "... take on anything; man, beast, or machine."
This campaign is believed to be what sparked the undisclosed fan to challenge the entire league to fight a lion; a challenge that Sihamoni readily accepted.
An African Lion (Panthera Leo) was shipped to centrally located Kâmpóng Chhnãng especially for the event, which took place last Saturday, April 30, 2005 in the city’s coliseum.
The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena.
The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back.
Sihamoni was quoted before the fight stating that he felt since his fighters out-numbered the lion 42 to 1, that they “… could out-wit and out-muscle [it].”
Wow...BBC is a vast repository...here's one from today
Vietnam bans fruity website name
Grapefruit - without the right accents - can lead to problems
A website hoping to promote grapefruit in Vietnam has been banned from using the fruit's name because of official fears of a mix-up with a penis.
The Vietnamese for grapefruit, buoi, sounds different from a slang word for penis, but without special accents it looks the same.
Vietnamese regulations say website names cannot include "sensitive" words.
The site, set up to market a grapefruit wholesaler in Ha Tinh province, was told to find another name.
"We have to refuse the website name of www.buoi.com.vn because the word for grapefruit, buoi, without a proper tone marking can be misunderstood," Thai Huu Ly, of the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre, told the AFP agency.
The Vietnamese language uses markings indicating one of six pronunciation tones, but these cannot be written in internet addresses.
According to Vietnamese regulations, names of websites must not contain words that "violate the national interest or are not in accordance with social ethics, lifestyle and national culture."
Wow...BBC is a vast repository...here's one from today
Vietnam bans fruity website name
Grapefruit - without the right accents - can lead to problems
A website hoping to promote grapefruit in Vietnam has been banned from using the fruit's name because of official fears of a mix-up with a penis.
The Vietnamese for grapefruit, buoi, sounds different from a slang word for penis, but without special accents it looks the same.
Vietnamese regulations say website names cannot include "sensitive" words.
The site, set up to market a grapefruit wholesaler in Ha Tinh province, was told to find another name.
"We have to refuse the website name of www.buoi.com.vn because the word for grapefruit, buoi, without a proper tone marking can be misunderstood," Thai Huu Ly, of the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre, told the AFP agency.
The Vietnamese language uses markings indicating one of six pronunciation tones, but these cannot be written in internet addresses.
According to Vietnamese regulations, names of websites must not contain words that "violate the national interest or are not in accordance with social ethics, lifestyle and national culture."
Be careful ordering breakfast in Vietnam, I guess.
Be careful ordering breakfast in Vietnam, I guess.
Hahaha..now that's funny
-may i take your order sir?
-yes,can i have a "Buoi" please
-sure,what size?
-umm..small will do
-white or pink?
-what ever you have
-would you like some "Banh" to go with that?
-%&$#@
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