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Rectal foreign bodies?

Rectal Foreign Bodies - need I say more?

Linked on 9th December 2000 Details

Hunter S. Thompson at ESPN

I have absolutely no interest in sport, but with gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson writing a column for ESPN, I may suddenly acquire a taste for it.

Linked on 9th December 2000 Details

German police arrest blind driver

According to the Press Association this week police in Mainz, Germany, arrested a blind man for driving a car along the city's main street. The blind man explained he had always wanted to give driving a try. He realised the dangers but kept things safe by 'driving a couple of feet at a time, stopping, getting out and walking around the car checking for obstacles'.

There's plenty more like this at the BBC's Planet Tabloid page.

Linked on 10th December 2000 Details

Cheesy Jesus

No inspiration for Christmas presents this year? The Cheesy Jesus online store has something for everyone.

Linked on 12th December 2000 Details

Police keep criminals posted.

The British police have a cynical sense of humour.

Linked on 14th December 2000 Details

Ananova: Net surfer discovers new-found love kept corpse in freezer

Your mother told you not to talk to strangers, but she should warn you about travelling half-way across the world to hook up with a young girl you met in a chat room on the internet. She might just turn out to bea pensioner with a corpse in the freezer.

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Posted on 22nd February 2001 Details

A shrine to toast

Yes, some people really have too much time on their hands. Laurie McLelland presents herShrine to Toast. It works, I have a sudden craving for toast and marmalade. Damn you Laurie!

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Posted on 22nd February 2001 Details

Record Searchlight: Berries tempt birds into risky, drunk-diving lives

News flash: Birds caughtflying under the influence of alcohol.

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Posted on 28th February 2001 Details

Mulatta Records: Thai Elephant Orchestra

Forget two-step, nu-skool breaks or drum & bass, the next big thing will be theThai Elephant Orchestra.(thanks Dimitri!)

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Posted on 6th March 2001 Details

Billings gazette: Ronald found destroyed in Pioneer Park

Ronald McDonald has been foundhanging from a tree. Sadly it was just a prank and not an act of self-destruction by the clown himself when he realized the unhealthy habits he was promoting to children. Even worse is the fact he was stolen from "Ronald McDonald House, the nonprofit organization that uses the well-known clown image as a symbol of its work with children and families." The hypocrisy of McDonalds never ceases to amaze me.

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Posted on 9th March 2001 Details

Nando Times: Woman found in Pamela Anderson's bed pleads guilty

A French woman has been found in Pamela Anderson’s bed. Why not? After all, you find them in plenty of other places.

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Posted on 17th March 2001 Details

Baby think it over - Drug-Affected Baby

Baby, think it over. You might end up with adrug-affected baby.

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Posted on 20th March 2001 Details

Excite: Obituaries in the News (scroll down)

Charles Johnson, president of the Flat Earth Society,died Monday at age 76.

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Posted on 21st March 2001 Details

The Times: Vision in smallest room attracts hundreds

Virgin Mary appears inNigerian airforce base’s toilet. Of course…

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Posted on 17th April 2001 Details

SunSpot: Playing Peppy the Pepper at Super Fresh turns out to be a hot job

Kenny Carter, an ex-drug dealer, received a message from god. It said "you will be a vegetable", so that’sexactly what Kenny did.

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Posted on 24th April 2001 Details

Ninemsn: Belgian consulate Website linked to porn

Is the Belgian consulate in Hong-Kongpushing porn?

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Posted on 24th April 2001 Details

Helsingin Sanomat: The Boa Round the U-Bend

I bet a few people in Finland will be mighty careful before they use the toilet in the coming weeks. You never know what might belurking in there.

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Posted on 24th April 2001 Details

Bergen Linux User Group CPIP implementation

rfc 1149: the protocol for IP over avian carriers aka CPIP (carrier pigeon internet protocol).

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Posted on 1st May 2001 Details

Canoe: Golden retriever sues over emotional distress

"Golden retriever sues over emotional distress"

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Posted on 15th May 2001 Details

The Times of India: 'Monkey man' scare spreads, police clue less

The mysteriousmonkey man, is still eluding police and causing mass hysteria in New Delhi. Residents report seeing or being attacked by a superpoweredmonkey man, with hairy body and sharp metal claws.

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Posted on 17th May 2001 Details

Yahoo News: Police Probe 'Race Crime' Haggis Attack

And I was in Scotland when it happened! Ahaggis attack!

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Posted on 4th June 2001 Details

Ananova: Tea-cosy related injuries on the increase

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Posted on 7th June 2001 Details

Yahoo News: Giant Lizard Bites U.S. Newspaper Editor

This headline is from Reuters, not the Weekly World News:Giant Lizard Bites U.S. Newspaper Editor

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Posted on 10th June 2001 Details

MacWorld UK: Apple gives satanists hell

Apple goes into batttle against theChurch of Satan, who admit to being Mac fans

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Posted on 13th June 2001 Details

Canoe: Godzilla meat going on sale.

Fancy a slice ofGodzilla meaton that sandwich?

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Posted on 14th June 2001 Details

Mathew Hooker's website

Matthew Hooker, the man accused of stalking Nicole Kidman and Claudia Schiffer is now alleging that he himself is being stalked by none other than Ben Affleck, dressed as a Frenchman with a pencil moustache… check outhis websitefor more off-the-wall conspiracies.

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Posted on 16th June 2001 Details

The Times: Woman of 73 bites pitbull

73 year old womanbites pitbull. They both get stitches.

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Posted on 18th June 2001 Details

Sky News: Monkey Man 'Never Existed'

It turns out the infamous Indian Monkey Mannever existed, just mass hysteria.

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Posted on 19th June 2001 Details

Denver Post: Filtered underwear fights flatulence

Someone has actually gone and inventedfart-filtering underwear.

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Posted on 19th June 2001 Details

Japan Today: Cheating hubby caught, thanks to pet bird

Cheating husbands beware! Yourmynah birdmay be brought in to testify against you by your suspicious wife.

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Posted on 21st June 2001 Details

Telegraph: Prayer tackles sex on autobahn

German churches are concerned that the opening of new sex shops by theBeate Uhsechain in motorway service areas will lead motorists into temptation. So they’re fighting back byopening chapels where weary drivers can pray and seek solace, and thus avoid straying into temptation.

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Posted on 24th June 2001 Details

Sunday Tribune: Blind man caught listening to child porn

Not sure what to make of this one:Blind man caught listening to child porn.

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Posted on 24th June 2001 Details

Telegraph: Scientists to study night behaviour of the lettuce

For centuries, their nightime antics have been but speculation and rumour. However, the truth will soon be known, as a team of scientists is about to camp overnight in a field tostudy the night behaviour of lettuce.

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Posted on 28th June 2001 Details

EZ-Leaker

Need to relieve yourself on the road? No need for toilet stops anymore, just get anEZ-Leaker. And I can safely say that I am not getting one.

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Posted on 1st July 2001 Details

The Age: Melbourne man patents the wheel

An Australian man haspatented the wheel.

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Posted on 2nd July 2001 Details

Goblin Liberation Front invade Belgian city

TheGoblin Liberation Fronthas been up to it’s old tricks again. In Ghent this time.

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Posted on 2nd July 2001 Details

Cosmiverse: UFO Cult May Sue U.S. FDA Over Human Cloning

Rael and his buddies are still up to their old tricks. They’re talking of possibly having togo to federal court to challenge the jurisdiction of FDA agentswho might attempt to stop their human cloning projects.

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Posted on 9th July 2001 Details

Japan Today: Mass hysteria grips schoolgirls

More than 30 secondary school girls were struck Monday by an unexplainedchain-reaction mass hysteriafor almost four hours during a morning assembly at a Malaysian school.

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Posted on 10th July 2001 Details

Ananova: Dubai police arrest Briton dressed as Arab woman

"A Briton has beenarrested in Dubaiwearing a traditional women’s head-to-toe black covering and carrying an air gun, fake explosives and a TV remote control."

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Posted on 10th July 2001 Details

CBC News: Hey! (Quack) Over here! (Quack)

This is cute: a mother duck is a hero in Canada afterattracting a policeman’s attentionin order to save her ducklings.

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Posted on 17th July 2001 Details

Japan Today: Missing man's dad defrosts after 13 years

A Japanese man has kept his father’s corpse in a large freezer at home for the past 13 years in the hope it might someday be possible to bring him back to life. His DIY cryogenics experiment failed whena power cut caused decaying odours to spread, alerting the neighbours who then called the police.

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Posted on 19th July 2001 Details

Daily Yomiuri: Little guy pulls off frankly amazing feat

A small Japanese man has beaten the United States at their own game bywolfing down 50 hot dogs in 12 minutesat the traditional Independence Day contest in New York.

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Posted on 21st July 2001 Details

BBC News: Gadget with more byte than bark

"I’m arf-ully lonely. Please play with me more"said the dog.

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Posted on 8th August 2001 Details

whitehouseprotests.com

Need to protest in front of the White House but the travel distance is holding you back? Fret not, aswhitehouseprotests.comwill demonstrate right there on your behalf for the paltry sum of $100.

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Posted on 9th August 2001 Details

BBC News: Children asked to jump for science

How do British scientists calibrate their seismological equipment? They get all the children in schools across Britain tojump up and down simultaneously. Really!

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Posted on 10th August 2001 Details

Einstein's Refrigerator

Take a peek insideEinstein’s Refrigeratorfor a truly fascinating compilation of odd but true stories.

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Posted on 16th August 2001 Details

Pravda: American liberty trampled under foot of Frenchman

American liberty trampled under foot of Frenchman, reports Pravda. Luckilythe 90-meter US symbol has not been injured.Thank god for that.

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Posted on 24th August 2001 Details

Columbus Dispatch: Husband's affection shines like a five-story beacon

A man hasbuilt a lighthousefor his wife. Never mind the fact that there’s absolutely no water anywhere near it,If you stand still for a couple of minutes and are very quiet,she said,you can hear the waves.I know that feeling, if I stick a plastic cup over my ear, I can hear the sea too.

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Posted on 26th August 2001 Details

Electric new paper: He drops dead after playing computer game for almost a day

A few essential gaming tips:

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Posted on 27th August 2001 Details

Telegraph: Graveyard terror as shot man rises from tomb

Zombies in Brazilian cemeteries? No, justblood-caked lorry driversrising from the earth.

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Posted on 30th August 2001 Details

La Libre: Le citoyen a l'interrogatoire

It looks like Belgium will be getting apopulation census questionnaireshortly. I wonder if they ask for your religion? We could attempt to spread thatJedi memethey played with in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

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Posted on 3rd September 2001 Details

Yahoo news photo

America’s finestat work.

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Posted on 9th September 2001 Details

Ashida Kim's home page

Meet real-life NinjaAshida Kim. Please make sure you don’t end up on hisofficial shit list.(via Memepool)

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Posted on 11th September 2001 Details

vagina t-shirt

Need some new clothes? How about getting avaginaor apenist-shirt?

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Posted on 15th September 2001 Details

Mainichi INteractive: Bulimic woman busted for dumping 1.2 tons of barf

Bulimic in Japan:Woman arrested for dumping 1.2 tons of vomit, averaging 40 kilos a week.

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Posted on 17th September 2001 Details

NY Daily News: City Offered Use Of Mobster's 6M Shredder

Everyone feels affected: The Mafia isoffering to help outin New York.

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Posted on 22nd September 2001 Details

Rocky Mountain News: Man finds human penis in bottle of fruit punch

Take a good look inside before you open your nextbottle of fruit punch.

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Posted on 30th September 2001 Details

Winston Toilettage Canin: la webcam

The ultimate in webcam kitsch: see spot get his bath and beauty treatmentslive from Winston’s dog grooming institutein Brussels (opening hours are 9:00 to 20:00 CET)

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Posted on 1st October 2001 Details

The Times: USD 100m yacht in ultimate garage sale

I bet you’ve never been to agarage sale like this.

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Posted on 1st October 2001 Details

Yahoo News: Batons to speed up London commuters

London underground staff are now equipped to give you a littlepat on the behind with a ping pong batif you don’t move into the trains fast enough.

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Posted on 2nd October 2001 Details

INQ7: Text joke gets Filipino

Filipinoreceives text messageon his mobile phone purportedly from Osama Bin Laden asking for a place to stay , gets detained by Belgian police for 12 hours.

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Posted on 3rd October 2001 Details

The 2001 Ig nobel prizes

The2001 Ig nobel prizeswhich honour people whose achievementscannot or should not be reproduced.have been awarded.

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Posted on 5th October 2001 Details

Rocky Mountain News: 'Penis' found floating in bottle was mold, police say

It turns out that that “penis” found in a fruit drink wasjust mold.

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Posted on 5th October 2001 Details

Wired: Osama Has a New Friend

Osama Bin Laden shares space on a protest banner in Pakistan withBert from Sesame Street. You gotta love the net.

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Posted on 11th October 2001 Details

Oregon LIve: Rotten fish at Vancouver airport spark hazardous materials scare

Not biological warfare,just rotting fish. No need to worry!

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Posted on 12th October 2001 Details

Reuters: Cellphones Spook Ghosts, Expert Says

All those mobile calls and text messages aredrowning out ghostsit seems. Haunted tourist attractions in Britain could disappear if the number of mobile users keeps growing.

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Posted on 15th October 2001 Details

Ananova: Cowboy robbers raid Wild West village

Two armed robbersraid saloon of Wild West villagein Belgium. Yes, really.

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Posted on 16th October 2001 Details

eBay item: A giant PDA made of butter

Eh?A giant PDA made of butter.

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Posted on 17th October 2001 Details

Ananova: Dutch police arrest Bert and Ernie

Newsflash:Bert and Ernie arrestedin front of scores of Dutch children. Bin Laden must be involved.

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Posted on 20th October 2001 Details

Wild pigs are sick of Britney

Britney Spears is a hit with German farmers who use her music toscare off wild boars.

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Posted on 23rd October 2001 Details

Yahoo news: photo of convicted men

Here’sa pictureof those two guys in the states who got sentenced to dressing in women’s clothes and parading down the street, after they’d thrown bottles at some women. I’m not sure this will make them feel sorry, except if someone throws bottles at them too. It all seems a bit ridiculous to me.

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Posted on 29th October 2001 Details

Ananova: Pumpkin Liberation Army steal pumpkins to make soup

Thepumpkin liberation armystrikes in Belgium, stealing Halloween pumpkins to turn into soup for poor people.

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Posted on 29th October 2001 Details

Ananova: School suspends boy for wearing vagina Halloween costume

Strange news item of the day:School suspends boy for wearing vagina Halloween costume

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Posted on 2nd November 2001 Details

Photo of Yingying, a 17-year-old panda.

The Chinese are teaching pandas tolift weights, play basketball and drive a car. I know a few humans who could do with some of those lessons.

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Posted on 3rd November 2001 Details

Helsingin Sanomat: Death notice for suspected WTC terrorist placed in Helsingin Sanomat by Finnish-b

Adeath noticefor suspected WTC terrorist Mohamed Atta was placed in a Finnish newspaper by a local woman who befriended him in an Internet chat room.

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Posted on 13th November 2001 Details

Gothic baby pictures

Gothic baby pictures. Need I say more?

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Posted on 20th November 2001 Details

AZ Central: Heineken turns green at suggestion it was bin Laden's lager

Heineken regrets the association made between its brand and bin Laden, and let it be clear that Heineken as a company dissociates itself, as (does) the rest of the Western world, from terrorism.

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Posted on 20th November 2001 Details

USA Today: Man shouting 'freedom' sets himself afire in mall

Freedom for allwas enough of a cause for one guy toset fire to himselfin a US shopping mall and hurl flaming objects at shoppers.

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Posted on 24th November 2001 Details

Ananova: Triad 'softies' shun chicken decapitations

Hong Kong triads aregoing soft.

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Posted on 24th November 2001 Details

Ananova: Nut-hunting squirrel flattens amateur inventor

Lifeimitatesthe Onion.

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Posted on 26th November 2001 Details

Stuff: Pastor blames demon for woman's death

A New Zealand pastorkilled a followerin an attempted exorcism by strangling her then bouncing on her chest and stomach to expel demons through her mouth. He is now announcing her resurrection for December 10th.

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Posted on 5th December 2001 Details

Paknews: Dog breed targeted for' Afghan' name

This is it, the world has officially gone crazy. Afghan Hound owners and their dogs arebeing targetedbecause of the breed’s name.

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Posted on 5th December 2001 Details

Bismarck Tribune: Cause of Tokyo woman's death undetermined

Here’s one for the X-Files: A 28-year-old Japanese woman flew from Tokyo to Minneapolis, then attempted tofind money buried by a character from the movie Fargo. Police officers were unable to explain to her that Fargo was fiction because of the language barrier. One week later, she was found dead.(via theobscure store)

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Posted on 5th December 2001 Details

BBC News: Conductor held over 'terrorism' comment

Yes, it gets stranger. Previous IRCAM director and world-renown conductor Pierre Boulez wasdetained by Swiss policeon suspicion of terrorist links.(thanks, John)

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Posted on 5th December 2001 Details

The Mirror: 40 foot hole found in kitchen.

If your kitchen linoleum is sagging, better take a look, there may be amineshaftbelow it.

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Posted on 7th December 2001 Details

Ananova: 'Santa' leaves presents for 181 children

Newsflash: Santa Clausdoes exist.

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Posted on 7th December 2001 Details

Japanese UFO page on WTC

Call Mulder and Scully!UFO involved in WTC attack.

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Posted on 10th December 2001 Details

Ananova: Sperm donor ordered to pay child support to lesbian mother

Potential sperm donors, be warned: a Swedish man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple has beenordered to pay child supportafter the couple broke up.

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Posted on 10th December 2001 Details

Las Vegas Review-Journal : Security guards for 'nowhere' strike for contract, higher pay

The security guards from Area 51 areon strike. Time to slip under the fence.

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Posted on 12th December 2001 Details

Ananova: Belgian grocer fined for selling food dating back to 1987

A tip for Belgians: avoid shopping for food in Sint-Martens-Latem. It may be past it’ssell-by date.

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Posted on 12th December 2001 Details

The Guardian: Karate clergy taught how to fight the good fight

Crouching vicar, hidden verger.

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Posted on 17th December 2001 Details

Reuters: Animal Slaughter Video Shocks Train Passengers

Commuters in a train bound for Helsinki got quite a surprise whenimages of animals being slaughteredwere shown on the TV screens inside the train. It turns out these were the train driver’s home videos that got accidentally played. Makes me wonder what he gets up to at home.

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Posted on 18th December 2001 Details

Reuters: Santa Pulls Gun From Belt, Shoots Woman

There go my childhood illusions:Santa Pulls Gun From Belt, Shoots Woman.

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Posted on 20th December 2001 Details

Worship the beast - your name on the net

Satan is on the net, but who isn’t?

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Posted on 6th January 2002 Details

Yahoo: Don't Eat Handfuls of Euro Notes, Banker Warns

Besides being expensive, it isnot recommendableto eat Euro notes.

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Posted on 12th January 2002 Details

BBC News: Staff e-mailed for sperm donations

From internal company email:

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Posted on 12th January 2002 Details

The Times: Satanists blame Devil for 666 ritual killing

The German satanist underground seems alive (pardon the pun) and well. Frau Ruda, who learnt to be a vampire in a Gothic club in North London (could this be the Slimelight?), slept in an open coffin, drank blood, and is nowon trial for a ritual murder, claiming Satan made her do it. A spate of German schoolkids throwing themselves off viaducts and bridges in ritual suicides has also been reported. Isn’t life fun?

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Posted on 18th January 2002 Details

BBC News: Anger over King tribute 'mix-up'

James Earl Jonesis notJames Earl Ray.(thanks John)

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Posted on 18th January 2002 Details

Washington Post: Press Gets Twisted Up in Pretzel Logic

Life imitates The Onion: the White Househas disclosedthat the pretzel responsible for President Bush’s fainting spell was the hard, twisty, bowtie-shaped kind. They refuse, however, to disclose the brand name.

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Posted on 21st January 2002 Details

picture of a 2 Euro coin

There’s apenison the Euro coins.(thanks Lisa)

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Posted on 28th January 2002 Details

Excite: Monks Cry Fowl Over Risk to Beer Water

Monks in Rochefort are not too happy about the prospect ofchicken shit in their brew.

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Posted on 29th January 2002 Details

St Petersburg Times: Inglis: Mayor acted alone in Satan ban

More on Inglis, where Satan has been banned.Not everyoneis happy with the mayor’s decision.

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Posted on 30th January 2002 Details

Groom Killed By Stripper's Boobs

Straight out of a Benny Hill gag:man suffocateswhile buried between stripper’s breasts. Pretty much a candidate for theDarwin awardstoo.(thanks Jstein)

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Posted on 30th January 2002 Details

CNN: Florida town casts out Satan

I’m sure the citizens of Inglis, Florida feel much safer now that the mayor hasofficially banned Satan from the village.(cheers Eric)

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Posted on 30th January 2002 Details

NY Post: 80G FROM L.I. CHURCH HEALS PAIN IN THE APSE

A woman whosued her former church in New Yorkdue to injuries she suffered when a minister pushed her to the floor while trying to bless her, was awarded $80,000 in damages. Upon hearing about the award, she proclaimed that God loved her. So would I, after getting that amount of money.

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Posted on 5th February 2002 Details

Daily Telegraph: Fugitive dog taunts police with cards

A pit bull named Chucky issending his owner postcards from exotic locationswhile on the run from the law after attacking a police officer and getting shot in the head. No, this is not an article from the Onion.

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Posted on 5th February 2002 Details

America's Most Wanted - bin Laden composites

Osama bin Laden may be hiding next door to you, checkthese compositesjust in case. My favourite is the rasta one.

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Posted on 5th February 2002 Details

Ananova: Pizza joint 'hid cocaine in crusts'

Hi, is that the pizza delivery service? I’ll have thecocaine specialplease.

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Posted on 7th February 2002 Details

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Inboxer Rebellion (Who's a Pepper?)

Dr Pepper gets into trouble foromitting Godon it’s patriot cans.

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Posted on 10th February 2002 Details

Ananova: Toymaker under fire as Hitler dolls unveiled

Hitler and Mengele dollsavailable now, Himler and Goebbels dolls coming soon.

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Posted on 16th February 2002 Details

The Sun: Blood lust of killer sheep

Straight out of a Peter Jackson movie:Flesh-eating killer sheep(just a slight exageration) have been found living on a remote moor in the UK.

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Posted on 21st February 2002 Details

The Press-Enterprise: Squirrel goes to school and makes trouble

And while killer sheep roam the British moors, avicious squirrelhas chased a class of Californian first-graders and their teacher out of their classroom and back in again.

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Posted on 21st February 2002 Details

Alternet: The Electric Christian Rapture Test

Self-proclaimed christian evangelist Dennis Lee travels the USA, registering believers forfree electricity. I’m in the wrong business, this sounds much more appealing. Come to me oh gullible people.

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Posted on 22nd February 2002 Details

What's Wrong With This Picture?

Anotherstrange picture. Take a look.(cheers apple)

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Posted on 25th February 2002 Details

The Guardian: Husband arrested for Lolo Ferrari's murder

The death two years ago of Lolo Ferrari, the woman with the claim to the largest breasts in the world (designed by an aircraft engineer!), was initially thought to be due to an overdose of antidepressants. French police have nowarrested her husband and managersuspected of suffocating her.(thanks Olivier)

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Posted on 2nd March 2002 Details

Ananova: Biology teacher stopped from feeding puppies to snakes

Parents have complained after a US teacher planned tofeed 3 unwanted puppies to boa constrictorsfor a high school biology class. I suggest feeding the children with low grades to them instead.

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Posted on 2nd March 2002 Details

Rocky Mountain News: Nederland plans 'Frozen Dead Guy Days' this weekend

DIY cryogenics: The small Colorado town of Nederland is preparing to celebrateFrozen Dead Guy Daysin honour of a Norwegian grandad who died in 1989 and has been resting in an ice-encased box in a shed behind his grandson’s home since he was moved to Colorado in 1993. Amusements will include a coffin race.

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Posted on 6th March 2002 Details

The Times: Winged Prince is 'Saviour of the World'

This is it, the world has gone completely crazy: Prince Charles is to be immortalised in Brazil in the form ofa statuewhere he stands as a muscular, winged god dressed in a loincloth. The inscription below the statue will read ‘Saviour of the World’.

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Posted on 7th March 2002 Details

BBC News: Skyscraper gunman commits suicide

Die youwidescreen-tv-pushingcapitalist pigs!

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Posted on 11th March 2002 Details

BBC News: Hijackers' visas sent to flight school

The US flight school where two of the September 11th hijackers trained has justreceived approval lettersfor their visa applications.(thanks Olivier)

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Posted on 13th March 2002 Details

Inspirational Sport Statues

Get yourSports Jesustoday.

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Posted on 22nd March 2002 Details

Satanosphere: One Woman's Struggle: Mayor Carolyn Risher vs. Satan

Remember the mayor of that small Florida town that banned Satan from city limits via an official proclamation? The guys at Satanosphere haveinterviewed herand it’s well worth the read.

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Posted on 25th March 2002 Details

Ananova: Playboy magazine seeking Women of Enron

Surreal: Playboy magazine is hoping to get some of the women victims of the Enron scandal topose for them.

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Posted on 25th March 2002 Details

Ananova: Worried Mars fan stocks up with 1,400 before bar change

AMarsa day…

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Posted on 26th March 2002 Details

ROUTE 81 - Big Red Machine Scandinavia

Support imprisoned Scandinavian Hell’s Angels by buying merchandise fromtheir website.(thanksDimitri)

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Posted on 29th March 2002 Details

ABC News: Woman charged over use of iguana in pub fight

Attackby Reptile.

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Posted on 3rd April 2002 Details

The Midnight Society

Worth spending a little time to explore:The Midnight Society, a compendium of strange places and unusual events.

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Posted on 9th April 2002 Details

Expatica: Belgium in bungee jumping crackdown

What our politicians get up to:

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Posted on 15th April 2002 Details

BBC News: Backpackers baffled by Bethlehem siege

Japanese backpackers wander innocentlyinto the present.

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Posted on 18th April 2002 Details

The clothed penis

A penis wearing doll’s clothing. I wonder if it has a pet name? Does he play with it? (no, not like that!) Change it’s diapers?(viakottke)

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Posted on 8th May 2002 Details

Yahoo: Gadget converts woofs into words

The Japanese (who else?) have just unveiled adevice that translates dog barks into speech. It reminds me of that device inMars Attacksand will probably function just as well. Oh, here’sa pictoo.

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Posted on 13th May 2002 Details

BBC News: Teacher displays porn during exam

Teachercaught with his pants down.

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Posted on 22nd May 2002 Details

Observer: Russian boy, 12, hired hitmen to kill his parents

Kids aren’t what they used to be. A 12 year old Russian boy arranged thecontract killing of his adoptive parentsbecause he didn’t like having to tidy his room and brush his teeth.(via the null device)

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Posted on 28th May 2002 Details

Brown & Michaels: weird and wonderful patents

There are some pretty crazy inventors out there. Take a look at theseweird and wonderful patents(viabooknotes)

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Posted on 28th May 2002 Details

spiderman

Move over Tobey Maguire, here’sspidermanin the flesh.

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Posted on 31st May 2002 Details

airlinemeals.net

People are actually taking picture of their airline meals and sending them tothis site.

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Posted on 31st May 2002 Details

CNN: Amorous dolphin targeting swimmers

Asexually aggressive dolphinis attempting to mate with swimmers in Weymouth, UK. People are being warned to stay away.

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Posted on 4th June 2002 Details

Japan Today: Man killed by umbrella for not using honorifics

Travel tip of the day: when in Japan, please make sure you use an honorific title when addressing your peers. Failure to do so could result in finding yourselfon the wrong end of an umbrella.(thanks Olivier)

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Posted on 9th June 2002 Details

Fox News: Police Dog Accused of Racial Profiling

You can’t make these things up:Police Dog Accused of Racial Profiling

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Posted on 11th June 2002 Details

Washington Post: Cops Block DJ's Broadcast From Grave

A Turkish radio DJ was dug up by policefrom a grave where he was broadcasting live.

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Posted on 13th June 2002 Details

The Independent: Robot learns how to escape from exhibition

In a UK science center, intelligent robots participate in a survival of the fittest test where they battle each other out for energy every day and slowly learn to think for themselves. One of these unitsmanaged to escapeand navigated to the building exit and out into the car park where it was caught after nearly being run over by a motorist. Hey, at least that’s what they think, maybe that was just a decoy it left there to fool them and is now enjoying robo-freedom.

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Posted on 20th June 2002 Details

Ananova: Boy, five, shreds Dad's wages after hearing money isn't important

Very amusing: an Italian boy shredded 1500 EUR worth of his father’s banknotes after being told thatmoney wasn’t very important in life.

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Posted on 26th June 2002 Details

Asahai: The return of the tofu-wielding beast

Tofu Kozo, or the return of thetofu-wielding beast. Meat-eaters beware!(thanks John)

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Posted on 3rd July 2002 Details

VNUnet: Girl gets lippy with scanner

An 11-year-old girl from the UK was rescued by firefighters aftergetting her lip trapped in a scannerwhile attempting to scan her face. A good thing it wasn’t a boy, I can imagine the kind of experiments he might have been getting up to.

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Posted on 23rd July 2002 Details

Guardian: Pa. Man Dies In Vat Of Chocolate

Death byChocolate.

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Posted on 25th July 2002 Details

BBC News: Chinese find learning English a snip

Talk of a new tongue! Chinese are gettingtongue operationsto improve their English.

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Posted on 31st July 2002 Details

Jacksonville.com: Panhandle man invents bullet to prevent accidental shootings

The title says:Panhandle man invents bullet to prevent accidental shootings. And he did, but it’s not what I thought at first.

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Posted on 1st August 2002 Details

Washington Post: Teen Arrested for Lighting Shoe

Since the Richard Reid episode, it’s recommended youkeep lighters away from your shoes.

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Posted on 5th August 2002 Details

CNN: Mystery street blobs spark concern

Mystery black blobson the streets of New Jersey.

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Posted on 6th August 2002 Details

BBC News: Soldier toy disarmed at airport

Meanwhile, as FBI guns are lost in the wild, a GI Joe toy getsdisarmed by airport security.

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Posted on 7th August 2002 Details

ACLU Press Release: In Surreal Development, Bush Administration Routes TIPS Calls to TV Show 'Americ

Can things get any stranger? The Department of Justice is forwarding incoming Operation TIPS calls to theAmerica’s Most Wantedtelevision series.

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Posted on 7th August 2002 Details

BBC News: It's sport, it's extreme, it's... ironing!

Yet another extreme sport:ironing.

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Posted on 8th August 2002 Details

CNN: Pornographer says he hacked al Qaeda

US Deploysnew secret weaponin the hunt for al Qaeda.(thanks Eric)

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Posted on 9th August 2002 Details

Miami Herald: In Japan, they have a yen to rent even their friends

In Japan, if you don’t have enough friends, you can justrent them.

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Posted on 12th August 2002 Details

Mainichi Daily News: Copulating couples target of 'Roachman' doomsday attack

A Japanese man, Taro Nakano, wants to unleashan army of cockroachesonto the world.

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Posted on 12th August 2002 Details

BBC News: Couple arrested over spy cameras

Big Brother TV for real: a French couple had placed17 hidden camerasin a flat which they were renting out and used them to record the lives of the tenants. Police have seized videotapes chronicling tenant’s lives.(thanks Olivier).

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Posted on 12th August 2002 Details

BBC Newsround: Injured tortoise fitted with wheels

Animal prosthetics: a tortoise which was hit by a bullet during a shootout has has itsleg replaced with a wheel.

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Posted on 14th August 2002 Details

Times: Turkmenistan - a land full of melons with a real banana as its President

Turkmenistan has got to have thenuttiest president on earth.(viathe null device)

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Posted on 21st August 2002 Details

BBC News: Belgium hosts Bollywood wedding

Belgium becomesBollywood... for a wedding.(thanks John)

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Posted on 29th August 2002 Details

Scotsman: Siege as French apocalypse cult plans voyage to Venus

French police havesurrounded members of a sectbased in Nantes as they expect them to attempt mass suicide next month when they believe the world will end.

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Posted on 9th September 2002 Details

Sun: Roadmen paint badger

British workers painting road lines were visiblynot paying attention.

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Posted on 11th September 2002 Details

The Star: Restroom follies force U.S. plane to land

An airliner was diverted to Fort Smith because four passengers behaved strangely on the flight, including at least three who locked themselves in a restroom, possibly shaving their body hair.

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Posted on 12th September 2002 Details

BBC News: Blondes 'to die out in 200 years'

The end of the dumb blonde joke? Scientists predict natural blondes willgo extinct within 200 years.

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Posted on 1st October 2002 Details

CNN: Candidate turned himself blue

This senator’sfeeling blue.

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Posted on 9th October 2002 Details

BBC News: God becomes Who I Am

What’s ina name?

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Posted on 15th October 2002 Details

BBC News: Russian census reveals unusual data

Hobbits are alive and well in Russia. That’s what anew censushas revealed, among other things.(thanks John)

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Posted on 17th October 2002 Details

The Scotsman: Burger King makes a meal out of Ronald's McBungle

Newsflash: Ronald McDonald caughteating at Burger King.

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Posted on 18th October 2002 Details

HotAIR - Rare and well-done tidbits from the Annals of improbable research.

There are hour of fun to be had atHotAIRwhere you can peruse the archives of improbable research. Amazing stuff!

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Posted on 23rd October 2002 Details

Washington Post: Two Deer Crash Into Bustling NE Eatery

McDonalds gets a visit from someunusual clients.

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Posted on 29th October 2002 Details

Montreal Gazette: Implant proves fatal for singer's dog

Courtney Love recently had her breast implants removed and brought them home as a souvenir. Apparently her dogate one of them and died.

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Posted on 30th October 2002 Details

Aftenposten: Cordless keyboard wrote on neighbor's computer

If your keyboard starts typing on its own, it may be haunted, or it may just beyour neighbour...

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Posted on 4th November 2002 Details

BBC News: Toddler is 'human immobiliser'

Use your baby tostart your car.

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Posted on 5th December 2002 Details

Reuters: Suicide Mistaken for Art Performance

When a woman threw herself out of a Berlin art gallery window, visitors initiallythought it was art.

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Posted on 9th December 2002 Details

Herobuilders: Photo Gallery

Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Ladencaught in the act.They’re only dolls though

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Posted on 9th December 2002 Details

Sunday Herald: How Cherie gained two houses ... but lost the plot

I wish Belgium had suchinteresting familiesin its government.

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Posted on 10th December 2002 Details

Arse or Elbow?

So is it an arse or an elbow?Take the quiz.

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Posted on 11th December 2002 Details

BBC News: Man's anger at 'crazy car decision'

A man in Gloucester,UK has been warned by Police that he cannot geta mystery vehicle removed from his driveway.

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Posted on 12th December 2002 Details

wnbc: Alleged Pubic Hair Pizza Prompts Lawsuit

Waiter, there’s apubic hairin my pizza!

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Posted on 27th December 2002 Details

Houston Chronicle: Tigers, alligators 'main course' at China park

Visit an animal park, admire them, theneat them.

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Posted on 27th December 2002 Details

Chicago Sun Times: Fetus removed from infant's belly

Jordanian doctors have reportedly extracted a fetus from a girl who was only recently one herself, a 10-day-old infant who now occupies a strange and rare place in medical history.

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Posted on 30th December 2002 Details

7am: Radioactive Christmas Trees

We wish you a merry christmas and aradioactivenew year.

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Posted on 30th December 2002 Details

Union Leader: Pillow fight' assault

Pillows can be dangerous: in New Hampshire, an assailant sneaks up on his victims andattacks themwith a big fluffy one while, back, in the UK, a 12-year old girl hasdied in a pillow fight.

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Posted on 3rd January 2003 Details

Adult Panties, with a Christian message.

We all need a pair ofprayer panties.

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Posted on 3rd January 2003 Details

Straits Times: Want a child? Taiwanese see hope in mouse testicles

Having problems conceiving? You could trymouse testicles.

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Posted on 6th January 2003 Details

Yahoo: World Photos - A Philippine police mascot

Police in the Philippines havean unusual approachto terrorism prevention in public places.(thanks John)

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Posted on 7th January 2003 Details

Democrat and Chronicle: Gay porn program pops up in Army show on Webster cable

TV viewers in the States got a surprise when a show about the US Army was interrupted bygay pornographywith a military theme.

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Posted on 8th January 2003 Details

BBC News: Woman 'pulled own teeth' out

How did I miss this when it hit the news in November? A woman in the UK, high on GHBpulled out her own teethto get at a luminous green and pink fly down in her throat.

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Posted on 10th January 2003 Details

news.com.au: Dog stoned in the name of love

A dog trained by a young man to carry love letters to his sweetheart wasstoned to deathby the girl’s brother in an apparent bid to protect her honour in conservative Jordan.

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Posted on 13th January 2003 Details

Expatica: Belgian police shoot cameraman

Belgian policeshoot a cameraman in the legwhile he films a stake-out of plastic-gun-wielding teenagers.

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Posted on 14th January 2003 Details

Daily Camera: Fight with computer brings SWAT team

Man gets pissed off at his computer -Police swat team intervene.

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Posted on 14th January 2003 Details

Scotsman: Rogue drivers vow to wreck more cameras

Underground groupMotorists Against Detectiontake out speed cameras in Scotland. Braveheart for the 21st century?

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Posted on 6th February 2003 Details

ABC News: Men Who Don't Shave Have Less Sex, More Strokes

From the strange statistics department: men whodon’t shave every dayare more likely to suffer a stroke or heart attack and less likely to have sex. They also have fewer orgasms, tend to be shorter, and to suffer from angina.

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Posted on 7th February 2003 Details

Reuters:

In a Philadelphia airport,a bottle of Cologneset off a bio-terrorism alert, got security guards quarantined and managed to shut down a pharmacy and a donut shop.

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Posted on 21st February 2003 Details

USB-powered toothbrush (jpg image)

From the useless gadget archives: aUSB-powered toothbrush.

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Posted on 26th February 2003 Details

ABC News: Snowball Fight, Then Philadelphia Girl Shot

Kids throw snowball at little girl - parents get pissed andretaliate with drive-by-shooting.

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Posted on 26th February 2003 Details

Planet Ark: Grisly Mexico factory breeds man-eating flies

Job of the week:breeding man-eating flies.

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Posted on 2nd March 2003 Details

Yahoo News: Crucifixion offered in peace plea

A New Zealand woman has offered to becrucified by George Bushif he pledges not to attack Iraq.(thanks Stefan)

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Posted on 5th March 2003 Details

CBS News: Jacko's World: Voodoo, Blood Baths?

Another one for the Wacko Jacko chronicles: According to a Vanity Fair article, Michael Jackson wanted Steven Spielberg and David Geffen dead, so he paid an African witch doctor toput a curse on them. He also purpotedly bathed himself in sheep’s blood in order to make the curse stronger.

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Posted on 5th March 2003 Details

Guardian: India v New Zealand: the NZ innings

Whathappened here? The journalist lost it? A hacker? Viral Marketing?

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Posted on 14th March 2003 Details

Mystery Park

Erich von Daniken, author of best-selling alien visitation books, believes many famous ancient structures like Stonehenge, the pyramids or the Nasca lines were built by beings from another world. So he’s set to open his own theme park in Switzerland based on that very subject:Mystery Park.

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Posted on 16th March 2003 Details

BBC News: 'Talking fish' stuns New York

God is nowtalking through New York fishit seems.

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Posted on 16th March 2003 Details

BBC News: Caffeine level matched '700 coffees'

It’s possible:death by caffeine

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Posted on 24th March 2003 Details

Wired News: U.S. EBay Seller Refuses Canucks

More displaced ‘war patriotism’, this timeon eBay(viaWil Wheaton)

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Posted on 27th March 2003 Details

CBS News: got a key to the city of Detroit

Saddam Hussein hasgot a key to the city of Detroit.

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Posted on 27th March 2003 Details

Reuters: Fake 'war correspondent' has cover blown

And now, a live Irak war report from…a broom closet in Swaziland?

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Posted on 3rd April 2003 Details

Products of the apocalypse: plaguedomes

Get yourself aPlaguedomeand experience the biblical apocalypse in the comfort of your own home.

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Posted on 17th April 2003 Details

Mainichi Daily News: Masked marvel has politicians wrestling over identity issues

Japanese pro-wrestler, the Great Sasuke, has won a seat in Japanese elections. However, he wants tokeep his mask on, which is causing quite a controversy.

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Posted on 18th April 2003 Details

Ebay: haunted doll auction

Haunted dollup for auction on Ebay, including spooky video footage.

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Posted on 25th April 2003 Details

BW's Sim Orgies

Gaming goes kinky:organising orgiesin The Sims.

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Posted on 25th April 2003 Details

Yahoo News: Microsoft: ILoo No Hoax After All

So, first the Microsoft net-connected toilet press release makes the rounds, then they announce its a hoax. Now they sayit was realbut has been canned (ahem). Do we really care?

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Posted on 14th May 2003 Details

CNN: Police: Fugitive lived in attic crawl space for 6 weeks

A man thrown out by his roommate returned to the home andhid in an attic crawl spacefor nearly six weeks, spying on him.

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Posted on 15th May 2003 Details

Stuff: Pipe body unsavoury addition to water

Millions of people in Manila have beendrinking massively chlorinated tap waterwhile a drowned teenager remains stuck in a major supply pipe.

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Posted on 21st May 2003 Details

Local 6: Rescue Workers Remove 600-Pound Man From Trailer

I guess sueing McDonalds isnot an optionanymore.

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Posted on 27th June 2003 Details

The inquirer: New world record set for mobile phone throwing

A newmobile phone throwing recordhas been set.

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Posted on 26th August 2003 Details

Wired: Turn Back the Spam of Time

The author of all that time travel spamhas been located. I guess the only fun part of spam has been eliminated now.

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Posted on 3rd September 2003 Details

BBC News: Church sullied by secret porn film

Sorry, your wedding is invalid. Aporn shoottook place in this church 5 years ago.(thanks Oli)

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Posted on 12th September 2003 Details

UrineControl

Make queues longer,play gamesat the urinal.

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Posted on 16th September 2003 Details

Talk like a pirate day - September 19

Avast mateys! Tomorrow istalk like a pirate day.

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Posted on 17th September 2003 Details

CNN: President Bush pens a poem

How did I miss this? Bush is alsoa poet.

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Posted on 6th October 2003 Details

London and Blaine

There were no updates recently as I was taking some time off in London where, as you can see, David Blaine is still hanging in his box with another 5 days left to reach his goal of44 without food.(click to see larger view)

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Posted on 15th October 2003 Details

Herald Tribune: Stroke leaves Sarasota woman with British accent

An American woman who had a stroke suddenly started talking with a British accent when she recovered the power of speech. Experts diagnosed a rare disorder calledforeign accent syndrome.

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Posted on 21st November 2003 Details

Telco powered products

Power cut? No big deal,use the phone lineinstead.

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Posted on 2nd December 2003 Details

National Post: DJs mummified body found behind wall in club

Mummified DJfound behind club wall.

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Posted on 7th December 2003 Details

The Telegraph: Milkman killed by teenage ninja

Stoner teenage mutant ninja turtlekills milkmanin the UK.

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Posted on 10th December 2003 Details

CNN: Dead body ignored by Osaka crowds

In Japan, no one cansee you die.

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Posted on 18th December 2003 Details

The Mirror: intexticated

Over the holiday period, many Britons becomeintexticated.

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Posted on 23rd December 2003 Details

Post Gazette: The fish that threatened national security

Flying fish are ano-goin post 9/11 America.

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Posted on 29th December 2003 Details

Click On Detroit: Insults Spoil Orders At Burger King Drive-Through

Burger King drive thruhealth tips?

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Posted on 9th January 2004 Details

New Scientist: Fake fog could defend nuclear plants

If I hadn’t read this in New Scientist I would have thought it was a joke: the Germans are thinking of hiding their nuclear power plantsbehind a screen of artificial fogin case of an airborne terrorist attack. They could also blow giant soap bubbles at them I suppose.

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Posted on 15th January 2004 Details

Kalashnikov in MP3

The right tobear MP3?

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Posted on 12th February 2004 Details

ITV: Pastry blamed for station evacuation

I guess they’ll bebanning pastryfrom airports now.

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Posted on 18th February 2004 Details

Scotsman: Kite-flying festival ends in tragedy as four are killed

Who knew flying a kite could beso hazardous?

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Posted on 19th February 2004 Details

Telegraph: I blagged my way through, reading a torn-up textbook and ad libbing

Superb!This guyis a heavy contender for the blagger of the year award (yes, that’s blagger, not blogger).

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Posted on 20th February 2004 Details

Imaginary girlfriends

If no one will ever sit next to you in the bus… and you’rereally desperate...

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Posted on 23rd February 2004 Details

Reuters: New York Driver Nabbed While Watching Porn Movie

Don’t drive and ...ehm…watch porn.

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Posted on 26th February 2004 Details

When ATMs Go Wrong

A Diebold brand cash machine in the States crashed and fell back into Windows XP. It didn’t take much to tempt some people into getting Windows Media player and its built-in visualiserup and running on it.

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Posted on 18th March 2004 Details

Garnet Hertz - Experiments in Galvanism: Frog with Implanted Webserver

What the… ? A web serverinside a frog.

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Posted on 5th April 2004 Details

eBay: Eurotunnel TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine)

Sticking it next to the Folkestone terminal with a big “for sale” sign on it didn’t work, so they’ve now put thechannel tunnel boring machineup on eBay.

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Posted on 5th April 2004 Details

Tyson, the skateboarding bulldog

Taking the dog for a walk… ora skate.

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Posted on 13th April 2004 Details

M-LAW's Wacky Warning Labels

The winners of the seventhWacky Warning Label Contesthave been announced. They include a Fishing lure which warns “Harmful if swallowed” on its label.credit“>[credit]

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Posted on 13th April 2004 Details

Independent: He's banned beards, honoured melons and offers dental advice. Is this the world's crazi

He has banned beards and listening to car radios, and instituted a national holiday in honour of a melon. He’s thePresident of Turkmenistan.

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Posted on 18th April 2004 Details

Died Online.com V2.0: The Internet's first ever death notification system!

Let your friends know by email that you’redead.

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Posted on 20th April 2004 Details

Reading Evening Post: Holy heroes!

Batman and Robinspotted in Whitley, UK, saving the world from crime.

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Posted on 21st April 2004 Details

Straight Dope: When the zombies take over, how long till the electricity fails?

Someone asks the straight dope staff “When the zombies take over, how long till the electricity fails??”. That question has kept me awake for endless nights too.

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Posted on 17th June 2004 Details

Herve Sings!

Why do people have to fight?

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Posted on 26th June 2004 Details

celebrities-eating.com

Yet more proof that you can find absolutely anything on the internet:celebrities eating.

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Posted on 27th June 2004 Details

Molvania - travel guide

If your holiday destination for this summer hasn’t been selected yet, I can recommendMolvania. And don’t miss theirEurovision song contest entryeither, top quality!(thanks Peter!)

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Posted on 3rd July 2004 Details

NYC errs in playing nice with protesters

A nice dose of deranged prattle from the edges of the republican camp:Next week, people who hate Republicans plan to release swarms of mice in New York City to terrorize delegates to the National Republican Convention[...]Prostitutes with AIDS plan to seduce Republican visitors, and discourage the use of condoms.Read more atThe Union Leader.(Thanks Oli)

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Posted on 26th August 2004 Details

BBC News: Noah's Ark plan from top Moon man

Someone get the straight jacket, the European space agency’s chief scientistobviously needs it.

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Posted on 9th September 2004 Details

MasaMania: Japanese business man spend valuable time...

Japanese businessmenstay way… tooo looonng at the offi..c...e..(thanks Kat)

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Posted on 29th October 2004 Details

BBC News: War on terror 'vanishes from agenda'

Inthis article from BBC Newsabout the war on terror having vanished from US agendas they quote Mike Scheuer, a former head of the CIA’s Bin Laden unit. Scroll down and check out his photo. What mental asylum was that picture taken in? “Ooooh the colours maaan!”

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Posted on 25th November 2004 Details

Game Daily Biz: Bounty Hunter Job Posting Generates Surprising Response

In a viral marketing attempt for the promotion of game title Metroid Prime 2, Nintendo advertised for a bounty hunter on monster.com.They got what they asked for.

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Posted on 20th December 2004 Details

Belgian post-office about to unleash emailmen?

Is the Belgian post-office secretly training postmen to deliver this new-fangled thing called email?

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Posted on 20th February 2005 Details

World Jump Day

If for some reason you want to help knock earth out of its orbit, sign up tojump on July 20th. They only need 600 million people to succeed.

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Posted on 22nd March 2005 Details

I’ve no idea what zombo.com is, but I’m easily amu...

I’ve no idea what zombo.com is, but I’m easily amused.

Linked on 26th December 2006 Details

Israel’s Netanyahu brings his dirty laundry to Washington. Literally.

Not the Onion:

Israeli officials denied that Netanyahu overuses his American hosts’ laundry services, calling the allegations “absurd,” but they acknowledged that he has been the target of laundry-related accusations in the past.

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Wonders you can find on street view.

A site that compiles all the strange and interesting places you can spot on Google Street View.

Linked on 31st January 2023 Details