Silly/Odd News Stories from around the World

[Xellos-_^]

this is how sports should be play

[Anh_Minh]

Indeed. But in the spirit of sportsmanship - did they trade shirts at the end?

[SaintessHeart]

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/1...e-intelligent/

Guys, if you plan to cheat on a girl, make sure she has smaller breasts.

Then again on the whole, it is always easier to marry a pettanko.

[LynnieS]

^^ You might want to put a NSFW tag on that URL...

Ah, yes... That half-naked pink/reddish hair girl in the image just oozes intelligence. I can't tell if it's the beaker, the eyeglasses or the way she fills that demi-bustier.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/1...e-intelligent/

I just want to say I love intelligent women. That's right. That's exactly what attracts me to them. Any other characteristic is complete coincidence...

[Tiberium Wolf]

1.5 lbs. of nails pulled from Peruvian's stomach

Oh man... this is so strange. The article doesn't say why he ate all those metal objects(most were nails).

[LynnieS]

Originally Posted by Tiberium Wolf

1.5 lbs. of nails pulled from Peruvian's stomach

Oh man... this is so strange. The article doesn't say why he ate all those metal objects(most were nails).

The man is on a high-iron diet? But the article also said that he's apparently now looking to make this a permanent job instead. Considering that he can't pass the objects out of his body or digest any of it, his health is going to turn bad fast.

And the ugliest people are...

LONDON (Reuters) – Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a dating website that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join.

Fewer than one in eight British men and just three in 20 women who have applied to BeautifulPeople.com have been accepted, an emailed statement from the website showed.

Would this be considered a self-fulfilling prophesy? You have, most likely, people with similar ideas of beauty voting on new members. Chances of getting people who look different or follow the classic forms of beauty are going to be low, IMHO.

[Narona]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/1...e-intelligent/

Guys, if you plan to cheat on a girl, make sure she has smaller breasts.

Then again on the whole, it is always easier to marry a pettanko.

No men/penis size counterpart ?

And while all the funds could be used in useful researches, those scientists do that. So much for the economy crisis (I guess it sells paper though)

[MrTerrorist]

Pee to help make your garden grow

Gardeners at a National Trust property in Cambridgeshire are urging people to relieve themselves outdoors to help gardens grow greener.

[npcomplete]

Originally Posted by Narona

No men/penis size counterpart ?

And while all the funds could be used in useful researches, those scientists do that. So much for the economy crisis (I guess it sells paper though)

*looks down* hmm.. I'd say I'm fairly smart. I predict such a study would show an inverse relationship

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Pee to help make your garden grow

haha, I wish they had a larger version of the pic.
speaking of which.. I know someone who uses #2 for his gardens

[Woopzilla]

Except for if people actually did that in their own garden, they'd get arrested or something if a neighbour 'spots' them. I mean, you hear about people being arrested for being seen naked in their own house, so... :P

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Pee to help make your garden grow

Probably something to do with the nitrate content. But I thought there is another research which contradicts this one due to water molecules bonding with the strong bonds between water and nitrates, resulting in the lack of potassium and other minerals for them to grow?

[MrTerrorist]

'Thatcher dead' text sparks fears
A misconstrued text message announcing the passing of a beloved pet has sparked a flurry of diplomatic activity in Canada.

Love this quote from this aide who first assume it was about the former PM.

"If the cat wasn't dead, I'd have killed it by now,"

[Saleh]

Man convicted of robbing mom over parking ticket

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A 27-year-old Anchorage man has been convicted of robbing his mother at gunpoint because she didn't give him money to help pay a parking ticket. The Anchorage district attorney said Thursday Cheng Saelee was also convicted of illegally contacting his mother from jail and trying to get her to drop the charges.

Prosecutors say Saelee was arrested in November 2008 after he became angry during an argument with his parents, got a handgun from his room and pointed the weapon at his mother's head.

Saelee will be sentenced Feb. 19 and faces up to 11 years on the robbery charge alone.

Prosecutors did not release the amount of the parking ticket.

The anti-swine flu holy water dispenser

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by Reuters

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive for the faithful without the fear of contracting swine flu -- an electronic holy water dispenser.

The terracotta dispenser, used in the northern town of Fornaci di Briosco, functions like an automatic soap dispenser in public washrooms -- a churchgoer waves his or her hand under a sensor and the machine spurts out holy water.

"It has been a bit of a novelty. People initially were a bit shocked by this technological innovation but then they welcomed it with great enthusiasm and joy. The members of this parish have got used to it," said Father Pierangelo Motta.

Catholics entering and leaving churches usually dip their hands into fonts full of holy water -- which has been blessed by a priest -- and make the sign of the cross.

But fear of contracting the H1N1 virus has led many in Italy -- where some 15 people have died of swine flu -- not to dip their hands in the communal water font.

"It's great," said worshipper Marta Caimm as she entered the church. "Thanks to this we are not worried about catching swine flu. It is the right thing for the times," she said.

Luciano Marabese, who invented the dispenser, said he did so out of concern that fear of swine flu was eroding traditions.

And he is now blessing himself all the way to the bank.

"After all the news that some churches, like Milan's cathedral, were suspending the use of holy water fonts as a measure against swine flu, demands for my invention shot to the stars. I have received orders from all over the world," he said.

(Reporting by Eleanor Biles; Writing by Philip Pullella; Editing by Louise Ireland)

The Craziest Examples Of Congressional Theatrics (VIDEO)

[Tiberium Wolf]

'Body sold' to Russia kebab shop

"It was not immediately clear if any customers had been served." -> LoL

[Dilla]

Originally Posted by Woopzilla

Except for if people actually did that in their own garden, they'd get arrested or something if a neighbour 'spots' them. I mean, you hear about people being arrested for being seen naked in their own house, so... :P

Do it in a disposable cup, then water to your heart's content.

[Woopzilla]

Originally Posted by Dilla

Do it in a disposable cup, then water to your heart's content.

I guess that's one way... but that would get rid of the "a bit of fun" part, as they called it.

[MrTerrorist]

Gaddafi preaches to Rome beauties
Plastic chemicals 'feminise boys'
Shackleton's whisky to be dug up

[LynnieS]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Shackleton's whisky to be dug up

Well, at least with whiskey, it wouldn't get skunked... I think.

[Xellos-_^]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6918747.ece

A Czech wildlife photographer has captured a rare - and particularly one-sided - clash between a crocodile and a herd of hippopotamuses on the River Nile.
Vaclav Silha set up his camera in Serengeti national park, in Tanzania, to take snaps of 50 bathing hippos - only to see a crocodile interrupt them.



there are more pictures in the original article.

so if a hippo swallows a croc does handbags and boots come out the other end?