Archive for the ‘Odd News’ Category

‘Who Do You Think You Are Bidding, Mr eBay?

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‘Who Do You Think You Are Bidding, Mr eBay?’
Auction site eBay has backed down after banning the sale of a rare Dad’s Army board game for promoting “hatred” and “racial intolerance”.
The game, originally released in the mid-70s at the height of the much-loved TV series’ popularity, was deemed “offensive” because it contains a picture of [...]

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Festering Fridge Hospitalises Seven People

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We’ve all have been guilty of leaving the odd bit dodgy of food in the fridge. But an office worker opened the hell hole of unhygienic fridges. When the office worker who works for AT&T opened the fridge full of rotten food, produced a smell so noxious that seven co-workers had to be hospitalised. The [...]

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Woman Bites Lover’s Penis off in Car Crash

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This is probably the best news story I have heard of this year. For the faint hearted and all the men out there read with caution. 
 
The lovers had little mishap during there affair which involved a boss and his secretary who saw their romantic rendezvous interrupted in a wince-inducing way – after a car [...]

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How to Save on Electricity and Gas Bills in a Big House

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Limited use: Start with the room you are sitting in. If you were to take a call in another room or join your family at the dining table, would you just step out of your room without any concern for the electrical appliances in the room? If you would, stop right there, and look around. [...]

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Now Meet the Real Wonder Bra, Bullet bounces off bra Saving Womans Life

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A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar’s bullet bounced off the metal underwire of her bra.
Police in the city of Detroit said one of three intruders fired a shot when the woman looked out of her window and saw them raiding the house next door.
The bullet smashed the window and hit her, [...]

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Port Jackson Shark Found on Newspapers Doorstep.

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A Port Jackson Shark (heterodontus portusjacksoni) as been found live on Newspapers Doorstep in Victoria State in Australia. Police in Australia say they are “flabbergasted” as to how and why the
 
The two-foot (60cm) fish was found lying at the front doorstep of The Standard in Warrnambool city under cover of darkness after midnight on [...]

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Now you can be Cinderella as the glass slipper project Chicago receives thousands of Prom dresses

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Hundreds of teens will be able to dress for there prom in style, thanks to the generosity of Chicago area residents.
The Glass Slipper Project has received 3,000 dresses and more than 150 pairs of shoes from Zengeler cleaners. It’s the seventh year that the north suburban company has collected prom wear from its customers.
The Glass [...]

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Webster Lake Spelling Scandal, its Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. Not Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaoggagoggchaubunaguhgamaugg’

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In an embarrassing mistake, officials in Massachusetts have been forced to admit that some road signs pointing to Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg have spelling mistakes in them.Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg: yep that is that’s with 15 ‘g’s the typos, which are completely puzzling considering how easy it is to spell Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, were revealed by a local newspaper, the [...]

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Breathe Responsibly, Enter the Walk-in Cocktail Bar

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Are you sick of been bombarded about drinking responsibly. Well customers entering a new cocktail bar where they are literally enveloped in a mist of alcohol are warned to breathe responsibly.
Just 40 minutes inside the venue – which delivers an intoxicating vapour of gin and tonic – will leave you feeling slightly merry.
Punters are also [...]

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Make Your Own Anti Terror Funny Billboards

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If you live in the UK you’ve may have seen the recent posters from the police inviting people to use their Anti-Terrorist Hotline to grass up their neighbours bins (’If you suspect it, report it’), you might NOT be surprised to learn that the internet’s response has been to take it down pull it to [...]

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