Bizarre News

[Elvin]

There you go,smoking can be hazardous.Don't start it!

[asandir]

I think it is more appropriate to say that idiocy is dangerous

[asandir]

Twins for world's oldest mum
A 67-year-old Spanish woman became the world's oldest new mother when she gave birth to twins at a Barcelona hospital on Saturday.

Barcelona Hospital de Sant Pau says the woman gave birth by Caesarean section.

A hospital spokeswoman told AFP the unnamed woman and her offspring, whose sex was not revealed on grounds of patient confidentiality, were doing well.

According to Barcelona media outlet Catalunya Informacio, the babies, her first children, were still in an incubator following their birth.

The woman became pregnant after she received in-vitro fertilisation treatment in South America.

Romanian Adriana Iliescu was previously the oldest woman known to have given birth, after having a baby girl in January at the age of 66. A twin died hours after birth.

The previous record was held by an Italian woman who gave birth to a baby boy at the age of 62.

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. Wow!

IMO, there are some things that shouldn't be done after a certain age...and giving birth is one of them!

[asandir]

Thirsty German sells beagle to buy beer
A thirsty German sold his six-year-old step-daughter's pet beagle to the owner of a bar to pay for beer, the Bild newspaper reports.

The unemployed man offered to take the dog for a walk and then stopped at a bar where he convinced the owner to buy the three-year-old dog for 40 euros ($A67).

The man spent the proceeds quenching his thirst for beer.

The bar owner has since returned the dog to its owner.

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WHAT?! Poor beagle.

And all for beer. That's probably a direct descendant of the founder of AA...hahaha.

[asandir]

there's weird, crazy, desperate people everywhere, and that goes both for the story above and the one before it!

Humans ape nature at Adelaide Zoo
The launch of the Human Zoo exhibit at the Adelaide Zoo has blurred the line between human and ape.

Six people are being locked up in the old orang-outang enclosure during opening hours for a week.

Over the next month, 24 people will act as though they are animals on display.

A great ape expert and psychology lecturer Carla Litchfield will spend the four weeks studying their behaviour.

"Part of what I do at the zoo is to come up with activities for great apes and other animals, to stimulate them behaviourally and keep their brains occupied," she said.

"I never know what it feels like, so a month in there will give me a good idea of the smells and sounds and what it's like to be stared at by thousands of people every day."

The exercise also aims to raise money for conservation and a new enclosure for primates at the Monarto Zoo.

[ThunderTitan]

He's gonna study how humans behave while pretending to be animals?!

Police: Toddler found playing on highway

NDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) -- Drivers swerved cars and trucks into other lanes to avoid a 3-year-old boy, wearing only a diaper and T-shirt, who was playing along a busy highway after wandering away from home while his mother slept, police said.

Some motorists stopped along Interstate 465 on the city's west side Saturday to take care of the boy until officers arrived, the Indiana State Police said.

"I looked up and I seen this little ... boy running down the middle of the slow lane in the interstate. I just could not believe what I was seeing," said Troy Crady, one of those who stopped to help.

The boy, Damon Dyer, was unscathed as at least a half-dozen cars and a tractor-trailer rig swerved into other lanes to avoid him. Temperatures were in the mid 50s as the boy ran around barefooted.

Police said they traced the toddler to an apartment at a nearby complex, where they found his mother, Nancy Dyer asleep in a filthy apartment and his 2-year-old sister eating spaghetti off the floor.

Dyer, 33, was arrested on two counts of child neglect and remained in custody Sunday, officials said.

Senior State Trooper Cedric Merritt said that when Dyer was told of her son's activities, she responded: "Oh, he got out again."

Investigators said the boy got out his second-story apartment, went down stairs and got around a fence to reach the highway about 200 yards away.

Child Protective Services took the boy and his sister into custody, and investigators said the agency also had been called to the apartment Thursday because the boy was outside unsupervised.

[ThunderTitan]

Whaty kinda 14yrs old gives up free pr0n?!

Unhappy Christmas surprise
Saturday, December 30, 2006

By Scott Schwebke

LAYTON -- Christmas became XXX-mas for a 14-year-old Layton boy who discovered hard-core pornography on a video game he received as a gift.

Kolton Mahoney was shocked when he put the Madden NFL 07 game in his new Xbox 360 console Christmas day and an explicit image popped up on his television screen.

"This is definitely not Madden," he said recalling his first thought after seeing the image.

Kolton turned off the Xbox and notified his parents, Linda and Tim Mahoney, who viewed the video game and were equally stunned.

"It wasn't a pretty scene," Tim Mahoney said.

The Mahoneys have been in contact with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force sponsored by the Utah Attorney General's Office, which will attempt to determine how porn ended up on the video game, Lt. Rhett McQuiston, an investigator with the agency said Friday.

"We'll get rolling on it," he said. The incident may be the first of its kind in Utah, he said. "If somebody is doing this, we want to stop it."

The task force will work with Layton police and California authorities to determine who may be responsible for placing the smut on the computer game, so charges of providing pornography to a child can be filed, McQuiston said.

"The hard part will be finding out who did it," he said. "We'll give it a shot. I would go through the roof if this happened to my kid. Whoever did this is a complete and utter coward."

Kolton received the video game from his uncle, Dan Mahoney, who purchased it Dec. 2 at a Circuit City store in Modesto, Calif. The game appears to be authentic, is embossed with a Madden NFL 07 label and came in a factory-sealed case, Linda Mahoney said.

[asandir]

Tiny North Sea tax haven for sale
A former World War II fort in the North Sea off England, which was settled 40 years ago and declared a state with its own self-proclaimed royal family, is up for sale.

The Times newspaper reports the tiny Principality of Sealand, which began life as Roughs Tower in 1941, is a 550 square metre steel platform perched on two concrete towers 11 kilometres off the coast of Harwich in eastern England.

It is accessible only by helicopter and boat but according to its owners, who want offers of eight digits or more, boasts uninterrupted sea views, guarantees complete privacy and is a tax haven.

"We have owned the island for 40 years now and my father is 85," Prince Michael of Sealand was quoted as saying.

"Perhaps it is time for some rejuvenation.

"Astronomical figures have been mentioned but we will just see what comes forward."

Although its nation status is disputed, Sealand boasts a military past like any other country, defending its sovereignty from outside threats.

Former British army major, Paddy Roy Bates, began occupying the island with his family in 1967, declared it a state in international waters and gave himself the title "prince".

Britain's Royal Navy attempted to evict him the following year but were unsuccessful.

As they entered territorial waters, Roy of Sealand fired warning shots from the former fort.

A judge then ruled in his favour that Sealand was outside British Government control as it was beyond the three-mile limit of the country's waters.

In 1974, Roy of Sealand introduced a constitution.

A flag, national anthem, currency - the gold and silver Sealand dollar which is the equivalent to the US dollar - and passports have followed suit.

Four years later, Dutch and German businessmen on Sealand to discuss a business deal kidnapped Roy's son but were overpowered and held as prisoners of war before eventually being released.

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Wow...

I'm more surprised by the fact it's still its own country actually (such a small speck of platform ).

[Caradoc]

Worst Traffic Accidents of 2006: (lorry=truck, yanks)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spilt animal parts and a Tomahawk missile that tumbled out of a lorry caused some of the worst traffic nightmares of 2006, according to a report on roadway incidents.

A meatpacking lorry carrying cow body parts was involved in an accident near San Francisco, spilling its cargo across a freeway and causing massive headaches for commuters, said the compilation by Metro Networks traffic reporting firm.

A lorry in Houston involved in an accident tumbled off a ramp, breaking open and spilling frozen chickens onto a freeway below.

New York had one of the most bizarre incidents of the year. A lorry overturned in the Bronx in July, sending a Tomahawk missile it was carrying onto the roadway.

The weapon did not have a warhead and all ended safely, with no injuries reported.

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What the h*** was a truck doing with a Tomahawk missile anyway?

And even if it didn't have a warhead...what was it doing in the Bronx?

And the spilled cow parts are just disgusting .

[Kalah]

Here's some bizarre (but true) news: the city council of the Swedish city Kiruna (pop. ca. 19.000) has decided that the whole city is to move.

This is because the largest employer in the area, the local mining company, have to either close down or start digging elsewhere. They found enough ore for about 60 years worth of mining - in the middle of downtown Kiruna. So - it's up and move a few miles for the whole city... over the next five years.

[DaemianLucifer]

Here's some bizarre (but true) news: the city council of the Swedish city Kiruna (pop. ca. 19.000) has decided that the whole city is to move.

Simpsons did it

[ScarlettP]

Bush will announce TODAY the formation of a new 5000-man elite fighting unit called the United States Redneck Special Forces (USRSF).
These Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas boys will be dropped off into Iraq and have been given only the following facts about terrorists:

1. The season opened today.
2. There is no limit.
3. They taste just like chicken.
4. They don't like Budweiser beer, pickups, country music or Jesus.
5. They are directly responsible for the death of Dale Earnhardt.


The Pentagon expects the problem in Iraq to be over by next Friday.

(Don't worry. It's a joke. Could work though.)

[DaemianLucifer]

You know,that may finally win the war.But really,its not for this "serrious" thread

[Panda Tar]

(Don't worry. It's a joke. Could work though.)

Could it?

[ScarlettP]

Tar obviously has no first hand experiance with a bunch of Southern Rednecks. There are no "rules" to the games they play. They are steriotypically drunk, roudy and have more guns than you can count. They shoot anything that moves - including eachother. And Love Dale Earnhart WAY more than the Virgin Mary.

[Panda Tar]

Woah.

If Bush started giving out money to the gangsters in Rio de Janeiro, he would easily raise a 30.000-soldier army.

OH, a bizarre news:
A man in a city called Cristais Paulistas was sent to the hospital having a coke pet inserted in his anus.

When he was asked how he did manage to be stuck with it, he said he felt while riding a bicicle. (I really wonder if there would be coke pets spread all over the street)

But instead of awaiting in the surgery room, he fled by shame. Alas, the pet broke and he had to return to the hospital, admiting that he inserted the pet himself ( yew). Now, he'll have to remove it by really nasty surgery.

I wonder if it was Lemon Coke?