Headline of the Day

[Wetmelon]

I think this is one of the only times where I've seen a news story involving a politician and a beaver when it wasn't a scandal....

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia...ng-beaver.html

Of course, they're from NS


And in keeping with the James Bond theme:

Swedish Couple Fight to Name Son "Q"

In an earlier judgement in September 2008, Rehnberg and Sukjit told the court they had named the boy Q after the eccentric inventor from the James Bond films, a claim they have not since repeated.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/09050...sweden_offbeat

[Empty Wallet]

Extra protein:

US restaurant chain to probe snake in broccoli

The US restaurant chain T.G.I. Friday's has asked the New York State Police to open a criminal investigation into suspected product tampering after a severed snake head was found among vegetables.

According to a statement issued by the chain late Friday, the head was found among broccoli by a restaurant patron in Clifton Park, New York, last Sunday.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090510...i-f62056d.html

[Empty Wallet]

Another shop keeper who wants to kill off the customers -- creatively

British pub finds smoking ban loophole: report

The landlady of a British pub has exploited a loophole in the country's smoking ban by opening a "smoking research centre" where drinkers can light up legally, reports said Wednesday

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090513...o-6058bda.html

[Empty Wallet]

Another shop keeper who wants to kill off the customers -- creatively

British pub finds smoking ban loophole: report

The landlady of a British pub has exploited a loophole in the country's smoking ban by opening a "smoking research centre" where drinkers can light up legally, reports said Wednesday

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090513...o-6058bda.html

[Fencergrl]

Excuse me, is that a penis in your pocket?

According to The Telegraph, Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, has launched one of the cheapest mobile phones in the world - the Vergatorio.

Unfortunately, "Vergatorio" also happens to be Venezuelan slang for "penis"...

[Fencergrl]

Christopher Hitchens had said that he wasn't sure if waterboarding actually qualified as torture... however, waterboarding has nothing over a Brazilian wax.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pERz0...layer_embedded

[Fencergrl]

This is a clip of Andy Bichlbaum, one half of the infamous "Yes Men" prank duo. In the clip Andy describes how he pulled off an elaborate prank while hijacking the keynote speech at Canada's largest oil conference. It's very funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhrpS...layer_embedded

Here's a break down for you how to pull off a prank worthy of the Yes Men.

Step 1:
Pick your target (I.E. George Bush).

Step 2:
Set up a false website that looks official (I.E. www.gwbush.com)

Step 3:
Start to seed content out to press organizations, (tip: chase producers are often good targets, as they need spokespeople with little notice, giving them almost no time for proper background checks).
This step is much like fishing - long periods of boring inactivity broken by short bursts of action and excitement.

Step 4:
Leverage any and all media available.
In the case of the www.gwbush.com website, the President went on record to say that "There ought to be limits to freedom" after discovering his false website was filled with (allegedly) doctored images, many featuring the President posing with a mysterious white powder. As a result of the "limits to freedom" comment, many constitutional lawyers jumped on board to help www.gwbush.com with its legal defense, thus drawing more media attention.

Step 5:
Kick back and bask in the warm glow of a prank well done. Do interviews! Have brunch! Toast the elderly!
The world is now your oyster, complete with a pearl of a prank.

[Fencergrl]

I suspect male scientists are behind this one trying to prove that men really do suffer more with a cold and/or flu than us women who have to look after them and their offspring while being sick ourselves.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-36398,00.html

[Greybeard]

From London Ontario:

Condom truck tips, spills load

[Empty Wallet]

Indian dad avoids washing for 35 years: report

An Indian man who fathered seven daughters has not washed for 35 years in an apparent attempt to ensure his next child is a boy, newspapers reported.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090512...a-451ab4f.html

[Empty Wallet]

Nude cyclists take over Cannes

From correspondents in Cannes, France

Agence France-Presse



CROWDS hoping to glimpse the stars on the Cannes film festival's red carpet got an eye-popping surprise as a team of nude Belgian cyclists paraded down the Riviera seafront.

Director Felix van Groeningen and four of his actors straddled bicycles and careened down the croisette and back under warm spring sunshine, in a remake of a scene from La Merditude des Choses (The Misfortunates).

The comedy, which tells the story of a family of drunkard brothers, seen through a teenager's eyes, premiered on Saturday at the Directors' Fortnight, one of two high-profile sidebars to the main Cannes film festival.

[Empty Wallet]

Doc Saves Boy's Life With Household Drill

A 12-year-old Australian boy is recovering after a local doctor used a household drill to bore into his brain and relieve the pressure.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090520/...d-3fd0ae9.html

[Empty Wallet]

Fairfax High's prom queen is a guy

Sergio Garcia, a gay student, beats out the female candidates. His campaign started out as a bit of a stunt, but it ended up generating dialogue about gender roles on the L.A. campus

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,2700821.story

[Empty Wallet]

Oh, the irony...

Health Minister quarantined with suspected swine flu

THE NORTHERN Territory's Health Minister was last night in self-imposed quarantine, with suspected swine flu.

And a Territory school will be closed from today after a teacher tested positive for swine flu last night.

Minister Kon Vatskalis (right) has met many leading members of the community since returning from Melbourne on Saturday, including Chief Minister Paul Henderson, six other Cabinet Ministers, rebel backbencher Marion Scrymgour, and CLP leader Terry Mills. He has also dined with world leaders of the oil and gas industry, and met the Chinese Ambassador to Australia.


http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/200...35_ntnews.html

[Wetmelon]

From London Ontario:

Condom truck tips, spills load

NOOOO That's the town that I'm going to be going to school in

God I miss Canada so much... seriously; I'm getting all choked up!

[Fencergrl]

I know... where else could you pick up free condoms as a result of a traffic accident?

[Empty Wallet]

Those Canadians at it again:

Beavers blamed for train derailment

Busy beavers were on Friday blamed for a train derailment that spilled more than 20,000 litres of diesel fuel into the Ottawa River, which supplies the Canadian capital's drinking water.

The collapse of three beaver dams late on Wednesday released a wall of floodwater up to 3.5 metres high that rolled across the tracks, 300km north of Ottawa, Ottawa Valley Railroad said in a statement.

Nearly 200 metres of track was destroyed, the company said.

[Empty Wallet]

Gay penguins hatch rejected egg

Two homosexual penguins have successfully hatched an egg that was rejected by its parents and are now proudly rearing the chick, the German zoo housing the couple said on Wednesday.

"Z and Vielpunkt, both males, gladly accepted their 'Easter present' and began straight away with hatching the egg," said the zoo in Bremerhaven, in northern Germany.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090603...g-86d1698.html

[Windsetter]

Not really a "Out of context" headline but it occurred hilarious (and effective) to me.

Woman takes bat to man who smoked near her children

[Empty Wallet]

Sierra Leone police station turns into snakepit

Law enforcers in Sierra Leone are used to slithering low life but the invasion of a police station by hundreds of hissing serpents has left even some of the toughest officers afraid to go to work.
.....

The authorities are now looking to bring in army sharp-shooters to dispatch the unwelcome guests, he added.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090610...n-7f81b96.html