Lucky The Duck Gets New Shoes

LUCKY the duckling was in an accident that left one foot pointing in the wrong direction when it healed. Lucky was doomed to hop or swim in circles, round and round the little lake. In time the circle would decrease until one day Lucky would disappear from view and reappear bathed in hot orangey butter.

But Lucky’s mummy duck, Allison Morgan, hired cobbler Kelvin Reddicliffe at the Newport branch of Timpsons Ltd to fit Lucky with a rubber “roman sandal”, and cut him a new set of keys.

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Posted: 11th, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)

Hollinwood Twins With Hollywood For The Eight Best Landmark Copies

ALONGSIDE the M60 motorway in Oldham, sits a copy of the famous Hollywood sign, this on advertising “HOLLINWOOD”.

Barman Derek Middleton, 25, works at the Bowling Green Inn, on nearby Manchester Road, and he tell the Manchester Evening News:

“The locals have been talking about it and they all think it’s great. But it’s not really like Hollywood here. It’s a bit dreary and a bit less glamorous, and we don’t get the weather. Manchester Road is the closest we get to Sunset Strip.”

Things to look out for for any wayward tourist, there.

But he should not be so quick to presume. Anorak recalls a youthful trip to St Mark’s Square and being in the company of a girl who asked a local: “Where’s St Mark’s Square?” He said that she was standing in it. Her reply: “What? This! No, really…”

Some copies of landmarks are better then the real thing. Anorak takes a look:

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Posted: 11th, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)

Finland Takes World Sauna Championships

THE sauna world championships are a hotly contested affair (geddit?). In Heinola, 86 miles north of Helsinki, Timo Kaukonen manages to spend 3 minutes 45 seconds in110c.

Anorak

Posted: 10th, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Carer Tricked Into Changing Adult Man’s Nappies

JANET Schulte learns that her new client’s middle-aged disabled brother needs a carer to bottle-feed him and change his nappies.

Schulte, of Melbourne, Australia, has advertised her services on Craigslist.org. A man calls and says that his brother has been in a car accident and left with weak arms, poor bladder control and the mental capacity of a 5-year-old. He’s not drunk. He’s injured.

Schulte takes the job. It turns out that the man and his brother are same person. And, no, both of them aren’t disabled – neither of them is.

Anorak

Posted: 10th, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)

Muggers Attack Victim With Snake

THE Great British muggers are among the best muggers in the world. At the 2012 Olympics the British muggers will be out to prove that they can out-mug any of those so-called continental street villains with their ponsy scooters, floppy fringes and flick knives.

If you doubt it, then you should know that a gang have used a 4ft green python to attack a 14-year-old boy with a 4ft (1.2m) python, encouraging the reptile to bite the teenager’s arm.

Anorak

Posted: 9th, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Court Bans Man For Having Sex With His Wife

MICHAEL John Marriott, 58, of Burnie, Tasmania, has been found guilty of having sex with his own wife.

He has been banned from practising for six months by the Psychologists Registration Board of Tasmania, who frown upon such things.

But the case get better when we learn that the presiding judge at the Supreme Court in Hobart is Justice Alan Blow.

Anorak

Posted: 8th, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Dead Baby Breathes Again At Funeral

JOSE Alvarenga is shocked to find that his “dead” baby son had come back to life at the wake.

Jose Alvarenga’s son weight just 17.7 ounces when he was born prematurely in Asuncion, Paraguay.

On Thursday, the child was pronounced dead. His remains were placed in a box. Says Mr Alvarenga of the box handed to him:

“I opened it to look at his remains and found that the baby was breathing. I began to cry.”

Anorak

Posted: 8th, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Cat Caught Downloading Child Porn

AT Martin County Sheriff’s office, Keith R. Griffin, 48, says his cat has been downloading child pornography on his computer.

No, not the cat’s computer. To compound the insult, the cat has been using Griffin’s PC.

Griffin says he leaves his computer on and the cat jumps on the keyboard.

Cats. Never trust a cat.

Anorak

Posted: 7th, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (5)

Sole Black Man On Madrid ID Parade Convicted

TO Madrid, where Henry Osagiede Nigerian is being convicted of assault, having been fingered by the alleged victim in an ID parade.

The alleged assailant was black. And, as luck would have it, Osagiede was the only black man in the police line up.

Henry Osagiede is looking at 10 years choky prison. He has been found guilty of attacking a woman and sexually assaulting another in 2005. The ID parade was a key part of his conviction.

Anorak

Posted: 6th, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)

Germans Wheel Sleeping Friend And Settee Onto Train

GERLE Kittler fell asleep on a sofa during at a friend’s party.

“I always sleep like a baby so I didn’t notice anything until the cops shook me awake and demanded my ID. I thought I was in the middle of a bad movie,” said Gerle, who wok up four miles away on station platform in Germany.

His friends had wheeled the sleeping Kittler a mile to the train station, bought a ticket for him and a bike ticket for the settee and waved him a fond adieu.

Anorak

Posted: 5th, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)

Attacker Wore T-shirt With His Name And Birth Date On

THAT’S Dean Bailey kicking and stamping on man. We know it’s him because Dean Bailey is wearing a T-shirt with his name and date of birth written on it.

It was Bailey’s 21st birthday on September 7 and he wore his T-shirt with pride. He had made it. He had the key to the door. But, not, as it turns out, not after 7pm.

The court hears that Bailey did kick and stamp on mechanic John Scuthern outside Costa coffee, in Nottingham’s Friar Lane.

Judge Michael Stokes QC, Recorder of Nottingham, offers:

“You got involved with someone and kicked him on the ground and caused a nasty injury to his face. You would have gone to prison for nine to 12 months.

The judge said that because of the delay and Bailey’s previous good character and guilty plea, he would impose a 40-week sentence, suspended for a year.”

Bailey, who admitted wounding, will be subject to a two-month curfew and tagging and  pay Mr Scuthern £300 compensation.

Anorak

Posted: 3rd, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment

42 British Women Try To Break World Bikini Record, In Pictures

IN Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 42 women are trying to break the world record for the number of women being photographed wearing bikinis in one place.

The current record is held by Russian women – 1,923 of them. Not all of them were lap dancers or gangsters molls sporting bikinis beneath thin black leather trench coats. A couple were actually on their way to the municipal baths. One had no other clothes.

Anorak

Posted: 2nd, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)

Tattoo With Real Silicon Breast Implants

PICTURES here of a man having actual silicon implants added to his tattoo of a pneumatic woman up the ante for tattoo enthusiasts, Jordan fans, tribute acts and any other man keen to won huge pair of breasts.

Tattoos as tributes, tattoos on the face and tattoos as adverts have all been tried. But as yet no-one has implanted a voice box into their tattoo and enabled it to speak, or added some animatronics to enable that naked woman to actually dry hump that anchor.

Also look out for those zig-zaggy green tattoos favoured by backpackers and men who wear sandal in cities to shimmer like waving grass.

Or how about tattoos that rotate and advertise a product to suit the mood?

There are a myriad ways to announce to the world that you are desperately in search of an identity.

Much yet to try…

Note: The same effect can be experinced at numerous Russian clinics where all manner of matter can be left stiched into the human body, for a fee.

Gallery:

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Posted: 2nd, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)

Demolished Building Rolls Away In Turkey: Video

TO Turkey, where the demolition of a building in Cankiri, central Turkey, did not go to plan when the 25-metre high former flour factory rolled over onto its roof.

Spotter: June

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Posted: 1st, August 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)

Olympic Swimmers Wear Germany’s Dissolving Swimsuit

TO the waters, and into a bikini that dissolves in water. It being the last word in Olympic swimming technology.

The Austrian Times, where bikini attire is always the done thing, says:

The saucy thong swimsuit – sold as the perfect present for dumped boyfriends – looks like a real bikini but disappears completely after just a few seconds in water.

Anorak

Posted: 31st, July 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Man Convicted For Hitting Paedophile Seen Seducing His Child

IN Blenheim, New Zealand, a father is convicted and fined $1000 for assaulting a 23-year-old man who wanted to have sex with his 13-year-old daughter.

Defence lawyer Michael Hardy Jones tells the Blenheim District Court that the father, 43, first took the mater to the police: “They said they were not able to assist at that stage.”

Anorak

Posted: 29th, July 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)

Chinese Rabbit Addicted To Far Eastenders

RABBITS. Grrrr. A pet rabbit in China loves South Korean soap operas so much she attacks her owners if they change the channel.

The couple admit they treat the pet rabbit as their daughter. Every night the rabbit climbs between the couple to watch their favourite South Korean TV dramas. If one of them accidentally switches to another show, they say the rabbit becomes very angry, bites their pillow and attacks them.”

Anorak

Posted: 29th, July 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Stag Night Stripper Accused Of Accidentally Raping Best Man

STRIPPER Linda Maree Naggs, 40, argues that the rape of the best man at a Stage night party was an accident.

The alleged victim was naked and on his hands and knees – “with all his bits on show” – in the Melbourne suburb of Mornington when, allegedly, the stripper approached with a “statuesque” pink sex toy.

The Victorian County Court hears that the alleged victim agreed to take part in the routine but only if Naggs did not insert the phallus. But the toy did enter the alleged victim. He later showed Naggs blood he had wiped from his backside.

Anorak

Posted: 29th, July 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (6)

Woman Blames Drink-Driving Charge On Her Swine Flu

IN Wellington, New Zealand, Deborah Karen Graham, 48, says swine flu made her more susceptible to the affects of alcohol and her drink driving charged should be quashed.

To Queenstown District Court yesterday, where the legal types are presented with evidence that Graham did provide a breathalyzer reading of 530mcg, 130mcg over the legal limit. She confessed to having drunk three glasses of wine.

Anorak

Posted: 28th, July 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Jan Kraus Falls Down A Hole On Stage

CZECH actor Jan Kraus is presenting an award for the best stage dive ever:

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Posted: 28th, July 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Firefighter Shoots Man For Riding Bike On Busy Road

CHARLES Diez, an Asheville, North Carolina firefighter, was so concerned that a cyclist was riding along a busy road with his child that he shot him.

Police says the victim was riding with his wife and had his 3-year-old son in a child seat attached to his bicycle when a driver approached.

Anorak

Posted: 27th, July 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)

Wisconsin Road Sign Spells Every Name Wrong

THE sign to Business Highway 51, aka Buisness 51, in Rothschild (Rothschield) and Schofield (Schofeild), Wisconsin, spells the word “exit” correctly.

Anorak

Posted: 27th, July 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)

Old Woman Badly Injured In Hit And Walk Incident

IN a hit and walk incident, a 90-year-old woman walking along the street is seriously injured by a man in his 70s operating a mobility scooter.

To High Street, Sandown, Isle of Wight. A police spokesman explains:

“It’s alleged she was involved in a collision with a mobility scooter driven by a man aged in his 70s.

“The woman, from Essex, was taken to hospital to be treated for serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.

“The man on the scooter was described as an elderly man with white hair, in his 70s, and we are looking for him.”

Anorak

Posted: 23rd, July 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (5)

A New Guinness World Record For The Tallest Tower Of Poppadoms

TO NOTTIGNHAM’S Curry Lounge, where proprietor Arfan Razak and staff and endeavouring to set a new Guinness World Record for the tallest tower of poppadoms, currently held by builder Peter ‘Five Bellies’ of the Raj Poot Curry Club, Basildon.

On their way to the record-braking 151 cm tower, the lads came very close to also achieving the World Record for the Most Specious Experiment, a record the BBC is making its own by seeing which of Graham Norton and John Barrowman it can give the most work to.

Pictures- prepare to be amazed…

Anorak

Posted: 22nd, July 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)

Swedish Flasher Fagerholm Victim Of Willy’s

MATS Fagerholm, a 35-year-old Swedish flasher, is a victim of nominative determinism.

Fagerholm tells police:

“It’s bad enough with all the cucumbers and other vegetables on display, but then when I see the store’s name I just can’t help myself. It’s not my fault.”

Fagerholm was arrested outside a Willy’s store in Orebro, southern Sweden.

Anorak

Posted: 22nd, July 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment