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Weird, offbeat and bizarre news from around the world. Funny, strange & odd news stories that make you wince, laugh and fear for humanity.

Italian Co-Workers Get Toilet Sex Cramp

sex-crampTO Bergamo, Italy, where Salvatore Mazzi, 37, and Angelina Marcelo, 26, are partaking of lunchtime delights in the toilet at the clothes shop where they both work.

When Marcelo succumbed to cramp and found herself locked around the naked Mazzi.

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


Naked Soul Wins Miss Saudi Arabia Beauty Contest

miss-beautiful-moralsTO Saudi Arabia, where Sukaina al-Zayer is the epitome of feminine beauty. Draped in black robes and veil, Miss al-Zayer is “Miss Beautiful Morals“.

Mock as you will, but compare Miss al-Zayer with Carrie Prejean, the inflated blonde mo-del asked to explain her views on gay marriage and then brutally mocked and attacked before being championed by holier-than-thou religious fundamentalists. How’s that for freedom?

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Posted: 7th, May 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)


Woman Finds GOD In DOG Salami

god-salamiIN South Florida, Nancy Simoes is frying salami. She notices that letters are forming in the three discs of meat, beak, hoof, muzzle and innards.

The letters spell out… G…D…O… Simoes has found DOG, a hint to her salami’s roots? No. She sees GOD.

Says she:

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Posted: 7th, May 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)


World’s Most Bizarre Name: Shit Fun Chew

shit-fun-chewSHIT FUN Chew has the world’s most bizarre name.

Shit Fun Chew is the co-author of Ornithine-urea cycle and urea synthesis in African lungfishesm, as produced by the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore.

His work features in the Journal of Experimental Zoology.

We wonder if Mr Shit Fun Chew has a name that lends itself to zoology, and if Mr Fun Chew is the product of nominative determinalism?

Or just unlucky?

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Posted: 6th, May 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)


Connie Culp: Face Transplant Pictures And Video

HEALTH-ASIA-MEDICINE-SURGERY-TRANSPLANCONNIE Culp, 46, was shot by her husband in 2004. She was left without a nose, a palate or lower eyelids.

She has now undergone surgery to give her a new face –  a face left by a donor.

This is what cosmetic surgery can achieve.

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Posted: 6th, May 2009 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (8)


X-Ray Of Concrete Enema Poured Up Man’s Anus

x-ray-concrete-anusCONTINUING Anorak’s look at X-Rays and things on the inside that should remain on the outside, we bring you news of the man who poured a concrete emema up his anus – and left it to set:

This article describes an unusual rectal foreign body resulting from homosexual anal erotic activities. The patient had used an enema containing a concrete mix which became impacted and required surgical removal. The use, abuse, and complications of enemas are reviewed.

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Posted: 5th, May 2009 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (6)


Pensioner In Dirty Window Show

cleaning-window-1THE CULL on the pensioners will begin.

But how to entice them onto the windowledge?

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Posted: 5th, May 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment


CUM: Christian Bookshop Sells Hope Of Porn

CUM: Christian Bookshops And Porn – a holy alliance in South Africa…

cum-bookshop

Posted: 4th, May 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment


Teen Alex Granted Permission To Remove Her Breasts

katie-price-boobs1ALEX, a 17-year-old Australian girl, has been given permission by the Family Court in Melbourne to have her breasts surgically removed to more closely resemble a boy.

Alex suffers from “gender identity dysphoria” – she believes she is a he.

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


Prison Guard Uses Stun Gun On Children

taser-mumWALTER Schmidt, a prison guard at Franklin Correctional Institution, Florida, is showing a touring party of his colleagues’ children what his working day involves.

It’s Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day’, and Schmidt pulls out his Taser and zaps the kidzzzzz with a 50,000-volt stun gun.

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Posted: 4th, May 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Dad Has Seizure: Daughter Arrested For Calling Police

911IN America – land of free speech – a man has a seizure. His daughter, Adrainne Ledesma dials 911 in Lincoln Park: “Get me a “f***** ambulance!”. The officer, Sgt Robert McFarland hangs up.

She tries to get help three times. But the officer is more interested in etiquette and language than he is in doing his job.

Adrainne is then cuffed and cited for disorderly conduct and “abusing 911” – a charge that does not exist. Enjoy this video of the officer running from the media:

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Posted: 4th, May 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Striding Banned In China

no-stridingIN China: No striding!

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


Old People Killed And Bodies Sold For Cremation

rest-home-fireIN “ELDERLY ‘KILLED AND BODIES SOLD FOR CREMATION SWAP’” Express readers learn:

GANGS are thought to be kidnapping and murdering elderly people, then selling the corpses for cremation to superstitious families who do not want their own dead loved ones incinerated.

Grandma is dead. Long live grandma! The problem could be finding an old dear who looks just like grandma and who won’t be missed. The UK pension system could benefit from this two-for-one deal. We trust any new ID cards will help nurses match the dead to the should-be dead. Better yet, if the barely moving target is fat or has smoked.

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


YouTube Helps Man Deliver Baby

MARC Stephens’ wife Jo is in labour three weeks early.

Says Mr Stephens:

“I didn’t even have time to panic. She started complaining of pain around 10.30pm. I went on Google and watched a couple of clips on YouTube.”

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Posted: 2nd, May 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Man Banned From Touching Men’s Muscles

purple-akiMEET Akinwale Arobieke, of Toxteth, Liverpool – known locally as “Purple Aki” – has, allegedly, broken a court ruling preventing him from approaching men and touching their muscles.

In 2003 he was jailed for harassment.

And since then Purple Aki has been barred from touching under-18s muscles asking them to squat, under the terms of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.

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


Amsterdam Opens First Gay Theme Park

gay-treeA PARK near Amsterdam now has information signs pointing out spots where “officials say gay men are known to have sex”.

No, it’s not a zoo – it’s “so no visitors are taken by surprise”. Oooer!

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Posted: 29th, April 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (8)


Man Beheads Granddaughter For Good Harvest

beheads-granddaughterIN India, a grandfather has beheaded his 10-year-old granddaughter in the belief that sowing seeds mixed with her blood would yield a bumper crop.

And, of course, there is one less mouth to feed. It’s win-win.

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Posted: 28th, April 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)


Serbian Union Leader Cuts Off And Eats Own Finger

eat-the-poorTO Belgrade, Serbia, where Zoran Bulatovic, a Serbian union official, is highlighting his comrades struggle for food and wages by chopping off his finger and eating it.

Says Bulatovic:

“We, the workers, have nothing to eat. We had to seek some sort of alternative food and I gave them an example.”

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


Woman Born With A Vagina In Her Foot: Pictures

HEREUNDER is a picture of a foot with a vagina in it. It’s NSFW.

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Posted: 28th, April 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (10)


Aussie Mates Mug Man For Video Of Them Robbing House, Post On YouTube

mate-attackTO Australia , where a man has filmed two Aussie teens breaking into a house and if to the police station, when…

A man who filmed two teenagers on his phone after they allegedly robbed a house was attacked by the pair before they stole his mobile and posted the footage on the internet.

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Posted: 25th, April 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)


The Obituary Marketing Column: Chuck P. Dimmick

DIMMICK, Chuck P. –  an obituary, and marketing campaign.

Dimmick, Chuck P…

born December 29, 1958 in Riverside, CA passed away suddenly on April 18, 2009 while attending a NASCAR race to watch his favorite driver, Jeff Gordon. Chuck was the loving husband of Kristen and devoted father of Dillon. Chuck was the Director of Marketing for the Lund Cadillac Group. We are sure he would still want all to know that 0.9% financing is still available on all New 2008 Hummer H2’s.

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Posted: 25th, April 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


The Most Bizarre X-Ray Pictures

YOU know those X-Rays of people who have been impaled on something hideous, or have had something unusual growing in them?

Well, here are the most memorable:

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Posted: 25th, April 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (2)


Cop Impaled On Sword: Video

THIS video is of a cop being impaled on a sword. It’s CCTV footage from the 1980s.

If you enjoyed that, you’ll love this:

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Posted: 25th, April 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Mum Has Boob Job To Look Like Older Looking Daughter: Video

janet-and-janeJANET Cunliffe has spent £12,000 on surgical enhancements to look like her daughter Jane.

Janet is Jane to a “T”; or, rather, without the “T”.

Janet is 50. Daughter Jane is 29. Jane should be Jayne with a “Why”.

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Posted: 24th, April 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)


Man Dressed As A Horse Wins Greyhound Race: Video

horse-race-greyhoundTO the Central Park Stadium in Sittingbourne, Kent, where a man dressed as a horse is entered the greyhound race:

A spokesman for the stadium says: “We had someone getting on to the track and the police have been given the information.

“He was on a stag do, although most of the rest of his group had already left, and had a horse’s head on. I think he must have been a bit worse for wear. It’s dangerous for the dogs and those who have come in to help.”

And with no odds offerend, possibly unfair…

Video:

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Posted: 24th, April 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment