Strange But True Category
Weird, offbeat and bizarre news from around the world. Funny, strange & odd news stories that make you wince, laugh and fear for humanity.
Skiing Briton Rob Williams Dies On Twitter
ROB Williams has died on a skiing holiday, and will be written about as the man who died on Twitter.
Rob Williams was in Verbier, along with his business partner, Jason Tavaria, and Michelle Dewberry, who made her name on Alan Sugar’s The Apprentice.
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Posted: 4th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Mounties Taser To Death Man Armed With An Open Stapler
THE Mounties always get their man. And here is RCMP Constable Kwesi Millington dealing with Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski in Vancouver airport. The man is armed with a stapler. An open stapler.
Constable Millington is one of four attending Mounties. He is the only one with a taser. He draws and fires.
He fires once. He fires four more times over a total of 31 seconds. Officers restrain and handcuff Mr. Dziekanski.
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Posted: 3rd, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (5)
The World’s Best Ever Film Stunt
IS this the world’s best ever film stunt?
Posted: 2nd, March 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
Golfer Hits Other Player In Row Over Manners
TO the environs of the golf course, where the Cape Cod Times reports that a 50-year-old man leaving a petrol station hold the door open for a 38-year-old man.
The younger man decliens to say “thank you”.
The older man offer a sarcastic “thank you.”
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Posted: 2nd, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
The Pink Albino Dolphin Of Louisiana
THE pink albino dophin of Lake Calcasieu, Louisiana.
Posted: 2nd, March 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment (1)
Wanted: Forklift Operator For Seattle Whorehouse
IN Seattle the girls are big.. Big!… Big!!! A forklift truck driver is needed to shift the whores:
FORKLIFT OPERATOR, whorehouse near Port of Tacoma is currently hiring FT forklift operators. Order picking & racking a plus, 1st & 2nd shift, req’s 1 yr exp, may work wkends & OT, must be bondable & able to life 75 lbs…
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Posted: 2nd, March 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment (1)
Sexpo Pole Dancer Sues For Broken Nose
A POLE dancer at Brisbane’s Sexpo claims she slipped and broke her nose in an erotic routine.
New Zealander Lisa Lewis is a self-titled “international star, exotic dancer and soft porn star”.
You may have seen her work, notably at the Brisbane Convention Centre and Sexpo Revue Lounge for the performing arts. Says she:
“I have video footage of a performance where their pole was dodgy and they insisted I use it on my second show (which) resulted in me breaking my nose. I started pole dancing 10 years ago at aged 17 and have never injured myself like this.”
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Posted: 2nd, March 2009 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comments (7)
This Way To Bang Sue
“THIS Way To Bang Sue,” says the sign.
People called Sue always live up to their names.
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Posted: 1st, March 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (2)
Wolverine Inflatable Fail
THE inflatable fail.
Pass the pump.
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Posted: 1st, March 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (3)
Robbery Suspect Tries To Join Police Force
IN Chulu Vista, California, Romeo Montillano is looking to join the force.
Romeo Montillano is known to police… as thge man suspected of robbing a California store.
Can he pass the entrance exam?
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Posted: 1st, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Porn Movie Rapist Attacked By Man With Sword
LIFE mirroring Curb Your Enthusiams – a man watching a porn film getshis home broken into by a neighbour with a sword looking for a rape victim.
Posted: 1st, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
The Laws Of Gaming: Call Of Duty: World At War And The Geneva Convention
EVAN Spencer wants to play “Call of Duty: World at War” on his games machine.
Dad Hugh Spencer replies:
“I’ve never really enjoyed first-person shooter games. They’re just not my favourite aesthetic.”
Even Spencer is in trouble. Evan Spencer has a dad who says, “They’re just not my favourite aesthetic.”
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Posted: 28th, February 2009 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment (1)
Thieves Throw Stray Cat Into Mosque Causing Stampede
ROBBERS sparked mayhem outside a Somaliland mosque power when a power cut struck.
They threw a stray cat into the crowd. The result: a stampede.
They were then free to rob the worshippers.
Had a stray cat been thrown into Church of England hall, worshippers would have been glad of the company, and help with the singing.
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Posted: 28th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
The Secrets Of Belly Button Fluff Discovered: Bluff Science
FOR years Dr Georg Steinhauser, of the Vienna University of Technology, has toiled at the coalface of science and now he can tell the world about a body hair that traps stray pieces of lint and pulls them into the navel.
Dr Steinhauser has studied 503 pieces of fluff from his own belly button.
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Posted: 28th, February 2009 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True | Comment (1)
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
TAKE me to Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg…
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Posted: 28th, February 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (3)
Traffic Warden Tickets Dead Body Seven Times
THE ticket warden in Gainesville, Florida, approaches. Legs outstretched. Knees locked. Boots on pavement.
He seesThe owner will be sorry. Ha. The owner will be very sorry. The owner is dead in the back seat.
In defence, the windows were tinted. And the corpse, a John Waldo, 42, was in the back. the 2001 BMW 330i. He issues a ticket. He returns again. Again. Again. In all he issues even tickets.
Police detective Bennie Smith said Waldo was seated face-forward on the passenger side of the back seat, was fully clothed and had the car’s ignition key in his possession when he was found.
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Posted: 27th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
Question of the day: Would Jesus spank a child?
QUESTION of the day: Would Jesus spank a child?
If Jesus were married and had children, I think he would have spanked the children.
His own?
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Posted: 27th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (22)
Greens Bring Us Reusable Second-Hand Toilet Paper
YOU know the green movement has reached its apogee when… it sells you reusable toilet paper.
Yes, now you can buy second, third and fourth hand toilet paper:
For some people, making the switch to cloth toilet wipes is a huge leap, that’s true. But it doesn’t need to be!
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Posted: 27th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (5)
Picture Of The Day: A Naked Dog Face
PET lovers, this one is for you… The naked dog face.
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Posted: 27th, February 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (7)
14-Year-Old Israel Becomes World’s Youngest Divorcee
IN Israel, a 14-year-old Israeli girl has got a divorce from her 17-year-old husband. She is the country’s youngest divorcee. Is he the world’s youngest divorcee?
While she gets her hair blonded and chest enlarged, and he moves in with his mum, we read on:
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Posted: 26th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Hero Moffett Who Pushed Women Out Of Truck Path Fined For Jaywalking
THAT’S 58-year-old Jim Moffett. The hero.
That’s him with the bleeding in the brain, broken bones, dislocated shoulder and a possible ruptured spleen.
That’s him who pushed three pople out of teh way of an onrushing bus in Denver.
That’s him getting a ticket for jaywalking.
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Posted: 26th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)
The 10 Most Bizarre Names In The World: To Helen Back With Jo King
DICKENS was right – people do get the name that describes them best. Old Mr Anorak’s old war valet Helmut Hertz joins us in looking at the most bizarrer – most Dickensian – names bestowed on babies in recent times.
Charlotte Rampling – “It sounds like something she does.”
Names can also reflect the times, and while it is unlikely there will be flurry of Gordons any decade soon, Barack is sure to figure on birth cerficates. And then there are the likes of The Beckhams, who give their children theme names.
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Posted: 26th, February 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (38)
Chinese Toy Slide Recalled After Child Sliced In Two
TOY shops recall this Chinese Slide.
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Posted: 25th, February 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (10)
The Kinky Elephant’s Booty Call
THE Kinky elephant’s booty call…
So this is evolution.
Posted: 24th, February 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
Man Drowns Holding Breath
TO CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, where a 23-year-old man is showing friends that he can hold his breath underwater for ages.
Just ages.
He hasn’t breathed yet.
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Posted: 24th, February 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment
