Crimes Against Acting

‘ANYONE who has ever watched EastEnders knows that if justice prevailed, Shane Richie and Jessie Wallace would be arrested for crimes against acting and jailed for a long time.

Sadly, this has yet to pass, but we have heard that soap stars in Croatia have not been so lucky.

The cast members of the Croatian soap opera Villa Maria were filming scenes in the northern village of Pregrada when police swooped.

The scene demanded that actors drive around in unmarked cars – and the police were not having that. So they arrested the entire cast and crew.

Said Croatian actress Ksenija Pajic: ‘The officers did not want to accept our documents and the explanation that we were filming a small part of the soap opera.’

The cast were released hours later when an officer recognised Pajic.’

Posted: 27th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

A Live Wire

‘GURU Sadhu Mangal Das, known to his acolytes as ‘Current Baba’, is a man who likes his kicks. To date, the 54-year-old guru from Bahorisar in Uttar Pradesh, India, has tried drinking poisons and allowing himself to be bitten by toxic snakes and scorpions in a bid to get that killer rush.

But then came a stroke of luck. Sometime ago, our hero happened to brush against a live wire and received an electric shock. He liked it. And now he deliberately touches a live wire to his person at least three times a day.

Dr Amit Chaturvedi of the Lalitpur Civil Hospital says: ‘The human body can absorb currents up to 12 volts. In this case however, repeated exposure to electricity seems to have built up his body’s tolerance levels to as much as 16 volts.”

Posted: 26th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Sunita’s Headache

‘SUNITA’S discovered that she may be dying from a brain haemorrhage, but death may be preferable to being stalked by mad Maya for the rest of her life.

‘Drink this, my dear’

Maya had managed to convince herself that Dev had taken Sunita to hospital for a termination after getting her pregnant. The woman is so deranged it’s a surprise she’s not the one with some sort of brain disease.

Maya stole Sunita’s house keys and got a set cut for herself so she could snoop around her flat. Upon discovering a pregnancy testing kit, Maya became convinced that her Dev had given Sunita an extra special staff bonus.

She waited until she saw Dev going up into Sunita’s flat and then burst in on them like an avenging fury. Once Dev had managed to peel Maya off Sunita, he calmly explained that he had his arm around Sunita because she’d just discovered she might have a fatal brain tumour.

“So you might die then?” said Maya, visibly brightening. “Maybe,” Sunita quietly replied. Maya has now decided to become Sunita’s best friend in her hour of need, bringing her flasks of green tea into the shop.

“Drink this, my dear,” she purred, sounding exactly like the wicked stepmother from Snow White.

Sally Webster is running a close second in the Weatherfield Mad Women 10 furlongs this week. She’s taken Rosie out of Weatherfield High without consulting her daughter or her husband.

She has also burnt her bridges by calling Rosie’s form teacher – “an incompetent buffoon” – and further incensed her husband by cancelling the Streets Cars garage contract. “I’m sick of yer meddling,” Kev shouted at her, before storming off to The Rovers.

Sally is about as subtle as Liz McDonald’s underwear drawer, however, so it’s unlikely she’s going to take the hint and will continue to bulldoze her poor family until they rise up as one and bludgeon her to death.

New boy Jamie Baldwin joined the Street this week. Jamie is laughably being touted as the street’s new sex symbol: unfortunately he looks like a podgy member of Busted.

Jamie appeared on dad Danny’s doorstep with a sheepish grin on his face and a tale of “owing some people money” and “needin’ to lay low for a while.”

Jamie is quickly establishing his Cheeky Chirpy Cockney persona by calling Blanche “gorgeous” and mercilessly flirting with all the factory girls.

Jamie’s stepmother, Frankie, is less than pleased to see Jamie though. “He’s my stepson actually,” she told Vera in the caff. “Do I look old enough to be his mother?” “Yes, love,” chirped up Blanche, “you do.”

Jamie’s visit to Weatherfield was cut short, however, when he was arrested the next day. Not for crimes against the East London accent but for allegedly beating up his stepmother’s former lover, Vinnie (still with me?).

“I never did it, dad!” Jamie cried, while being dragged away in handcuffs. And on the face of it, it’s hard to see Jamie battling with anything tougher than the wrapping on his next Ginsters pasty…and even then he’d probably need help from his dad.’

Posted: 23rd, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Snake’s Tale

‘WE’RE used to all kinds of sights on the beaches of the Mediterranean, some good, some bad and some plain scary.

So, when we hear that a 30-year-old Italian man caused a bit of a stir when he got his snake out on the beach, we hardly bat an eyelid.

Except this wasn’t his trousersnake, it was a pet python – and our hero managed to clear the whole of the Laigueglia beach near Savona when he got the reptile out of his bag.

Police were called, but apparently could neither arrest nor even fine the man because he had a licence to keep exotic animals.’

Posted: 23rd, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Heat Of Passion

‘A LOVELORN German teenager burned down his house in an attempt to impress his girlfriend.

An unusual mating ritual perhaps, but all the 18-year-old was trying to do was lay out hundreds of candles in the shape of a heart containing the words, “You set my heart on fire”.

Heart, house – well, it’s almost the same.

The heat from the candles apparently got so intense that the molten wax spread onto the floor where it ignited.

It took firefighters an hour to get the resultant blaze under control, by which time some £33,000 of damage had been done to the property.

‘My girlfriend didn’t even see the message, all I have left of it is a photograph – and she was not in the mood to look at that when she realised what had happened,’ our pyrotechnic Romeo complained.’

Posted: 22nd, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Two To Tango

‘WHAT do you want to do on your holiday? Learn to tango? Of course. Have breast implants? Certainly. Learn to tango and have breast implants. Why not?

Just contact US travel firm Plenitas Health and Leisure, which offers package holidays to Argentina that provide exactly that.

Manager Roberto Gawianski explained: ‘The most popular package is one that combines a breast silicone implant with private tango lessons for a week.

‘But we have many others like one that combines an angioplasty or a bypass surgery with a skiing trip to Bariloche.’

All holidays cover the cost of medical bills – for a range of treatment from cosmetic work, through dental or optical care, right up to heart bypass surgery – and a translator.

What’s the Spanish for Jordan?’

Posted: 21st, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Jailhouse Frock

‘STEPHAN Bohle, the man behind the ‘Made in Jail’ clothing range, is planning to bring the idea to Britain.

The German businessman, who came up with the idea after spotting a newspaper advert for clothing made by convicts, is in talks with UK prison officials about a similar line of products being made here.

‘I realised at once there was great marketing potential in prison wear, but even I had no idea what a success story it would be,” he said.

‘Prison authorities wanted to sell their shirts but did not want to advertise where they were made – and that was their problem.

‘But this weakness has now become the great strength of our clothing – all of which is modelled on the items the prisoners are allowed to wear in the jail themselves.’

Mr Bohle hopes the clothes would be sold in High Street shops and says inmates would be paid 15 euros-a-day (about £10.50).’

Posted: 20th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

A Loose Canon

‘WHEN the Reverend Dewi James decided to fire a few blanks into the air to scare away some pigeons, he didn’t realise quite the effect he would have.

Not only did he scare the pigeons, but he scared his neighbours as well – and before long his house was surrounded by seven armed police and a helicopter.

The former vicar of St Mary’s Church said he had used his revolver to scare away the birds – and dismissed the whole incident as “amusing”.

‘I laughed in their faces and said ‘Come on boys – if you damage those trees, then you can pay for them,” he said.

‘I was worried about my windows, because bullets would have passed through me and smashed them. Really, I ought not to pay my council tax because it goes towards their uniforms and their guns.’

Police confiscated Rev James’s gun.’

Posted: 19th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Flames Of Passion

‘WHO says Germans are a humourless bunch? Not anyone who’s read the news of how an 18-year-old German came unstuck when he tried to impress his girlfriend.

Having got his lover back to his house, the young cove wanted to show her how he’d lit hundred of candles in her honour. They even spelt out a message in the shape of a heart.

And the message? “You set my heart on fire.”

It was a grand gesture that she will remember until her dotage, especially since the candles created a heat so intense the candle wax that had dripped onto the floor of the house caught light. The house then caught fire. The house burnt down.

The young man told police: ‘My girlfriend didn’t even see the message, all I have left of it is a photograph – and she was not in the mood to look at that when she realised what had happened.”

Posted: 16th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

The Ex Factor

‘NICK left Weatherfield for the third time this week, this time to try his luck in Nottingham (presumably Canadian immigration control has cracked down on imports of foreign timber).

‘Tastes like mutton with a lamb dressing’

Maria has realised that she has to let him get on with his life without her – which is more than his mother, Gail has. “She’s been on the phone to him fer two hours a night,” hissed Sarah Lou to her grandmother.

At 17 years old, Sarah Lou is displaying more maturity than her mother by deciding to get on with her own life and put useless men behind her. Sarah’s decided that she wants to be a hairdresser – which is handy as her grandmother owns a salon.

“I just don’t think I’m being challenged enough at the caff,” she told Audrey, which considering she works with both Roy and Vera, is remarkable.

Vera also has a new job – Frankie, has taken her on as a cleaner/driver/PA/ dogsbody. “Someone in my position needs staff,” she told a bemused Danny. The truth is that Frankie’s lonely and likes to have people to boss about. After Danny banned her from coming into the factory after almost starting a riot when she insisted the girls wore hairnets, she’s been at a loose end.

All that’s set to change though with the arrivals of both her eldest son and her ex lover – who for some unfathomable reason, is determined to win her back. You’d have thought Danny would be glad to see the back of the shrieking mockney fishwife, but apparently not.

More ex factor worries on the street as Mad Maya is convinced that Sunita is trying to woo Dev back. Sunita is having tests, for a possible brain haemorrhage (shouldn’t they ascertain she has a brain in the first place though?) and Dev, as employer and former boyfriend, has promised to help her through it.

To someone as loony as Maya though, this is the equivalent of Dev inviting Sunita to share their bed.

To ensure that Dev stays with her, Maya has booked and paid for their Caribbean wedding – without bothering to mention it to Dev. Dev hasn’t taken the news terribly well, going as far raising both eyebrows at the same time to show how annoyed he really was.

Another ex causing a sensation on the Street is Cilla. Like a dog (in so many ways) with a bone, Cilla is determined not let Les go. She’s pulling out all the stops (and lowering her tops) to try and win him back.

She’s tried the upfront (“I’m happy to share yer, Janice need never know”), to the desperate (“I can’t move on Les – I love ya!”). She’s now trying to tug on his heartstrings. “I just want to see my son but I’ve got nowhere to take him,” she whined “I’m kippin’ on me mate’s floor.”

Or in other words, she’s yet to find another bloke mug enough to take both her and Chesney in.

Les, like the fool’s fool that he is, has agreed that Cilla can come into the house to see her son – providing that she doesn’t tell Janice. “It’s not my fault I’m such a target for women,” a smug Les told Kirk over a can of Co-op Special Brew.

Les is going to find out what it’s actually like to be a target soon though, when Janice comes after him with a big bread knife. Let’s hope the ginger Casanova is a fast runner.’

Posted: 16th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Apple Of His Eye

‘NIKOLAY Kozlov from Yekaterinburg in Russia is not an unfair chap. When he was jilted by his girlfriend he only wanted back what he believed was rightfully his.

And that included all the gifts he’d even given her – like the box of Swiss chocolates, some nuts, three kilos of bananas and a bright, shiny red apple.

This girl was spoilt silly.

But despite the fruit, she left him, and that annoyed Nikolay who wanted his gifts back. But she claims to have eaten them. So he’s taking her to court.

He says: ‘If I don’t win in Yekaterinburg I’ll go the Supreme Court and if need be even the European Court for Human Rights,’ says he.’

Posted: 15th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

The Shy Moose

‘KENWOOD is a shy moose. When keepers at Emmen Zoo, Holland, took delivery of him from a zoo in Toronto they wanted him to have a good time so they put him in a cage with the alluring moose Winya.

But things did not work out. Winya bullied him. ‘She’s a real bitch,’ said biologist Agaath Kooi. ‘She ran after Kenwood and kicked and bit him wherever she could. And although Kenwood is much bigger than her, he let it all happen.’

So Kenwood was moved into an enclosure with a different moose called Icmu in a bid to give him more self-confidence and some assertiveness training. And it worked. Says Kooi: ‘When Winya ran to him to give him a kick, he immediately kicked her back. Ever since Kenwood has gained respect from her.”

Posted: 14th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Music For Lovers

‘WHEN the final tree is felled to make way for more concrete, what will you say you did to save the planet?

Norwegian couple Tommy Hol Ellingsen, 28, and his girlfriend Leona Johansson, 21, are doing something – they are having sex for Mother Nature.

Ellingsen and Johansson are members of a group called F*** for Forest, which is dedicated to having sex in public to save the environment.

But they might have gone too far when in the middle of a concert by Kristopher Schau and the Cumshots, at the Quart music festival in Norway, they mounted the stage – and each other. (During this performance Ellingsen asked the audience: ‘How far are you willing to go to save the world?’ All the way?)

Police fined the couple £850 each but they are refusing to pay and now face a full court case.

‘I can not see that this helps the work for the rainforest,’ said Lars Løvold, head of the Rainforest Foundation Norway.’

Posted: 13th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Aussie Rules

‘PRISON lies at the very heart of Australian society – it was, after all, the means by which so many of them reached that Ozone-free land.

But prisoners at Port Augusta prison were unhappy with life behind bars. So when the authorities decided against replacing a faulty security system – which would have cost £30,000 – the inmates acted.

News is that some prisoners at the jail have been popping out to see their friends, go to parties and generally have a good time.

And there was little danger of detection since only one guard was assigned to cover the prisoners’ cottages and was often called away for several hours each night.

Correctional Services chief executive officer Peter Severin was unhappy when he found out what had been going on.

‘I make no excuses for it because it is not good enough that people walk away,” he said, ”but in an open security environment you manage in an environment of trust.”

Posted: 12th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Butter Crime

‘LENDING a tub of butter to a neighbour is a serious offence, so we should not be surprised that Tennessee state trooper Angelinette Crawford lost her temper with her 19-year-old brother Jaison Bilbrew when he did just that.

But she probably didn’t need to shoot him.

Angelinette was so angry with Jaison for his butter-lending crime that she told him it was time he moved out of the Antioch apartment where he had been living with Crawford and her young son.

‘Their verbal argument turned into a shoving match at the top of the stairs,’ police said.

She then went to her bedroom and got her service weapon, a Glock semi-automatic pistol, and the argument continued with inevitable results.

Angelinette shot her brother in the leg – which at least will teach him never to lend her butter out again.’

Posted: 9th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

A Woman Scorned

‘THEY say that Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and, if that woman happens to be a Battersby, then Hell will seem like a day out at Alton Towers.

The Alf Roberts Memorial Fountain

Leanne has decided to get revenge on Nick and Maria for the way they treated both her and her sister Toyah. Plotting the downfall of Nick and Maria is hardly a serious challenge – the pair present about as much of an intellectual challenge as a basket full of kittens.

Leanne invited the couple to her birthday dinner, which turned out to consist of her, Tyrone and Jason. “Oh look!” shouted out Leanne, “all the blokes round the table have slept with Maria! What a coincidence!” Indeed.

When Maria went to the bathroom, Leanne’s plan became evident. “Who’s got a kiss for the birthday girl?” she asked, offering her cheek to Tyrone first. “Come on Nick,” she whispered, “for old time’s sake.”

Begrudgingly Nick went to kiss her on the cheek and she turned round to give him a big snog, of which she just happened to take a picture on her new camera phone.

Leanne then texted Maria the picture, along with the message, “Look who’s been sleeping in my bed.” And of course, this being Soap Land, Maria chose to believe the word of a bitter ex-wife whom she’s never met before than that of her fiancé.

Nick has been offered a job in Nottingham and he’s decided to take it – I didn’t realise that they auditioned for panto so early on in the year.

Elsewhere on the street, Sunita has finally done what she’s wanted to for months and fallen into Dev’s arms. Unfortunately it was as she crashed to the floor and passed out.

Sunita has been complaining of “headaches” and “dizzy spells” and regular soap-watchers will know that this means a tumour at the very least.

Dev is set to realise that it’s Sunita he really loves as she lies there in a coma – well a woman in a coma is probably preferable to mad Maya. Sunita and Dev had better invest in stab-proof vests though.

Forget girl power, pension power is what’s galvanising the residents of Weatherfield. Blanche, Norris, Betty and Rita are up in arms about the fact that the council are to spend forty thousand pounds building a fountain in memory of Alf Roberts.

Older viewers will remember Alf as the down-trodden husband of Audrey and mayor of the borough. Audrey is obviously delighted that “’er Alfie” is to become immortalised, while other residents are complaining about the waste of public money.

Blanche decided to organise a protest. “Wot yer gonna do? Chain yerselves naked to the railings?” joked Kirk, prompting sixteen million viewers to spontaneously vomit. In the end, their protest consisted of Blanche shouting a bit and Betty “having a turn.”

Audrey took it all in her stride, however. After all, no water feature commemorating a famous dead person goes by without some criticism.’

Posted: 9th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

It’s Life, Jim

‘A CHINESE Star Trek fan has stunned plastic surgeons by telling them he wanted pointy ears like Mr Spock.

The young man told them he was bored with the shape of his ears and wanted to make them a ‘more interesting’ shape.

The doctors in Nanjing apparently tried to talk the man out of the idea but he was adamant and the operation – thought to be the first of its kind – went ahead.

Unsurprisingly, no-one has yet asked surgeons to make them look more like Captain Kirk.’

Posted: 8th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Rifling The Drawers

‘WHEN Theresa Hall returned home to her apartment, she knew something was wrong.

The living room and kitchen were trashed and, when she went to investigate further, she came face to face with the burglar…passed out in the laundry room wearing her clothes.

The University of South Florida student immediately barricaded the room and called the police who arrived and led away the intruder.

‘He had gotten into all kinds of food in my refrigerator,” she explained, “drank half my liquor, made himself at home and pulled things out of my underwear drawer, and every box of stuff that I have, and went through everything I own.”

Posted: 7th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Titian Chips

‘WHEN Norwegian art dealer Reidar Osen saw a portrait of a woman 23 years ago, he thought he’d buy it because he liked the frame.

Now he has been told the picture itself could be a copy of the famous Flora portrait by Renaissance master Titian and worth a staggering £35 million.

Mr Osen said he was shocked when a visiting American art dealer noticed the painting and offered him millions for it – he’d always considered the painting pleasant, but ‘worthless’.

However, first tests on the painting have shown that it is about 400 years old and Mr Osen is hoping it turns out to be a duplicate of the famous painting created in Titian’s workshop in the early 16th Century.’

Posted: 6th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Khan Do

‘LONDON restaurant chain Shish is promising free meals to anyone descended from Mongol leader Genghis Khan, even offering customers a DNA test to prove the link.

The company has teamed up with DNA-based research company Oxford Ancestors for the unusual promotion, which marks Mongolia’s decision to allow citizens to have surnames for the first time since they were banned by the communists in the 1920s.

This week, diners at the Shish restaurant venues in London’s Hoxton and Willesden Green will have the opportunity to have their DNA sent off for analysis.

Results take about two months, but the chances of a match are quite high – it is estimated that 17 million people worldwide, including the British Royal Family, Iranian Royalty, and the family of Dracula, are direct descendents of Genghis Khan.’

Posted: 5th, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

The Kiev Diet

‘FEW gastronomic orgies feature treats from the Ukraine. In fact, none do. But things are set to change because the people of that land have hit upon a dish that is certain to go down well in Scotland and anywhere else where deep-fried fat is passed off as food.

Tsarske Selo restaurant in Kiev has begun serving chocolate-covered pork fat. Roman Novitski, the restaurant’s manager, says: ‘Our head chef likes to experiment so now we have this new creation.’

But Dr Svettana Fus of the Ukrainian Medical Research Centre is not happy. ‘It’s the worst combination you could have. I think that people should steer clear of the Ukrainian Snickers,’ says he.’

Posted: 2nd, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Danny’s Boy…Or Girl

‘SUNITA’S one-night stand with underwear boss Danny looks set to have repercussions for a lot longer than a night.

Sunita says it with flowers: ‘Push off, you little weed’

Danny’s wife Frankie has been suspicious of Sunita from her first day on the Street when she found Sunita outside Danny’s front door with two pizzas. Now Frankie’s been told Sunita’s pregnant.

“Pizza I can just about stomach, but a bun in the oven’s a different matter,” snarled Frankie to her terrified husband. Sunita had confided in best friend Shelly that she “was late”. “It’s not just pizzas I deliver,” she sobbed to Shelly. “It’s unwanted babies.”

Unfortunately for Sunita, fog-horn Liz McDonald happened to overhear and rushed back to the bar to gossip (one of the many things Liz likes to spread). Frankie happened to be in the bar and went home to confront her errant husband.

“I swear I never touched her,” pleaded Danny, showing that truth-telling (but not height obviously) runs in the Baldwin DNA. Shelly persuaded Sunita to do a pregnancy test and, surprisingly for a soap, we weren’t kept waiting episodes on end to find out the result.

“I’m not pregnant,” Sunita told Shelly – information she’s decided to keep from would-have-been father Danny. He burst into the shop demanding that Sunita have a termination. “Don’t you worry ‘bout the money, love. Just keep it quiet from the missus.”

Sunita’s decided to make Danny pay – and in ways that are more expensive than money.

Another wronged woman on the warpath is Sarah Lou – she’s just discovered that Katy, Martin, Gail and 17 million viewers knew about Todd and Karl before she did.

“I’ll never forgive yer!” Sarah Lou screamed at Katy – whose hair seems to be styled by House of KFC these days: all feathery bits covered in grease.

Katy was surprised at how badly Sarah Lou took the news. “I was only protectin’ her,” she whined at Martin, who finally seems to have woken up to the fact that he was dating a schoolgirl.

Other Street mad women this week include: Sally, who’s determined to turn Kevin into the new Richard Branson, Maya – who just needs a slap, and Cilla.

Cilla, isn’t a lady who understands the word “no” – indeed she’s probably never uttered the word in her life. She airily returned to Weatherfield expecting to pick up with Les as if nothing had happened.

Upon discovering that Les had been reunited with Janice in her absence, Cilla decided simply to stay put in the house. “I’m not going anywhere,” she said as Les and Janice had to forcibly remove her from the house by lifting her out into the street in a chair. “I’ve got me Chesney to think of.”

Cilla’s not done yet, however – next week she and Les get caught in the sort of position Hugh Grant knows only too well. And we’re not talking about starring in third rate Brit-flicks.’

Posted: 2nd, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

No Sweat

‘EL Paso, Texas. It’s lent its name to a range of Tex-Mex ready meals. And it has now topped even that. Officially, El Paso is now the sweatiest place in the entire US of A. Science says so.

Researchers discovered that El Paso residents produce enough sweat in four hours to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Whether this fact as based on actually wringing the locals out in a pool or a guess is not revealed, but we do know one thing for sure – the mayor is not as sweaty as he once was.

In honour of his city’s achievements, he’s been given a year’s supply of antiperspirant.’

Posted: 1st, July 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Pumped Up Charge

‘TRUTH, justice and the American way. Just writing those words makes us well up; reading them must be an equally emotional experience.

But what do those words truly mean? What is the American way of justice?

Well, thanks to people like Donald Thompson, 57, we are that small step closer to knowing.

Thompson, who presides at Creek County Court, Oklahoma, has been seen by witnesses unknown operating a mechanical penis pump while presiding over a case.

Witnesses claim to have heard a “whooshing” noise and noticed the device moving between the robed judge’s legs.

The district attorney wants the judge sacked for “moral turpitude”. The judge just says it was a “gag gift” from a pal.’

Posted: 30th, June 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment

Langue of Love

‘A TYPICAL American’s knowledge of France and the French is minimal. France is full of frogs, cheese eaters, surrendering monkeys and treachery. And French comes before toast, fries and kissing.

Not that every American should try French kissing, much though they clearly love trying French toast and fries. It can go wrong.

Indeed, one American woman even managed to bite off part of her boyfriend’s tongue during a bout of such Frenchness. “I guess I bit down too hard,” said the 43-yer-old from Minnesota. Police were called, and a search failed to locate the tongue.

Reports suggest a piece in excess of an inch long is missing.’

Posted: 29th, June 2004 | In: Strange But True | Comment