Care for a date?
September 9th 2009 01:05
Good morning, would you like a date?
Okay, good, here it is: today is the ninth of the ninth of the ninth.
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Good morning, would you like a date?
Okay, good, here it is: today is the ninth of the ninth of the ninth.
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Jacko nominated for Nobel Prize
August 11th 2009 05:22
A petition seeking to award the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Michael Jackson — yes, that one — has been signed by more than 15,000 people.
The petition was started by an American college student. The text praises the singer for his commitment to humanitarian causes.
"We the undersigned, believe Michael Jackson has given of himself completely and selflessly in a lifelong effort to help better global conditions for children, and all of humankind," the petition said. "Michael Jackson has undoubtedly earned the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.''
The organisers say they are aiming for one million signatures.
If you think the goal of the petition misguided, the claims of the petition disputable and the organisers of the petition a beat short of three-four time, you would have a case. For starters, Nobel Peace Prize rules state that only parliamentarians, professors, previous laureates and members of certain international institutes are allowed to nominate candidates. Secondly, winners are not allowed to be dead.
Anyway, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize already has 205 accepted nominees, including Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy, both of whom take what might be termed a mainstream view of paedophilia and prescription drug abuse.
My suggestion is that everyone forget trying to earn a Nobel Prize for Michael Jackson and instead try to get one for Elvis Presley. He's still alive. I saw him in a McDonald's last week. Really, I did.
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Plough girls
July 27th 2009 07:59
No way I would ask my daughter to do this, but then I'm not a farmer in India experiencing drought. Still, it seems a bit extreme.
The monsoons are desperately late in the state of Bihar — India's 12th largest state by size and third largest by population — and the farmers have turned to trusted, ancient, weird measures.
Step 1: They ask their daughters to take off all their clothes.
Step 2: They ask their daughters to plough the fields.
Only unmarried daughters take part, and the ploughing takes place after dark, accompanied by the chanting of ancient hymns. The belief is that the weather gods will be embarrassed into sending the rains.
According to one village official, "This is the most trusted social custom in the area and the villagers have vowed to continue this practice until it rains very heavily."
India has this year suffered its worst monsoon delays for 80 years. But I'm not sending my daughter to help.
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Addressing the blues
April 13th 2009 23:37
I like architects. I like wacky, you see, and architects provide some of the best wackiness around.
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Wheely dumb
February 26th 2009 10:00
In a daring attempt to pinch the 2009 Supreme Stupidity Award, a car thief in Adelaide, South Australia, managed yesterday to lock himself in a car he was trying to steal.
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Best nest
February 23rd 2009 19:37
Black-billed magpie
In what may be a first in the bird world, two magpies have constructed a nest using metal sticks.
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Pocket science
February 23rd 2009 01:51
The newest member of the Association of Bungling Burglars is a Chinese man who appeared in court at the weekend on a charge of stealing cable wiring from a construction site.
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Posted By: Chris Champion - Category: Odd Spot
Record breaker
February 15th 2009 07:03
Lee Redmond and her record finger nails
Breaking a nail shouldn't break your heart, but in Lee Redmond's case it came close.
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Museum splitting pairs
February 11th 2009 06:42
Some things are harder to spin than others. Take, for example, the Museum of Broken Relationships, a travelling exhibit that features the objects people leave behind after splitting up.
The museum, it was reported this week, is a collection started by a pair of Croatian exes who wanted to honour their dead relationship[ Click here to read more ]
The museum, it was reported this week, is a collection started by a pair of Croatian exes who wanted to honour their dead relationship
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Chocolate for lovers
February 5th 2009 02:53
Hanna Frederick knows how to make chocolate with a difference.
The qualified food scientist also knows how to make headlines. She does that by creating such delicacies as beer-flavoured and deer velvet-flavoured chocolate[ Click here to read more ]
The qualified food scientist also knows how to make headlines. She does that by creating such delicacies as beer-flavoured and deer velvet-flavoured chocolate
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Saved by toilet poetry
January 30th 2009 22:31
The correct way to read Japanese toilet poetry
The Japanese have a long history of wacky conventions (WC) when it comes to toilet issues, but their latest effort to save toilet tissues may be the wackiest of all.
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Don't ring me, I'll ring the plumber
January 25th 2009 07:12
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Sexpert needed
December 2nd 2008 04:38
Much of the news in northern Japan recently has been concerned with the poor record of local officials in the area of polar bear sexing.
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Shrek's hard luck story
November 26th 2008 22:42
Warning: do no read this post if you are offended by references to parrots or feather hats or sleeping women named Jackie.
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