Oddly Enough

Portland rolls out world's longest lobster roll

A world record attempt to create the world's largest lobster roll has suprised organisers as the giant sandwich turned out to be more than a foot longer than they planned.

Former Firefighter Gets 6-Month Probation for Taking Severed Foot From Crash Scene

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A former St. Lucie County firefighter who admitted taking a man's severed foot from an Interstate 95 crash scene last year has been sentenced to six months probation.


China's first sex theme park closes before it opens

Tania Branigan The Guardian 19.05.2009
A sculpture of a giant pair of legs wearing a red thong is dismantled by workers at Love Land, China's first sexually explicit theme park, in Chongqing. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

China's first sex theme park has fallen to the wrecker's ball before it even opened, after officials deemed it an "evil" influence.

Critics question the competency of a celibate monk to write about sex

A Polish Catholic priest has published a book which provides married couples with a theological and practical guide to spicing up their sex lives.


Rotten office fridge cleanup sends 7 to hospital

SAN JOSE, Calif. – An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill. Firefighters had to evacuate the AT&T building in downtown San Jose on Tue...

Karta the orang-utan escaped her zoo enclosure before changing her mind

An orang-utan made a brazen bid to escape an Australian zoo by using a branch to short-circuit an electric fence.


Kenyan man sues over sex boycott

Bangkok Post 09.05.2009
Kenyan man sues over sex boycott

A Kenyan man is seeking damages for anguish sustained during a week-long sex ban called by women's groups in a bid to force political leaders to put their rivalry aside to work for the common good.

World's oldest dog celebrates 21st birthday with cake

Alastair Jamieson Telegraph 07.05.2009
World's oldest dog celebrates 21st birthday with cake

The animal, which is the equivalent age of 147 in human years, cannot walk far and has cataracts that mean she must wear special doggy glasses.


Woman accused of taking 500 pounds of gold from job

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Call her the modern day Goldfinger. A New York woman was charged Wednesday with stealing as much as $12 million in gold bullion and jewelry over a period of six years, lifting the ill-gotten booty from her employer by conceali...

Woman accused of taking 500 pounds of gold from job

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Call her the modern day Goldfinger. A New York woman was charged Wednesday with stealing as much as $12 million in gold bullion and jewelry over a period of six years, lifting the ill-gotten booty from her employer by conceali...


Finally - a live-sign found in Windsor Castle!!!

JAMIE PYATT, BEN ASHFORD and EMILY SMITH The Sun 02.05.2009
ou're a text machine ... royal rompers Joy Taylor and Phil Carden

THESE are the brazen bonkers who had sex on the Queen’s front lawn at Windsor Castle. Posh blonde Joy Taylor, 35, and balding romeo Phil Carden, 30, are both high-flyers in business. The pair were seen laughing on the steps of Joy’s West London flat.

Rat has become the food of choice amongst poor Cambodians

THE price of rat meat has quadrupled in Cambodia as the credit crunch continues to take a stranglehold on the country’s economy.


Domino's Pizza workers charged by police after they filmed revolting video of themselves abusing takeaway food

Two Domino's Pizza staff are facing criminal charges after posting an appalling video on the internet that is enough to put the average consumer off fast food for life.

Singer machines were reported to be changing hands for exorbitant prices

Saudi police say they are investigating a hoax that has seen people rushing to buy old-fashioned sewing machines for up to $50,000 (£33,500).


Shocked Russian surgeons open up man who thought he had a tumour... to find a FIR TREE inside his lung

Shocked Russian surgeons claim they found a five-centimetre fir tree growing inside a man's lung as they operated on him for suspected cancer.

Don't be fooled - he's after your underpants!

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- These days, a North Idaho neighborhood lives under the threat of a sneaky midnight burglar notorious for airing neighbors' dirty laundry. The suspect: Jack, a 1-year-old feline who can't keep his paws off of anything, espec...


Dead mayor re-elected by US town

Voters in a small town in the US state of Missouri have re-elected their popular mayor to a fourth term, several weeks after he died of a heart attack.

Irate Woman Dials 911 Over Lack of Shrimp in Fried Rice

A woman called 911 recently from Dallas-area restaurant merely to complain that she did not receive the extra shrimp she had ordered -- and she may get away with the "emergency" call without facing punishment, KDFW-TV reported on Tuesday.


Gertrude Baines poses as she celebrates her 115th birthday Monday, April 6, 2009, at the Western Convalescent Hospital in Los Angeles. Guinness World Records on Monday presented Baines with a certificate naming her the oldest living person. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world's oldest known living person celebrated her 115th birthday Monday. Gertrude Baines was honored at Western Convalescent Hospital with music, a letter from the president, and two cakes.

Breach of Contract?

Paid to do it, but fails to make his friend's wife pregnant after 72 attempts



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