Top 5 Toilets with a View from 'A Loo with a View'

I realized very quickly once I started reading Five best ... loos with a view (The Guardian, November 29) that views here matter more than creature comforts except maybe for the underwater loo at Akashi, Japan...Not sure if that one matches a Japanese creation that I saw in...

Bumper Mistletoe Crop = Lots of Christmas Kissing suggests The Guardian

Despite all the gloomy financial news, Jo Riley found reasons to be cheerful in the coming holiday season with a reported Bumper Mistletoe Crop. The writer asked Jonathan Briggs, who runs Mistletoe Matters in Gloucestershire for a reason behind the abundance. He is not quite...

World’s Shortest Man Gets In Record Books

"After waiting a year to be officially recognised, He Pingping has finally been accepted into the Guinness Book Of World Records as the World’s Shortest Man standing at just 73 centimetres tall."

Wounded angels spark panic!

A Chinese artist provoked a public scare when he hung naked mannequins from the outside of skyscrapers.Shanghai artist Liu Jin put up four mannequins and put wings on their backs for the work, entitled Wounded...

God In My Basement

 By Malcolm McColl 2009You're not telling me anything because I'm too stupid to listen, and too young, and you're too old, and I'm too young, and we don't speak the same language.In the beginning God lived in my...

Attempted Robbery Defendant used Finger Instead of a gun

"A South Daytona teen was arrested for an unusual attempted robbery that happened Sunday night. Armed with only a pistol-shaped fist, the man demanded that the clerk of a convenience store near Daytona Beach hand...

Fark to TM 'NSFW'...WTF?

Good luck, Fark. It's going to be pretty difficult to enforce authorized use of your proprietary webspeak, even if you're granted a trademark on an admittedly dubious "phrase". Might have to call in the Acronym...

DAMIRworld at a Native Indian pow wow powwow.

Where do I start and where do I end. I guess thats the point about a pow wow. There is no beginning and there is also no end. A spiritual journey never has either. Language as we know it, has no expression,...

British dwarf's penis gets stuck to hoover

You just can't make this stuff up:"EDINBURGH (AFP) - A dwarf performer at the Edinburgh fringe festival had to be rushed to hospital after his penis got stuck to a vacuum cleaner during an act that went horribly awry. Daniel Blackner, or "Captain Dan the Demon Dwarf", was...

Tiny Chihuahua saves 1-year-old from rattlesnake

"Zoey is a Chihuahua, but when a rattlesnake lunged at her owners' 1-year-old grandson, she was a real bulldog. Booker West was splashing his hands in a birdbath in his grandparents' northern Colorado back...

What words are most often frontpaged on digg?

Interesting analyze on what words are most often frontpaged on the most popular social network on today's web. Digg it

Nessie sighted in Escondido, CA

While returning home from a day at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, I spied the elusive 'Nessie' emerging from a parking lot. For those of you who've doubted Nessie's existence, I offer conclusive proof :D It was...

Chicago Bears Fan Loses Superbowl Bet, Changes Name to Colts QB Peyton Manning

When you make a bet, you better make sure you can live with it if you lose. Well, this guy really messed up and had to change his name to his football rivals quarterback's name - legally! http://www.monkeytypesthebible.com/2007/02/bears-fan-loses-superbowl-bet-change.html

Off-Beat: The Beetles: The Invasion Tour

"No. I’m not talking about George, Ringo, John and Paul. I’m talking about those pesky little boxelder bugs that have invaded the front of our home."

Off-Beat: Experts try to help deer with head stuck in plastic pumpkin

"CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A plastic jack-o'-lantern meant for collecting Halloween candy is threatening the life of a small, immature deer that calls a gated community home.  The fake pumpkin has been stuck on the animal's snout for at least several days. It...

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