22 December, 2006

Baby put through airport X-ray

Baby put through airport X-ray

December 21, 2006 - 9:48AM

A woman mistakenly put her one-month-old grandson through an X-ray machine at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.

A startled security worker noticed the shape of a child on the carry-on baggage screening monitor and immediately pulled him out, the Los Angeles Times reported for a story in Wednesday's editions.

The infant was taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined he did not receive a dangerous dose of radiation.

"This was an innocent mistake by an obviously inexperienced traveller," said Paul Haney, deputy executive director of airports and security for the city's airport agency.

The incident happened early on Saturday, airport officials said.

Haney said in 1988, an infant in a car seat went through an X-ray machine at the Los Angeles airport.

AP

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07 December, 2006

Flatulent passenger grounds US flight

Thursday, The 7th of December 2006. 9:00am (AEDT)

It may be one problem US airline security officials never envisioned - a passenger lighting matches in flight to mask odours from her flatulence.

The woman's actions resulted in an emergency landing in Nashville of an American Airlines flight bound for Dallas from Washington DC, a spokeswoman for Nashville's airport, Lynne Lowrance, says.

Other passengers reported the odour of burnt matches, but the woman was not forthcoming when asked about it, Ms Lowrance says.

"Of course, she was scared and embarrassed but all the passengers had to disembark, all the luggage had to be searched, a canine team was brought in, and about three hours were consumed in sorting out the situation," she said.

The woman was not allowed back on the flight and barred from flying on American Airlines, Ms Lowrance says.

"Since there was no malice involved and the incident was accidental, she was not charged with anything," she said.

Passengers are permitted four books of paper safety matches on a plane but cannot light them during flight, Ms Lowrance says.

"I've had calls from people all over the country about this and I don't have the answer to this problem," she said.

- Reuters


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06 December, 2006

US mother had her 12-year-old son arrested for playing with his Christmas present early

Fed-up mum gets hyperactive son arrested

December 6, 2006 - 2:08PM

A fed-up US mother had her 12-year-old son arrested for allegedly rummaging through his grandmother's things and playing with his Christmas present early.

The mother in Columbia, South Carolina, called police on Sunday after learning her son had disobeyed orders and repeatedly taken a Game Boy hand-held video game player from its hiding place at his grandmother's house next door and played it.

He was arrested on petty larceny charges, taken to the local police station in handcuffs and held until his mother picked him up after church.

"It was only to teach my son a lesson. He's been going through life doing things ... and getting away with it," said the boy's mother, Brandi Ervin.

Police did not release the boy's name.

The mother said her son had been diagnosed in the past year with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but that his medicine does not seem to help.

She said he faces an expulsion hearing at his school tomorrow.

Rock Hill Police Capt. Mark Bollinger said the boy took a swing at a police officer assigned to the school last month. He has been suspended from school since then.

The boy's case will be presented to Department of Juvenile Justice officials in York County, who will decide what happens to him, Bollinger said.

His mother hopes he can attend a program that will finally scare him straight.

"It's not even about the Christmas present," she said. "I only want positive things out of it."

AP

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01 November, 2006

Bad Goofy gets it

Bad Goofy gets it

October 16, 2006 - 11:03AM

The Walt Disney Co said it has taken "appropriate action" against employees at its Paris theme park who were caught simulating sex while dressed as Disney characters in a digital video that has received wide attention on the internet.

Disney would not say whether it had dismissed any of the costumed employees featured in the grainy video, which appears to have been shot with a hidden camera at a backstage dressing room at Disneyland Resort Paris.

"The behaviour shown on the video is unacceptable and inexcusable," Disney said in a statement.

"The video was taken in the backstage area not accessible to guests. Appropriate action has been taken to deal with the cast members involved."

The video shows Minnie Mouse struggling to free herself as she is grabbed from behind by Goofy and then a giant snowman.

Reuters

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28 October, 2006

Navigation system directs driver into sand pile

Navigation system directs driver into sand pile

Tuesday, The 10th of October 2006. 8:08pm (AEST)

An 80-year-old German motorist obediently following his navigation system has ignored a motorway "closed for construction" sign and crashed his Mercedes into a pile of sand further down the road.

"The driver was following the orders from his navigation system and even though there was a sufficient number of warnings and barricades, he continued his journey into the construction site," a police spokeswoman said.

"His trip finally ended when he wound up crashing into a pile of sand."

The driver and his wife escaped uninjured from the collision, which occurred on a motorway near Hamburg.

- Reuters


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27 October, 2006

Jelly triggers German security alert

Tuesday, the 10th of October 2006. 9:49am (AEST)

A small pile of leftover jelly discarded beside the road after a wedding party caused a large-scale security alert in Germany with biochemical experts, firemen and police called in to investigate.

"Passers-by called police after finding a pool of a flabby red, orange and green substance on the roadside," a police spokesman in the eastern town of Halle said.

Fears of toxic waste led to the closure of a wide area after the emergency call on Sunday, and experts wearing chemical warfare suits spent two hours examining the gelatinous substance before deciding that it was jelly.

"The fire brigade always has to assume a worst-case scenario," a spokesman said.

"We conducted a variety of tests and figured out it was jelly."

He says the newly-wed groom, who was pulled out of bed at noon following a tip-off, confirmed that the jelly, known as Jell-O in the United States, was a party leftover and agreed to clean it up.

- Reuters


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28 September, 2006

Man blames lack of goats for speeding

From correspondents in Ottawa

The 7th of September 2006 12:00
Article from: Agence France-Presse


A SWISS driver blamed Canada's lack of goats as possible roadside obstacles for his speeding through the countryside after police nabbed him, an official said.

The driver was caught travelling 161km/h on Canada's busiest highway between Montreal and Toronto on Sunday.

The posted speed limit is 100km/h.

�An officer stopped the car for speeding along a straight stretch of road and the driver told him he thought it would be alright to go fast because he wasn't likely to hit a goat,� said Constable Joel Doiron.

�I've never been to Switzerland, but I guess there must be a lot of goats there,� he said.

Const. Doiron noted that in his 20 years as a police officer, �nobody's ever used the lack of goats here as an excuse for speeding�.

Police issued the man a $C360 ($430) fine.


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He may be a cutout, but he can still keep the kids in line

Brian Macquarrie in Boston
The 1st of September 2006


MEMBERS of the Maine National Guard in Afghanistan and Iraq have never been far from the thoughts of their loved ones - but now they're even closer, thanks to the "flat daddy" and the "flat mummy".

Life-size cutouts of deployed US service members are given by the Maine National Guard to spouses, children, and relatives at home to ride in cars, sit at the dinner table and even go to church. "I prop him up in a chair, or sometimes put him on the couch and cover him up with a blanket," said Kay Judkins, whose husband, Jim, is a minesweeper mechanic in Afghanistan.

"The cat will curl up on the blanket, and it looks kind of weird. I've tricked several people by that. They think he's home again."

At the request of relatives, about 200 photos of guard members have been enlarged and printed at the guard headquarters. The families cut out the photos, which show the guard members from the waist up, and glue them to a piece of board.

"It's a novel approach," said John Goheen, of the National Guard Association.

"It's to remind the kids that this guy and this woman is still part of your life, that this is what they look like, and this is how big they are."

Mrs Judkins said the cutout has been a comfort since her husband was deployed in January.

"He goes everywhere with me. Every day he comes to work with me," said Mrs Judkins, who works in a dentist's office.

"I just bought a new table , and he sits at the head of the table."

The Boston Globe


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26 September, 2006

Peacock tries to pull chicks at petrol pumps

Sunday, the 18th of June 2006. 7:04am (AEST)

Mr P, a proud peacock fuelled with passion, is spending 18 hours a day strutting his stuff at a petrol station trying to turn on one of the pumps, British newspapers say.

The randy animal puts on a dazzling display of mating prowess at a service station in Brierly in south-west England for three months a year, in the vain hope of getting some high-octane action with the pumps.

But after three years of petrol station prowling, the bird-brained romeo's antics have been brought to the attention of the local authorities - who are now plotting to capture Mr P and put an end to his preening there.

Ornithologists reckon he is attracted by the clicking sound of the pumps, which resemble the mating calls of a broody peahen, The Times says.

His owner Shirley Horsman says "in spring he gets his tail feathers and he gets frisky, then he goes looking for love".

"He gets very amorous and the clicking of the petrol pumps makes the same noise as a peahen crying, 'Come on, I'm ready!'. Every time he hears someone filling up, he thinks he's on to a good thing.

"It must be so hard for him listening to these pumps giving him the come-on all day long but with no way of relieving that pent-up frustration."

His two brothers are similarly dimwitted when it comes to love.

One appears to have a crush on a cat while the other has been spotted attempting to mate with a garden light.

- AFP


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British art gallery displays slate as art

British art gallery displays slate as art

Thursday, the 15th of June, 2006. 11:00pm (AEST)

One of Britain's most prestigious art galleries put a block of slate on display, topped by a small piece of wood, in the mistaken belief it was a work of art.

The Royal Academy included the chunk of stone and the small bone-shaped wooden stick in its summer exhibition in London.

But the slate was actually a plinth and the stick was designed to prop up a sculpture.

The sculpture itself - of a human head - was nowhere to be seen.

"I think the things got separated in the selection process and the selectors presented the plinth as a complete sculpture," the work's artist David Hensel told BBC radio.

The academy explained the error by saying the plinth and the head were sent to the exhibitors separately.

"Given their separate submission, the two parts were judged independently," it said in a statement.

"The head was rejected, the base was thought to have merit and accepted.

"The head has been safely stored ready to be collected by the artist.

"It is accepted that works may not be displayed in the way that the artist might have intended."

-Reuters


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25 September, 2006

Beaten with dead chihuahua

The 9th of June 2006 - 10:35AM


A Missouri woman has been arrested for breaking into a dog breeder's home and beating her repeatedly over the head with a dead Chihuahua, local media reported.

She woman was upset because the puppy had died, police told the St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper.

The woman said a veterinarian had told her the puppy she'd bought was just four weeks old and needed to be returned to its mother.

It died before she had a chance to do so and the woman went to the breeder's home in St Peters, Missouri about 5.45am (local time) yesterday.

She pushed her way into the house and tried to get to the basement to get another puppy. But after some hair-pulling, the breeder managed to wrestle the woman out of her house.

When she got outside she started hitting the breeder on the head with the dead puppy, drawing the attention of a neighbour who called police.

The woman then went back to her car but waved the dead dog out of the car's sunroof while yelling threats at the breeder, who did not seek medical attention, police said.

The dog owner could face burglary and assault charges police said.

AFP


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Flatulence sets hospital on fire

The 14th of May 2006


A PATIENT'S flatulence has been blamed for bringing his hemorrhoid operation to a fiery end. The man suffered minor burns in a brief but dramatic operating theatre fire.

The patient was at the Southern Cross Hospital in Invercargill, New Zealand, to have hemorrhoids removed when the accident happened.

A hospital source said there was a sort of flash fire. The hospital confirmed a fire did occur, and has ordered an investigation.


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Mother arrested for sending teacher laxative cookies

 
The 10th of May 2006 - 4:47PM


A US mother was arrested for allegedly helping her daughter and her friends make biscuits laced with a laxative for a teacher who had given one of the girls low marks.

The prank went wrong though when the targeted teacher didn't eat any but shared them among the daughter's seventh and eighth grade classmates.

Four children fell ill.

The mother Julie Hunt, 43, later appeared before a court in the state of Maine handcuffed and in prison garb.

She pleaded not guilty to assault charges, the Morning Sentinel reported on its website today.

The court was told the biscuits had been left on the desk of the teacher, along with a note saying: "We made these cookies just for you, hope you enjoy them."

AAP


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Housewife complains of medium's 'sexorcisms'

The 3rd of May 2006 - 12:33PM


A Malaysian housewife says a bogus spiritual medium duped her into having sex with him 51 times as the only way to exorcise her evil spirits.

The 41-year old woman, who sought the man's help after he claimed to be able to heal her from her numerous ailments, was allegedly told that she had many evil spirits in her, the Star daily reported today.

The medium, who claims to be the reincarnation of a God, allegedly hypnotised her into having sex with him a total of 51 times over a period of six months.

The victim was also told to pay up to 50 ringgit ($A17) for each "exorcism" session.

The woman's husband eventually discovered the sexual exorcism encounters and lodged a report with a local complaints bureau.

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Naked man found wedged in chimney

Wednesday, the 26th of April 2006. 8:17am (AEST)

Police in California, who had thought they had a botched burglary on their hands, have instead found a naked man wedged in its chimney.

"He didn't have a stitch on," Lieutenant Gary Branson of the Hayward police department said.

Michael Urbano, 23, came home early Saturday morning and finding himself locked out and without his keys, tried to enter the single-story house through its chimney.

"He told us he took off his clothes because as he was going down the chimney - the clothes would rub up against it and slow him down," Lt Branson said.

"If it was skin on cement he felt he would go down easier."

Mr Urbano's effort ended disastrously when a cable television wire he used to lower himself snapped.

He fell and was wedged in a section of the chimney tapering into the home's fireplace.

For the next four hours he cried out for help.

A neighbour called police and firefighters who dislodged Mr Urbano.

Lt Branson says officers charged Mr Urbano for being under the influence of drugs.

- Reuters


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Fake doc arrested for door-to-door breast checks

The 21st of April 2006 - 10:41AM


A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free breast exams, and was charged with sexually assaulting two women who accepted the offer, say police.

One woman became suspicious after the man asked her to remove all her clothes and began conducting a purported genital exam without donning rubber gloves, investigators said.

The woman then phoned the Broward County Sheriff's Office and the suspect fled.

He was arrested at another woman's apartment in the same Lauderdale Lakes neighborhood on Wednesday, a sheriff's spokesman said.

The white-haired suspect, Philip Winikoff, carried a black bag and claimed to be visiting on behalf of a local hospital.

"He told the woman that he was in the neighborhood offering free breast exams," sheriff's spokesman Hugh Graf said in a statement.

Reuters


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Sandwich to cater for upper crust

Sunday, The 9th of , 2006. 10:18pm (AEST)

A new gourmet sandwich is to go on sale at an upmarket London store on Monday - but at a cost of 85 pounds ($A203), it could be too much to swallow for hungry shoppers.

The cheekily-named McDonald sandwich - after its creator Scott McDonald, the executive chef of department store Selfridges on Oxford Street - earns its whopping price tag because of the Wagyu beef that makes up most of the filling.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, which had a taste of the expensive delicacy, the 595-gram sandwich comprises 24-hour fermented sour dough bread, spread with a foie gras-flavoured mayonnaise.

It also contains Brie de Meaux, considered one of Europe's finest cheeses, English cherry tomatoes and rocket, plus roasted peppers.

"Utterly fantastic mixture of tastes," one of Britain's leading chefs, Giorgio Locatelli, told the newspaper through a mouthful of the sandwich.

"Tangy, sweet... a monster mouthful that would be a really sexy love food to share with a lover. The beef simply melts, it falls apart. I'm impressed."

The newspaper said five orders had been taken so far in advance of the sandwich going on sale.

- AFP


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23 September, 2006

Ding dong battle over dead dog's bark

The 24th of March 24, 2006


A Dutch council has for the second time levied a dog tax on a family for their barking doorbell.

The Bruintjes family have chosen a ring for their computer-controlled doorbell that mimics their dead German shepherd.

Council officials of the town of Oldenzaal near the German border came to the conclusion there was an unregistered dog in the house after ringing the bell while the family was out.

"Last year we had great difficulty convincing the inspector that we did not have a dog, and now we are back in the same situation again," Gerrit Bruintjes said.

He said his wife had returned home to find a warning in the letter box.

"She was able to catch up with the inspector at the end of the street, and after much to-ing and fro-ing was able finally to convince him," Bruintjes said.

The family have no intention of changing their doorbell.

"It is and will remain a memento of our dead dog," Bruintjes said.

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Indonesian city outlaws lengthy pashes

Friday, The 7th of April 2006. 4:38pm (AEST)

Unrelated people who kiss each other on the lips for longer than five minutes in public will be arrested in the Indonesian city of Tangerang, local media say.

The Government in Tangerang, near Jakarta, has defended the regulation as a practical guideline for its officers to follow up on tough and heavily-criticised anti-prostitution laws, passed last year.

"Please do not dramatise this," Tangerang public order spokesman Ahmad Lutfi said.

"We will not arrest people at will as we are not oppressors."

Mr Lutfi has declined to comment on whether officers will be armed with stopwatches, the Koran Tempo newspaper says.

It is unclear if the guideline refers to an uninterrupted five-minute kiss.

Kissing in public is generally frowned upon in Indonesia, especially in rural, predominantly Muslim areas, but giving a time limit for such behaviour is unheard of.

Around 85 per cent of Indonesia's 220 million people follow Islam, giving the sprawling archipelago the largest number of Muslims of any country.

Although most are moderates, there is a growing tendency toward showing Islamic identity and conservative attitudes.

That backdrop, along with the recent devolution of power to regional governments, has given several regions space to create tighter rules on morality.

- Reuters


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Quest for immortality ends as freezer gives up ghost

By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

The 18th of March , 2006


RAYMOND MARTINOT and his wife were the toast of the world cryonics movement. For years they were France's best preserved corpses, lying in a freezer in a chateau in the Loire Valley, in the hope that modern science could one day bring them back to life.

But the French couple's journey into the future ended prematurely when, 22 years after his mother's body was put into cold store, their son discovered the freezer unit had broken down and they had started to thaw.

The couple's bodies were removed from the faulty freezer and cremated this week. Under French law a corpse must be buried, cremated or formally donated to science. But the couple's son had vowed to go to the European Court of Human Rights to be allowed to keep his frozen parents in his cellar. If he failed, supporters in Colorado had offered to take them.

On Thursday Remy Martinot said he had no choice but to cremate his parents' bodies after the technical fault caused their temperatures to rise above the constant level required, -65 degrees.

Raymond Martinot, a doctor who once taught medicine in Paris, spent decades preparing for his demise in the belief that if he was frozen and preserved scientists would be able to bring him back to life by 2050. In the 1970s he bought a chateau near Samur in the Loire Valley and began preparing a freezer unit for himself.

But his wife, Monique Leroy, died first, in 1984, and was the first to enter the intricate stainless steel freezer unit in the chateau's vaulted cellars. She remained in the freezer for almost 20 years while Dr Martinot met his high refrigeration bills by admitting paying visitors to the cellar.

He said he opened the freezer to check it every five years. The freezer was rigged up to a generator with an alarm to alert Dr Martinot to changes in temperature or anyone opening it.

In 2002 Dr Martinot died of a stroke, aged 84, and his son followed his orders to inject him with the same anti-coagulants and store him alongside.

The Guardian

SMH 18-3-6

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/quest-for-immortality-ends-as-freezer-gives-up-ghost/2006/03/17/1142582522251.html


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Waiter, waiter, there's a penis in my hotpot

Friday, the 10th of March 2006. 8:05am (AEDT)

China's exotic food industry has a new addition, a restaurant that specialises in animal extremities.

China's increased wealth has brought a growing demand for exotic delicacies.

A new Beijing restaurant is serving up traditional hotpot with a difference.

Customers can choose from more than 30 kinds of penis - including yak, donkey, dog, ox or even seal.

Although a meal can cost more than $500, the restaurant still boasts a loyal clientele.

Eating penis is said to improve everything from male virility to skin tone.

The new delicacy joins old Chinese favourites such as frog, silkworm, scorpion, dog and snake.

ABC 10-3-6

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1588255.htm


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21 September, 2006

Wannabe rocker plunges from bed to death

February 22, 2006 - 3:54PM


A teenager got so carried away while bouncing up and down on his bed mimicking a rock star that he flew out of a third floor window to his death, a Singapore newspaper reports.

Li Xiao Meng, a 16-year-old from China who was studying at Singapore's Hua Business School, was a keen musician who liked to jump up and down while playing his guitar in his hostel room, The Straits Times said.

"But on November 17 he took things a bit too far," the newspaper said, reporting on a coroner's court findings.

Ruling death by misadventure, the court said evidence "points to the deceased unintentionally falling out of the window to his death when he was hyped up with exhilaration, jumping up and down on the bed placed against an open window while mimicking a rock guitarist".

Normally the windows were locked, the newspaper said, but students sometimes forced them open so they could smoke, something prohibited by the hostel.

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SMH 22-2-6

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Members only, but diners don't find it hard to swallow

By Richard Spencer in Beijing
February 18, 2006


THE menu at Beijing's latest venue for its growing army of gourmets is eye-watering rather than mouth-watering.

China's cuisine is renowned for being "in your face" - from the skinned dogs at food markets to scorpion kebabs in street stalls - and there is no polite way of describing Guolizhuang.

Situated in an elegantly restored house beside Beijing's West Lake, it is China's first speciality penis restaurant.

Here, businessmen and government officials can sample the organs of yaks, donkeys, oxen and even seals. In fact, they have to, since they form part of every dish - except for those containing testicles.

"This is my third visit," said one customer, Liu Qiang. "Of course, there are other restaurants that serve the bian [penis] of individual animals. But this is the first that brings them all together."

Since it set up in November, a booking comes with a trained waitress and a nutritionist to explain the menu and its medicinal virtues.

In China, you are what you eat. Nutritionist Zhu Yan said the clients were mainly men eager to improve their yang, or virility. Women could benefit, too, she added, although she told a female photographer: "I wouldn't recommend the testicles. The testosterone might interfere in fertility. But many women say bian is good for the skin."

Some dishes seem unexceptional, such as the goat penis, sliced, dipped in flour, fried, and served skewered with soy sauce.

But others are showpieces, such as "Head crowned with a Jade Bracelet" (provided by horses from the western Muslim region of Xinjiang), for $A47, or "Dragon in the Flame of Desire" (yak, steamed whole, fried and flambeed) for $82.

For beginners, Ms Zhu recommended the hotpot, which offers a sampling of six types of penis, and four of testicle, boiled in chicken stock by the waitress, 22-year-old Liu Yunyang.

The Russian dog was first. It was julienned, and rather gamey. The ox was the most recognisable, even though it had been diced. Its texture seemed identical to gristle.

The deer and the Mongolian goat were surprisingly similar: a little stringy, they had the appearance and feel of overcooked squid tentacles. The Xinjiang horse and the donkey looked like bacon, the horse was light and fatty, while the donkey had a firm colour and taste. The testicles were slightly crumbly, and tasted better with lashings of the sesame, soy and chilli dips thoughtfully provided.

Canadian seal penis costs a hefty $517 and requires ordering in advance.

Ms Liu confessed that the restaurant was an unusual place to work. This is partly because of her training - she has to recite tales proving the vigour of the animals in question as they are being eaten - and partly because of the interaction with the clientele. "I did find it embarrassing at first," she said. "And sometimes the customers take advantage of me by asking rude questions."

As for health benefits, Mr Liu, the most regular customer, was uncertain but hopeful. "I can't say I've noticed any difference yet," he said. "But it's a long-term thing."

Telegraph, London

SMH 18-2-6

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/members-only-but-diners-dont-find-it-hard-to-swallow/2006/02/17/1140151815948.html


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Sheep worrier 'not a sex offender'

Battle Creek, Michigan
February 15, 2006 - 1:48PM

A man who pleaded no contest to a sodomy charge involving a sheep says he should not be registered as a sex offender.

Jeffrey Haynes, 42, said the state registry is intended to keep track of people who have committed crimes against humans.

"The prosecutor is being real hard on me for what I did," Haynes said.

"But I should not be treated as a child molester."

Police said Haynes had sex with a sheep at a Bedford Township farm on January 26, 2005. The animal's owner caught him on the property and the sheep was found injured.

Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge Conrad Sindt told Haynes at his sentencing hearing on Monday that once he is released from prison, he must register with the Michigan State Police Public Sex Offender Registry.

Haynes was sentenced to two-and-a-half years to 20 years in prison. He entered the no contest plea in January. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes.

Tamara Towns, an assistant prosecutor for the county, argued Haynes should be ordered to register as a sex offender because once out of prison, he could prey on children or vulnerable adults.

Haynes said he is not a violent person and would not assault children.

A telephone call seeking comment was left on Tuesday at the Marshall office of defence lawyer John Sullivan.

Haynes was arrested in June after a DNA sample taken from the animal matched Haynes' genetic material.

Haynes has prior convictions for burglary, home invasion and uttering and publishing, and was on parole for burglary at the time of the sex crime.

- AP

The Age 15-2-6

http://theage.com.au/news/world/sheep-worrier-not-a-sex-offender/2006/02/15/1139890785543.html


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20 September, 2006

Aussie jocks set for 'revitalisation'

The 3rd of February 2006 - 3:04PM


An Australian underwear company has produced a range of men's jocks that release residue into the skin to make the wearer feel "revitalised".

It is even looking at plans to develop underwear containing Viagra residue.

AussieBum's Essence range contains micro-capsules within the fabric fibres of either Acerola (Vitamin C) or Ginseng which have energising, regenerating properties.

"Basically you can put a substance and a residue within a micro-fibre fabric and that fabric will release the substance over a period of time," said aussieBum founder Sean Ashby.

"This particular product is going to give the guy a sensation and experience and men are getting more and more into body image and feeling good."

And Viagra underwear isn't far away, Ashby said.

"Someone said it as a joke but that made us think," he said.

"Imagine Viagra. Are people going to be crushing the vitamins? Who knows? But the concept is there."

The micro-fibre fabric was developed by Italian company Jersey Lomellina while the treatment residue was made by international company Bayer.

The residue remained in the underwear for up to 15 washes, Ashby said.

Essence was launched less then a month ago and already, aussieBum has sold more than 25,000 pairs.

The design has attracted a lot of interest in the United States and Europe, featuring in print and television programs such as Good Morning America.

New York Post journalist Philip Recchia tried the underwear.

"Moments after I snapped them on, I felt a cooling sensation not unlike the one you'd get from Vicks VapoRub - but without the wet greasy feeling," Recchio wrote.

AussieBum is manufactured in Australia with the business run completely out of the company's headquarters in the Sydney suburb of Leichhardt.

The brand is sold in some of the biggest department stores in the world including Selfridges and KaDeWe and is distributed to more than 70 countries via internet sales.

In Australia, aussieBum is sold mostly over the internet with the exception of one store in Byron Bay.

© 2006 AAP

SMH 3-2-6

http://smh.com.au/news/National/Aussie-jocks-set-for-revitalisation/2006/02/03/1138836413280.html


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Scary hiccup cure's a killer

The 25th of January 2006 - 10:36AM


A Colombian man accidentally shot his nephew to death while trying to cure his hiccups by pointing a revolver at him to scare him, police in the Caribbean port city of Barranquilla said today.

After shooting 21-year-old university student David Galvan in the neck, his uncle, Rafael Vargas, 35, was so distraught he turned the gun on himself and committed suicide, police said.

The incident took place on Sunday night while the two were having drinks with neighbours.

Galvan started to hiccup and Vargas, who works as a security guard, said he would use the home remedy for hiccups of scaring him.

He pulled out his gun, pointed it at Galvan and it accidentally went off, witnesses told local television.

"They were drinking, but they were aware of what was going on," one witness said.

Reuters

SMH 26-1-6

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/scary-hiccup-cures-a-killer/2006/01/25/1138066827142.html


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Whale spew find may net $1m for family

Tuesday, the 24th of January 2006. 11:00am (AEDT)

A family on South Australia's west coast has discovered a rare specimen of whale vomit on the beach that is tipped to be worth over $1 million.

The specimen, known scientifically as ambergris, is sought after by perfume companies and worth about $US20 per gram.

The sample found on a beach near Streaky Bay weighs 14.75 kilograms.

Ken Jury, who is representing the family, says this is the first discovery of ambergris in South Australia.

He says the last specimen found in Australia was in Queensland.

"Two small pieces were found that I would suggest together would make up half the size of the one that's been found at Streaky Bay, and they realised something like $190,000 each," he said.

ABC 24-1-6

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1553872.htm


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19 September, 2006

Good vibrations

By Louisa Hearn

The 10th of January 2006 - 3:49PM

If last year was the year of the iPod accessory, then 2006 is shaping up to be the year of the quirky spin-off, judging by the adults-only iBuzz that has just landed in Australia.

The $119.95 iBuzz is a new adult toy that hooks up directly to any MP3 music player and synchronises its vibrations to the beat and volume of the music.

Developed by UK company LoveLabs, the plug 'n' play device comes with a number of cables linking a small rectangular control device to an MP3, headphones and a variety of vibrating attachments.

LoveLabs is not the first company to create an add-on product aimed at capitalising on the success of Apple's iPod music player.

The new year also celebrated the arrival of thermal gloves from Tavo, designed to protect cold fingers so they can scroll through an iPod music collection.

Other iPod accessories include a Belkin microphone that turns the iPod into a voice recorder and iBeam technology from Griffin Technology that turns the music player into a laser pointer or flashlight.

SMH 11-1-5

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/01/10/1136863229124.html


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Charred mouse burns house

The 9th of January 2006
 
A MOUSE has wreaked revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves - running ablaze back into the man's house and setting it alight.
Luciano Mares, 81, of New Mexico said he caught the mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it, reports AP.

"I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and ran back at the house," Mr Mares told AP from a motel room.

The burning mouse ran beneath a window of the house and the flames quickly spread throughout the house.

All the home's contents were destroyed.

Unseasonably dry and windy conditions have charred more than 21,000ha and destroyed 10 homes in south-eastern New Mexico in recent weeks.

"I've seen numerous house fires, but nothing as unique as this one," Fire Department Captain Jim Lyssy said.

News.com.au 9-1-6

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17767705-13762,00.html



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'Nudity invalidates marriage'

The 9th of January 2006 - 10:30AM

An Egyptian cleric's controversial fatwa claiming that nudity during sexual intercourse invalidates a marriage has uncovered a rift among Islamic scholars.

According to the religious edict issued by Rashad Hassan Khalil, a former dean of Al-Azhar University's faculty of Sharia (or Islamic law), "being completely naked during the act of coitus annuls the marriage".

The religious decree sparked a hot debate on the private satellite network Dream's popular religious talk show and on the front page of today's Al-Masri Al-Yom, Egypt's leading independent daily newspaper.

Suad Saleh, who heads the women's department of Al-Azhar's Islamic studies faculty, pleaded for "anything that can bring spouses closer to each other" and rejected the claim that nudity during intercourse could invalidate a union.

During the live televised debate, Islamic scholar Abdel Muti dismissed the fatwa: "Nothing is prohibited during marital sex, except of course sodomy."

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18 September, 2006

Why little girls like to torture Barbie

By Nick Foley in London
The 2oth of December 2005


IF you've caught your daughter mutilating her Barbie doll, microwaving her, or decapitating her, don't be disturbed - your girl is perfectly normal.

Research published yesterday reveals that as girls grow up, they come to hate Barbie so much that many admit torturing and maiming the doll. The toy has become a "hate figure" among seven to 11-year-old girls, who regard Barbie as a "babyish" symbol of their earlier childhood.

Researchers from the University of Bath questioned 100 youngsters about their attitudes to a range of branded products and found the iconic doll provoked the strongest reaction.

"When we asked the groups of junior school children about Barbie, the doll provoked rejection, hatred and violence," said Agnes Nairn, who led the study. "The meaning of Barbie went beyond an expressed antipathy; actual physical violence and torture towards the doll was repeatedly reported, quite gleefully, across age, school and gender."

Dr Nairn said: "It's as though disavowing Barbie is a rite of passage and a rejection of their past.

"The types of mutilation .. range from removing the hair to decapitation, burning, breaking and even microwaving."

The study also found that while boys expressed feelings of nostalgia towards Action Man, girls' attitude to Barbie was hostile.

"The girls almost always talked about having a box full of Barbies," Dr Nairn said. "So, to them, Barbie has come to symbolise excess. Barbies are not special, they are disposable, and are thrown away and rejected."

Press Association

SMH 20-12-5

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/a-figure-of-hate/2005/12/19/1134840796230.html


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Ousted Santa of the Year hits back

The 19th of December 2005 - 9:54AM


The British Father Christmas who lost his Santa of the Year world crown has lashed out, citing a suspected campaign to stop him from winning again that has damaged Santa morale.

Ron Horniblew, 70, has been authorised by the Master Santa in Greenland and is part of the elite international Santa circuit who compete at the Santa Winter Games, where up to 50 Father Christmases jostle for the world title.

Estonian accordionist Aare Rebban grabbed the crown "amid dark mutterings of political voting, professional jealousy and backbiting", The Mail on Sunday newspaper reported in the UK.

At the Games in Gallivare in Swedish Lapland, Santas sled, race reindeer-drawn sleighs, eat porridge -- with a splash on the beard earning instant disqualification -- climb chimneys and deliver presents under the watchful gaze of a panel of judges.

Horniblew said it all came down to the reindeer sled race.

"You go up two at a time, head-to-head," he told The Mail on Sunday.

"I was up against the Estonian and I won the race. He actually fell off his sleigh. But he got awarded extra points for falling in a particularly Santa-like style.

"I was pretty miffed at that, I can tell you."

Horniblew revelled in his world title win the previous year but revealed just how tough it is at the top.

"We are all very serious. It's not a fun thing. These guys are all Santa Claus in their own right in their own countries," he said.

Indeed, Horniblew is deadly serious about Santa. Uniformed Santas must not smoke, drink alcohol, or swear.

To be accepted, a potential Father Christmas has to pass the official Santa Test by proving one's charity work or grotto experience.

"I've had it written into my wedding vows that I'll be out being Santa on Christmas Day," Horniblew said.

"When I die, I want my suit, with my authorised badge and Winter Games medals, to be draped over my coffin and my Santa boots sat on top."

AFP

SMH 20-12-5

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/ousted-santa-of-the-year-hits-back/2005/12/19/1134840767512.html


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Santas run riot in Auckland

The 18th of December 2005 - 9:54AM


About 40 drunken Santas rioted in New Zealand's biggest city Auckland, robbing stores, toppling garbage bins, smashing bottles and assaulting security guards.

Wearing Santa Claus costumes, they rampaged yesterday afternoon through central city streets and vandalised a giant Christmas tree in the foyer of the Sky City Casino, the Herald on Sunday reported.

They were taking part in an organised example of "Santarchy", Alex Dyer told the paper, describing it as "a worldwide phenomenon designed to dismantle the commercialisation of Christmas".

Three men were arrested on charges of being drunk and disorderly, and two security guards needed medical treatment for cuts after being hit with beer bottles.

One storekeeper told the paper that the Santas walked into his shop, said "Merry Christmas" and then helped themselves to beer and soft drinks.

DPA

SMH 18-12-5

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/santas-run-riot-in-auckland/2005/12/18/1134840729462.html


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17 September, 2006

Lying smoker gets the flick

The 4th of December 2005

A GERMAN company has sacked one of its employees for smoking at home.

Sandro Beier was dismissed from his job with a Berlin printing company after being photographed smoking in his back garden.

The company, Laserline, which runs a rigorous health and fitness program for its 100 staff, said Mr Beier, 42, had "defrauded" it by lying about his smoking habits.

It said Mr Beier had signed an agreement in which he stated he did not smoke. In return he received a monthly bonus of €100 ($156).

"He defrauded us of some €1200 a year," a company spokeswoman said.

"If someone steals from their company, it is normal that they are punished."

SMH 4-12-5

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/lying-smoker-gets-the-flick/2005/12/03/1133422148813.html


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'Sexsomnia sufferer' cleared of rape

Thursday, the 1st of December 2005. 1:11pm (AEDT)

A Canadian man has been acquitted of raping a woman after the judge ruled that he was asleep during the attack.

Jan Luedecke and his alleged victim had both attended a party in 2003.

The woman fell asleep on the couch and when she awoke, she says she found Luedecke having sex with her.

He was charged with sexual assault, but at the trial, sleep experts and psychiatrists testified he suffered from sexsomnia.

Similar to sleepwalking, sexsomnia is when a person has sex while they are still asleep.

The judge accepted the argument.

The victim and women's groups are furious with the decision.

In 1996, a Canadian man was acquitted of killing his wife after it was determined he had been sleepwalking.

ABC 1-12-5

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200512/s1520797.htm


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To have and to hold

The 1st of December 2005

AN IRANIAN man has been ordered by a divorce court to pay his former wife one gold coin a month in alimony for the next 10,000 years.

Under Iran's marriage law, couples sign a prenuptial agreement where the bride must stipulate the level of compensation she can demand during the marriage or in the event of separation.

In this case the woman, who was not named, had asked for $20 million worth of gold coins, Agence France-Presse reports. However, the court ruled the husband should pay her the coins in single monthly instalments.

SMH 1-12-5

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/to-have-and-to-hold/2005/11/30/1133311105939.html


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16 September, 2006

Burn, baby, burn

the 22nd of November 2005


A Hong Kong health spa has added a spin to weight loss by literally setting its customers on fire. The Life of Life Healing Spa says it can trim down any body part with its fire treatment, where the client is massaged, smothered in Chinese herbs and wrapped in wet towels before being set alight, Agence France-Presse reports.

"It keeps you slim by detoxifying your body and by burning fat," the spa manager, Winnie Ng, told the South China Morning Post.

"We have someone standing by with a towel to put out the flames if they get too hot," said an assistant, Noel Ho.

SMH 22-11-5

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/burn-baby-burn/2005/11/21/1132421603833.html


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Global village

The 19th of November 2005


Santas warned of pedophilia clause

Berlin: Swiss Santa Clauses have been banned from sitting children on their laps because of the risk that they might be accused of pedophilia. The Society of St Nicholases issued the ruling to its 100 professional members after parents expressed concern about close contact between their children and the men.

"We regret having to do this, but the public has become very sensitive about child abuse," the society said in a statement. - Telegraph, London.


Sparrow killed by domino effect

Amsterdam: The Dutch animal protection agency is investigating the killing of a sparrow that knocked over 23,000 dominoes during an attempt to set a world record. The common house sparrow - a species on the national endangered list - flew into the venue and almost derailed a world record attempt of toppling 4,321,000 blocks before it was shot by an exterminator with an air rifle.

Permits to kill such as bird are granted only when there is a danger to public health or a crop, an agency spokesman said. "Is it really necessary to kill a bird that knocked over a few dominoes for a game?" he said. - Associated Press


SMH 19-11-5

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/global-village/2005/11/18/1132016986947.html


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Unhappy meal for elderly patrons

The 12th of November 2005


Amsterdam: A McDonald's restaurant in the Dutch town of Almere has banned a group of elderly patrons, saying they make too much noise. The newspaper Volkskrant reports that Jan van Keeken, 75, and a group of 10 to 15 friends of a similar age were ordered out.

"Some of us were perhaps talking a bit loudly, because some of the others are a bit deaf," Mr van Keeken said. - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

SMH 12-11-5

http://smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/unhappy-meal-for-elderly-patrons/2005/11/11/1131578234453.html


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Vicarious acquisition

The 7th of November 2005


A US minister has been charged with selling his parsonage without his congregation's knowledge. Associated Press reports that the Reverend Randy Radic allegedly forged documents in 2002 to obtain the deed to the $US150,732 ($204,000) home in which he lived rent-free as pastor of the First Congressional Church in Ripon, California.

Police say he took out five loans on the property totalling $US370,000 ($501,000) then sold the home in December when he couldn't keep up with the payments. He had already been charged with selling the church itself for $US525,000.

SMH 7-11-5

http://smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/vicarious-acquisition/2005/11/06/1131211949717.html


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14 September, 2006

Superglued genitals: she's stuck on you

The 4th of November 2005 - 1:46PM


A US man is suing his ex-girlfriend in for more than $40,600 for supergluing his genitals to his abdomen.

Kenneth Slaby of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, broke up with Gail O'Toole in 1999, after dating for 10 months.

Slaby then began dating someone else but, according to the lawsuit, O'Toole invited him over to her home on May 7, 2000, where he fell asleep.

When he woke up, Slaby found that O'Toole had glued his genitals to his abdomen, glued his buttocks together and spelled out a profanity on his back in nail polish.

O'Toole allegedly told him it was payback for their breakup, and he had to walk almost 2 kilometres to a petrol station to call for help.

"This was not just some petty domestic squabble," Slaby's lawyer Grey Pratt said.

O'Toole had pleaded guilty to misdemeanour assault and served six months' probation, but her ex-boyfriend is now suing for her damages.

Her lawyer, Chuck Evans, said it was a consensual act and Slaby wasn't permanently damaged.

"This is a case that should have been left in the bedroom," he said.

AP

SMH 4-11-5

http://smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/superglued-genitals-shes-stuck-on-you/2005/11/04/1130823381792.html


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Dummy round-up

The 3rd of November 2005


Police in north-eastern Iran have begun a morality drive by confiscating alluring mannequins from clothes stalls in the bazaar, Reuters reports.

A spokesman for the judiciary in the city of Bojnourd said the campaign would tackle problems of "public chastity". He said 65 titillating mannequins had been impounded so far.

The spokesman explained that the crackdown on tailors' dummies was part of a larger offensive against anti-social behaviour such as vandalism and biker gangs. Bojnourd is near the Shiite holy city of Mashhad.

SMH 3-11-5

http://smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/dummy-roundup/2005/11/02/1130823281448.html


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Let us eat goldfish

The 1st of November 2005

The First Assembly of God Church in Florence, Alabama, has agreed to discontinue its practice of asking teenagers to swallow live goldfish. A minister, Anthony Martin, said the goal was to teach the teenagers about fear.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals asked for a ban on the practice, Associated Press reports. The pastor, Greg Woodall, replied to the group in a letter: "I do appreciate your concern and just wanted to let you know that this will never happen again … We love God's creatures and would never want to show them harm."

SMH 1-11-5

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/let-us-eat-goldfish/2005/10/31/1130720481957.html


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Foul message on MP's phone
October 29, 2005

An obscene voicemail greets callers to the parliamentary and electorate phone numbers for the Liberal MP for Hume, Alby Schultz.
In what may be an act of sabotage, the male voice says: "Hi, I'm the member of the Liberal National Party Coalition. My name is Mr Alby Schultz, and we are going to f--- you up the arse with our industrial relations changes. You should accept this and enjoy it because let's be honest, being f---ed up the arse isn't necessarily such a bad thing. Anyway, please feel free to leave a message after the beep. Goodbye."
Mr Schultz could not be contacted but a spokesman for the Minister for Workplace Relations, Kevin Andrews, said "it would be disgraceful if someone would stoop so low as to misrepresent the views of a federal Member of Parliament in such a foul manner".
Nadia Jamal

SMH 29-10-5

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/foul-message-on-mps-phone/2005/10/29/1130400371609.html


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Much ado about profitable dog poo
Berlin: Authorities have issued what is believed to be the world's first industrial patent for a scientific procedure to convert dog poo into fuel briquettes and construction materials.
The Berlin man who filed the patent is confident he could be the first person in history to become rich from collecting dog droppings. "I could be sitting on a pile," says Karl-Friedrich Lentze, 57, an avant-garde artist who has filed for a patent with the European Patent Office. He markets the small chocolate brown briquettes under the brand name HuKo, derived from "hundekott", a polite German term, as opposed to "scheisse", used as a colourful expletive by pedestrians who step in hundekott. - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

SMH 29-10-5

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/global-village/2005/10/28/1130400366891.html


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