Strange But True Category
Weird, offbeat and bizarre news from around the world. Funny, strange & odd news stories that make you wince, laugh and fear for humanity.
We’re all Chinese Now: UK Commuters, This Is The Hour
IN China the commuters are revolting. Downtrodden people of UK train, coach and bus, this is our time. It’s the Cummuter Revolution. Advance!
“Scores of Chinese air passengers smashed computers and desks and clashed with police Tuesday after a night stranded at an airport without accommodation, state media said.
The passengers clashed with airport police Tuesday morning, smashing computers and desks, Xinhua said, blaming the melee on China Southern staff’s “inappropriate working attitude.”
Hurrah! We’re all Chinese now!
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Posted: 31st, July 2008 | In: Money, Strange But True | Comment
Jughead: Bear Gets Head Stuck In Jar
NO, it’s not Winnie The Pooh. It’s a bear in the city of Frazee, Minnesota. It’s got its head stuck in a plastic jar.
For six days the black bear has had its head stuck in the jar. Now it’s in the city for the Turkey Days celebration, when the locals pull on wattles, swords and huge moustaches to celebrate all things Turkey.
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Posted: 31st, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Cat Finds Jesus
ANORAK’s ocassional look at Jesus. Today Jesus is appearing in a cat’s fur:
“He says ‘I swear that looks like Jesus with a shroud on’ and I’m like ‘ok,’ and then my son took a picture, and it was like ‘wow!'”
Wow!
Posted: 31st, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)
Sharking For News: Damien Hirst, Pet Sharks And Stealing Sharks To Order
THE summer is here, and with comes the seasonal tales of shark stories. But Anorak detects a sinister twist:
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “Damien Hirst auction expected to fetch £65 million – An auction of new works by Damien Hirst – including a pickled zebra, a unicorn and a calf with 18-carat gold hooves – is expected to fetch over £65 million…”
Hirst will also present a pickled tiger shark (£4 million – £6 million), zebra (£2 million – £3 million) and ‘unicorn’ (£2 million – £3 million) – the latter is a foal with a resin horn. All are new works created this year.
DAILY TELEGRAPH: “Rare marble shark stolen from shed aquarium”
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Posted: 30th, July 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Strange But True, Tabloids | Comments (7)
One-Legged Thief Outruns Police
HEADLINE of the day:
“A one-legged car thief out-ran police in a 130 miles an hour chase”
It gets better:
Crack police drivers were unable to corner the mono-ped speeder for three-days.
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Posted: 30th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
UFO Over Wales
WE join the action in a police incident room in Wales. Now read on…
Control Room: “South Wales Police, what’s your emergency?”
Caller: “It’s not really. I just need to inform you that across the mountain there’s a bright stationary object.”
Control room: “Right.”
Caller: “If you’ve got a couple of minutes perhaps you could find out what it is? It’s been there at least half an hour and it’s still there.”
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Posted: 28th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (10)
Gigantic Foot Fetish
DO you have a gigantic foot fetish? If so, this advert on Craigs List is for you…
Posted: 26th, July 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (24)
Israel Sarrio Shakes A Leg
THIS is Isreal Sarrio:
If you had met Israel Sarrio in March 2004, you may not have wanted to shake hands with him mostly because his hand was sticking out of his crotch.
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Posted: 26th, July 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment
UK Towns Designed For Drunks
“DRUNKS become irritants because they slow people’s progress towards their goal,” says study leader Simon Moore, from the University of Cardiff, who presented the findings at the International Crime Science Conference in London. “They may then become targets of violence.”
Moore and his team of researchers attempted to learn more about drunken behaviour by making 24 visits to the city centre between 11pm and 3am on Friday and Saturday nights, breathalysing people and monitoring their gait.
The aim:
They hope to come up with street designs that direct late-night revellers safely home to their beds instead of into the path of trouble.
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Posted: 25th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (7)
Thou Shall Not Pass In Waltham Forest
Road news:
The road humps would be constructed with tapered edges with sinusoidal ramps, 4.5 meters in length, not more than 100 metres in height…
– Waltham Forest news sheet, London
Spotter: Ed. B
Posted: 24th, July 2008 | In: Politicians, Strange But True | Comments (5)
Judge Changes Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii
IN New Zealand a judge has ordered a name change for a nine-year-old girl called Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.
Her friends knew her only as “K”, one assumes for Kiwi, Kevin or Keep Britain Tidy.
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Posted: 24th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)
ET Is Real Says World’s Most Famous Astronaut
“ET is real.” Says who? Says ET, that’s who. And “LEGENDARY astronaut Edgar Mitchell” agrees.
Who among of us has not heard of Mitchell, “the sixth man to walk on the Moon”? This is Edgar ‘The Mitch’ Mitchell, the ol’ Sixer, “Not Neil Armstrong”, he “who holds the record for the longest moonwalk”.
The Star tunes in and hears Mitchell says “he had space agency pals who had made contact with aliens. They described them as “‘little people who look strange to us’”.
Chillingly, he claimed our technology is “not nearly as sophisticated” as theirs and, had they been hostile, he warned: “We would be gone by now!”
How tall is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, jingoistic Iranian leader who would wipe countries from the map? We’re listening, Mitch…
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Posted: 24th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True, Tabloids | Comments (2)
Not Catching The Clap With Pope Benedict The XVI
LIKE you we too have read The Spirit of the Liturgy by the then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger.
He’s now followed in the footsteps of Bono, Mr G9 and lead singer of U2, and changed his name to something more catchy, namely The Pope. Now his words echo with renewed vigour:
Whenever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of the liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment.
Clapping is not on. The Pope may command attention, be voted into his post, preach and kiss babies but he is no politician hungry for applause. The transcriptions of his oratory are not peppered with pauses for “APPLAUSE” and a prayed for “OVATION”.
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Posted: 23rd, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (11)
Jesus Christ Utility Pole Vandalised
ANORAK’s Jesology expert, Ivor Bunsen, considers the utility pole in Alice, Texas, and considers that it does carry the image of Jesus.
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Posted: 23rd, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (20)
Introducing The Trap Door Ant
THE trap-door ant – faster then Gordon Brown at a banquet:
It is the speeding bullet of the natural world. The trap-jaw ant snaps shut its mandibles at speeds of 35 to 64 metres per second, about 2300 times faster than the blink of an eye.
Posted: 22nd, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)
Bird Nappies
PIGEONS:
Do you ever get tired of the mess associated with owning a bird? Does your bird get restricted to his cage for the sake of a clean Poop Free home? Are you afraid of taking your bird outside fearing your pet will fly off?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, Jungle Wear Birdie Diaper may be just what you are looking for. As you know, birds defecate on an average of every 20 minutes, and depending on the size of the bird this can be a messy experience.
No longer will you chase your companion with a bottle of disinfectant, instead dress him or her in a Bird Diaper.
(via Everlasting Blort, and Presurfer)
Posted: 20th, July 2008 | In: Money, Strange But True | Comments (6)
Oh, My God They Killed Kenny The Octopus
DINNER? This is an 85-tentacled Common Octopus captured in 1957 at nearby Toshijima island, Japan.
It’s Kenny from South Park, right?
Posted: 19th, July 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment (1)
Chinese Reporters Shot At Police Anti-Gun Demo
BEYOND parody: police accidentally shoot reporters at anti-gun demonstration:
Three Chinese reporters attending a police briefing on the success of an anti-gun campaign were accidentally shot, media reports say.
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Posted: 18th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Deaf Women Caught In Shouting Match
TO the US where “a loud argument between two deaf women” leads to one of them being arrested for assaulting a policeman. Would these two not ideal Big Brother contestants?
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Posted: 17th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)
NASA Rocket Scientists Take The Piss
REPORTS Sky News: “Rocket Makers Ask For Daily Urine”. Adding: “It is not the substance you would expect spaceship builders to be demanding.”
Sky fails to say what it would expect rocket scientists to be demanding, but Anorak believes they, much like brain surgeons, usually prefer cash.
NASA’s head of life support systems John Lewis tells readers: “You can’t make fake urine.”
Few have tried to, but Anorak has analysed the contest of the typical Briton’s urine and found it to contain two parts lager, to one part Bacardi Breezer, a hint of ecstasy and a soupcon of Chlamydia extract.
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Posted: 16th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)
Finger Food: Meat Eater Bites Off Woman’s Finger At Market
TO the Aliana Meat Market in Tampa, Florida, where Jacqueline Wimbush, 39, is waiting in line.
In close proximately is one Pamela Bumpers, 33.
The women are discussing which of them is next.
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Posted: 15th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)
Do You See Jesus, Osama Or Travis?
DO you see Jesus when you look into the tutti fruitti ice crema?
Customers at Hatch Family Chocolates say they spotted the image of Christ in the swirls of spumoni.
“My take is, it’s coincidence…yes, it does kind of look like Jesus, but I guess you could also say—or as my wife thinks—its one of the Beatles,” said Steve Hatch.
Others say it resembles William Shakespeare.
“Definitely with the ruffly collar.”
Ivor Bunsen, Anorak’s Jesology expert, says much can be determined about what bearded man you see in things.
Says he: “What you see reveals more about you than otherwise believed. For instance if you see Osama bin Laden, you are in the CIA; if you see Dave Lee Travis you are going on a long journey; and if you see David Blunkett, you shold replace the lid and leave to melt.”
It’s Noel Edmonds. Sure of it…
Posted: 14th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (10)
No Sober People Found In Ireland
TO THE Golden Pages search engine. Search for “sober people”. Result:
Posted: 12th, July 2008 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (14)
Police Log: Anorak’s Look at Crime In The News
POLICE LOG: Anorak’s look at crime in the news…
Sprits Move Me:
A man says he was so consumed by the spirit of God that he fell and hit his head while worshipping.
Now he wants Lakewind Church to pay $2.5 million for medical bills, lost income, and pain and suffering.
THE Sock Snatcher:
James Dowdy has gone to prison three times, and may go there again, for the same crime: burglarizing homes and stealing women’s socks.
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Posted: 11th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True | Comments (6)
Man Of Narcissus Steals Hair Loss Treatment
GOOD God.
ANDREW Oakley, Aged 47, of Narcissus Walk, Worsley, was found guilty of stealing a box of hair loss treatment from Boots and was given a six months community order – Salford Advertiser
Spotter: MK
Posted: 11th, July 2008 | In: Strange But True, Tabloids | Comment
