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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008This is an awesome story and perfect for funnyweirdnews.com! It has is all: sex, crime, scary, dumb and kinda funny!
The moral of this story is don’t date former beauty queens!! Wacko!
At first it seemed a straightforward example of the oddball stories which emerge during the long, slow, news days of high summer.
A ‘Californian woman’ had paid £25,000 […]
Money Found in Toilets Across Japan
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Envelopes containing 10,000 yen ($82) bills and well-wishing notes have been discovered in municipal toilets across Japan, media reports said, baffling civil servants and triggering a nationwide hunt.
Local media have estimated that over two million yen ($16,400) worth of bills were found at men’s rooms in city halls in at least 15 prefectures (states) in […]
City offers bounty for dead flies
Thursday, July 12th, 2007A Chinese city is offering to buy dead flies from residents to promote public hygiene.
Officials in the Xigong district of Luoyang city are offering the equivalent of 3p for each dead fly, reports Henan Business News.
“We think giving people money will be more effective than fining them to keep the city clean,” says Hu […]
Man With Headache Finds Bullet in Head
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007A woman was arrested Tuesday after her husband woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible headache and later learned he had a bullet lodged in his head.
St. Lucie County Sheriff’s deputies initially thought Michael Eugene Moylan had been hit by a stray bullet, but later realized the couple’s story did not […]
Pub becomes embassy to beat cig ban
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Landlord Bob Beech is getting round next week’s ciggie ban by turning his bar into an embassy for a remote Caribbean island.
He claims the Wellington Arms in Southampton will be the only pub in Britain to allow smoking after Sunday - by becoming the UK base for tiny, uninhabited Redonda.
Earlier this month a senior “attache” […]
Alien lawyer’s first case
Thursday, June 21st, 2007A lawyer who landed an out-of-this-world job defending people who have suffered at the hands of aliens has started his first major case.
Former industrial law specialist Jens Lorek announced last year he would defend those whose close encounters with outer space visitors left them physically and mentally shattered. Now he has his first client […]
Man Says Salad Stolen From Refrigerator
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007Someone kicked in the door of a man’s apartment, stuck a knife in the door and took a chilled salad from his refrigerator.
Somerset police said the man reported the bizarre burglary on Monday. He told investigators someone broke into his apartment while he went to a nearby tavern. Nothing but the salad was missing, police […]
Vibrating condom upsets India
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007A vibrating condom has sparked a row in India, over whether it’s a contraceptive or a sex toy.
The pack of three condoms, branded as Crezendo, contains a battery-operated ring-like device, reports the BBC.
Critics say it’s a vibrator, and should be banned under Indian laws which outlaw sex toys and pornography.
The Crezendo has caused further outrage […]
Dead man woke up at funeral
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007An 87-year-old man gave his relatives a shock in Taiwan - when he woke up at his own funeral.
The man’s relatives were in a Buddhist mourning hall, reciting prayers over the dead body, when it gasped and woke up, the Shanghai Daily reports.
The family had been told by the hospital which had been treating the […]
Judge Orders Man Not to Have Girlfriend
Thursday, June 14th, 2007A judge has ruled that a 24-year-old Canadian man is not allowed to have a girlfriend for the next three years.
The ruling came after Steven Cranley pleaded guilty on Tuesday to several charges stemming from an assault on a former girlfriend.
Cranley, who has been diagnosed with a dependent personality disorder, attacked his girlfriend in an […]