A woman intentionally rammed her car into a man’s car while arguing over a parking spot in the Haight, but the victim was so focused on her low-cut dress that all he could describe to officers afterward were her breasts, San Francisco police said Thursday. The woman drove away after …
The small town of Bethel, Alaska, has proposed a ban on drunk walking. Drunk walking can lead to smudged shirts, stepped-on toes, toppled-over ice cream cones and awkward questions from children. “Why is that bare-chested man walking in a zigzag and wearing a Corona box like a helmet?” That’s a …
Washington (DPA) — An asteroid half the size of a football pitch will make the closest pass ever observed from Earth on February 15, visibly streaking across the sky over Eastern Europe, Asia and Australia, astronomers said Thursday. The near-Earth object, named 2012 DA14 after it was discovered last year …
Scientists have discovered that sea urchins use nickel ions to harness carbon dioxide from the sea to grow their exoskeleton – or shell. It could be a way to capture tonnes of CO2. Using the nickel nanoparticles suspended in water vats at factories, power stations would capture the CO2 as …
NEW Zealand’s first cannabis club has installed a vending machine to dispense the drug. The club, the Daktory in the West Auckland suburb of New Lynn, has been using the machine to avoid any members being charged for dealing in the drug. The hired vending machine, usually filled with toys …
Three sisters suffering Warewolf syndrome fear no mane will marry them. The condition affecting just one in a billion people means their bodies are covered in extra hair — giving them extremely bushy eyebrows and beards. And Savita, 23, Monisha, 18, and 16-year-old Savitri fear the Hypertrichosis Universalis will leave …
An anonymous career banker inside Goldman Sachs opened a twitter account (@GSElevator) with the intention of revealing the hilarious banter that takes place in the privacy of the GS elevators. Since then, the account has evolved to include things overheard on trading floors, bullpens, lobbies and bars. Some of the …
Another year, another 12 months of “fair and balanced” reporting from Fox News. Here is the best of the worst of Fox News in 2011. some great screeen shots here. Source
It’s not the present that’s important, it’s the thought that counts. But try telling that to America’s offspring. A late-night talk show host has got parents across the country to mock their progeny’s Christmas gift expectations with an hilarious holiday prank. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel urged parents to give the youngsters …
If Clausewitz is right that “war is the continuation of policy by other means”, then Germany is again at war with Europe — at least in the sense that German policy is trying to achieve in Europe the characteristic objectives of war — the redrawing of international boundaries and the …
Sergeant Stubby was a stray, homeless mutt who saved more lives, saw more combat, and performed more badass feats of heroic awesomeness than most people could ever hope to accomplish even WITH the advantage of prehensile thumbs and the ability to utilize 100 percent of their brain power without exploding …
Creating every aspect of a Star Wars burlesque show, from costumes to choreography, Russall Beattie drew deeply on his 25 years as a Star Wars fan and his career as a burlesque troupe creative director. In only one regard did he have to come down hard on the side of …
A man has found half a million dollars worth of cocaine hidden in his van 15 months after he bought it. According to Silicon Valley website, Mercury News, the car’s owner, Dr Charles Preston, found the contraband after taking the vehicle to his mechanic. Preston, a psychologist from San Jose, …
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeSQ5Rv7eH8[/video]A restaurant in Japan has some unusual waiting staff on its books – two macaque monkeys. Yatchan and Fukuchan serve customers hot towels and drinks, and are given soya beans as tips. The monkeys are family pets who have been allowed to help in the bar. Animal rights regulations mean …
McDonald’s is investigating an incident at the fast-food chain’s Geraldton restaurant in Western Australia after a two-year-old girl was found chewing a used condom. The girl’s father said he was disgusted to find her chewing on the condom, which she picked up in a restaurant’s playground on Saturday. He said …
A shoplifting mum downs up to 28 pints of lager in a single day, a court heard. Dawn Marsden, 31, drinks so much she should be dead, experts said. She was wrecked as she appeared on a theft charge and had to ask reporters later what her sentence was. Jobless …
In the eyes of investors, Apple Inc. is as good as gold. Shining alongside the precious metal as two safe buys in a volatile market, Apple shares surged Tuesday, briefly pushing the consumer electronics giant past Exxon Mobil Corp. to become the world’s most valuable company. The market value of …
A Sydney commodities broker treated onlookers in the city’s CBD to the rare spectacle of quasi-nude cycling during peak hour after losing a bet about the outcome of the Tour de France. The commodities broker, known as ‘‘Flex’’ in Sydney financial circles, donned a lime green ‘‘mankini,’’ the garment made …
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIKEVSZITps[/video]I like to think that YouTube poster NotEntirelySure had his head in a vaguely similar place when he attempted his own unusual record: Lowest possible score in a Super Mario Bros. run (see video in sidebar). It’s a completely counter-intuitive endeavour, yet one that demands at least as much skill …
Just when Julia Gillard thought things couldn’t get worse, she has now lost the support of her last power base: rangas. The Red And Nearly Ginger Association, which claims to represent the nation’s redheads, said it is withdrawing its support because she is giving gingers a bad name. The RANGA …