Great quote from the Economist on the plight of the world economy as it is currently affecting France
'French workers held the boss of their factory hostage as they sought to renegotiate redundancy packages. It is the second time a boss has been held hostage in France recently over lay-offs. Others have merely been pelted with eggs'
Great story on the bbc newsbeat page about an eighteen year old kid who's gone off travelling and has left his parents a reminder of him - a drawing of a very very large willy ( sixty feet long ! ) , which he has painted on the roof of their home in Berkshire , England . Apparently it took him a year to draw it and his parents have only just found out - bet he'll get a great welcome home present !
SYDNEY — An Australian school bus driver hit in the back of the head by a hard sweet has become a local hero after taking his unruly students to the police station to report their crime ......
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has banned actors and other "non-accredited personnel" from playing medical experts in advertisements for drugs after an Internet-led witch-hunt exposed a number of bogus experts, state media reported on Monday ...
A report by a German based consultancy has come to the surprising conclusion that the French have the need for the biggest size range of condoms , with the obvious implication that their gaulic manhood's put the rest of the world to shame.
The survey by a very serious sounding German company , The Institute of Condom Consulting , approached 10500 men in 25 different countries , over an eighth month period ,asking them to measure the size of their penis and enter the result ( anonymously ! ) in a database , which then came up with these results.
Its not entirely clear why this survey was done , apparently for educational purposes , or possibly to draw attention to this company's great ongoing project that they are developing , a spray on condom , which they describe as being a bit like a car wash !
(Reuters) - A Taiwan man grieving over the death of his girlfriend climbed inside a morgue freezer to be with her and was only pulled out alive half an hour later, media and an official said on Tuesday.....
HUSAVIK, Iceland (Reuters) - Sigurdur Hjartarson is missing a human penis. But he's not worried: four men have promised to donate theirs to him when they die.
Hjartarson is founder and owner of the Icelandic Phallological Museum, which offers visitors from around the world a close-up look at the long and the short of the male reproductive organ.
His collection, which began in 1974 with a single bull's penis that looked something like a riding crop, now boasts 261 preserved members from 90 species......
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian man who asked his lover to carve a heart-shaped symbol on his chest during a rough sex game almost died when she accidentally pressed too hard and punctured his heart....
BERLIN (Reuters) - A vicar in Germany who had the novel idea of helping parishioners escape the stresses and strains of daily life by letting them lie in an open grave was upset when intrusive journalists spoiled the atmosphere......
TOKYO (Reuters) - Cigarette vending machines in Japan may soon start counting wrinkles, crow's feet and skin sags to see if the customer is old enough to smoke......
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A giant inflatable pig that went missing from a Southern California music festival at the weekend has been found in tatters in a desert town.....
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Inmates in 58 county jails across New York are getting playing cards with the pictures of missing persons in hopes the photos will jog memories and help solve cold cases.....
TORONTO (Reuters) - An attendant at a Canadian restaurant who was sacked for giving a bite-sized doughnut, worth 16 cents, to an agitated toddler was given her job back on Thursday after the case received wide media attention.....
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Rio de Janeiro tour company could be in trouble for giving tourists too intimate a view of life in the city's notorious slums, including photo opportunities with drug gang leaders ......
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state.... read on
