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The Premise: Wacky News Stories

The Explanation: I'm always getting them in my email, so I had this thought for an ongoing thread here, where people could find wacky news stories from all over the world and post them here. Every newspaper seems to have a "lighter side of" type section, so I thought this would be a good place to find them all and collect them.

Class Participation: I'll post the first few, but I expect you to all join in or you won't get any class participation marks for this semester. So go do you homework people, and brings me wacky stories!

The first wacky story comes from The Australian, but invloves a wacky monkey in Calcutta.

This story will have you watching the Planet of the Apes with a far more serious eye.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... 62,00.html

32 Brothels in Suburbian Sydney Apartment:

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... 62,00.html

This is disturbing because:
1) I walk past here all the time
2)I have a friend who lives in that street.

You know, I can't help but notice nobody else is particpating....

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... 62,00.html

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0, ... 62,00.html

C'mon - join in. It doesn't hurt.

This one is about killer kites:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/co ... 77,00.html

Notice all of these wacky stories come from Australia news sites... hrmmm.. we don't have wacky news over here in the States silly. Our news here is boring

Loomis wrote:C'mon - join in. It doesn't hurt.

I'm trying, but I can't really find anything "wacky" (apart from the Republican's making fake photo's of Kerry for a smear campaign - that sounds pretty "wacky").

Oh, how about this:

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_86 ... s.quirkies

Annanova wrote:Six-foot wide house sells for £82,500
A 6ft-wide house in Gwynedd, known locally as the Tardis, has sold for £82,500

That's about $157,575 at the current exchange rate!

This is sad because the guy died, but I think it's pretty wacky nonetheless...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/18/co ... index.html

Ooh! People using my thread....
That was "wacky" CatNC!
Must find new news story...

yes, they are from Aussie newspapers, but not all of them are from Australia. This, for example, is about the stinky American toy market:

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... 62,00.html

Spin Master Ltd is offering 24 different Stink Blasters - kids can squeeze the heads of such characters as Garbage Truck Chuck or Barfin' Ben, releasing foul smells.

I thought kids did just fine by themselves emitting foul odours...

All people should have the right to vote, not all living things....
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040219/D80QCQGG0.html

catNC wrote:All people should have the right to vote, not all living things....
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040219/D80QCQGG0.html

Hahahaha!

I was about to say "What about cows?", but then I read the article.

That's classic.

I think she should have her side upheld

This happened a couple weeks ago, and I think we talked about it here, but the kid who was stuck in the "Crane Game" or "Claw Game" I don't know what it's called.

ZOOMBOOM0688 wrote:This happened a couple weeks ago, and I think we talked about it here, but the kid who was stuck in the "Crane Game" or "Claw Game" I don't know what it's called.

How the hell did THAT happen?

And I thought Australia had scary animals:
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... 62,00.html

How 'bout this? Anybody will turn anything into a musical, and it will be successful!!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... ivier_dc_2

catNC wrote:How 'bout this? Anybody will turn anything into a musical, and it will be successful!!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... ivier_dc_2

Ha! I had heard about that earlier in the year. Nice to see it honoured

How about this - this is why church attendance is down ...particualrly New Zealand clergy

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... 62,00.html

PRIESTS in New Zealand, hit by a binge drinker's tax, have been forced to switch to a low alcohol wine in church services, and they complain it does not last long enough.

hahaha.. that's funny! Growing up Baptist and having grape juice for communion taught me frugality! Don't drink alcohol. It's the devil, and the devil is expensive. Grape juice is good for you and cheap!

check this out.. he's a big pig, you can be a big pig too...
but maybe not this big!
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... _big_pig_1

catNC wrote:hahaha.. that's funny! Growing up Baptist and having grape juice for communion taught me frugality! Don't drink alcohol. It's the devil, and the devil is expensive. Grape juice is good for you and cheap!

check this out.. he's a big pig, you can be a big pig too...
but maybe not this big!
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... _big_pig_1

That's a damn big pig...that'll do pig, that'll do...

And to keep with the religious theme:

http://entertainment.news.com.au/common ... bv,00.html

Christmas presents, anyone?

Crazy cods...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... od_s_can_1

It's a bear of a different color!

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040224/D80TL3U00.html

Here's another one... this is the last thing you would expect to see in Home Depot, or is it...
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld ... -headlines