Odd Spot

[kazthorn]

Originally Posted by mofro187

And we trust them with the olympics...im sure we will get more good ones during the games

I think after that amazing display at their opening ceremony, I will have a more open mind .

[kazthorn]

Monday August 4, 2008

A former Chinese government official has been sentenced to death after a leaky toilet led police to 22.3 million yuan (A$3.5 million) he'd collected in bribes. Police called to investigate a leak from a vacant apartment, found eight soaked boxes containing the cash.

Wednesday August 6, 2008

Dutch dairy farmers are pampering their cows with massages and comfy mattresses - some even get water beds - to produce better tasting milk. ''You can taste the difference in the milk of a happy cow, it tastes sweeter,'' farmer Nancy Vermeer said.
Thursday August 7, 2008

English robbers who grabbed $A425,000 worth of diamonds were foiled after shoppers stole the keys to their getaway car. The trio smashed into a jeweller's in daylight. Onlookers prevented their escape by swiping the keys they had left in their unattended car in East Sussex.
Thursday August 14, 2008

Vienna's hospitals are banning Crocs plastic clogs as too risky for patients. "Technical evaluations have shown that they're not anti-static and could interfere with the proper functioning of precision electronic equipment, or even cause explosions," hospitals director Peter Woelfl said.
Friday August 15, 2008

Bungling engineers have been left red-faced after building a railway tunnel that's too small for trains. "Tracks were laid down on newly raised ground, which meant the distance between the tracks and roof of the tunnel became shorter," a Polish Railways spokesman said.

Remind to avoid public transport if I ever travel in this location
Thursday August 21, 2008

A New York pet-store owner is appealing to a shoplifter who stole his two-headed turtle to bring back the missing reptile. Sean Casey told the New York Post that the turtle has special needs, such as having to be hand fed in order to prevent fights between heads over food.

[kazthorn]

Saturday August 23, 2008

People sharing toilets with males who exhibit poor marksmanship when urinating will be relieved by the invention of Larry P. Leonard. His toilet splash guarding system, granted US patent 7,412,732, features a plastic cover between the toilet bowl and seat with a hole for a stream of urine.

A great invention but, I cannot understand why some men find it so hard

[kazthorn]

Tuesday September 2, 2008

British supermarket chain Tesco has reportedly bowed to pressure from the Plain English Campaign and scrapped signs reading "ten items or less". Critics say the signs should have read "ten items or fewer". New signs will say "up to 10 items", thereby avoiding a grammatical debate.

Now; I'm all for good grammar but this is ridiculous.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by kazthorn

Now; I'm all for good grammar but this is ridiculous.

Should that semicolon be there?

[kazthorn]

Wednesday September 3, 2008

Want to get rid of your goldfish? Swiss owners who have been flushing them down the toilet - still alive - must now find other methods after strict new animal protection laws took effect. Instead, a fish must be first knocked out and then killed before its body can be disposed of.

Why would you flush a fish if it was still alive?

[Mike]

Originally Posted by kazthorn

Why would you flush a fish if it was still alive?

Good point

[kazthorn]

Tuesday September 9, 2008

An Italian man whose girlfriend left him to become a nun is holding a vigil outside her convent. Heartbroken Daniel Briatore, 21, has vowed to remain camped outside the convent until he wins back Patrizia Masoero, also 21, who has so far refused to see him.

[Mike]

God works in mysterious ways