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In a Totally Normal and Logical Move, Man Plans to Barbecue Every Day So He Can Adopt a Rhino

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:00:01 +0000

Oh, the things we’ll do for pets. In a series of words that have most likely never been strung together, a South African man living in London is so desperate to adopt a rhino that he’s decided to barbecue outside every day for a year in the hopes of raising enough money to get one [...]

Bank Employee Falls Asleep on Keyboard, Transfers Millions to Customer

Donald Deane — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:54:07 +0000

Everyone gets sleepy during work sometimes, but as a clerk in Germany recently learned, a bank transaction probably isn't the best time for a power nap. In fact, he fell asleep on his keyboard and accidentally transferred more than $295 million dollars to a customer. How come our bank never did that for us?

Man Demands To Go to Jail After Running Out of Video Games

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:00:46 +0000

A man under house arrest in New Zealand wanted to go to jail because he’d run out of video games to play. What the Halo was he thinking? The man, 19, called cops on Tuesday to say he would like to finish the last month of his 11-month sentence in the slammer because he had [...]

Deadbeat Dad With 22 Kids Is As Charmingly Confused As You'd Expect Him to Be

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:10:58 +0000

Were it not for George Washington, you could argue that Orlando Shaw is actually the father of our country. That’s because the Nashville man has 22 children. With 14 women. And he’s only 33 years old. Yes, Shaw spawns children like gremlins soaked in water and for that he’s in some legal trouble. The roster [...]

Dad Who Named Son Adolf Hitler Makes Questionable Fashion Decision By Wearing Nazi Uniform to Custody Hearing

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:16:06 +0000

There have got to be better ways to show a judge you deserve to have your kids back. A New Jersey man trying to win visitation to see his youngest child showed up in court Monday dressed in a Nazi uniform. Heath Campbell, 40, has been at the center of controversy for several years now [...]

Australia Is the World's Happiest Country — Where Does the USA Rank?

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 31 May 2013 13:33:46 +0000

Every day is a g’day in Australia. The people from Down Under will be tickled pink to learn that their nation has been named the happiest country in the world for the third consecutive year. The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development created its list by crunching the numbers for 230 developed countries, including data [...]

Time to Cross 'Sitting In a Life-Sized X-Wing Starfighter Made of LEGO' Off the Bucket List

Jackie Mancini — Thu, 30 May 2013 23:00:13 +0000

If you’ve ever dreamed of climbing inside of a Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter, then you are a huge nerd. It’s okay; so are we, and we just found out that you can do it this weekend in NY. Even the music in that video gets us pumped to go see the life-size X-Wing Starfighter made [...]

Hungry Delivery Man Caught Eating Customer's Pizza

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 30 May 2013 20:13:53 +0000

You may want to think twice the next time you order a pizza. In this clip, a pizza delivery man in Russia is caught on camera helping himself to some of the food he’s about to bring to a presumably hungry customer. And we can all imagine just how mouth-watering pizza in Russia is, so [...]

Teenager Carves Own Name Into 3,500-Year-Old Relic

Kyle Dowling — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:13:49 +0000

Oh no, the Egyptians are going to be maaaaad… A family in Nanjing, China, recently found themselves both embarrassed and speechless when they learned that their 15-year-old son defaced a 3,500-year-old Egyptian relic. Unfortunately, the tool used to ruin the Luxor temple relic wasn’t a marker or pencil — the kid left his mark by carving “Ding Jinhao [...]

Cafe's Radical Policy Means Customers Pay Based on How Long They Stay

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 29 May 2013 02:22:18 +0000

Time is money. That cliché is a way of life in one café. The Slow Times café in Wiesbaden, German has instituted a new policy in which customers are charged on the amount of time they spend on the premises instead of any food or drinks they order. Owner Daria Volkova came up with the [...]

Check Out the World's Coolest (Or Creepiest) Batman Mustache

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 28 May 2013 20:40:58 +0000

It looks like Batman has given way to Goatee Man. Check out this fella, who could possibly be the world’s most devoted Batman fan. He carefully carved the Caped Crusader’s logo into his facial hair in a move that is sure to win over fans of the superhero franchise, as well as the derision of [...]

Worst Honeymoon Ever Ends With Husband Arrested for Soliciting Prostitute

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:27 +0000

You know how they say the honeymoon ended before it even began? Well, that’s actually true in the case of Mohammed Ahmed. The 21-year-old man from Illinois was arrested for soliciting a prostitute…while on his honeymoon! Ahmed, who was in Orlando, Florida with his new bride, was caught when he met an undercover detective posing [...]

Woman Kicked Off Plane For Repeatedly Singing 'I Will Always Love You'

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:44 +0000

‘I Will Always Love You’ isn’t an easy song to sing. That’s why the late Whitney Houston’s flawless take on the Dolly Parton-penned tune became one of the biggest hits in music history. But a woman on an American Airlines flight between Los Angeles and New York’s version of the song wasn’t as well received. [...]

What Humans Will Look Like in the Year 3000

Joe Russo — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:31:22 +0000

I once had a theory that aliens were actually humans in the future. Their heads made bigger to account for increased intelligence, and because of the constant use of a mouse, two wirey fingers would replace the need for five. Turns out, I'm at least partially right, if the article in this week's 'The Sun' has any scientific validity. According to the article (and we all know how accurate The Sun is), we'll look much different in 1000 years.

Overzealous Thieves Try to Blow Up ATM, Demolish the Whole Bank Instead

Mike Adams — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:16:23 +0000

Remember that scene (see below) in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' where Butch lays dynamite around the safe, but uses a bit too much and it blows up the entire train car and money flies around everywhere? This is like that, only in Germany and on Monday September, 24.

Buffalo Couple to Remarry After Being Divorced Nearly 50 Years

Joe Russo — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:01:04 +0000

Roland Davis and Lena Henderson — both 85 years old — will remarry this Saturday after being divorced for nearly 50 years. The two remained friends after their divorce and according to their daughter, Renita, never had a disparaging word for one another after the break-up. So getting back together seemed like the natural thing [...]

Man Rescues 80-Year-Old Lobster from Restaurant

Don Deane — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:58:15 +0000

In a story that’s sure to make you hungry for seafood, a Connecticut man recently rescued a gigantic 80-year-old lobster from certain death at a local restaurant and released it back into the wild. Too bad! And here we are with our bibs on and drawn butter at the ready… Don MacKenzie purchased a 17-pound [...]

Five Lifelong Friends Take the Same Photo Every Five Years

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:09:16 +0000

In 1982, John Wardlaw was joined by four of his high school buddies at his family’s cabin in Copco Lake, California. During their retreat the five friends, who were all about 19, shot a group photo using a self-timing camera.

They didn’t think much of it at the time, but when they all found themselves at the cabin again five years later they decided to recreate the photo. Thus began a tradition that has been repeated every five years since.

Woman Accidentally Bakes Life Savings

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:39:59 +0000

When it comes to storing large amounts of money in your home, underneath the mattress has long been the venue of choice. But when an Australian man sold his car for $15,000, he thought he had come up with a better place to bank the cash. Since neither the man nor his wife ever cooked, he figured [...]

Woman Fired From Lingerie Store For Being Too Busty

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:21:49 +0000

We know the complaints, but generally speaking, owning a voluptuous chest is a big life advantage. Not so much for Lauren Odes of New Jersey — The 29-year-old claims she was fired from her job because she was too hot and her boobs were too large. And, get this, she worked in a lingerie store.