Sick, stranded whale to be put out of misery with explosives
Thu, 2/09/10 – 1:10 | One Comment

A whale that is stranded and sick is set to leave this world a bang… of explosives that is.
The Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation have decided that the unusual step is necessary because …

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Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband “wants to have her plastinated”
Thu, 2/09/10 – 16:37 | One Comment


Frederic von Anhalt, the count husband of the gravely ill 93-year-old actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has said that he hopes to have her plastinated after she dies.

He told the Bild:

My wife has always dreamt that her beauty would be immortal. I would like to show the plastinated body of Zsa Zsa Gabor in the context of a scene in one of her films.

Von Anhalt plans to get the famous German anatomist Gunther von Hagens to carry out the procedure.

Plastination has always seemed a little gross, but when you reduce it to raw science it is actually kind of cool. Fat and water from the body is replaced with different polymers – permanently staving off decomposition. So there is no faulting von Anhalt for his decision there, nor is there really an issue with him making arrangements while she is still among the living. Plastination is a long and complicated process that is presumably best started while the body is reasonably fresh. When something takes 1,500 man-hours to do, you want to make sure the right people have time in their schedules.

When it comes down to it, the only that is gross, and also somewhat douchey, is von Anhalt discussing his plans with a German tabloid while his wife is dying in hospital.

Guy tests faith in science by sticking hand in liquid nitrogen
Thu, 2/09/10 – 0:37 | No Comment
Guy tests faith in science by sticking hand in liquid nitrogen

Okay, this is not the first time that a guy stuck his hand into liquid nitrogen in front of a camera, but the use of high quality cameras and a clear container for the experiment …

Changi Airport adds giant corkscrew slide
Wed, 1/09/10 – 17:29 | No Comment
Changi Airport adds giant corkscrew slide

Singapore’s Changi Airport just got a whole lot more fun (and expensive) with an exciting new addition. The Slide@T3, which is located in Terminal 3 is a 12-meter-high corkscrew-like contraption that rockets passengers down its …

How not to kill a spider
Wed, 1/09/10 – 5:04 | One Comment
How not to kill a spider

When his wife screamed there was a spider in the house, Chris Welding sprang to her defense, nearly killing himself in the process.
The IT engineer chased the spider into their bathroom in Clacton, Essex, England.
Wielding …

Golfer Inadvertently Starts 12-Acre Blaze With Shot Out of the Rough
Tue, 31/08/10 – 22:38 | No Comment
Golfer Inadvertently Starts 12-Acre Blaze With Shot Out of the Rough

If you’re a golfer, chances are you’ve had a bad round here or there.  If you’re anything like me, you’ve had plenty.
Next time you have yourself a particularly poor round just remember—you could be this …

Booze makes Frankenstein a monster
Tue, 31/08/10 – 21:26 | No Comment
Booze makes Frankenstein a monster

A 39-year-old Toby Keith fan with no business in his mullet was left looking a little the worse for wear after a run in with Ohio police on August 27th.
Ohio police said that when they …

Italian mushroom pickers drop like flies
Tue, 31/08/10 – 21:17 | No Comment
Italian mushroom pickers drop like flies

At least 18 people have died while mushroom picking in Italy this year – not one of them from accidental poisoning.
In their quest for delicious fungi, the hapless ‘shroomers all fell victim to dangerous terrain. …

Gun-toting hiker blasted through buttock in Blewett Pass
Tue, 31/08/10 – 20:50 | One Comment
Gun-toting hiker blasted through buttock in Blewett Pass

A 52-year-old man was preparing for a hike in Blewett Pass when he decided to move his 40-caliber Smith & Wesson from its safe, but uncomfortable holster to his unsafe but comfortable back pocket – …

Who needs an burglar alarm when they can write notes like this?
Tue, 31/08/10 – 20:36 | No Comment
Who needs an burglar alarm when they can write notes like this?

I’m guessing that burglars would think twice before targeting the house of a man going by the name of “Bub” who has a house full of pit bulls, a buddy called “Skeeter” and who is …

Million Dollar Hair
Tue, 31/08/10 – 4:17 | No Comment
Million Dollar Hair

Hair Care company Head & Shoulders has taken out a $1 million insurance policy on US sports star Troy Polamalu’s hair to ensure his trademark locks do not get damaged during the upcoming NFL season.
The company …

Delivery Room Brawl Leaves Mother and Baby in Critical Condition
Sun, 29/08/10 – 20:31 | One Comment
Delivery Room Brawl Leaves Mother and Baby in Critical Condition

As if that didn’t sound horrifying enough, know this–the brawl was between the two doctors responsible for the mother-to-be and her unborn child.
The site of this terrible story is the Polyclinic Hospital in Messina, on …

Third Edition Oxford English Dictionary not available in print
Sun, 29/08/10 – 7:26 | One Comment
Third Edition Oxford English Dictionary not available in print

A team of 80 lexicographers have been working on it for the past 21 years, but the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary will never appear in print, its owner has admitted in a report today
Oxford University …

Judge presents romantic interest with copy of “The One Hour Orgasm”, picture of self, and pair of purple latex gloves
Sat, 28/08/10 – 21:02 | No Comment
Judge presents romantic interest with copy of “The One Hour Orgasm”, picture of self, and pair of purple latex gloves

“An intense romantic fling” with a public defender in the spring of 2009 has landed Albuquerque District Judge Bob Schwartz in a sticky situation.
The 60-year-old judge stands accused of:
Failing to uphold the integrity and independence …

Italian hospital ordered to pay for chopping off wrong testicle
Fri, 27/08/10 – 19:39 | One Comment
Italian hospital ordered to pay for chopping off wrong testicle

Something went wrong when a man went into a hospital in northern Italy for a routine unilateral orchiectomy (removal of one testicle) six years ago.
A surgeon accidentally removed the 27-year-old  patient’s healthy right testicle, realized …

Your 747 may or may not be about to crash into the sea
Fri, 27/08/10 – 6:58 | No Comment
Your 747 may or may not be about to crash into the sea

It was reported recently that an emergency message was mistakenly activated on-board a British Airways 747, instructing passengers flying from London to Hong Kong to brace for a possible crash into the sea. It was …

Meter Maids give Microsoft a welcome they’ll not forget
Thu, 26/08/10 – 7:11 | 2 Comments
Meter Maids give Microsoft a welcome they’ll not forget

Microsoft got more, or should that be less, than they bargained for during Microsoft’s huge Tech-Ed conference held recently on the Gold Coast.
The coast’s iconic Meter Maids were hired by Microsoft to take part in the …

Motorcyclist scores free BBQ, $800 fine
Wed, 25/08/10 – 0:22 | No Comment
Motorcyclist scores free BBQ, $800 fine

When Michael Wiles spotted an old barbecue grill thrown out with the trash on the side of the road he should have just ridden by – after all, he was riding a motorcycle and they …