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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Golfer Inadvertently Starts 12-Acre Blaze With Shot Out of the Rough
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 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 …

Delivery Room Brawl Leaves Mother and Baby in Critical Condition
Sunday, 29 Aug, 2010 – 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 …

Woman Made to Clean Her Hospital Room… After Giving Birth
Wednesday, 25 Aug, 2010 – 21:08 | No Comment
Woman Made to Clean Her Hospital Room… After Giving Birth

I know things are tough all over, and hospital cutbacks are at an all-time high, but this is ridiculous.
Note to self–never be admitted to Sundsvall hospital northern Sweden.  How bad is it?  Let’s just say …

Man Dressed as a Banana Shows Off His Junk, Brandishes a Shotgun
Thursday, 19 Aug, 2010 – 22:20 | One Comment
Man Dressed as a Banana Shows Off His Junk, Brandishes a Shotgun

Once again, pretty much everything you need to know is right there in the title.  Sometimes these things just write themselves.
Port Angeles, Washington is the sight of this bizarre (to say the least) incident involving …

Study Concludes That Men Are More Likely to Pick Up Female Hitchhikers With Large Breasts
Monday, 16 Aug, 2010 – 3:30 | No Comment
Study Concludes That Men Are More Likely to Pick Up Female Hitchhikers With Large Breasts

Not being a part of academia, I really have no idea what the thought process is when trying to come up with a viable study project.  But even I know when research is both pointless …

Mass Found in Man’s Lung Actually a Sprouting Pea
Thursday, 12 Aug, 2010 – 22:37 | One Comment
Mass Found in Man’s Lung Actually a Sprouting Pea

Wait…what?
For Ron Sveden, finding out from doctors that the mass in your lung is not cancer, but actually a sprouting pea, is definitely good news.  Weird, but good.
Sveden, who suffers from emphysema, had been feeling …

Homeless Woman Arrested After Living Undetected in Man’s Closet… For a Year
Wednesday, 28 Jul, 2010 – 18:11 | One Comment
Homeless Woman Arrested After Living Undetected in Man’s Closet… For a Year

This is one of those stories that borders on the unbelievably impossible, or the impossibly unbelievable, whichever you prefer.  Either way, when it comes down to brass tacks, the thought of a person living under …

Darth Vader Robs Long Island Bank Without His Lightsaber
Friday, 23 Jul, 2010 – 23:59 | No Comment
Darth Vader Robs Long Island Bank Without His Lightsaber

Talk about your fall from grace–it’s sad to see Darth Vader go from commanding the Empire to being reduced to holding up a bank, with nary a stormtrooper to back him up.
This Darth Vader, sans …

World’s Strongest Ale is Expensive, Served in Animal Carcasses
Thursday, 22 Jul, 2010 – 10:45 | 4 Comments
World’s Strongest Ale is Expensive, Served in Animal Carcasses

Brewdog, a brewery found in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, is releasing what they call the World’s Strongest Ale, the aptly named The End of History. Apparently the ale is stronger than both whiskey and vodka, although the …

Russian Businessmen Prove Flying Donkeys Aren’t All That Funny
Tuesday, 20 Jul, 2010 – 22:42 | One Comment
Russian Businessmen Prove Flying Donkeys Aren’t All That Funny

In theory, sure, a donkey forced to parasail above stunned onlookers sounds like a good plan, but in reality, not so much.
A group of Russian entrepreneurs, in an effort to attract people to their private …

Romanian Model Has Plans for a Beautiful People Political Party
Wednesday, 14 Jul, 2010 – 22:32 | One Comment
Romanian Model Has Plans for a Beautiful People Political Party

Apparently this is no joke–well, I’m sure there’s a joke in there somewhere, but Sanziana Buruiana will have no part of it.
Buruiana is the 23-year-old Romanian model with grandiose plans of starting up her own …

Man’s Prosthetic Leg Set on Fire After Losing Drinking Bet
Monday, 12 Jul, 2010 – 11:09 | No Comment
Man’s Prosthetic Leg Set on Fire After Losing Drinking Bet

With friends like these–well, you know the rest.
A 47-year-old New Hampshire man suffered severe burns to his lower back and buttocks, after losing a drinking bet with friends.  Worse than losing the bet was that …

Woman in Sumo Wrestler Suit Assaulted her Ex-girlfriend in Gay Pub After She Waved at Man Dressed as a Snickers Bar
Tuesday, 29 Jun, 2010 – 11:32 | No Comment
Woman in Sumo Wrestler Suit Assaulted her Ex-girlfriend in Gay Pub After She Waved at Man Dressed as a Snickers Bar

Well, there’s really not much more to say after that, now is there?
The title is an actual headline from the print version of the Dublin Evening Herald, and yes, it really did happen.  Nothing good …

Teen Makes Like Spider-man With Homemade Invention
Monday, 28 Jun, 2010 – 11:45 | 2 Comments
Teen Makes Like Spider-man With Homemade Invention

Every time I think about the youth of today, invariably I wind up weeping for the future.  But then I read about a kid like Hibiki Kono, and become hopeful for the adults of tomorrow.
Kono, …

Woman Can Explain the 100 Dead Cats in her Freezer
Saturday, 19 Jun, 2010 – 8:55 | No Comment
Woman Can Explain the 100 Dead Cats in her Freezer

And thankfully it has nothing to do with the local Chinese restaurant.
The dead cats, all 100 of them, were being kept in a freezer that didn’t work, one that was owned by Gabriella Bernabei and …

Video: Dad Extracts Son’s Tooth With a Rocket
Saturday, 19 Jun, 2010 – 8:24 | One Comment
Video: Dad Extracts Son’s Tooth With a Rocket

This video of young Bradley Harris (left) having a tooth pulled via rocket power is over a year old but only recently has it gone viral.
Not only is it viral, it’s also pretty damn cool.
The …