Shane Drew

  • Russia prosecutes 85-year-old for mass distribution of extremist materials

    Mr Aleksey Fedorin was charged and tried in Rostov, Russia, for “mass distribution of extremist materials,” despite his being 85 years of age and legally classified as disabled. In a court in Tselina, Judge Viktoria Samokhina ruled to fine him 1,000 rubles, which sounds like a lot but is actually...
  • Man Charged with DUI on a wheelchair

    A 65-year-old Cairns, Queensland, man has been charged with DUI after he crashed his motorized wheelchair into an unmarked police car. With the legal limit in Queensland at 0.05%, his alleged 0.232% reading was almost five times higher than allowed. He collided with the police car at a city intersection , allegedly disobeying...
  • Arrest costs Sheriff $5.00

    Sergeant Mike Kellems of the Indiana Sheriff’s dept was chasing a fugitive recently, but was said to have been made to pay the $5 admission fee to get into the LaPorte County Fair so he could make an arrest. It would be funny if it was not so stupid. The Herald-Argus reported that when he attempted...
  • Report: Determination of Human Penile Electrical Resistance and Implication on Safety for Electrosurgery of Penis

    A recent report from Taiwan would send shivers down the spine of the average bloke, at the very least, causing him to involuntarily keep his knees together. A group of crazy brave surgeons in Taiwan has been exploring the effects of electricity on male genitalia. Concerned that blokes worldwide were risking...
  • Grease helps extract man from shaft

    Chefs at Melbourne’s Crown Casino got a surprise when they heard a frantic voice coming from a ventilation shaft above the ovens. A search and rescue team and paramedics, were dispatched to the scene where they eventually found a 25-year-old man stuck in the shaft. Hot and dehydrated, the man was pulled...
  • Holiday makers get a free tan with every flight

    Now be honest. How many times have you been sitting in an airport lounge, waiting for that flight to your holiday destination, and you have thought to yourself…. if only I could get a tan while I’m killing time.  Once or twice maybe? Well, it seems you are in luck… sort of. If you...
  • Stop sending us money!

    A New Zealand couple say they could have made a fortune from a hoax email that has circulated the world and prompted people to send them money. They have been offered thousands of dollars, trips overseas, free accommodation and bombarded with generous people from all over the world, along with endless...
  • Wedding Cake Challenge… with a twist

    What happens when a woman marries one of the worlds top competative eaters? Didn’t know there was such a thing? Champion eater and civil engineer, Hall Hunt, who can down 63 Krystal burgers in eight minutes, and his bride, Emily Wright served burgers at their wedding reception in north...
  • Brave or Stupid? …. definitely stupid!

    In what could only be considered a temporary Australian, a very brave stupid Victorian man was photographed swimming right in front of a crocodile trap at a Northern Territory waterhole, the same waterhole where a large saltie has already been caught this year. Tim Cotter photographed the act of stupidity in front of the trap at Koolpin Gorge, at...