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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Booze makes Frankenstein a monster
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 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 …

Gun-toting hiker blasted through buttock in Blewett Pass
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 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 – …

Motorcyclist scores free BBQ, $800 fine
Wednesday, 25 Aug, 2010 – 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 …

Quite a party: man realizes he was shot… five years later
Tuesday, 24 Aug, 2010 – 19:00 | One Comment
Quite a party: man realizes he was shot… five years later

In the “Who got the most drunk?” contest, the guy who forgot being shot always wins.
The hero of today’s story is an unnamed Polish resident of Herne in western Germany. When the 35-year-old man sought …

Facebook gravity explanation is both frightening AND funny
Monday, 23 Aug, 2010 – 1:33 | One Comment
Facebook gravity explanation is both frightening AND funny

A group of Facebookers show that a poor grasp of the English language and frightening lack of scientific knowledge can make for hilarious results. Unless you consider the possibility that the multitudinous offspring of those …

Figure skater starts million-dollar fire with own stupidity
Thursday, 19 Aug, 2010 – 19:38 | No Comment
Figure skater starts million-dollar fire with own stupidity

Have you heard of Kurt Browning? As the picture above suggests, he is a figure skater, a former Canadian and World champion of the sport, to be exact – and if recent events are anything …

Russian man tried to stab his way out of jail prophecy
Saturday, 14 Aug, 2010 – 2:57 | One Comment
Russian man tried to stab his way out of jail prophecy

A Russian man was sentenced to 22 years in a maximum security prison after a fortune teller told him something that he didn’t want to hear.
On October 8 of last year Gennady Osipovich met a …

Frustrated flight attendant makes dramatic emergency exit
Tuesday, 10 Aug, 2010 – 18:06 | One Comment
Frustrated flight attendant makes dramatic emergency exit

A bad day at work definitely cost a 39-year-old flight attendant his job and may cost him his freedom.
As a JetBlue flight from Pittsburgh to New York landed, Steven Slater did what flight attendants always …

Jet-powered school bus goes really, really fast [Video]
Saturday, 7 Aug, 2010 – 2:50 | One Comment
Jet-powered school bus goes really, really fast [Video]

Does the planet really need a school bus powered by a jet engine? Not so much. But you do sort of have to admire the kind of insane creativity that goes into the conception and …

Man calls 911 for ride to liquor store, gets arrested for possession of pot
Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 – 1:14 | No Comment
Man calls 911 for ride to liquor store, gets arrested for possession of pot

A St. Augustine, Florida man was arrested for misuse of 911 and possession of marijuana after he failed to heed warnings not to call emergency services to ask for a lift to the liquor store.
The …

Man attacked vending machine with hatchet to free person trapped inside
Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 – 0:51 | No Comment
Man attacked vending machine with hatchet to free person trapped inside

A 47-year-old Idaho man proved that no good deed goes unpunished when he was arrested for using a hatchet to break into a vending machine to free a person that had apparently been trapped inside.
The …

Dummkopf self-detonates dismantling found grenade
Tuesday, 27 Jul, 2010 – 20:37 | One Comment
Dummkopf self-detonates dismantling found grenade

A 53-year-old Croatian man is in a serious condition after he decided disassemble a hand grenade that he found while out on a walk.
The man, who has been identified as Marko S. found the …

French man, “Millionaire” audience demonstrate disturbing lack of scientific knowledge
Saturday, 24 Jul, 2010 – 20:05 | 2 Comments
French man, “Millionaire” audience demonstrate disturbing lack of scientific knowledge

In fairness, there could be a few responses to the question, what rotates around the Earth. What with all the man-made stuff in orbit and all – but none of those things were any of …

Clumsy German “cheaters” fall from window
Wednesday, 21 Jul, 2010 – 21:15 | No Comment
Clumsy German “cheaters” fall from window

A pair of German lovers found themselves with broken bones and head wounds after an afternoon rendezvous went terribly, terribly wrong.
People from neighboring apartments said that they witnessed the pair having sex in the window …

Man rides giant crocodile, alcohol involved
Tuesday, 13 Jul, 2010 – 4:04 | 2 Comments
Man rides giant crocodile, alcohol involved

A tourist was lucky to survive with major lacerations to his leg after he protested his ejection from a pub in Broome, Western Australia by climbing the fence of a crocodile enclosure and attempting to …

Alabama prison lost lifer in dog training exercise
Saturday, 10 Jul, 2010 – 22:56 | No Comment
Alabama prison lost lifer in dog training exercise

The Limestone Correctional Facility in Alabama managed to lose a prisoner who was participating in a dog training exercise.

David Hopkins, was playing the part of a fugitive when he vanished in the woods and failed …