Archive for the 'Odd News' Category

Is that Budda’s finger?

A fragment of bone believed to be one of Buddha’s fingers, and over 2,500 years old, went on display in Seoul last Friday.
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Retired Elvis impersonator helps police nab crook

An ex-Elvis impersonator helped Las Vegas police arrest a man suspected of stealing more than $300,000 worth of memorabilia from the Elvis-A-Rama museum.
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Church makes 6-figure offer for strip club

An Ohio strip club owner is considering a 6-figure offer to buy out his strip club. But this offer comes from an unexpected source - a church.

What’s in President Bush’s pockets?

Talk about your slow news days. Thanks to an Argentine newspaper reporter we now know that President Bush carries a hankerchief and nothing else in his pockets.

Marry him anyway, even if he can’t spell

Does it matter if it’s “marry me” or “mary me”, or is it the thought that counts?

Fat cops ordered on diet

49% of the 4,150 police officers in Bangkok were recently found to be overweight with high cholesterol. According to the Metropolitan Police Bereau this presents “an obstacle” in directing traffic.

Secret Service investigating high school yearbook

About 100 yearbooks had to be edited with a black marker after a caption catches the attention of the secret service.

Wal-Mart for the Amish

The Amish cannot use electricity, phones, or cars. But apparently Wal-Mart is ok.

This weeks sign of the apocalypse: Exploding frogs

At a pond in Germany frogs are exploding. More than 1,000 so far. The frogs blow up like balloons until their stomachs burst.
Local scientists have tested the toads and the pond, but cannot find a cause.
Source: Exploding Toads in Hamburg, Germany, Baffle Scientists

Wedgie - it really is a word, Webster says so

The word “Wedgie” is being added the the next edition of Webster’s New World College Dictionary. The definition is listed as “a prank in which the victim’s undershorts are jerked upward so as to become wedged between the buttocks.”
Also added: blog, cargo pants, and Al Qaeda.