Funny/Strange News Stories

[Northstar]

Build a Death Star? Maybe not, but one of the most amusing things I have ever seen to be put to a government and a response was forced.

Was wondering when they were going to respond to it, glad they were lighthearted about it.👍

 

[tomhart9]

A German student "mooned" a group of Hell's Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer, police have said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10333211

Wuuuutt

 

[Wiegert]

Sounds like there's more to it than simply not taking depression medication. I mean, a stolen bulldozer? The hell...

Build a Death Star? Maybe not, but one of the most amusing things I have ever seen to be put to a government and a response was forced.

The Galactic Empire's response.

 

[McLaren]

Woman steals a train. And then runs it into a building.
http://news.yahoo.com/stolen-train-crashes-building-sweden-135712564.html?_sr=1

"Marty!...Where we're going....we don't need rails!"

 

[Famine]

Not massively funny, but it gives me the opportunity to use this tabloidy link.

My Lidl Pony.

 

[dhandeh]

Not massively funny, but it gives me the opportunity to use this tabloidy link.

My Lidl Pony.

And I raise you this.

 

[daan]

Not massively funny, but it gives me the opportunity to use this tabloidy link.

My Lidl Pony.

I'm sure you'll be trying to keep that secret from MiniFam1?

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Canada puts the wrong maple leaf on its new bank notes:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-20/canada-bank-note-features-wrong-maple-leaf/4472704

 

[Zenith]

Next up, USA accidentally prints American flag with the Star of David.

 

[Grayfox]

Next up, USA accidentally prints American flag with the Star of David.

Like this?

I am sure it will ruffle some feathers.

 

[tomhart9]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21141244

Norway goat cheese fire closes tunnel
A road tunnel in Norway has been closed - by a lorry-load of burning cheese.
"I didn't know that brown cheese burns so well,"

 

[daan]

Hmmmm, roasted cheese! Nom.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Okay, this story in itself isn't funny. In fact, it's quite serious - North Korea is threatening to go to war with the South.

This part, however, is hilarious:

"If the puppet group of traitors takes a direct part in the UN sanctions, the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) will take strong physical counter-measures against it," the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said, referring to the South.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Right now in Australia, there is a major corruption inquiry into the dealings of Eddie Obeid, a former government minister who was one of the most powerful men on the state political scene. The inquiry centres on the sale of mining rights, when the permits were inexplicably changed to include land that the Obeids owned (and further land that they were in the process of acquiring). They would have been able to sell that land at a profit of over $70 million to the mining exploration company that won the tender.

When asked how confidential maps showing the planned mining grant got into his family office, Eddie Obied's son replied "Jesus might have done it".

 

[Hayden]

Yep, Eddie and co seem to have got themselves in pretty deep water. I think Eddie's phrase "I don't believe my family does anything shonky" nearly rivals his lad's Jesus one on the grounds of idiocy. Nearly.

Link

 

[TB]

Go home, Camry. You're drunk.

 

[Dennisch]

Someone should have taken lessons from a certain member.

 

[DK]

I guess he tried to out-accel that wall.

 

[G.T.Ace]

Thought it's worth mentioning here:

Fox: America – Despite Having Actual Deserts – Has Less Sun Than Rainy Germany

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/0...eserts-has-less-sun-than-rainy-germany-video/

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Jim Beam brand driven home to children

This one is funny because it's stirring up controversy over the Jim Beam name and logo appearing on children's clothing produced by Dick Johnson Racing - three months after Jim Beam announced that they will no longer sponsor the team. Furthermore, if you look at the team's range of kids' merchandise, you will see that they all contain the redacted "The Team" logos that DJR use in the Middle East where alcohol sponsorship is banned.

 

[Lizard]

I read it on twitter and can't find a news story on it but apparently David Cameron was furious this morning after the Conservative candidate for the Eastleigh byelection could not be bothered to turn up to a radio debate so he had to put one of his MP's in as a filler.
I find it funny how the person could not be bothered to turn up to support their cause.

 

[Crispy]

Go home, Camry. You're drunk.

Those in the clinic should be lucky it wasn't a 2.2.

 

[Nicksfix]

Man gets arrested after calling 911 "9" times, in an attempt to order a cheeseburger.

Article

 

[DemurgicDemon]

Those in the clinic should be lucky it wasn't a 2.2.

Okay, could someone please explain this Camry 2.2 joke to me? Because I really don't get it!

 

[Downhill Dino]

An individual (not naming names, best not to spread) who claimed that he can out-accelerate any car in a 2.2 Camry that he owned because he 'knew how.'

 

[DemurgicDemon]

An individual (not naming names, best not to spread) who claimed that he can out-accelerate any car in a 2.2 Camry that he owned because he 'knew how.'

Ah, thanks!

 

[Minty]

Marijuana cannon...



Crafty bastards.

 

[Dennisch]

Pay up, you fatties!

The head of Samoa Air has defended its policy of charging passengers by their weight, arguing such a system is not only fair but the future for other airlines.

 

[dhandeh]

Pay up, you fatties!

The head of Samoa Air has defended its policy of charging passengers by their weight, arguing such a system is not only fair but the future for other airlines.

Seeing they operate small aircraft, I can see why they have done it. But judging by the build of some Samoans , I wouldn't want to piss one off by calling them fat.

 

[Pupik]

Seeing they operate small aircraft, I can see why they have done it. But judging by the build of some Samoans , I wouldn't want to piss one off by calling them fat.

Exactly.

[...] the company is planning to purchase a much larger Airbus A320-200 this year for service to international destinations in the region including Australia, New Zealand and Fiji

Then again, they have to pay for that upcoming Airbus somehow.