Funny/Strange News Stories

[Grayfox]

Sculpture gives birth to stupid man.

Rescue crews have been called in to free an American exchange student from a giant stone vagina in Germany.

The male student was forced to call in help after becoming lodged feet-first inside the marble sculpture at Tubingen University Institute of Microbiology.

Any hope of the embarrassing incident being kept under wraps was swindled when some 22 firefighters in emergency vehicles arrived at the scene, drawing swathes of onlookers.

"I was there!!! He just wanted to take a funny picture." witness Erick Guzman posted to Imgur.

"The fire department was not really amused, and he was really embarrassed."

It did not take long to free the man from the canal, with his delivery reportedly achieved without any mechanical intervention.

The 13-year-old statue, designed by Peruvian artist Fernando de la Jara, is named "Pi-Chacan", meaning "making love" in a Peruvian Indian dialect.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/2014/06/23/10/23/man-gets-stuck-in-giant-vagina

Of course you don't need an mechanical intervention, a good pull or push is all you really need

 

[Furinkazen]

I never...
http://mashable.com/2014/06/23/grenada-not-granada/

 

[Danoff]

I never...
http://mashable.com/2014/06/23/grenada-not-granada/

Love the last line.

 

[Pupik]

Maybe I'm just a tad jaded, but that whole story seems completely false, or at least, seems like a customer publicity stunt to get something for nothing from the airline.

Unless you've never make travel arrangements, and never used the internet, and also never once thought to check your future itinerary, it probably would only happen without a lot of intentional carelessness.

Winding up in Gatwick instead of Heathrow is possible, Reagan National instead of Dulles, or any other large metro area with two major airports...plausible and does occur at times. But this story has more than a whiff of day-old fishmonger laundry.

 

[samurai8juice]

Teens Fail to Steal Old Lady's Car

 

[BobK]

Teens Fail to Steal Old Lady's Car

Not the first time it's happened, not by a long shot. Still funny, though.

 

[Johnny1996]

Drunk man crashes truck while eating chicken wing

 

[samurai8juice]

Thank You Jimmy McMillan

 

[m8h3r]

That happens to me way way way too much when playing Euro Truck Simulator....

 

[White & Nerdy]

When a 70-year-old can drive stick better than the new generation.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

In London, children's entertainer Rolf Harris has been found guilty of child sex offences. In the Middle East, ISIS encroach further and further into Iraq. And in Israel, the bodies of three teenagers were discovered in the West Bank.

Meanwhile, in Australia:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-01/geelong-mayor-darryn-lyons-house-yarn-bombed/5563644

And yes, that is a picture of the mayor.

 

[TenEightyOne]

In London, children's entertainer Rolf Harris has been found guilty of child sex offences. In the Middle East, ISIS encroach further and further into Iraq. And in Israel, the bodies of three teenagers were discovered in the West Bank.

Meanwhile, in Australia:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-01/geelong-mayor-darryn-lyons-house-yarn-bombed/5563644

And yes, that is a picture of the mayor.

I raise you the mayor of Triabunna, Tasmaniashire. I actually wish we had mayors like this, our politics are just as ****ed but at least yours are worth watching on the news. Sometimes.

 

[Blitz24]

Funny only because the allegations are fabricated:

Fan sues MLB, teams, ESPN because internet made fun of him for sleeping and was caught on camera.


And a joke from it: A fan that remained awake for an entire Houston Astros game says he plans to sue the team for $10 million.

 

[Pupik]

I always thought that one really basic rule of life is that if you don't want to be made fun of by the public, don't do anything stupid in public. Of course, sometimes stupid and fun go hand-in-hand, so thick skin may be necessary. Especially if a half-pound ball could hit you at somewhere between 40 and 80 miles per hour.

 

[Danoff]

Dark humor:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-dies-south-dakota-hot-dog-eating-contest-24464926

 

[Pupik]

The dog done did it.

http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksa...runk-man-says-dog-drove-him-to-the-store.html

 

[Wiegert]

Car thief due in court does the decent thing... by stealing a car to reach his hearing in time.

http://newsone.com/3008099/timothy-frederick-knight-san-francisco/

 

[Furinkazen]

Steven Spielberg you inhumane horrible little 🤬 ... or not
http://geekologie.com/2014/07/sadness-these-people-on-facebook-thought.php

 

[Danoff]

Journalism Fail: http://www.thehoopsnews.com/2014/07/14/211/infant-death-syndrome-kills-babies-share-beds-parents/

"Infant death syndrome kills most babies that share beds with parents"

Actually that's most SIDs is caused by bed sharing, not most bed sharing results in SIDs. Small but important distinction.

 

[Touring Mars]

Arrested for breaking Japan's obscenity laws. Japan has obscenity laws?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-3d-printers-lands-japanese-artist-in-trouble

 

[Pupik]

If Japanese authorities discover and misinterpret Sigmund Freud, they'll easily set their culture back 200 years.

 

[Lizard]

Arrested for breaking Japan's obscenity laws. Japan has obscenity laws?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-3d-printers-lands-japanese-artist-in-trouble

Yes.
In private the culture is pretty much accepting of anything. There is little that is considered weird if it is in private. In public though there are displays of attitudes that you would find in the 50s and before. It is slowly changing though.
Also don't trust the media. Famous people get away with a lot of things that people would frown upon if it was an average person.

Also I must admit I liked so many Japanese news sites on Facebook that this is actually rather old news to me.

 

[LeMansAid]

I love this! http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/07/16/10/05/epic-ad-to-sell-barina-goes-viral


It was only on the second run that I noted *Exact model shown

 

[Blitz24]

@Mike Rotch, did you recently purchase a home in Seattle?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-sets-seattle-washington-house-on-fire-trying-to-kill-spider/

 

[Mike Rotch]

@Mike Rotch, did you recently purchase a home in Seattle?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-sets-seattle-washington-house-on-fire-trying-to-kill-spider/

"A job half done is a job not done".

👍

 

[Pupik]

Fatspider is unmoved.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Daily Mail Breaking News: Woman Avoids Stepping In Puddle.

True story, just funny that it is a story.

 

[Grayfox]

Daily Mail Breaking News: Woman Avoids Stepping In Puddle.

True story, just funny that it is a story.

DAILY FAIL FAILS AGAIN.

 

[Liquid]

Crosses over with the funny video thread, but this was part of a news story sometime during 2007-10.

The Saudi Arabian King turns up. How is he greeted? With the Imperial March.

"King Abdullah may not be the head of an evil empire..." did make me laugh as well.

 

[daan]