Funny/Strange News Stories

[TenEightyOne]

Pope urges Bolivians to reject consumerism but gets changed in Burger King.

 

[Touring Mars]

Poor old Pope Francis isn't having much luck - he was given a rather bizarre gift yesterday too, which he apparently examined before handing it back... a model of Jesus crucified on a hammer and sickle.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33476140

Just minutes after seeing that article, I continued doing what I was supposed to be doing - reviewing a scientific paper. Bizarelly, I spotted that one of the references cited at the end had amongst it's authors the names 'Yeh', 'Hammer-Wilson' and 'Sickle' - made all the more coincidental since the final author's surname is infact 'van Sickle', but has been cited incorrectly in the paper!

 

[TenEightyOne]

Poor old Pope Francis isn't having much luck - he was given a rather bizarre gift yesterday too, which he apparently examined before handing it back... a model of Jesus crucified on a hammer and sickle.

Apparently it's important to some Bolivian Jesuits having been designed by one of their number who was murdered for his faith. Nonetheless it's reported that Pope said "it's not good"

 

[prisonermonkeys]

This is how Australians recycle:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-11/beer-can-regatta-darwin-serious-business/6612330

Pope urges Bolivians to reject consumerism but gets changed in Burger King.

The pope has costume changes?

 

[Grayfox]

This is how Australians recycle:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-11/beer-can-regatta-darwin-serious-business/6612330

Gives a new meaning to Drink Driving.

Got a leaky boat.

Fix it by drinking some bear and plugging the leak.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Lewis Hamilton gets told off by the Queen for his table manners:

http://m.skysports.com/article/formula1//9898042

And now he's violated the dress code and been kicked out of Wimbledon:

http://m.skysports.com/article/formula1//9911408

 

[TenEightyOne]

Shark attack in Grimsby. It's as classy as you'd expect.

 

[niky]

Shark attack in Grimsby. It's as classy as you'd expect.

So he's a bit deflated at the ruling.

He should still be pumped up about all the free notoriety.

 

[Johnnypenso]

So he's a bit deflated at the ruling.

He should still be pumped up about all the free notoriety.

In related news, Mr Gladyng's testicles will soon be appearing on a milk carton.

 

[TenEightyOne]

What's irritating about the shark story is that the location is listed on the BBC front page as Humberside. It stopped existing 19 years ago at the height of the anti-Humberside guerrilla actions of the (mostly) over-50s.

 

[Johnnypenso]

Boy Band Singer collapses and is hospitalized after boarding plane with 12 layers of clothing to avoid $70 baggage fee

Too Ginger to Fly?

A redheaded Scottish teenager was reduced to tears after being told she was “too pale” to board an Etihad flight.
Check-in staff said they feared Grace Wain, 14, was unwell as she queued to get on a flight to a dream holiday in the Maldives with her family.
The Etihad staff insisted on written confirmation from a doctor that Grace was fit to fly – even after an airport paramedic performed a check-up and gave her the all-clear.
Stunned dad Paul, 45, said: “I told them, ‘We live in Scotland. “She is a redhead and she has a pale complexion. That’s just the way she is.”

 

[Danoff]

I didn't realize one needed a soul to fly.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I didn't realize one needed a soul to fly.

They probably thought that she was anaemic - she's very pale. I'm no expert, but there are probably potential complications when flying at altitude.

 

[Barra333]

Have you not met any Scottish people? She has a pretty good tan for a Scottish ginger.

Wait, if you haven't traveled*, you have probably only seen bright pink Scots in Australia.

*Not a judgement, I genuinely don't know.

 

[TenEightyOne]

They probably thought that she was anaemic - she's very pale.

I have to agree with @Barra333... at the risk of seeming Scot-ist she simply looks... Scottish

 

[Lizard]

http://www.unilad.co.uk/articles/pa...-asking-home-secretary-to-legalise-child-sex/


What a way to hand yourself in.

Language warning for the comments at the bottom.

 

[Liquid]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33606449

French Scrabble champion doesn't speak French.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Racist group gets upset that prominent person does not want to be associated with them:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-...not-use-jimmy-barnes-songs-at-rallies/6639376

 

[gnomefromnome]

https://www.adn.com/article/20150722/uninvited-black-bear-temporarily-closes-alaska-zoo-anchorage

“Many years ago we had a black bear that just kept coming back,” Myer said. “So we made him a home here. And George the magpie, she flew here. We brought her to Bird TLC and everything, but it was clear she had spent a long time in captivity. So we kept her.”

Only in Alaska (original link) *updated with new link

 

[TenEightyOne]

http://m.ktuu.com/news/wild-bear-wanders-into-alaska-zoo-forces-evacuation/34299316

Only in Alaska

I wasn't clear who was evacuated at 5.30 am?

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Who cares? How many times has a zoo been shut down because an animal got in, rather than animals got out?

 

[gnomefromnome]

http://m.ktuu.com/news/dogs-alleged-911-call-leads-to-soldotna-womans-arrest/34391404

A call to 911 investigated by Alaska State Troopers after the dog's owner called back, saying it was made by her pet. The woman was arrested on an outstanding warrant.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Serbian lottery numbers shown before they're drawn... eleven under arrest. Eleven people, not Ball #11.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33746126

 

[DK]

If there was someone who had the right numbers but wasn't involved in fixing that, I'd be thinking "what a load of balls!"

 

[Touring Mars]

You can see how that could have happened by mistake - 21 and 27 look quite similar, and the 21 appears on the screen after the 27 ball, but then 27 appears as the lady reads out the number.... the fact that 21 then appears after is probably just a coincidence - it would be a remarkable trick if they were somehow able to get the 21 ball out on purpose!!

 

[Sureboss]

Couldn't you make that possible by playing around with the weights of the balls? (so to speak)

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Minion runs amok in Dublin:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-...-loose-in-dublin-causes-traffic-chaos/6671190

 

[TenEightyOne]

Minion runs amok in Dublin:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-...-loose-in-dublin-causes-traffic-chaos/6671190

Equally dispicable (sic) is the local councillor's spelling

 

[Liquid]

James Bond falls foul of airport security

It seems that working for Universal Exports isn't enough to smuggle things these days.

 

[TenEightyOne]

James Bond falls foul of airport security

It seems that working for Universal Exports isn't enough to smuggle things these days.

They probably became suspicious when he was still clinging to the outside of the plane during its takeoff run...