Funny/Strange News Stories

[Sprite]

Motorway built around grandfather’s house after extraordinarily stubborn refusal

The two-storey home in China is rocked by constant vibrations and is surrounded by dust and noisy builders

www.independent.co.uk

The UK beat them to it…

 

[UKMikey]

Hurray for the little guy.

1983: Universal sues Nintendo over the name of their videogame character Donkey Kong (and loses).

2024: Nintendo challenges a Costa Rican shopowner over the name of his supermarket (and loses):

Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket

A Costa Rican supermarket has claimed victory against Nintendo in a trademark battle over its name: Super Mario.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[05XR8]

Whale swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia

A father has captured on camera the terrifying moment his son was swallowed whole by a humpback whale off Chile.

www.smh.com.au

 

[UKMikey]

He's on a very short list with Jonah, Pinocchio and Wee Hughie. (Not you, Ahab.)

Whale fight survivors. Talk about a "fluke" escape.

 

[Northstar]

Whale swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia

A father has captured on camera the terrifying moment his son was swallowed whole by a humpback whale off Chile.

www.smh.com.au

Dude is insanely lucky on 2 fronts. First simply because he survived, and secondly because it was filmed as you know nobody would believe him without footage.

 

[sirjim73]

Whale swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia

A father has captured on camera the terrifying moment his son was swallowed whole by a humpback whale off Chile.

www.smh.com.au

That's a blubber-ly story you found. Very worthy of this thread.

 

[UKMikey]

That's a blubber-ly story you found. Very worthy of this thread.

He orca consider himself lucky as it sounds like he had a rorqual awful time of it.

 

[Darla Starch]

Walmart Shoplifters To Be Sentenced To Washing Cars | Carscoops

The free car washes are designed to humiliate and deter thieves

www.carscoops.com

 

[TexRex]

I don't trust someone who shoplifted from Walmart to wash my car.

 

[EngieDiesel]

New Zealand volcano owners' conviction over deadly eruption quashed

Twenty-two people died and others were badly injured in the 2019 Whakaari/White Island disaster.

www.bbc.com

Supervillains everywhere are celebrating this legal precedent, no doubt.

 

[Blitz24]

New Zealand volcano owners' conviction over deadly eruption quashed

Twenty-two people died and others were badly injured in the 2019 Whakaari/White Island disaster.

www.bbc.com

Supervillains everywhere are celebrating this legal precedent, no doubt.

He didn't start the lava! It's been always burning since the plates' been shifting.

 

[sirjim73]

New Zealand volcano owners' conviction over deadly eruption quashed

Twenty-two people died and others were badly injured in the 2019 Whakaari/White Island disaster.

www.bbc.com

Supervillains everywhere are celebrating this legal precedent, no doubt.

Volcano...
Supervillains...
Me starts humming...

 

[Northstar]

In case you were wondering how the new Captain America is doing...

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

In case you were wondering how the new Captain America is doing...

I would definitely ask for a refund.

 

[sirjim73]

In case you were wondering how the new Captain America is doing...

I think we can guess what those two people were doing if it was enough to bring the roof down!

I bet one turned to the other and asked them:
"Did the earth move for you?"

 

[Liquid]

 

[PaMu1337]

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But can't you read her pants? She just can't!

 

[05XR8]

4-year-old boy calls 911 after 'bad mom' eats his ice cream

I scream, you scream, a 4-year-old boy has called the cops after his mother ate his ice cream, police have said.

abcnews.go.com

 

[UKMikey]

4-year-old boy calls 911 after 'bad mom' eats his ice cream

I scream, you scream, a 4-year-old boy has called the cops after his mother ate his ice cream, police have said.

abcnews.go.com

CAAB (Coppers Aren't All Bastards).

 

[Darla Starch]

Man Named Weiner Strips Naked And Runs Across Highway After Crash | Carscoops

Weiner's weiner got him charged with indecent exposure and lewdness

www.carscoops.com

 

[Blitz24]

Man Named Weiner Strips Naked And Runs Across Highway After Crash | Carscoops

Weiner's weiner got him charged with indecent exposure and lewdness

www.carscoops.com

 

[sirjim73]

Man Named Weiner Strips Naked And Runs Across Highway After Crash | Carscoops

Weiner's weiner got him charged with indecent exposure and lewdness

www.carscoops.com

A total ********... ... ...

 

[TexRex]

This is a wild ride.

 

[sirjim73]

This is a wild ride.

Which one was the ********...?

(Hysterical pun blocked by censor )

 

[Liquid]

This is a wild ride.

This must be the surgeon who operated on Elon.

 

[UKMikey]

 

[GBO Possum]

Jimmy Kimmel interviewed them, in case you want more. I feel it raises questions and maybe answers about how the brain works. Anyway, it's remarkable... the link below jumps over the Hegseth bit right to the interview

 

[UKMikey]

Jimmy Kimmel interviewed them, in case you want more. I feel it raises questions and maybe answers about how the brain works. Anyway, it's remarkable... the link below jumps over the Hegseth bit right to the interview

I'd heard of identical twins finishing each other's sentences but hadn't come across a pair that actually anticipated them.

 

[TexRex]

 

[Pupik]

Headline about headliner is a vehicle for a vehicle with headliner.

https://www.stereogum.com/2307504/boy-hits-car-concert-canceled-after-truck-hits-venue/news/

On Friday (May 9), Boy Hits Car were slated to play a single release show at Los Angeles’ Whisky A Go Go to celebrate their new album Mind Elevation. However, the alt-rock band’s show was canceled due to a dump truck crashing into the music venue hours before.

Luckily, no one was hit in the accident. A witness told ABC7, “I was running away from it all the way from the top of the hill. The truck was chasing me, almost killing me.”

Another witness, Evan Lindley, said, “We heard crazy crunching and squealing from up the hill, and we both were kind of just standing there, waiting to figure out what it was. And then we saw the truck go through the gates there and smash through the cars, and it hit the building.”