News just in...... (General)

Member Name: Charris2002

Product:	General
Date:	10/11/08 (125 review reads)
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Advantages: A bit of fun

Disadvantages: They are happened

Incredibly, the following weird, bizarre and sometimes quite frightening stories have all been reported in 'respected' media - TV, radio, magazines and newspapers are all guilty. Quite frankly, some of them defy belief, and can most certainly be deemed weird! These stories abound and to coin a phrase 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. Hope you enjoy these as much as I did researching them!

The attack of the killer Virus

According to the official Chilean Computer Fraud and Security Bulletin, a supermarket tabloid reported that two people have been killed by a virus-infected computer in Valparaiso, Chile. The virus apparently spawned a horned demon which decapitated one worker with the other unfortunate soul suffering a fatal heart attack. Personally, the most surprising aspect of allt his from my perspective is that the report fails to reassure readers that this is most probably an urban legend and that only on very rare occasions do horned demons emerge from your PC! The computer was duly exorcised.

Beat those drug tests

Austin, Texas, - An enterprising businessman is marketing instant urine for the growing number of employees who are required undergo tests to see if they're using drugs. The urine comes in powder form and it is reconstituted by adding hot distilled water. It was available by mail order at the bargain price of £19.95 for two 2-gram vials which apparently provides enough urine for two samples. How the urine is converted into powder remains a trade secret!

Now you see me....

How gullible are you? I bet you can't beat this one! An Iranian paid a holy man several hundred pounds to make him invisible. Having undergone this mystical process, he truly believed that he could not be seen and proceeded to a local bank in Teheran and availed himself of a large number of banknotes. Strangely enough, both the bank staff and the police who arrested him could actually see him!

Quick Thinking

American Patrick Lawrence found himself under arrest when neighbours complained to the police about him 'making love' to a pumpkin. When asked by police why he was molesting a pumpkin he replied: "Pumpkin? Damn, is it midnight already?"

It's True!

I can personally vouch for this one as I have actually been through this process. The application form for a security pass to the House of Commons includes the question "Have you ever been involved in terrorism? If so, give details."

Dead Wrong

A firm of undertakers in Missouri returned a corpse to the dead man's home, because they claimed, a £800 funeral bill was still outstanding. If this wasn't bad enough, the corpse, wrapped in a blue plastic bag, was left on the porch!

What could be suspicious?

The corpse was discovered in a car that appeared rigged to explode. Instructions for building bombs were found in the car and electrical wires protruded from it. Wires had been run from under the dashboard, threaded into door panels and out through the windows. Senior Sergeant Briggs stated the first officer at the scene opened the driver's door before seeing the wires - and a folder of data about explosives that had been downloaded from the internet. Explosive experts were called in and eventually established there was no bomb. "It was a hoax," Mr Briggs said and continued "We're not annoyed at all - I wouldn't call this a waste of police resources. We are not treating the death as suspicious."

Fries with that?

A customer of an international hamburger chain in Sweden lost his appetite when he discovered that the restaurant's missing toilet seats were being washed in its dishwasher alongside the kitchen utensils. The man noticed on a visit to the bathroom in the restaurant that all the toilet seats had been removed. When he asked staff about the missing seats, an employee took them out of a dishwasher where they had been cleaned together with trays and kitchen utensils. The employee reassured the customer saying that the freshly washed seat would be warm and pleasant to sit on. A senior representative said the incident was a mistake and not standard company procedure. That's okay then!

Shocking

Two British mental health workers visited a woman patient, chatted with her, and then left without realizing she was dead. The workers let themselves into the home of the paranoid schizophrenic and found her sitting in the kitchen with the curtains drawn and her back to them. After saying hello, they tried talking to her but when she failed to respond they left. "She didn't seem to want us there," quoted one of the workers. The next day, two other health workers on a follow-up visit discovered she was dead.

Mind your toes

A magpie has stolen and eaten the artificial toe of a 73-year-old man in Holland. The prosthetic toe was on a table while he enjoyed a foot bath in his garden. When he went to answer the telephone the bird flew down and snatched his toe. He told reporters that "While I was answering the call I saw the magpie fly onto the table where I left my toe. He took it in his beak and flew away with it. I ran after him but he settled in a high tree. I hoped he would drop the toe but he kept on picking and picking at it. I couldn't find one piece of it. I am now in the market for a new artificial toe."

How much can one nappy hold?

A German toddler fell from a first-story window but avoided injury due to his fully-laden nappy, which burst on impact! German police said that the child, only 20 months old, hit the ground on his backside. Experts said the splattered diaper had acted like a car airbag, absorbing the shock. Miraculously, the toddler was unhurt! I'm so pleased I wasn't anywhere near that exploding nappy!

Mayor is God - official

The mayor of a French town confronted by a cemetery "full to bursting," has banned local residents from dying until he can find somewhere else to bury them! The mayor of Le Lavandou introduced the ban after a court rejected his plans to build a cemetery in a peaceful setting by the sea. He said most locals had obeyed the edict so far, but he was desperately trying to find a resting place for a homeless man who had recently died. "Initially, the decree has been remarkably well followed" the mayor stated.

Thanks for reading. I hope no-one has felt offended by any of these.

Published also on Ciao under my Caio name MarkKerr

Summary: Just enjoy