The Toronto Sun reports that a 52-year-old woman in France was arrested after unsuccessfully trying to impersonate her 19-year-old daughter at a high school English exam. Zut alors! This English class didn’t teach the Freaky Friday lesson that you have… Read More ›
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Who Says You Have To Be A Unicorn To Have A Photo Of One On Your Passport?
The Daily Mail reports that a nine-year-old British girl was able to enter the nation of Turkey using a passport identifying her with a picture of a unicorn. Click here to view the passport pic and see if you would have… Read More ›
Chicken Poop Scoop!
CBC reports that the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada is apologizing after spreading chicken manure in a place the homeless gather, in an apparent attempt to rid the city of its homeless. “What an originally terrible idea!” you might… Read More ›
Time To Gawk At The Ol’ Business Plan For A While…
As we wrote last week, Gawker was seeking $200,000 from readers to buy an alleged video of Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford allegedly smoking crack. Canoe news reports, they’ve raised the money! Let’s get the popcorn ready, along with some children… Read More ›
Woman Says She’s Too Pretty To Work. “Right,” Said Fred, “I have the same problem!”
The mail reports that a 33-year-old science grad has quit her job, to live off her parents, because she is “too pretty to work.” Her parents pay for her monthly expenses, including designer clothing. From the article: “Even when I… Read More ›
If A Lumberjack Disappears In A Forest For 102 Years, And Nobody Is There To See Him…
Earlier this week, we wrote that Swedish taxation authorities reportedly took 102 years to declare a missing lumberjack to be dead. 3 Philosophical Questions That Arise From This News Story 1. If a lumberjack disappears in a forest, and nobody… Read More ›
Swedish Newspapers: Always The Place We Can Find The Most Current Breaking News!
The Local reports that the Swedish National Tax Agency has declared a lumberjack who has been missing for 102 years to be dead. If alive, he would have been 139 years old, which would be older than the oldest person recorded… Read More ›
If Nobody In Italy Wants To Make Pizza, We Wonder If This Will Force A 30 Days Or It’s Free Policy…
CNBC reports that despite having the worst unemployment record in two decades, Italy has a shortage of 6,000 pizza-makers, that it is having trouble filling! 3 Pizza-Related Shortages We Do Not Want To See! 1. A shortage of items to stuff… Read More ›
Swedish Police Confuse Video Game Sounds With Crime Scene… This Never Would Have Happened If They Were Playing Mr. Do!
The Local reports that a group of teenagers in Sweden playing the video game Call Of Duty in an apartment, got an unexpected surprise when the police raided their flat after passers-by phoned in reports of gunfire and cries for… Read More ›
Water Into Wine = Miracle. Beer Made With Water Selling For A Lower Price Than Water = Super Miracle?
The Wall Street Journal reports that a beer controversy is “brewing” (their words, don’t judge us!) in the Czech Republic because a pint of water costs more than beer in pubs there, and the government wants to introduce a law… Read More ›