Woman sues weather forecasters
A Russian woman is suing weather forecasters for ruining her holiday with incorrect predictions.
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Simon’s island luxury is a mirror
Simon Cowell has proved he really does love himself after admitting his Desert Island Discs luxury would be a mirror.
He told the Radio 4 show’s presenter Sue Lawley: “It’s because I’d miss me.”
New York “charm school” helps men perfect the pick-up
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ben had a rough Friday night picking up women on the Hotel Gansevoort’s balcony after being coldly rejected by two attractive blondes.
The 23-year-old documentary filmmaker, who asked his last name not be used for fear of ridicule, suffers from an acute case of “premature ejectulation” — ejecting himself early from promising conversations with women for fear of rejection.
Driver gets 70 speeding tickets in 5 months
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - As a mortgage broker in Arizona, Francesca Cisneros is used to working with big numbers. It’s the double-digit speed limits she has trouble with.
Thieves withdraw after deposit fiasco
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian thieves used a net and rope to haul an ATM cash dispenser through a glass wall and down a flight of stairs, only to discover they had grabbed a check deposit machine by mistake.
Dumb has a new definition
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have arrested four Frenchmen for jumping in front of cars on a busy road so that they could film them and post the footage on the Internet, the newspaper El Pais said Tuesday.
How not to open a grenade…
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian man died Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
Keeping up with the Joneses
A TV company is aiming to set a world record by bringing 1,600 Joneses together under one roof.
Welsh language channel S4C hopes to fill the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff with Joneses, reports the Daily Post.
Two guys really miss the boat
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Two Irish men who stole a fishing trawler after missing their ferry had to be rescued off the British coast where they were going in circles because they did not know how to sail.
Speeding fine? Just switch the road sign
LONDON (Reuters) - British motorist John Hopwood concocted a novel scheme to avoid payment when he was given a speeding fine — simply switch the road signs.