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Funny News Archive ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ February 21, 2006 Pensioner's motorway nightmare Ten squad cars were needed to stop a German pensioner who was speeding down an autobahn in the wrong direction. The 82-year-old drove over 40 miles in the wrong direction between Hamburg and Luebeck on the A1 motorway. Source: Ananova Red Light District Opens Its Doors Dutch prostitutes gave the public a peek behind the curtains of Amsterdam's famed Red Light District on Saturday, hoping to stave off an attempt by city politicians to stop lingerie-clad women from advertising themselves in neon-lit windows. Source: My Way News Pilot offers tickets to mile high club An Israeli pilot is offering to take couples on flights around Tel Aviv so that they can join the mile high club. For less than £140, pilot Tamir Harpas will take adventurous lovers on a 45 minute flight complete with wine, chocolates and condoms. Source: Ananova Companies offer space services for remains of people without deep pockets Scotty will be blasted into space - not beamed up - and Gordo is returning for his third flight. The planned launch sometime in March of a rocket carrying the ashes of Vancouver-born actor James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery Scott on Star Trek, and Mercury program astronaut Gordon Cooper, who flew missions in 1963 and 1965, will give a fitting send-off to two men who helped popularize human space exploration. Source: Canoe CNews Warning - may contain nuts (and bolts) A Kent student found a steel bolt in a "healthy" supermarket ready meal. Adam Derwin, 17, of Orpington, was tucking into into a Tesco's Healthy Living chicken lasagne when he bit into the 3/4ins bolt. Source: Ananova February 20, 2006 Pimp My Life A homeless tramp will be given a taste of the high life in a new reality TV show called Pimp My Life in Holland. The Dutch Evangelist Broadcasting Union is behind the programme, based on MTV's Pimp My Ride. Source: Ananova Study finds ugly faces more likely to end up in mug shots Not only are physically unattractive teenagers likely to be stay-at-homes on prom night, they're also more likely to grow up to be criminals, say two economists who tracked the life course of young people from high school through early adulthood. Source: SFGate.com Man who jumped White House fence says Bush told him to do it A man who claimed to have a cellphone implanted in his head was convicted Friday of jumping a White House fence in a bid to meet former president Bill Clinton's daughter Chelsea. Source: Canoe CNews Calif. Woman, 62, Gives Birth to Baby Boy A 62-year-old woman gave birth Friday to a healthy 6-pound, 9-ounce baby boy, becoming one of the oldest women in the world to successfully bear a child. Janise Wulf gave birth to her 12th child. She is also a grandmother of 20 and a great-grandmother of three. Source: Yahoo News Cannabis smoker complained to police A cannabis smoker has been arrested after complaining to police that he was sold bad weed. Hans-Juergen Bendt, 52, from Darmstadt, lodged a complaint about his dealer with police after he sold him seven ounces of "completely un-enjoyable" hash. Source: Ananova |
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