As extravagant purchases go, nothing sounds as flamboyant as buying your own holiday island. But tycoon Sir Richard Branson’s latest acquisition — a tropical island in Australia — is not for his own pleasure, but for staff at his Virgin Group to use as a holiday retreat
People will try to get rid of any unwanted item on eBay — including one annoying twat of a girlfriend. eBay UK weren’t amused and hastily pulled the auction
Position Available: Interpreter, must be fluent in Klingon. The language is one of about 55 that may be needed in the future by the office that treats mental health patients in metropolitan Multnomah County, Portland, Oregon
Investigators searching for a link between the bodies of a woman and an infant boy that washed ashore separately on the Richmond waterfront may find clues in an unusual medical phenomenon called coffin birth
British designer, Michael Gill, has made what he says is the world’s first inflatable church — a grey plastic building with a blow-up organ, pulpit, altar, Gothic arches and fake stained-glass windows
In Canada, when engineers finish their undergraduate degree, they attend a ceremony referred to as Kipling. Alongside the formal ceremony are the kipling pranks. This year, the Software Engineers at McMaster University designed a life sized Pac-Man board, thus answering the question of whether or not software engineering is in fact engineering — via Slashdot
Did you know that Taco Bell bought the Liberty Bell? Or that Spaghetti grows on trees? The Museum of Hoaxes compiles 100 of the best April Fool’s Day hoaxes perpetrated through the ages
Federal investigators have arrested Andrew Carlssin, an enigmatic Wall Street wiz, on insider-trading charges. Carlssin claims his uncanny success in the stock market is due to his being a time traveller from the year 2256
Optimus Prime is heading out to the Middle East with his guard unit to provide fire protection for airfields under combat
US citizens have turned on French fries and toast to vent their frustration at France’s anti-war stance on Iraq. Now the French have joined in the food war by urging people to send pretzels to the retarded monkey boy
Internet Infidels Discussion Forums offers a humorous look at the US government’s latest attempt at scare mongering — if you have set yourself on fire, do not run…
Education experts warned yesterday of the potentially damaging effect on literacy of mobile phone text messaging after a pupil handed in an essay written in text shorthand
Hard working Nigerian craftsmen say they have run into an unexpected problem when trying to sign up for a new national identity card scheme: their fingerprints have worn out
Unlike Hollywood’s Hannibal Lecter or the real-life Ted Bundy, not all serial killers present an easy-to-spot profile ripe with rituals, methods and arcane messages. Many remain unnoticed for years because their crimes show little or no common link
Airline pilots are taking naps
for up to two hours during flights and ordering cabin crew not to disturb them
People who believe they have been taken
by aliens show real stress symptoms like those of traumatised war veterans
Human rights watchdog Privacy International has started a competition to find the world’s most pointless, intrusive, annoying and self-serving security measures
Five jurors in the trial of a medicinal marijuana advocate issued a public apology to him and demanded that the judge grant him a new trial
Aalfred the pet eel, who was threatened with eviction from a German family’s bathtub where he has lived since 1969, can stay at home provided he gets a piece of pipe to sleep in
The next time your computer crashes or your surfing flounders, try appealing to a higher power. The Internet is going to receive its very own patron saint. Saint Isidore of Seville, who died more than 1400 years ago, is the most popular candidate
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