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Old Farts

Two ageing pranksters are facing fines and jail for repeatedly letting off fart spray in a New Jersey supermarket

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UK Town Rejects Mr Potato Head Statue

The giant Mr Potato Head statue given to the town of Belper in Derbyshire by its American sister city has been scratched and dismembered. He was sent to a fibreglass specialist for repairs and now stands outside the Safeway supermarket in the town

Wanted Sex Offender Blames Police Slowness for Frostbite Amputations

Harvey Taylor, a wanted Florida sex offender and deeply stupid man, who fled into the Maine woods and got lost said he had to have several toes amputated due to frostbite because authorities were slow in apprehending him. Taylor spent at least three nights in the snowy woods in Mattawamkeag after running from a Penobscot County Sheriff’s detective a few weeks ago, he now threatens to sue the detective

Japan plans tearoom for the ISS

Astronauts on board the International Space Station could soon spend their spare time learning the elaborate rituals of the Japanese tea ceremony. Officials at Japan’s National Space Development Agency are planning to include a 13 square foot tea-room in Japan’s section of the ISS, possibly in the Kibo laboratory module, scheduled for launch in 2004