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icymist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 02:35 PM
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Poll question: Vote for your favorite weird news story
1) German postman 'marries' fat cat (To this I feel the need to ask "Why"?)
BERLIN (AFP) – A German postman has married his obese and asthmatic cat Cecilia, saying he wanted to tie the knot before his elderly furry friend dies, the Bild tabloid reported on Monday.
Yahoo News

2) Copenhagen buses play Cupid with 'love seats' (Awwwww, Cute. Won't work in NYC, though)
COPENHAGEN (AFP) – A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its vehicles for people looking to make a new friend ... or even something more.
Yahoo News

3) K2 climber dies changing lightbulb on church roof (Sad, man, sad)
An elite climber who had conquered K2 has died changing light bulbs on a ski resort church roof.
Mirror News

4) 'Son of God' backs Philippine presidential hopeful (Holy Sh*t!)
MANILA (AFP) – A self-proclaimed "son of God" in the Philippines has thrown his influential support behind outgoing President Gloria Arroyo's chosen successor in next week's election.
Yahoo News

5) Beautiful women 'bad for the heart' (I hear they also cause earthquakes in Iran as well)
A study by a Spanish university has brought a new meaning the word heartache.
The experiment showed trying to woo a beautiful woman could be bad for a man's heart and even increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Sky News

6) Brits go full monty for art (Photo included!)
A thousand people have posed naked in public in homage to celebrated British artist LS Lowry.
Yahoo AU News

7) Saudi academy to offer PhD in dreaming (Now don't go off dreaming of beautiful women!)
RIYADH (AFP) - Dreaming of an advanced degree? Try a doctorate in dreams, something which could soon become a reality in a new Saudi academy offering undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Yusuf al-Harthy, a well-known Saudi dream interpreter, plans to start up an institute offering bachelors and masters degrees as well as even a PhD in explaining dreams and visions, Al-Hayat newspaper reported on Sunday.
Yahoo News

8) Rudd following porn on Twitter (Accident? I guess Twitter is making a twit out of him!)
The (Australian) Prime Minister has been following porn sites online; all because of an inadvertent setting on his Twitter account.
In addition to having his wife, Therese Rein, as a supporter, he has been accidentally following several seedy sites.
Sky News


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