Re: Stories that are just downright weird / silly / strange / amazing

**Freedom** Wed Apr 05, 2017 6:57 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3419631/Woman-says-s-CAT-trapped-human-body.html

Andrew Fri Apr 07, 2017 10:37 am

Will stick this one here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4389472/Teen-rescues-man-brink-death-shouting-hole.html

Incredible moment friends walking in the woods shout into a hole… and a voice calls back before police rescue a missing man on the brink of death
Izaak Eglington-Watts was walking in Plymbridge Woods when he saw the hole
He shouted down expecting an echo, but got a reply from James Thompson, 51
James had been missing from his Plymouth home for more than a month
Despite a huge police hunt, he was found by chance close to death by a teenager

Andrew Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:25 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4398776/Italian-man-divorces-claiming-wife-possessed-devil.html

Italian man is granted a divorce by claiming his wife is 'possessed by the devil' after witnesses said they'd seen her LEVITATE
The Milan woman had displayed 'inexplicable behaviour' since 2007
Witnesses said the devout Catholic levitated before crashing to the ground
Her sister, a priest and a monk confirmed that they had witnessed the episodes
The couple, who have two children, were eventually granted a no-fault divorce

Andrew Mon Apr 10, 2017 11:45 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4399506/Woman-sex-dogs-bestiality-party-SPARED-jail.html

Female pensioner, 64, who had sex with three dogs at a sick ‘bestiality’ party but claimed it was ‘not a crime’ is SPARED jail
Carol Bowditch, 64, had sex with a St Bernard, a black Labrador and an Alsatian
She claimed she did not realise it was illegal after RAF launched investigation
Owners watched women have sex with their dogs then men at bizarre parties

**Freedom** Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:03 am

I think I'll give that one a miss!

**candyfloss** Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:11 pm

Thought this was an April Fool rather late Laughing

What a load of piffle!

The Queen has an ingenious way to break in her new shoes

HRH goes to bold lengths to make sure she doesn’t encounter painful blisters

Tuesday 11 April 2017 08:34 BST

There’s nothing worse than wearing a new pair of leather shoes and suffering through that initial period where your feet feel like they’re being rubbed to shreds.

While there are plenty of DIY home hacks that can help you to avoid this excruciating dilemma, the Queen has found a rather more ingenious method to make sure she never has to endure the indignity of popping in to H&M to buy some emergency flats.

According to a royal insider, the Queen has hired a member of staff whose job it is to simply break in her shoes before she wears them.
That’s right, there is a person in Buckingham Palace whose job it is to stomp around the grounds in the Queen’s new shoes until they’ve softened out of that awkward blister-inducing stage.

Stewart Parvin, who has designed the Queen’s wardrobe for 11 years, revealed that the staff member wears a pair of beige cotton ankle socks while doing so, and must only walk on the carpet during the ‘breaking in' period.

He said: “The shoes have to be immediately comfortable … she does get someone to wear them. The Queen can never say ‘I’m uncomfortable, I can’t walk any more.

“She has the right to have someone wear them in.”

Each pair is rigorously broken in before they end up on Her Majesty's feet - although it is not known how long the breaking in period lasts.

Either way, don’t expect to see her making a royal detour to Boots for plasters anytime soon

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/the-queen-has-a-bizarrely-ingenious-way-to-break-in-her-shoes-a3511951.html

Laughing

chrissie Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:48 pm

**Freedom** Tue Apr 11, 2017 4:13 pm

This really does sound like an April Fools joke!

Just because a pair of shoes is comfortable for one person does not mean that they will be for anyone else.

P.S. This is a regurgitated story from 2012.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/9278018/Queen-employs-Royal-shoe-wearer-to-soften-up-new-leather.html

Andrew Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:42 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4408494/Underwear-thief-giant-collection-arrested.html

Underwear thief who has been stealing for 10 years is arrested as police use a TRUCK to remove thousands of bras and pants from his house
A truck was brought in to carry thousands of bras and pants from a man's house
The man was arrested by police on April 12 in Jiujiang, China for the alleged theft
A woman raised attention after spotting her underwear hanging on his balcony
According to the man he had been collecting the underwear for 10 years

**Freedom** Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:50 pm

I've just started watching this programme about Internet horror encounters. I think that "weird" will cover most of them.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/my-online-nightmare/on-demand/63121-001

Andrew Fri Apr 14, 2017 4:39 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4412036/Austrian-artist-agrees-cover-two-tonne-giant-penis.html

Bitter row over two-tonne penis sculpture erected in artist's garden is resolved as he agrees to cover the phallus with a 'giant orange condom'
Juergen Hesz erected the 2,000-year-old penis in his garden in Traunkirchen
The 53-year-old artist had installed the artwork to annoy the local council
Officials retaliated by installing a giant screen to protect people from the view
In a compromise, Hesz agreed to cover the giant phallus with a plastic 'condom'

**candyfloss** Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:47 pm

How disgusting is this, latest thing, the cameras hidden in coathooks are now being sold here and unsrupilous people are putting them in public toilets and filming people - apparently sold on Amazon for as little as 8.99 ..... Shocked

Perverts are using coat hooks with hidden cameras to spy on women using toilets

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/14/perverts-are-using-coat-hooks-with-hidden-cameras-to-spy-on-women-using-toilets-6574932

snipped

Recently, 21-year-old Luke Whiting was banned from McDonalds after installing a camera in the female toilets when he worked for the firm.

His plan was rumbled when a female colleague spotted his device.

**Freedom** Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:09 pm

http://www.snopes.com/spy-cameras-in-hotel-room-hooks/

It is true though about the guy in McDonalds.

http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich-mcdonald-s-worker-banned-from-all-its-restaurants-after-admitting-voyeurism-1-4793883

Andrew Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:08 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4414272/Married-couple-told-biological-twins.html

Husband and wife discover they are twins after shock DNA test: Married couple learn they are siblings after routine test at IVF clinic
An unidentified couple were told they were twins it was reported on Thursday
They had been separated as infants when their parents died in a car crash
Both were adopted by different families who did not know their child had a twin
The pair were unknowingly reunited at college and bonded over their similarities
A doctor discovered their relationship while testing their DNA at an IVF clinic
Neither the couple or doctor can be named for patient confidentiality reasons

**Freedom** Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:45 pm

What a shock to the system that must be.

I'm surprised though that DNA can prove that a mixed sex couple are twins rather than simply siblings born at different times.

Mimi Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:48 pm

Freedom wrote:What a shock to the system that must be.

I'm surprised though that DNA can prove that a mixed sex couple are twins rather than simply siblings born at different times.

You`re right - they would have been conceived in separate eggs.

**Freedom** Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:55 pm

That's what I was thinking. You would know that a same sex couple were twins - apart from the fact that they look the same! - but not with a male and female.

coppernob Sun Apr 16, 2017 2:02 am

Unless their birthdates were the same

chirpyinsect Sun Apr 16, 2017 6:59 am

Andrew wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4399506/Woman-sex-dogs-bestiality-party-SPARED-jail.html

Female pensioner, 64, who had sex with three dogs at a sick ‘bestiality’ party but claimed it was ‘not a crime’ is SPARED jail
Carol Bowditch, 64, had sex with a St Bernard, a black Labrador and an Alsatian
She claimed she did not realise it was illegal after RAF launched investigation
Owners watched women have sex with their dogs then men at bizarre parties

I believe the St Bernard and the Alsatian refused to talk but it was the Lab report that convicted her.

**Freedom** Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:30 pm

The actual story is nothing to smile about but I like your jokes, Chirpy!

Perish the thought that you can't always believe what the media tells you; the story about the twins may be a hoax.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/viral-story-about-married-couple-who-found-out-they-were-twins-through-ivf-appears-to-be-fake/ar-BBzSrZY?li=AAmiR2Z&ocid=spartanntp

There was supposedly a similar case in the U K some years ago.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-507588/Shock-married-couple-discovered-twins-separated-birth.html

P.S. It's been debunked by the Snopes site.

http://www.snopes.com/couple-finds-biological-twins-ivf-treatment/

Andrew Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:26 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4419270/Hoax-story-married-twins-tricked-internet.html

How a hoax story about a married couple discovering they were twin siblings tricked the internet
Hoax fake news story about married twins spread like wildfire last week
Was picked up by major news outlets including the Sun, Metro, and Mirror
Dubiously sourced story revealed to be product of a fake news site though
Hoax website also touts story about man feeding his own genitals to alligator

Rolling Eyes

Andrew Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:22 am

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4420116/Australian-woman-says-half-alien.html

Australian woman, 64, describes herself as 'half-alien' and claims she visits extra-terrestrials called Greys on a space ship 'like a Greek island' every month
Judy Carroll says she's been communicating with aliens since she was a child
The aliens, called Greys, want to heal humans and help them evolve, she says
The Brisbane-based woman says she and her alien teacher have a close bond
She doesn't remember all encounters, but has memories of working on ship

Andrew Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:13 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4424570/Man-puts-1-64ft-long-eel-anus-treat-constipation.html

A factory worker from southeast China put a half-a-metre long eel into his anus in a bid to cure his constipation problem.
49-year-old Mr Liu was rushed to the local hospital after claiming he had a stomach ache last week.
Doctors were shocked when the found the Asian swamp eel in his stomach along with faeces and food residue.

Andrew Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:53 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4424902/Exorcist-called-Coronation-Street-ahead-demolition.html

Is the ghost of Elsie Tanner haunting Coronation Street? Exorcist called to the ‘cobbles’ as ‘paranormal activity’ halts plans for the ITV set's end of days
Old Coronation set at Granada Studios due to be demolished at the end of April
ITV is holding three-day 'Granadaland' festival to celebrate historical site
Exorcist called to banish spirits after band reports explosions and 'static' energy
Set is rumoured to be haunted by the ghost of Elsie Tanner actress Pat Phoenix

**Freedom** Wed Apr 19, 2017 7:09 pm

Another silly royal story - some people who must remain nameless will be glad that their socks aren't so expensive!

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/style/the-staggering-amount-the-queen-spends-on-her-socks/ar-BBzZXWU?li=AA9SkIr&ocid=spartandhp

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