Jesus Christ dropped from jury duty after being disruptive

BIRMINGHAM, USA: Jesus Christ has been kicked off jury duty. A 59 year-old woman who changed her name from Dorothy Lola Killingworth to Jesus Christ was dropped because she was disruptive, and people laughed out loud when her name was called.Read

OAP scares off burglar by pretending to have heart attack

KANSAS CITY, USA: A plucky pensioner scared off an armed intruder – by pretending to suffer a heart attack. When the 70 year-old widow was confronted by a gunman, she started to show all the symptoms of an attack that she’d read about in a health awareness leaflet.Read

Hunt is on for the Bad Breat Bandit

FERNDALE, USA: Police are hoping to sniff out the Bad Breath Bandit. Cops in the Detroit suburb are looking for a serial bank robber who cashiers say has crooked yellow teeth and particularly bad breath. Lieut William Wilson says the raider also looks very dirty.Read

Jesus Christ kicked of jury

BIRMINGHAM, USA: Jesus Christ has been kicked off jury duty. A 59 year-old woman who changed her name from Dorothy Lola Killingworth to Jesus Christ was dropped because she was disruptive, and people laughed out loud when her name was called.Read

Man tunnels through mountain in order to move his truck

GAYA, India: A man has used a hammer and chisel over 14 years to carve a tunnel through a mountain – just so he can park his truck at his house. “I couldn’t park near my house since the mountain blocked my path,” says Ramchandra Das, 53. “So I decided to do it myself.”Read

Sumo-wrestler sized jellyfish threaten fishing industry

KYOTO, Japan: An invasion of giant jellyfish the size of sumo wrestlers is jeopardising the Japanese fishing industry. The Echizen jellyfish, which grow up to 2.2m in diameter and can weigh more than 300kg, have appeared on Japan’s Pacific coast.Read

Boffins plan to breed burpless sheep

BRISBANE, Australia: Aussie scientists are aiming to breed sheep that burp less to help tackle climate change. The scientists have been trying to identify a genetic link that causes some sheep to belch less than others.Read

Boffins plan to breed burpless sheep

BRISBANE, Australia: Aussie scientists are aiming to breed sheep that burp less to help tackle climate change. The scientists have been trying to identify a genetic link that causes some sheep to belch less than others.Read

Talented monkey photographer

VIENNA, Austria: Orangutan Nonja is making a monkey out of professional photographers as one of the world’s most popular snappers. Her handiwork has been viewed by thousands after zoo keepers gave her a digital camera and set up a Facebook page. Read

Victoria Beckham shocked after dresses are stolen

A COLLECTION of Victoria Beckham dresses were stolen from a delivery van as they were driven to Heathrow Airport, it emerged last night.Read

Mall evacuated after elf's dynamite Santa Claus hoak ATLANTA, USA: A man dressed as an elf who posed for his picture with a shopping centre Santa Claus has been jailed after telling St Nick that he was carrying dynamite. Police were called as the Southlake Mall was evacuated but no explosives were found.more
Fancy a course at Cannabis college? DETROIT, USA: A college is teaching students how to grow, use and profit from marijuana. The Med Grow Cannabis College has six-week £300 courses on producing it for medicinal use, how to grow it, recipes for cooking and legal pitfalls and loopholes.more

Cave dwellers inherit £4 billion

BUDAPEST, Hungary: Two penniless brothers who are so poor they live in a cave are set to inherit a share of a £4 billion fortune. Zsolt and Geza Peladi sell scrap they find on the street for pennies. Geza said: “If this all works out it will certainly make up for the life we have had until now – no women would look at us living in a cave.”Read

Picking your nose while driving is more dangerous than using a mobile phone at the wheel

ONTARIO, Canada: Picking your nose while driving is more dangerous than using a mobile phone at the wheel, according to Transportation Minister Jim Bradley. “There is a high occurrence of physical injury while conducting this type of behaviour,” he warns.Read

Picking your nose while driving is more dangerous than using a mobile phone at the wheel

ONTARIO, Canada: Picking your nose while driving is more dangerous than using a mobile phone at the wheel, according to Transportation Minister Jim Bradley. “There is a high occurrence of physical injury while conducting this type of behaviour,” he warns.Read

Man pays students to spit in his face

CALIFORNIA, USA: A 39-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly paying a teenager $30 to spit in his face. Authorities say the man also paid male high school students to yell profanities and slap him. The man had met the youngsters through the Myspace networking site.Read

Snot pickers are the most dangerous drivers

ONTARIO, Canada: Picking your nose while driving is more dangerous than using a mobile phone at the wheel, according to Transportation Minister Jim Bradley. “The other day I was almost side-swiped by a man completely distracted while picking his nose,” he says. “There is a high occurrence of physical injury while conducting this type of behaviour.”Read

Noisy sex row: Couple win court case

Noisy sex row: Couple in court challengeRead

Zoo to make money from jewellery made of reindeer poo

ILLINOIS, USA: A zoo is looking to make some extra Christmas cash by selling sparkly reindeer-dung necklaces. The limited-edition Magical Reindeer Gem necklaces cost $15 each and contain dried, sterilized reindeer droppings which have been sprayed with glitter and placed on a beaded chain. The zoo hopes to raise $16,500 by selling the unusual trinkets.Read

'Dead' man returns for his clothes

URZEDOW, Poland: A two-day police hunt for a drowned man was called off when the 24-year-old turned up at the scene looking for his clothes. Maciej Nowak disappeared after being dumped by his girlfriend. When his clothes were found the next morning by a lake, friends feared he had killed himself.Read

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