Here is a truly frightening thought. Via ABC News Online:
Police in the American state of Florida have been handed a surface-to-air missile launcher at a gun exchange.
Under a program called Kicks for Guns, anyone who hands in a weapon is given a pair of designer sneakers.
The man who brought the rocket launcher told police [...]
Archive for the ‘Obscure news’ Category
Sneakers and a rocket launcher
Posted in Obscure news on 19 August 2007 | 2 Comments »
Can somebody lend me US$5 Million
Posted in Obscure news on 17 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Via ABC News Online:
US army officer puts ’solution to Iraq war’ on eBay – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): “‘A Solution to the War in Iraq,’ is being offered [on eBay] by a US Army intelligence officer fed up with the conflict and anxious to attract some attention to what he says is a viable [...]
With Special Tanks to Telstra
Posted in Obscure news on 14 July 2007 | 3 Comments »
Here’s something you don’t read about every day. Via ABC News Online:
Man targets phone towers during tank rampage – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): “A man has gone on a rampage in an army tank in Sydney’s west overnight, destroying six mobile phone towers and an electricity sub-station.”
Perhaps if more people had Army tanks [...]
Getting a Grip on Peace
Posted in Obscure news on 31 May 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Now here’s a peace movement I can reach out and grab with both hands:
I don’t know if it’s legit, but it’s damn funny.
(18 and older kiddies. Sorry)
Saved by a small bladder
Posted in Obscure news on 8 December 2005 | Leave a Comment »
This offbeat story from today’s ABC News Online (“Call of nature saves German from garbage crusher“, December 8, 2005) is so ridiculously amazing that it warrants a complete post:
“A German man who fell asleep in a rubbish container after a bout of heavy drinking has had a lucky escape after being tipped into the hydraulic [...]
Experience a Malaysian Prison for only AU$17 Per Night!
Posted in Obscure news on 10 September 2005 | 1 Comment »
Growing bored of the same old family holidays? Here’s an exciting opportunity that is just too good to ignore:
“A Malaysian prison is offering adventurous travellers the chance to experience the joys of prison life – right down to the food and lack of toilets.Johor Baru prison, Malaysia’s oldest, has been turned into a visitor’s [...]
Crouching tiger, hidden donkey
Posted in Obscure news on 8 September 2005 | 1 Comment »
This Yahoo! article was so disgusting I just had to post it. It’s stuff like this that makes me glad I’m a vegetarian:
The cat is out of the bag at a restaurant in north east China that had been serving donkey meat spiked with tiger urine in pricey dishes advertised as endangered Siberian tiger.
Local [...]
