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Drunken Exploits of a Swedish Gent!

I love it!! I’ve heard of beer goggles and beer exploits – but trying to row from one country to another (Denmark to Sweden across a 3 mile busy shipping lane!) beats them all! After falling asleep the 78 year old unnamed man drifted until he was recsued...

Now that’s one Smart Bird!

I loved this story on the BBC today, a stray parrot has talked his way home! Yosuke, a red-tailed African Grey parrot was captured after sitting on a woman’s backyard fence near Tokyo. Once captured it began singing popular children’s songs before starting...

Tom and Jerry Blackouts?!

I had to laugh when I read this news story on the BBC – “Cat and Mouse Blamed for Blackout”. It would appear that a 72-hour blackout in Tirana was caused when a cat chased a mouse into an area of high voltage cables and got electrocuted. Power cuts...

147 equals a sports car!

I’m a bit of a snooker fan, always have been – just don’t get time to watch it so much now… But the bit I’ve watched today, all 9 minutes of it was some of the best snooker ever played… Just watch Ronnie O’Sullivan earn...

Hamster, Hamster, Hamster

— Photo by JesseBarker – (?) It just doesn’t have the same ring to it as Badger, Badger, Badger does it? However, these cute little fella’s have become the most sought after pet in China since the Year of the Rat started on 7th February! Prices...

Burning the 5am Oil or Petrol – Car Fire!

I like sleep just as much as the next man, in fact I probably like it more than him – I’m not greedy though – I get up on time, rarely use the snooze button – but this morning took the biscuit. I have a vague (very vague) recollection of...