Tag: Offbeat
'Golf buggy burglars' escape police
Police say two people have escaped after breaking into a shop and damaging a Sydney golf course on stolen buggies.[MORE]
Americans 'too depressed' for sex, porn barons seek US bailout
Two porn moguls, including Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt, are seeking a $US5 billion ($7 billion) bailout from Washington, arguing that the limp US economy has thrown cold water on the adult entertainment industry.[MORE]
Chinese speed skater banned for 'one-finger salute'
A Chinese speed skater has been banned from national competition for a year after he gave a "one-fingered salute" to spectators who had jeered him, state press reported.[MORE]
Masturbating driver fined for 'bizarre' pleasure cruise
A Darwin man has been fined $2,000 for filming himself masturbating while speeding along the Stuart Highway.[MORE]
Mass ski record attempt back on
Tasmanian skiers plan to have another go at breaking a world water ski record later this month.[MORE]
Call your BFF Fanta pants and make a frenemy
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If you are not sure whether Fanta pants are something that you drink or something you wear, then read on.[MORE]
Malaysian man sues over SMS break-up
A Malaysian man is suing his ex-fiancee after her father broke off their engagement via text messages.[MORE]
5yo, 6yo try to elope to Africa
Two German children aged five and six have been stopped by police from travelling to Africa to elope.[MORE]
11-tonne bread readied for Mexican party
A huge 11-tonne bread has been prepared for the traditional Magi party that sees thousands of Mexican families coming together to celebrate with food and gifts for children.[MORE]
Fight breaks out in S Korea parliament
South Korean opposition lawmakers scuffled with security personnel as guards tried to end their blockade of the assembly that has paralysed parliament and delayed voting on a US trade deal and reform bills.[MORE]
Woman gives birth at London Tube station
A Polish woman has become only the second person to give birth on London's Underground rail network since it opened 146 years ago, the capital's transport authority confirmed.[MORE]
Swiss newlyweds farewell Kalumburu community
The Aboriginal community of Kalumburu, in far north Western Australia, is today saying goodbye to overseas guests who shared a special Christmas celebration with locals.[MORE]
Baby on board: mother gives birth over Canada
A Ugandan woman has given birth to a healthy baby girl on a plane from Amsterdam to Boston while flying over Canadian airspace, making the child eligible for Canadian citizenship, US media has reported.[MORE]
Statue thieves teach Madoff a lesson
Thieves who stole a statue from the home of alleged fraudster Bernard Madoff have returned it undamaged but with a note attached.[MORE]
No honking: Campaigners take on New Delhi's beep boys
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An environment group wants to ban cars from honking their horns in New Delhi traffic.[MORE]
Sex ban for NYE fireworks fans in Italy
Men in Naples will have to make do without sex if they insist on going out to play with fireworks this New Year's Eve.[MORE]
Britain hunting lovelorn beaver
There's a gnawing problem in the British countryside - a giant beaver on the loose, wreaking havoc in south-west England.[MORE]
Beer lake freezes in German city
A busy intersection in the German city of Kassel turned into a lake of frozen beer when some 1,600 bottles smashed after poorly secured crates flew off a delivery truck, police said.[MORE]
Indian woman jailed for swindling dozen older husbands
Police in the north Indian city of Dehradun have arrested a woman who reportedly married more than a dozen older men and promptly ran off with whatever money and valuables she could get her hands on.[MORE]
Berlin opens soup kitchen for pets
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In a sign of the times in Europe's biggest economy, dogs are queuing up for rations at Berlin's first soup kitchen for pets.[MORE]
Peruvian Jesus born to Virgin Mary
Virgin Mary, a 20-year-old Peruvian woman, gave birth to a baby boy on Christmas Day and named him Jesus, Peru's state news agency said. The baby's father, Adolfo Jorge Huamani, 24, is a carpenter. Religious Peruvians compared him to Joseph the carpenter in the Bible.[MORE]
Takeaway toilet caters for Tasmania's bushwalkers
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A helicopter is being used to fly toilets in and out of the Western Arthurs range in Tasmania.[MORE]
Chinese man detained for 3 days for smoking on train
A man has been given three days in detention for breaking a non-smoking rule on a new high-speed rail line, Chinese state media say, an unusually severe punishment in a country where smoking bans are routinely ignored.[MORE]
PM hasn't finished Christmas shopping
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has admitted he still hasn't done all his Christmas shopping.[MORE]
Priest's Santa claims 'ruin Christmas'
A Roman Catholic priest in northern Italy has been criticised by parents for telling children that Father Christmas does not really exist. [MORE]
