Make a little birdhouse in your lab: weird news trawl
Thursday, 4 October 2007, 13:43I think the entire world simultaneously decided it was weird news day today.
UK police in Nigerian scam haul. I guess Scots really are canny. Or possibly don't have the internet.
Man guilty of illegal badger kill
'Which?' is a company that tests and rates products of various sorts and publishes the results for canny consumers. Here's a look inside their lab.
Can the grey squirrel problem be solved?
Horsey trailer. It is very Barbie.
(Can't believe this stupid case is still going on. WTF. It was the '60s, dude; Ms. Mary Jane of Columbia should be getting 90%.)
Korean leaders sign a document saying it might be nice to have some peace. Historic! (Someone got sick of being ronery Y/N)
"We want our swans back!" says Sussex.
Time flies by when you're the driver of a train. And you ride on the footplate there and back again.
(Free daft couplet to anyone who recognises that quotation. They really don't make 'em like that any more - it's official.)
Dog is stabbed to death in park *eyes Weft suspiciously*
Pope's story through eyes of cat. Shudder.
("You will find that as well as cats, the Pope loves you children and he prays for you every day.")
In pictures: Corgi (the toy firm) auction
Chilli painkiller. This is interesting stuff; a painkiller that doesn't numb or affect movement or thought would be extremely exciting news for medicine.
Rare spiky plant flowers at the Eden Project. Kind people have been sending me spam about this cactus for quite a while. What they didn't say was that it's sorta pretty.
[video] World's smallest dog! Three guesses as to breed. First two don't count.
The owner claims she always knew her dog was special. Come on, though, don't we all?
Morse code embedded in a popular TV theme tune. Never watched it, don't like the star, wouldn't recognise the theem toon, but that's insanely cool.