Hot Tub Surprise

Well I'd have added to the water in the tub!

A woman in South Dakota got a surprise when she eased into her hot tub - there was a mountain lion looking at her!

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Condom Found in Whopper

More likely to get a heart attack from the calories and fat, than a disease.

clipped from news.sky.com A 24-year-old American man is suing a Burger King restaurant - claiming he found a condom in his Whopper. Van Miguel Hartless alleges he bit into the burger and found the unwrapped contraceptive under a piece of lettuce. "My third bite into the burger, it was just a foreign taste," he said. "It was a very sour, bitter sort of taste. It almost had a numbing sensation. "As I went to bite down a little harder, I felt a rubber grind in between my teeth. I saw it half in my mouth, half hanging out. In the lawsuit, he says the experience has caused him "pain, suffering, nightmares, distress, and medical expenses".

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Sun-Powered Cab

I would hope the fares are cheaper if you don't have to buy gas!

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) - Delegates at a key climate change summit feeling guilty about exhaust-spewing taxis have another solution -- call a solar taxi that has traveled over land to Asia all the way from Switzerland.

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Costly Cocktail

If I could afford it I'd buy it, if I couldn't afford it and was drunk...

The Movida nightclub, a hangout of celebrities, footballers and the super-rich, has already taken some orders for a new cocktail named the Flawless - with a price of $70,000.

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Horse Goes Swimming in Winter

Should have used a public rink like everyone else.

clipped from news.yahoo.com DORSET, Vt. - A horse was rescued after accidentally taking an icy plunge in a swimming pool. Jet, a 6-year-old quarterhorse, walked onto the frozen in-ground pool Thursday and broke through six inches of ice into about 3 1/2 feet of water, becoming trapped. "It just looked like a meadow to him, and he stepped on the ice," said his owner, Janet Waite. The animal shook uncontrollably and was losing strength as several rescue attempts failed, according to Vermont State Police Cpl. Gary Shuhart, who responded to the incident after being flagged down by a passerby. Finally, rescuers broke the ice in a corner of the pool and got a rope around the horse's neck, pulling him to safety and wrapping him in a blanket. He was taken to a veterinarian and treated for a cut to his left hind leg.

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Court Asks for Help from the Gods

I guess no one is above the law - but how do they know which papers they read?

A judge in India has put advertisements in local papers ordering two Hindu gods, Ram and Hanuman, to testify before the court.

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Coffin Calendar

I'm not sure this type of thing will influence the decision makers in the target market.

clipped from www.ananova.com An Italian firm of undertakers has unveiled its 2008 calendar - featuring glamour models draped over its range of coffins. Owber Maurizio Matteucci defended the calendar - on sale at his firm's outlets for just £7 - which has caused outrage in the Catholic country. He said: "It is good marketing but it is also but also a way to play down such a serious subject and to smile.

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Silly Place Names in the USA

Maybe not so silly, but it shows someone has a sense of humor.

Here are some unusual place names in the USA. Including Intercourse, Loving, Rising Sun and Hot Coffee.

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Stripper Arrested for Possession of an Offensive Weapon

Well I'm sure he doesn't think it's offensive...

Police in Scotland arrested a male stripper for carrying an offensive weapon. The batons were part of his costume.

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Santa Gets the Heave Ho

Well, Santa doesn't lie so they must have sacked him for saying "ho ho ho".

clipped from news.yahoo.com CANBERRA (Reuters) - A Santa in an Australian department store said on Wednesday he has been sacked for saying "ho ho ho" and singing Christmas songs to children. Employment company Westaff, which supplies stores with red-robed, white-bearded Father Christmases, had earlier asked its Santas to say "ha ha ha" because the word "ho", which is American slang for whore, could offend women, media reported. In the latest incident, the Cairns Post newspaper said 70-year-old John Oakes was sacked on Monday for saying "ho ho ho" and for singing the Christmas song Jingle Bells. "They're trying to kill the spirit of Christmas," said Oakes, a retired entertainer who has been a Santa for three years. "The candidate was not sacked nor was his use of the term 'ho ho ho' a factor in our decision," Jansz told the Cairns Post.

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Chimps Have Better Memories Than College Students

I have to admit, some of my college years are a bit of a blur.

clipped from www.ananova.com Young chimpanzees beat a group of university students in a maths memory test. They remembered a series of numbers better than the undergraduates, reports the Daily Mirror. Japanese researchers pitted three pairs of five-year-old chimps and their mothers against a dozen students. Each group was shown numbers from one to nine on a touch screen. When they touched the first number, the other eight turned into white squares. The test was to touch the remaining squares in the order of the numbers that used to be there. All the young chimps scored higher than the undergraduates. Researcher Tetsoro Matsuzawa, of Kyoto University, said: "Young chimps have an extraordinary memory - often better than humans."

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Manure Mystery

Obviously there is no supply problem...

About 100 tons of manure has been dumped in a parking lot in Alaska. Police are looking for the culprit...

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