Mothers Union to Knit Big Breasts

Irelands National Health Service (NHS) has ordered 150 wooven breasts as teaching aids for new mothers. NHS officials will use the big fuzzy teats to tech nursing skills to expectant mums.

"In the past our breastfeeding trainers had to use balloons to demonstrate feeding skills, but when I heard the Mothers' Union did knitting of clothes for premature babies, I asked if they would be prepared to knit 150 breasts so I could make them available as a training aid to every health visitor, community nurse and nursery nurse involved in supporting new breastfeeding mums. - Louise Stickland of NHS told The Belfast Telegraph

Strickland added: "To my delight, they agreed and enrolled four of their best knitters, who have done an outstanding job." Get the details

Bagpiper Scares Rats Out of Austrian Sewers

How about a nice vacation in the sewers of Vienna, Austria. Believe it or not The Third Man Tours leads groups romping through the catacomb of drains under the famous city. But wait, city safety inspectors shut down the tours over fears that the rats may rebel against the vacationers, possibly causing injury or disease if anybody was bitten.

Enter the pied piper, it seems that rats don't like bagpipes, go figure. The long whaling tones of the bagpipes flush the rats right out of the cities sewer, clearing the way for the tours.

Peter Ryborz of Third Man Tours explained: "We get rid of the rats by taking a bagpipe player down with us, and they sound really great in the catacombs that tunnel all under the city.

"You can hear them coming out of drains as the tours walk around under the city." Read all about it

Would-be Thieves Destroy Bank But Leave Empty Handed

Mecklenburg, Germany -  The bank was leveled, the entire neighborhood was shook, police were on the scene in just minutes, nothing was missing except the suspects.

"... when the dust settled, the bank was completely gone, a few cars were destroyed but the bank's safe was still there," said one neighbour.

Investigators are working on the assumption that explosives, possibly made from petrol or acetylene, were placed near the entrance to the bank, in the village of Malliss in northern Germany. A delivery van parked near the site of the explosion suggests that the suspects may have planned to drive off with the ATM. However the ATM was left intact after the explosion. Get the details

Hootie Might be Impressed by This Little Goldfish

She may never have a golden record but this little Goldfish is a hit. She is able to play single notes, chords and four part harmonies by tugging a little string with her mouth.

Jor Jor is partial to Moon River by Barbara Streisand but it's not her only piece. "Moon River has an instrumental intro and then Streisand comes in. Nearly every time, Jor Jor listens for several bars, then just before the vocals began, exactly on the beat, she rings her F bell once." Said Rains -

Jor Jor has been playing bells and chimes for about a year and a half now. When she gets the tune right her owner, Diane Rains. rewards her with a little treat. Read all about it

Mobile Technology 1922 Style

Here's a neat little piece of history. A silent video from 1922 has surfaced showing two women with a complicated mobile phone that takes two to operate. The captions seem to be making fun of women's need to talk all the time and their husbands who will be stuck carrying the apparatus. The phone features an old fashioned battery pack that has to be grounded, in this case to a fire hydrant, and an umbrella that doubles for an antenna. Check out the vid

Strange New World

Now you can be in two places at once with the help of a personal robot! Anybots, a California based company, has developed a 5ft robot called QB. With a headset and a satellite up link people will be able to log in to a QB unit from any place in the world. Users will be able to see, hear, and talk through QB's audio and video interface, and will even be able to move the device around homes and offices through a remote control. QB is expected to hit the market this fall. Anybots primary market for the device will be businesses looking to accommodate home workers.  Read more

In a very contemporary ceremony a Japanese couple was married by I-Fairy, a 4ft tall robot with flashing eyes and pigtails. The rooftop ceremony, in Tokyo was the first ever in which a robot officiated. Continue reading

British police unveil a pedal powered patrol car. Officer Keith Waller built the vehicle with the help of children, aged 13 to 16, at Ringwood Comprehensive School. The vehicle was built as part of an outreach program intend to establish a common ground between kids and the Police Department.

"I have been able to reach out to the students and make the police more approachable. It makes me look cooler, we all have fun and the children can come and talk to me. " Waller said.

The car will be entered into the British Pedal Car Grand Prix on July 11 in Ringwood, Hants. Read the whole story

Sheriff's deputy arrested himself

Detective David Boruchowitz, spokesman for the Nye County Sheriff's Department, Nye County Nevada, issued a press release announcing his own arrest. After being informed, on Friday May 21, that Justice of the Peace Tina Brisebill had issued a warrant for his arrest, Boruchowitz took himself to the Nye County Jail for booking.

A lengthy criminal complaint charges Boruchowitz with 25 criminal counts including burglary, assault, and harassing candidates for public office. Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett, who drafted the charges, claims that Boruchowitz and other members of the Sheriffs Dept. have been harassing him and other local politicians. While the Sheriffs Departments claim is that it is involved in a legitimate investigation of various local officials.

Boruchowitz was processed and released with orders to appear in court for arraignment on Monday. The detectives responsibilities include issuance of press releases, including the details of his own arrest. Read all about it

These Nuns Have All the Right Moves

Raising chickens and peaches became too competative. So the Sisters at Marienkron Abbey in Monchhof, Austria, went into the day spa business.

The five star spa offers cold mineral baths, massages, fitness classes and even Chinese Chigong breathing exercises. The Sisters of the Cistercian Order get £100 a night (equal to $123.60 US.) from guests who have only good things to say about the spa. Get the details

Let the Good Times Roll With the Wedding-Mobile

Don't rush to the chapel, have it delivered! Reverend Darrell best of Shelbyville, Illinois, helps people get on the road to a great future with his mobile wedding chapel.

"Typically, we drive to a couple's favorite spot and hold the service there," Best said. "We've had small services take place right inside the sanctuary on the back of the truck -- it fits the bride and the groom, the two witnesses, the minister and not much else," he added.

Best acquired the 1942 American LaFrance truck in 2000 and in 2009 the experts from CMT TV's "Trick My Truck" helped him deck it out. The small chapel on the back is complete with an electric organ adorned with ornamental pipework, faux stained-glass windows made from a sturdy acrylic and two built-in pews for passengers.

The "Best Man", as Reverend Best has dubbed the truck, is popular with couples who love life on the road, like bikers. But it also appeals to folks who are trying to save a little money. All in all more than 30 couples have tied the knot or renewed vows in the "Best Man".

"It could be done going down a road -- but it hasn't happened yet," best said. "If somebody did want to get married driving down historic Route 66 at mile-marker 100, we could do that. Get the details

DMV Tells Florida Woman to Eat A**

When Ashlee Lineberger, of Englewood Florida, got her new drivers Licence in the mail she got a surprise along with it. Her street address was missing from the card and in its place were the words EAT A**.

Ashlee said "I only looked at it because I wondered what picture they would use, I thought I was a dreaming and I literally pinched myself. I was completely shocked...

"It makes you wonder what these people are doing with all of this vital information if they can play around with a license like that . . .

"Imagine if I got pulled over by a cop and had to show this ID? I probably wouldn't be getting out of that ticket. That's priceless."

The DMV has no idea how this could have happened. A new licence was issued immediately. Read more

Note to Self, Don't Leave ID at the Scene of the Crime

Salt Lake City, UT- After stealing a car at gun point a man, who has not been named, abandoned the car, making a very crucial mistake. The suspect left behind his wallet complete with photo ID.

That's not all, later that same day police spotted a man in the back seat of a pickup truck without his seat belt on. Stopping the truck to issue a routine "seat belt ticket" the police found their carjacking suspect, unbuckled.

The suspect was also being sought on a warrant charging him with aggravated burglary. Continue reading

Bus Driver Skips School

Little Ferry, N.J - Ridgefield Park High School students got on to the bus as usual, Wednesday morning thinking they were going to school. But they were mistaken. The bus they boarded was actually there to pick up a group of 6th thru 8th graders who were going on a field trip to Six Flags Amusement Park. The driver had arrived early and did not realize her mistake.

Many of the students became nervous when the bus entered the New Jersey turnpike and called their parents and the school. The driver finally did realize her mistake when she was stopped by police, who had also been contacted in the matter. Just to be safe a police officer boarded the bus for its trip to the school. Continue reading

It's a Dogs Life

Buddy, a Jack Russel Terrier, from Ventura, California, is stoked. This saturday's Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition in Imperial Beach, marks the opening of the dog surfing season. Buddy took first place in last years competition and he is favored for this year.

Buddy's owner, and best bud, Bruce Hooker, 53, from Ventura, California, will be Buddy's spotter for the contest, "My job is to get him into the critical part of the wave," said Hooker. Who has been surfing with Buddy two or three times a week for the past 10 years.

Proceeds from this years competition will go to benefit San Diego Police Canine unit. Get the whole story

Ladies Start Your Engines!

In April of 2005, 69-year-old, Cha Sa-soon of Jeonju, South Korea, decided to get her driver's license. Now five years and 960 tries later she has it.

After failing the driving test 959 times, persistence finally paid off for Cha Sa-soon who plans to “buy a small secondhand car to visit her son and daughter, and for her business selling vegetables” now that she has passed the test.

Sa-soon was charged a small fee each time she took the test, the total fees add up to approximately $16,500 US dollars. But as a consolation prize she won her place in history setting the world’s record for the most attempts to pass a driving test. Continue reading

The Pope Gets His Own Condoms

In protest of the Vatican's position on birth control, the Condom Factory in Amsterdam has come out with a new line of papal condoms. The condoms wrapper sports the figure of an ambiguous pope who bears a striking resemblance to Pope Benedict and reads "I SAID NO! We Said Yes".

2000 of the condoms will be given away this weekend to make a point about sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies and the Vatican's opposition to contraceptives. Read all about it

Lions Go Wild For Aromatherapy

Lions, tigers and bears may top the list of things you would expect to find at the zoo. But new age gurus, aroma therapists and yoga instructors are a new attraction.

Paignton Zoo in Devon, UK, has won awards for its environmental enrichment programs which use wind chimes, background music and now aromatherapy to encourage natural behavior in the animals.

The new aromatherapy program is intended to stimulate big cats, enticing them to be more active physically and mentally. In addition Almond oil is being used to treat skin conditions in primates and pigs.

One can only imagine what will be next. Depending on the success of the aromatherapy program we could speculate that yoga, massage therapy, possibly even day trips to the spa may be right around the corner. Read the complete article

"Yo Quiero Taco Bell!"

Taco Bell has come up with an innovative way to avoid robbery. Managers at the restaurants secretly put their daily bank deposit into a bag and drive through the drive thru to pick it up. This way the manager doesn't have to carry the deposit across the parking lot on route to the bank. The system worked great until an employee inadvertently gave the deposit, $2000 in cash, to the wrong person. A customer pulling up to the window for her tacos got more than she bargained for when she picked up the bag of money. And she kept on going. Police are seeking a college-age woman with black or brown shoulder-length hair and red sweater for questioning in the matter. Read more

Man Arrested For Playing While Drunk

Paul Hutton from Jaywick, in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, is a former RAF aeronautical engineer who studies electric engineering at the Colchester Institute. But his credentials wont help him out of this fix. It seems that Mr. Hutton had had a few too many drinks when he decided to take his daughters electric "Barbie Car" for a spin. The zany picture of the six-foot tall man contorted into the toy must have gotten a good chuckle from neighbors and passers by. But the police who pulled over Hutton were less than amused. He was charged with Driving While Impaired and his driver's license has been revoked. Get the details here

Fire Department Called To Fish Man Out Of Toilet

A student at Chongqing Technology and Business University in China, dropped his phone into the toilet while, er'um, taking care of business. In a brazen effort to salvage the device the young man, who has opted to remain anonymous, plunged in after it, only to get his hand trapped in the s-trap. After responding to his calls for help his dorm mates called the Fire Department. Firefighters responded promptly and worked for more than an hour before finally freeing the young man from his stinky ordeal. Read all about it

The Verdict Is In: Cops Are Stupid

The New London (Conn.) Police Department admits that it doesn’t want officers with high IQ’s. Robert Jordan sued the NLPD for discrimination over the policy but his case was dismissed by Judge Peter C. Dorsey of the United States District Court in New Haven who agreed that Mr. Jordan is too intelligent to be a police officer. Read the whole story