Stinking, Flea Infested Broadcasting Studio

Cyprus has always been known for elegance, romance, and adventure. Now the island nation has another claim to fame, fleas. News staff at Cyprus's State Broadcaster staged a walkout in protest of poor work conditions. For years the studio has been plagued by one infestation after another. And the poisons used to control the pests have led to multiple bouts of illness among the studios employees.

"We demand a decent and safe place to work," a staff member told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. Read the source article

England Goes "Rooney" for Wayne

Will the real Wayne Rooney please step forward! This question may cause a stampede in England today. In support of England's bid for the world cup, soccer fans and patriots across the country are changing their names to Wayne Rooney. The name of England's star player. The Clover Taverns Chain is at the center of the hype encouraging employees to legally change their names, which many have already done. Come game day the Waynes of Clover Taverns intend to don masks of their forbear, the real Wayne Rooney.

Chris, a manager with Clover Taverns, said: "Staff and the customers are all football mad at the pub and we just thought it would be wacky idea to name ourselves after the best player in the team...

"The only trouble is when all the punters are chanting: Rooney, Rooney in the pub during a match, bar staff will be thinking the customers are talking to them. It might get a little confusing." Continue reading

China Says 'NO' To Sissy Boys

The Qinlinglu Elementary School in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, has launched a new program called "Looking for a Real Man." The programs aim is to "toughen up" its boys who have been acting less and less masculine in recent years. The school plans to bring in more male teachers to serve as masculine roll models for the boys and is encouraging more assertive behavior. Continue reading

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

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

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