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A collection of interesting news-snippets from the web

The Brits have finally saved the world

Saved The World

A slip of the tongue by British P.M. Gordon Brown who, at Prime Ministers Questions, instead of saying “We not only saved the banks …” said “We not only saved the world … .”

http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/saved-the-world

Do not laugh at the wheel of your car

"A Liverpool motorist was stopped by a police officer and questioned - for laughing at the wheel of his car. The policeman told him: "Laughing while driving a car can be an offence."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3224544.html?menu=news.quirkies

The road to love is arduous



"Bachelors in a remote Indian village are building a new road which they hope will bring them brides.
Barwaan Kala, in the west of Bihar, is located high in the Kaimur hills and is known locally as the "village of unmarried people".

Some 121 villagers aged between 16 and 80 remain bachelors, they say, because of the remoteness of the village."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3224594.html?menu=news.quirkies

Mooning does not take you anywhere

"A Chinese thief who was chased into a dead end tried to scare off his pursuers by dropping his trousers and mooning at them."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3197189.html?menu=

It was just a wee mistake

A driver stopped his car to answer a call of nature - and watched in horror as it slid over a cliff.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3198575.html?menu=

Strip searches are now "fondally" called freedom searches

"On June 21, TSA's primary operational hub was re-named the Freedom Center, symbolizing the agency's commitment to protecting the nation's transportation systems against terrorist threats. "
http://www.tsa.gov/press/speeches/freedom_dedication.shtm

Whether it is Costa Rica or Puerto Rico it is all the same

"A holidaymaker who booked a three-week trip to Costa Rica ended up in Puerto Rico after her travel agent mixed up her flights."
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3195787.html?menu=news.quirkies

Cows become happy if they are addressed by names and they give you more milk

"News from the frontiers of science: Researchers have discovered that if you address cows by name, they produce more milk."
http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/permalink/happy_cows_have_names

Apparently one learns driving there through books

"A woman in South Korea who has taken the written exam required for a driver's license nearly every day since 2005 has failed again - but is hoping attempt No. 772 will be the charm."
http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2009/02/road-to-drivers-exam-not-easy-street-for-s-korean

He was trying to undertake radical reforms in the spelling rules being followed in schools


A political blog written by Jim Knight, the Schools Minister, has been found to be riddled with spelling mistakes.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4522525/Education-ministers-blog-littered-with-spelling-mistakes.html?10000=Spoons
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