Monday, 10. August 2009, 20:00:53
I really enjoy reading whacky and off beat news stories. With all the doom and gloom in the world, these silly things put a smile on my face.

Next time you think court room proceedings are a bore ...stifle that yawn or else.
A man has been jailed for yawning 'boisterously' in court.
Judge Daniel Rozak was left seriously unimpressed when Clifton Williams stretched and let out the badly timed yawn just as his cousin's sentence was being handed out for drugs offences.
Williams faces six months in jail for contempt of court.
Williams's father told St Louis Today: "I was flabbergasted because I didn't realise a judge could do that. It seems to me like a yawn is an involuntary action."
But Chuck Pelkie from the state's attorney office told the paper: "It was not a simple yawn - it was a loud and boisterous attempt to disrupt the proceedings."
The smart ass gets what he deserves!

McDonalds Poster child, 500 pound George Vera, managed to hide a gun from authorities after he was arrested - because he was so overweight he could conceal it inside his rolls of fat.
A spokesman for the Houston Police Department, Kese Smith, confirmed that procedures call for a suspect to be searched upon arrest, twice at the city jail and once more upon his transfer.
Vera was then transferred to the county jail, where he was searched at least once more.
It was only when he was in the shower later that day that Vera confessed to a guard that he had weapon on him. Officers subsequently found a 9-millimeter handgun beneath his folds of flab.
Vera was then charged with possession of a firearm in a correctional facility.
Bring that man a tray of cheeseburgers.

Nothing like a little pick me up!
Ice-cream lovers are being offered the ultimate in pleasure – a treat made from natural stimulants dubbed the Sex Pistol.
The green and white ice-cream cocktail is said to leave diners feeling 'energised and confident'.
Who needs Viagra when you can eat ice cream!