Archive for 'Funny News Articles'

Boy Glued His Hand to His Bed to Keep from Going to School

8 January 2008

Sounds like someone has been watching too much American Pie.

A 10-year-old Mexican boy dreaded returning to school after Christmas break so much that he glued his hand to his bed.
“I didn’t want to go to school because vacation was so much fun,” Reforma newspaper quoted the boy as saying.
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WTF? - Mowhak Toupee

19 October 2007

A friend of mine works at a wig company, I think they they could sell some of these.

Goth outfitter Venom & Booties sells mohwak toupees. Available in a dozen colors, the £55 kit includes a hand-made mohawk and the “secret formula” to attach it securely to your pate. And no, they don’t seem to be […]

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Introducing The World's Worst Credit Card

11 September 2007

The most amazing thing, this isn’t a joke. You can visit Continental Finance MasterCard to see the offer.
Golb at Money, Matter, and More Musings has located the worst credit card in the world. It is designed to prey on subprime borrowers who, sadly, cannot get a better card…
Meet the Continental Finance MasterCard. After all the […]

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Airline sacrifices goats to fix airplane

5 September 2007

If a technology is sufficiently advanced to those observing it, it is indistinguishable from magic.
Source: Reuters
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Officials at Nepal’s state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday.
Nepal Airlines, which has two Boeing aircraft, […]

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