Posts Tagged ‘Weird News’

Married Couple Wins £5.3 Million Then Learn They are Brother and Sister

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

A UK couple recently won an astonishing £5.3 million lottery jackpot.  The media, very interested in the story, unearthed evidence proving that the married couple are brother and sister.

George Wass met the love of his life in 1983.  Alice Wass, age 61, had been tracing her family roots when they met.  According to reports, Alice had showed her mother pictures of George and her mother claimed that she never saw him before.

Media reports indicate that George and Alice share the same mother, but have different fathers.

According to reports, George and Alice were introduced 25 years ago as long lost brother and sister.  But they claimed they disproved those allegations.

Customer Bites Into Rally’s Fish Sandwich Containing 10 Grams of Crack Cocaine

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

A Cincinnati Ohio woman stopped into Rally’s to get a quick bite to eat, but instead resulted in a Police investigation.

The unidentified woman described biting into her Rally’s fish sandwich and finding a white clumpy substance laying in the paper the sandwich came in.  She noted the the majority of the substance fell out of the paper.

Undeterred by her hunger, the woman set that fish sandwich aside and ate the other fish sandwich she had ordered.  After she was done dining on her second fish sandwich, she called the police.

Pennsylvania DOT Sign Advertises Live Nudes off I-78

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Taxpayers know all too well that their tax dollars get wasted in a variety of ways.  But using taxpayer owned equipment to advertise a strip club has to be a first.

A temporary electronic PennDOT sign was apparently tampered with and was programmed to visually display “Live Nudes Exit 45.”  The sign sat on I-78 and exit 45 is for Route 863 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

A motorist headed to work saw the sign in the eastbound shoulder.  He indicated it took him a minute or two to comprehend what he had just seen.  At that point he called a friend, and his friend urged him to double-back and get a picture of the road sign.  That’s exactly what he did.

Military Acidentally Drops Bomb on Apartment Complex

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Jeremy Isbell and his wife returned home Thursday evening only to discover an errant dummy bomb had targeted their Tulsa apartment bathroom.  Besides losing electricity, the National Guard bomb had blown out the Isbell’s bathroom wall.

Apparently the 22 lb. BDU-33 practice bomb impacted the apartment complex at speeds of approximately 600 miles per hour.  Fortunately no injuries were reported.

It is unclear how the practice bomb released.  The National Guard  believe it somehow inadvertently released as the pilot headed from the Tulsa Air National Guard Base to Salina, Kansas.  Federal authorities are also interested in what happened and are investigating.

Further information about this story can be found here.  Additionally, an interview with Jeremy Isbell can be viewed in the video below.

Man Hides Life Savings in Haystack - Rats Eat Expensive Dinner

Friday, March 14th, 2008

With the United States economy getting worse, more people may be inclined to hide their life savings somewhere safe.  This story tells us that hiding your life savings in a haystack might not be such a good idea.

Apparently an Ethiopian farmer decided to hide his entire life savings ($12,000) in a haystack.  Apparently rats decided to eat 25% of his cash portfolio.

The farmer was repeatedly advised to deposit his money in the bank, but he shunned such suggestions.  In three weeks, the rats had eaten a sizeable sum of this farmers life savings.

Whether this man decided to start using banks is a mystery.  One thing we can assume though, is that he will not allow the rats to manage the remainder of his cash portfolio.