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Two farmers were killed and one was seriously injured
while attempting to slaughter a pig in Hungary.
After one of the men was electrocuted trying to stun the pig, another
died of a heart attack. A third man was injured by the stun gun.
The pig survived.
A bee stopped trains for 80 minutes when it jammed switching points after seeking warmth on a circuit board at Kioroshi, west of Tokyo.
A bus shelter has been erected at Sudbury, Suffolk, on a road where there are no buses.
Police closed down a club for pensioners in Slovakia after the members were found making machine guns. They were selling them to criminals.
A bank robber who stole £5,500 in New York was arrested after he was recognised at the bank four days later asking to open an account.
A survey of 300 hotel injuries by the law firm DMH found that 46 per cent of accidents occurred at swimming pools, 18 per cent were due to unsafe balconies and rooms while only 15 per cent involved gastric illness.
John Evans, a bricklayer, hopes 250 people will take turns to balance on his head, setting a record and raising money for charity at Eastwood, Notts.
A 23-year-old man in Shanghai was sentenced to death for killing his boss after being refused a day off to watch a Manchester United match.
A blind man returned home from a day out to find that Birmingham council had evicted him, changed his locks and trapped his guide dog inside.
Frederick Hambridge of Swindon, England was fined 105 pounds for speeding at 103mph in a hearse!
Edinburgh hotel The Bonham is staking a claim to the title of "the world's most wired guesthouse". Every one of the 48 rooms in the Victorian hotel has been kitted out with a PC, DVD and hi-fi system. Guests can surf the Net, check E-mail and watch a DVD movie all at the same time. A fibre optic network links all the rooms too, so guests can find out who else is enjoying the technological delights on offer.
Edinburgh saw it's warmest December night in 33 years last Sunday when Caribbean winds turned the new outdoor ice rink into a swimming pool after the temperature reached 60 degrees Fahrenheit! There were reports of daisies appearing in Kirkcaldy too.
Spotted on the streets was a Big Issue salesman holding a placard which read "Please queue in an orderly fashion." Optimist or comedian?
There is a company in Bristol, which makes doors, called Cox Long. Some people (including Mr Cox and Mr Long) should develop a sense of humour. The imagination works overtime on this one doesn't it? Do they pride themselves on their door knobs? Picture the sales slogan...Long Cox knobs are the best. I will leave the other puns up to you.
Scotland had its first organic soup kitchen this Christmas. The homeless of Edinburgh were treated to organically grown vegetable soup instead of the usual processed fare. The 1500 servings were supplied by a production company who were testing equipment in their brand new factory and decided to donate the results to charity.
Aberdeen City councillors are to debate a ban on council tenants keeping pets which eat insects and other live animals. Expect a rise in the number of abandoned snakes, lions, tigers and other meat eating pets. This could mean that a visit to Aberdeen would be a walk on the wild side. Expect organised safaris and big game hunting trips being made available.
It is noticeable that there is an absence of memorabilia relating to William Wallace in the newly-opened Royal Museum of Scotland. It turns out that there is nothing related to Wallace in existence, even his portraits were produced a hundred and odd years after his execution (some long lived artist must have had a damn good memory). Luckily they did not think of using a portrait of Mel Gibson!
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary is reported to have booked 40 patients into the four-star Atholl Hotel for their cataract operations. Apparently it costs less for them to recuperate in the hotel than it would to open more hospital beds! As a footnote I must point out that my father had cataract surgery at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary recently and he was home within four hours!
Bloomingdale's have just launched the Johnnie Walker collection at their New York store but have decided not to include kilts in the range. The whisky logo, born in Kilmarnock in 1860, has been selling well but expect to pay £60 for a sports shirt. Other items in the range include sweaters, jackets and even an elegant fob watch.
Nothing has changed for Sundel Jackson who won £106 million in the lottery in New York five months ago. Each week he still walks to the shop where he bought his winning ticket to buy another one.
Residents in Bromsgrove threw a "first birthday party" for a 30 yard pothole after the council left it unmended for a year.
Eight people were injured when a Second World War bomb exploded in a Montenegro cafe. It had been used as a table leg.
A Romanian soccer fan has been arrested after he tried to bribe doctors to swap his newly-born girl for a boy.
An Oxford undergraduate radio station, Altered Radio Sound Education, changed its name after the Radio Authority refused it a licence.
The German secret service is selling golf balls and underwear bearing its logo to improve its dowdy image.
Brazil is to build a landing strip for aliens after the mayor of Bocaiuva do Sul said that they had asked him for "authorised entry".
Benedetto Marciante, a Mafia don on the run, gave himself up after being moved by a speech by the Pope. The theme of the speech was family values.
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