News from September 2009

Woman Eats Ex-Boyfriend’s Goldfish

A woman in Pasadena stole seven of her ex-boyfriend’s goldfish after an argument, fried them up and ate them.
The couple had split up and were quarreling over property, the boyfriend took back a selection of jewelery he had previously bought the woman and refused to hand it over to her.
Out of spite the woman stole [...]

Champion Rat Killer

Bangladesh’s top rat killer has been awarded with a 14 inch colour television.
40 year old Mokhairul Islam chalked up 83,450 rat tails in nine months. Mokhairul had to produce a rat tail for every rodent he had exterminated and present it to the agricultural officials. His grand total more than doubled last year’s winner and [...]

Corpse Stolen And Mutilated

The body of a dead man was stolen from a funeral wake in Zimbabwe on Friday.
37 year old Gibson Runesu was murdered on Tuesday night (22nd September), he was stabbed in the stomach as he walked home after a drinking binge. Runesu’s body was discovered the next morning and taken to the city morgue. Police [...]

Primeval Saved From Extinction

Three months after ITV announced they would not be recommissioning dinosaur drama series Primeval a deal has been struck between ITV and UKTV.
Impossible Pictures who produce the show have been given the go ahead by ITV to begin making a fourth series which will premiere on ITV1 in spring 2011. The series will then be [...]

Kobayashi Storms To Victory At Burger Eating Contest

Tokyo’s Takeru Kobayashi stunned the crowds at this year’s Krystal Square Off World Hamburger-Eating Championship held at Ross’s Landing in Chattanooga this afternoon.
Many thought the champion eater’s career was over and he had passed his prime. Even as the event began commentators noted that he’d made a sluggish start compared to defending champion Joey Chestnut. [...]

Juliet Lee Wins Tamale Eating Contest

Petite 44 year old mum of two Juliet Lee has beaten a crowd of fat blokes at the World Tamale Eating Championship in Texas yesterday.
Seven and a half stone Lee was the only woman competing at yesterdays contest, and she beat men who were twice her size. Lee is however ranked eighth in the International [...]

Doctors Remove 40 Maggots From Woman’s Nose

A 70 year old woman in India visited several doctors this week following a persistent nose bleed.
The woman’s nose began to bleed on Tuesday and wouldn’t stop. Her family took her to two different hospitals but medics were unable to stem the bleeding and couldn’t determine the cause.
Eventually the woman visited the Sion Hospital where [...]

33% Of Japanese Men Pee Sitting Down

A recent survey by a leading toilet manufacturer in Japan has revealed that 33% of Japanese men urinate whilst sitting down, like ladies do.
This is an increase of around 10% in the last five years. The survey was carried out by Toto who say that in 2004 their survey showed 23.7% of Japanese men sat [...]

Lost Boys 3 Goes Into Production

Despite the failure of Lost Boys: The Tribe Warner Premiere are about to begin production of a third movie entitled Lost Boys: The Thirst, which will go straight to video.
Fans of the brilliant original movie directed by Joel Schumacher might have lost faith in the franchise, but they might be interested to learn that this [...]

Brand New V Promo Video

ABC have released a brand new promotional trailer for their forthcoming remake of the 80s classic TV show V.
The promo went out on American TV on Thursday night, and those lucky Yanks will get to see the season premiere on 3rd November.

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News from September 2009

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