25
2008
Engineer fined £300,000 for digging tunnel under his house
Clearly this man enjoyed bilding sandcastles as a kid!
A 75 year old retired civil engineer has been fined £300,000 for building a series of tunnels underneath his home. William Lyttle, also called the ‘Mole Man’, has spent 40 years excavating hundreds of feet of tunnels under his house.
Thankfully the judge realised he wasn’t a [...]
23
2008
It’s hard being a SuperHero!
Friday morning at the airport security check:
Customs Official: Good morning sir, may I know your name and the purpose of your trip?
Customer: Hi, my name is Batman and I’m going on my holidays.
CO: May I know your name sir?
Cust: My name is Batman!
CO: Trying to be funny?! What [...]
20
2008
John Prescott bulimic!
Chubby former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has apparently suffered from bulimia for over 20 years.
Aren’t bulimic people supposed to look almost like skeletons? Or even like that woman from Ally McBeal with the ridiculously skinny arms? The one thats getting married to Harrison Ford.
If it’s true, Prescott must be the worst bulimic [...]
18
2008
Vodka binge Russian unaware of knife stuck in his back
Yuri Lyalin, a 53 year old Russian electrician, got the bus home after a vodka binge, had breakfast and went to sleep only to be woken hours later by his wife who told him there was a knife sticking out of his back. He rushed to casualty but doctors found that no vital organs [...]
17
2008
14 year old boy catches 7 foot fish
Found this story about a 14 year old boy in Austria who caught an 8 stone cat fish on his first ever fishing trip. It nearly dragged him into the water!
For the full story click here.