Weird News
Eating 24 hot dogs earns man coveted spot
"I grew up playing golf, tennis, a lot of individual sports," said the
Chris Abatsas, who was beaten out by one hot dog in Saturday's competition, said he was intent on not letting his loss spoil his appetite.
"I'm probably going to enjoy a big fat steak here in a little while. I always do -- it's tradition," the 41-year-old native of
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Testicle Festival held for a good cause
WOODRUFF, Utah (UPI) -- The eighth annual Testicle Festival in Woodruff,
Festival volunteer Lori Cornia said in addition to raising donations, the Black Gold Cattle Co. event served plenty of deep-fried bull testicles, also known as "Rocky Mountain Oysters," The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
"Some people have trouble with them," Cornia said. "Just think of it as veal."
The event, which had 250 pounds of the "Oysters" available for visitors, also included old-time rodeo events such as team branding and range bull riding.
Cornia said the festival was an annual chance for people to enjoy the food once seen as a rare treat by farmers' friends and family.
"It was considered a treat, since they only got it once a year," she told the Tribune. "Of course, you probably wouldn't want to eat it more than that."
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Police seeking thong-headed bandits
Police spokeswoman Susan Medina said some people might laugh at the suspects wearing underwear on their heads, but it's not necessarily a laughing matter,
"You see these two guys wearing, basically, panties over their heads to disguise themselves,"
The two men allegedly broke through the glass door of a convenience store May 16, hitting and robbing the clerk.
"There's a plethora of disguises out there: ski masks, character costumes,"
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No slime for New Zealand
Modern day ghost buster Brad Scott founded NZ Paranormal to investigate the 10 percent of paranormal activities in the
"Every so often we come across evidence that we just cannot explain," he told The Dominion Post.
Scott said he spent a frightening amount of money on high-tech equipment -- including voice recorders, video equipment and electromagnetic field, or EMF, detectors -- the
Investigators such as Scott typically associate so-called paranormal activity with humidity or broken electrical appliances as logical explanations of haunting.
"I don't have a proton pack," he said -- referring to the fictional nuclear accelerative machinery devised by the main characters in the 1984 film comedy, "Ghostbusters."
He did, however, say he experienced a high EMF reading during his interview for the story.
"That's strange," he said, as he stood next to a headstone.
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It's Simple
The truth is that if you take a little time to learn a few basic principles and some of the technical lingo, buying the right computer and getting it to work properly is no more complicated than building a nuclear reactor from wristwatch parts in a darkened room using only your teeth. So let's get started!
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Unbreakable
A salesman was demonstrating unbreakable combs in a department store. He was impressing the people who stopped by to look by putting the comb through all sorts of torture and stress.
Finally to impress even the skeptics in the crowd, he bent the comb completely in half, and it snapped with a loud crack. Without missing a beat, he bravely held up both halves of the 'unbreakable' comb for everyone to see and said, "And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what an unbreakable comb looks like on the inside."
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Selling Shoes
Two shoe salespeople were sent to
At the same time the other salesperson sent an email to the factory, telling "The prospects are unlimited. Nobody wears shoes here!"
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Best Violins
Three violin manufactures have all done business for years on the same block in the small town of
The Guarneri shop soon followed suit, and put a sign in their window proclaiming: "We make the best violins in the world."
Finally, the Stradivarius family put a sign out at their shop saying: "We make the best violins on the block."
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Customs Questioning
After an overnight flight to meet her husband at his latest military assignment, a woman wearily arrived at Rhein-Main Air Base in
A young customs official watched the entourage in disbelief, "Ma'am," he said, "do all these children and this luggage belong to you?"
"Yes, sir," she said with a sigh. "They're all mine."
The customs agent began his interrogation: "Ma'am, do you have any weapons, contraband or illegal drugs in your possession?"
"Sir," she calmly answered, "if I'd had any of those items, I would have used them by now."
The official allowed them to pass without opening a single suitcase.
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After an overnight flight to meet her husband at his latest military assignment, a woman wearily arrived at Rhein-Main Air Base in
A young customs official watched the entourage in disbelief, "Ma'am," he said, "do all these children and this luggage belong to you?"
"Yes, sir," she said with a sigh. "They're all mine."
The customs agent began his interrogation: "Ma'am, do you have any weapons, contraband or illegal drugs in your possession?"
"Sir," she calmly answered, "if I'd had any of those items, I would have used them by now."
The official allowed them to pass without opening a single suitcase.
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A plane is enroute to
The attendant looks at the ticket and advises the fireman the ticket is for Economy Class, not First Class and that the fireman would have to relocate back. The fireman lifts his head, removes his a sunglasses, looks at the attendant and replies, "I'm a fireman. I'm a hunk. I'm going to
The attendant heads to the cockpit and advises the Captain and Co-Captain of what's going on in First Class. The Co-Captain goes back to the fireman and makes an attempt to explain to him he'd have to move. Again, the fireman lifts his head, removes his sunglasses, looks at the Co-Captain and replies, "I'm a fireman. I'm a hunk. I'm going to
Frustrated, the Co-Captain goes back to the cockpit and tells the Captain of the situation. Hearing the details, the Captain knows he has to go back and confront this man. Turning to the Co-Captain, he asks, "You say he's a fireman? I know how to handle this. My brother-law is a fireman so I know how to speak fireman."
Then Captain then goes back and approaches the fireman. He leans down, whispers something in his ear, and he immediately stands up from his seat, says "I'm so sorry", and heads back to his original seat in Economy Class.
The Co-Captain and attendant are amazed. They ask the Captain what he said to make him move without a fuss.
The Captain replies, "I told him First Class wasn't going to
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"Summer Job Hunt"
My brother wants me to find him a summer job. He asked me to check with my boss, my friends, my business associates.
Then he asked me to run off 100 copies of his resume, call up the employment agencies, and write an ad for the Positions Wanted section of the newspaper.
I asked him what he wanted to call himself in the ad.
He said, "A self-starter!"
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Oneliner
"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water."
Carl Reiner
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CleanPun - "Want that Cart?"
A man parked his car at the supermarket and was walking past an empty cart when he heard a woman ask, "Excuse me, did you want that cart?"
"No," he answered. "I'm only after one thing."
As he walked toward the store, he heard her murmur, "Typical male."