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Church airbrushes out leader’s $30K watch

April 7, 2012
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This photo, posted on the church’s web-site caused a scandal when the site’s editors erased the patriarch’s watch. Photo: AP. Source: Sunday Herald Sun IT could have been an Easter miracle but the mystery of a “disappearing” $30,000 watch from the wrist of the most senior member of the Russian Orthodox Church has actually...
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Borat anthem played by mistake at medals ceremony

March 24, 2012
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(Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s shooting team demanded an apology after a spoof national anthem from the comedy film Borat was played instead of the real one at a medal ceremony in Kuwait, the BBC reported on Friday. The team’s coach told Kazakh media the organisers of the Kuwait tournament had downloaded the parody from the...
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You’ve won billions! Ah … sorry, no you haven’t

March 23, 2012
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THREE hundred Danes believed a dream lifestyle of champagne and caviar awaited them this week after they were announced billionaire lottery winners – until they discovered it was a mistake. All 300 had received an email from the head of the Danish state-run lottery company, Danske Spil, congratulating them on the astronomical sums they...
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Thatcher snatched Ronald Raegan’s doodle 30 years ago

March 17, 2012
Margaret Thatcher swiped some of Ronald Reagan's drawings at a summit more than 30 years ago, newly released papers revealed. Picture: AP

NewsCore FORMER British prime minister Margaret Thatcher swiped a page of doodles by then-US president Ronald Reagan at a summit more than 30 years ago, newly released papers revealed. Britain’s only female prime minister to date noticed the US leader sketching during a G7 summit in Canada in 1981 and decided to pocket the...
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Penis Tattoo Blamed for Permanent Erection

January 17, 2012
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The day after: Tattoo regret is common and is creating a large demand for tattoo-removal technologies. CREDIT: Maxfx |Dreamstime.com A 21-year-old Iranian man now suffers from a permanent erection after getting a tattoo on his penis, according to a report of his case. The man had the Persian phrase “borow be salaamat,” meaning “good...
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Fake doctor’s recipe for better buttocks: Cement, tyre-filler and glue

November 21, 2011
Oneal Morris is accused of injecting a woman's buttocks with cement and tyre filler. Picture: Miami Gardens Police Department

A WOMAN who wanted to work at a nightclub started searching for someone who could perform plastic surgery at a cheap price to give her a more curvaceous body. Police say what she found was a woman posing as a doctor who filled her buttocks with cement, mineral oil and flat-tyre sealant. The suspect...
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US airport agent in trouble over vibrator joke

October 27, 2011
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A US airport security agent who found a vibrator in the baggage of a transatlantic traveller, and then advised her in writing what to do with it, is facing disciplinary action. The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said Wednesday that a handwritten note that lawyer and blogger Jill Filipovic found in her checked luggage...
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Hey, that’s not Cookie Monster: Hackers turn Sesame Street YouTube page into porn site

October 18, 2011
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From: NewsCore ME No want cookies, me want porn? Sesame Street brought to you by letters XXX  ~ Clips from show replaced with hardcore porn Hackers briefly hijacked the Sesame Street YouTube page and replaced clips from the show with hardcore pornography. For about 20 minutes on Sunday users who clicked on links to watch...
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Drunk moose found stuck in tree

October 10, 2011
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Per Johansson says he heard a roar from his holidaying neighbour’s garden in southwestern Sweden late on Tuesday and went to have a look. There, he found a female moose kicking about in the tree. The animal was likely drunk from eating fermented apples. With the help of police and rescue services, the 45-year-old...
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Been Looking at Porn? Be warned: It’ll show up on Facebook

October 1, 2011
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FACEBOOK has come under fire after it was revealed adult sites could show up in people’s Facebook account timelines. Technology blog Techwag has warned Facebook users to prepare for embarrassing connections to porn sites to start appearing in their timelines once the new feature goes live in coming weeks. The timeline feature means you...
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