Showing posts with label U.K.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.K.. Show all posts

Monday, June 1, 2009

Jogger injured after using Twitter as he ran


A 23-year-old British office worker usually jogs the three miles from his home to work. However, one morning he was tweeting on his Blackberry as he was jogging. He was in the middle of posting a tweet when he ran into a low lying tree branch which caused him to crash to the pavement resulting in a black eye.

I guess you could say I feel a right Twit. One minute I was running along posting a tweet, the next I was lying on my back on the pavement in agony. The branch came out of nowhere and hit my face hard. I could only see through one eye for a couple of days afterwards, but the swelling has started to go down now. I was a laughing stock at the office. I don't even use Twitter that much to be honest. But I certainly won't be tweeting while running anymore.

After all this, he even posted about it on his twitter account. "I don't even use Twitter that much to be honest." Uh huh, and I'm the Queen of England.

Article and image via the Telegraph.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Next recalls underwear after complaints over 'Hitler image'


Next is a store in the U.K. much like the GAP, Banana Republic, or H&M. But when a customer bought a pair of underwear he looked at the graphics on it resembling a comic strip and saw an image that looked like Hitler saluting as planes passed above his head.

Next said the image was inspired by a picture of Lenin, the former Soviet Leader.

Next is pulling the 5,200 remaining pairs off their shelves. They should've thought about this before putting their product on the shelves in a country that was bombed by Hitler (even if the image wasn't him).



Article and image via the Telegraph.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Father who asked prostitute to take 14-year-old son's virginity as a present is spared jail


A 42-year-old Polish national drove his 14-year-old son around the red-light district in Nottingham, U.K. to pick out a prostitute as a "present" because the boy is still a virgin. The man suggested a woman, but the boy picked out an undercover officer. You knew that was gonna happen!

After negotiating the price down, the man pulled over where he and his son were arrested by police in street clothes. The man has to be on a sex offenders register list for five years, and has been spared jail time.



Article and image via The Daily Mail.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Fire starts with spider chase


I can totally sympathize with people who have a deep hate for spiders. I grew up with poisonous ones and we learned to be careful. It didn't stop me from hating them though. I once made my little sister pay me money to kill one that was in her room! Although, I've never tried killing one with a lighter as a man from Portsmouth, England did.

He tried to kill a spider with a lighter. BUT there was a crack in the wall, so the flame ignited the material behind the wall. Soon after, flames were reaching their way to the roof. When firefighters arrived, they found the guy trying to tame the flames with a garden hose.



Article here.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Woman breaches Asbo over noisy sex after just two days


This is just a funny story. Read on.

Caroline Cartwright, 47-years-old, of the U.K. was slapped with an Asbo (Anti-Social Behavior Order) banning her from making too much noise during sex. Uh huh, there was no typo.

Shouldn't they be glad the woman still has an active sex life with her husband?! It's not like she's going out somewhere else to get satisfied. She's doing the horizontal mambo with her husband. Apparently, her neighbor, who is partially deaf by the way, hasn't had a proper night of sleep in two years!

WAY TO GO CAROLINE!!



Article and image via The Daily Mail.