The Blazing Center pointed this out. Certainly makes me thankful for the public transport we have in the UK. Imagine being paid to shove people into trains - certainly a bizarre job.
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Here are some more funny stories from around the world:
Aussie straps in beer, not child : A car driver in Australia has been fined for strapping down his beer rather than his young child. Police said they were “shocked and appalled” when they pulled over the car south of Alice Springs in Australia’s Northern Territory. They [...]
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A man jumps out of a plane with a rocket-propelled hang-glider on his back
David highlighted this Rocketman captured on news video from the BBC of a 48-year-old Swiss man has successfully jumped out of a plane over the Alps using a new improved version of his jet propelled hang-glider. Yves Rossy has spent five years training for [...]
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Slow motion images of people blowing raspberries mixed with classical music, the kind of thing that didn’t exist before the creation of youtube:
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Nick Lear from the Baptist Union always ends his great emails with some form of joke. The last couple have ended with lines from the wonderful Peter Kay. The last one was too good not to post: Peter Kay’s Universal Truths including …
Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones.
At the end of every party there is [...]
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Makes Rise’s goal look less bad - I’m glad I’m not that player!
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Great post about how church would look like if The Reverend Steve Jobs was the church leader:
An all-glass front with incredible floor-to-ceiling signage that would welcome you with crisp fonts and simple messaging.
The lobby would be pristine, the walls would be sharp white with warm lighting accents, and there would be iMacs lining the walls on [...]
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Over the last couple of weeks while I have been off line there have been some great news stories and statistics. Here are a few of my favourites:
Man uses hedgehog as weapon - thanks Jon Jolly
Victim of mugging offers coat to mugger as well as wallet - a great story on going the extra mile
Lance Corporal Matt [...]
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The France squad for the European Championships this summer are coming to terms with the prospect of two weeks without the Nintendo Wii after coach Raymond Domenech banned his players from playing the console during the tournament. Domenech reportedly played Wii and picked up a nasty little injury. He said:
It is a physical exercise. It [...]
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This is fantastic, (thanks Marko) even after the incident the reporter still manages to say, “and that was a bad idea,” then wrap up the bit with this location and name.
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