Weird world
Thursday, 22 Mar 2007 10:14
Could the kilt soon be banned in Poland?
Finding out whether kilt wearers are 'real Scotsmen' may seem pretty funny to some, but Poland is considering a ban of men in skirts because so many locals have been getting upset during drunken Scots' stag weekends.
A number of towns have made complaints about drunks flashing locals. Agnieska Gaspar, 23, from Krakow, said: "You can't go round the corner without seeing a Scot showing off what he has under his kilt while one of his mates photographs him. I saw one lying in the gutter the other day with his kilt around his waist. He was drunk and it was freezing cold - I'm surprised he did not get frostbite." Councils are said to be looking into the matter.
Here's one to destroy family relations: a 57-year-old man has been awarded £60,000 in damages after his sister's cat bit him. Vietnam war veteran Michael Sabo of Flushing, Michigan, was bitten on the hand by the cat, named Randy. His fingers were said to have swollen to the size of "plump hot dogs" and he was admitted to hospital for three weeks.
"A sniper's bullet in Vietnam was nothing compared to the bite of his sister's Siamese cat," his lawyer told The Flint Journal. "They're the pit bulls of cat."
Police are investigating a picture of a
policewoman's breasts she sent to her boyfriend as a get-well message. The picture was then circulated through Victoria police force's internal mail and the ethical standards department has now become involved. In the picture her name badge was visible, her shirt undone and her breasts exposed.
"She has sent an image to her boyfriend and obviously he has done the wrong thing and forwarded it on," a Victoria Police spokeswoman said. Whether or not an offence has been committed is being investigated.
A German belly dancer has been awarded £12,000 compensation after a doctor
accidentally sucked away one of her buttocks. Julia 'Cleopatra' Meyer, 38, from Munich had asked for slimmer thighs but during the liposuction she ended up with half a bottom.
"When I saw afterwards that half of my bum was missing I almost fainted. It had been completely sucked away," Ms Meyer said. The court heard how she can no longer go swimming because she is so ashamed and does not perform her dances anymore. Her compensation was double what she had asked for.
A boy in the eighth grade at a school in Indiana could be expelled after he
put urine in his teacher's tea. Although the boy said it was just a prank he has been suspended and arrested. The teacher at Wilson middle school realised something was wrong after noticing a strange smell from her cuppa. Urine was found in the boy's locker and other pupils overheard him talking about the incident.
"Obviously, this was very dumb. It was also very cruel," said Stephen Edwards, assistant superintendent of Muncie schools.