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Americans asked not to shoot at Hurricane Irma
Americans have been strongly advised not to shoot at Hurricane Irma after Facebook groups were set up inviting fellow patriots to take aim at the megastorm. More than 26,000 Facebook users have pledged to "gun down Irma" as of 10am today, prompting the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office to respond. The Sheriff’s Office yesterday tweeted "To clarify, DO NOT shoot weapons @ #Irma. You won't make it turn around & it will have very dangerous side effects". The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence...
POO DUNNIT -Tinder date from hell woman identifies herself
The poo girl from the 'worst Tinder date ever' has broken her silence via an anonymous internet post - to reveal friends have nicknamed her Miranda Hart. Liam Smyth, 24, launched a fundraising campaign after his window was broken by firefighters rescuing a woman who got stuck half-way out. But it went viral - smashing the £200 target - when he revealed she got stuck trying to rescue a poo she failed to throw out the window when it wouldn't...
World’s smallest new car dealership is to open in a phone box
The world's smallest car dealership is set to open next week - with customers choosing their new motor from a PHONE BOX. Peugeot has converted the classic red phone box, just 0.8m square, into a fully-connected online showroom. Potential customers will be able to access the micro-dealership in London's Russell Square by getting a special door code from the Peugeot website. They can then use an iPad to connect to an e-commerce portal to browse, configure, finance and order a...
Firefighters called out when Tinder date gets stuck upside down in poo mishap
- Yes you read that correctly. The world’s worst Tinder date has inspired perhaps the world’s best crowdfunder as a Bristol student more than reached his £300 appeal to replace a window smashed by firefighters after a Tinder date went awry. The postgrad student who asked to remain anonymous posted the following on a Go Fund Me appeal: "I recently took a girl I met on tinder to Nandos. We had a lovely evening, and enjoyed each others company very much....
Prince Charles and Camilla lookalikes struggling to find work due to Will and Kate effect
The 'Royal Family' has fallen on hard times, after the boss of one of Britain's lookalike modelling companies revealed nobody wants to hire Prince Charles or Camilla - or even the Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Charles and Camilla have plunged down the pecking order of royal lookalikes since Kate and Wills burst into the public eye, and have not been booked for a public appearance at all this year. And nobody has bothered booking a Prince Philip spit at all...
Mum nearly fed banana containing nest of spider eggs to baby
A shocked mum told how she nearly fed a banana containing a nest of spider eggs to her baby. Debbie Campbell - who has a fear of spiders - says she spotted a clump of white eggs on the fruit as she was about to feed 18-month-old Albie. The beauty therapist screamed when she suddenly realised the white mark on the fruit looked identical to nests laid by the world's most venomous spider, the Brazilian Wandering Spider. Shocked mum Debbie...
Watch – Woman blasted M&S after slippery slippers caused her to fall down a flight of stairs
Marks & Spencer are selling potentially deadly SLIPPERS, according to a customer, after she slipped down a flight of stairs because of the comfy footware. Vasantha Narayanswami was left with a broken foot, vertigo and partial deafness after falling down a flight of stairs due to faulty slippers, she claims. And scores of other customers have blasted the £15 slippers, because there is an unsupported heel, that doesn't have enough grip. Vasantha Narayanswami holding a cruch and leg brace that...
Pregnant mum creates a buzz with maternity photos – which show 20,000 BEES swarming around baby bump
A pregnant mum has created a buzz after posing for maternity photos - with 20,000 BEES swarming around her baby bump. Brave Emily Mueller got the honeybees to settle on her stomach by holding the queen bee in a cage in her hand. The 33-year-old is a full-time beekeeper who keeps 24 hives containing around 1.2 millions bees and says she’s been stung a whopping 350 times this year alone. But she said she wasn’t scared about having the photos...
A $1 million prize has been announced for anyone who can solve an allegedly “simple” chess puzzle.
A $1 million prize has been announced for anyone who can solve an allegedly "simple" chess puzzle. Researchers have thrown down the gauntlet to computer programmers to find a solution to a chess puzzle -- but it could take thousands of years to solve. Computer scientist Professor Ian Gent and his colleagues at the University of St Andrews are now challenging computer programmers to solve it for $1 million (£776,478). They believe any programme capable of solving it would be...