Category: Weird stories

Cursed, James Bond

Cursed, James Bond

The set of the newest James Bond movie, Quantum of Solance, is turning into a virtual death trap for those involved. Since production has started, a number of accidents and odd events have occured,...

Danica Patrick Finally Wins!

It was a long time coming, but it finally did happen. Danica Patrick, who’s arrival in the top end of American open wheel racing a couple of years ago finally won a race, taking...

McFengShui still means the food sucks

McFengShui still means the food sucks

There has been any number of particularly weird stories kicking around the net, but this one caught my eye.  Feng Shui is the chinese art of using materials, colors, and placement to create a...

Britney Spears Goes Nuts

Britney Spears Goes Nuts

Pop tart Britney Spears, who has been pretty loopy in public for the last year or so finally wigged out and did the trailer trash thing: she locked herself in a room with her...

Would You Like Some Snow With That?

Would You Like Some Snow With That?

It isn’t even winter yet, and already mother nature is making it one of the worst winters on record for much of the US and Canada.  From snow in Vancouver to ice in the...

Raise your right hand and lie

Raise your right hand and lie

Something I noticed recently… it certainly qualifies are weird, but also a little sad.  The picture on the left is recently “retired” Senator (R) Larry Craig of  Idaho.  Next to him is “retired” Durham...

Is Fidel Castro Dead?

Now this has come up a couple of times in the last year, but this is one of those weird sort of web stories I love too much. Seems this weekend noted celeb blogger...

Naked on a Glacier

Naked on a Glacier

Harold is a little split on this story today folks.  On one hand, global warming is certain something that almost everyone is concerned about, yet at the same time, Harold knows that even the...

E85 fuel and asian demand blows milk prices out

E85 fuel and asian demand blows milk prices out

One of the things that you learn in buisness school is that sometimes your great idea will have unintended consequences.   Last year, the US mandated that a certain additive in gasoline was to...

Arab Princesses:  Can’t sit next to men

Arab Princesses: Can’t sit next to men

There are things that really make you wonder what people are thinking.   I never can understand people who come from a specific culture, and then are shocked when the rest of the world...

Avis brings Wi-Fi to rental cars

Avis brings Wi-Fi to rental cars

I think I can honestly say “what they heck are they thinking?” Avis Rent-a-car has announced they they will be having wi-fi equipment installed in some of their rental fleet that will allow streesed...

Fart causes emergency landing for plane

Fart causes emergency landing for plane

In the world of strange stories, this one pretty much takes the cake… or at least cuts the cheese. Seems that during a recent flight, a woman had the urge (and the need, apparently)...

Snake King dies from, well, Snake bites

Snake King dies from, well, Snake bites

Is it just me, or could we maybe have seen this one coming? Ali Khan Samsudin is known as Malaysia’s snake king.  He has performed with snaked for a living as well as for...