You Are Not Forgotten

Welcome back to another post here on Daily Lukey. Before I get started on my Weird News Tuesday post I want to apologise for missing so many days previously due to homework, socialising and other commitments that meant this blog was neglected for a few days. I am super sorry about this but welcome to the VCE years. As the one year anniversary of this blog comes around (very soon) I am trying to keep this blog as updated as possible but sometimes it just is not possible when you have a lot of VCE homework. Anyway, on with some weird news to get back into the swing of things. This week I am using the news site Reuters to find some weird news. As you know, I use a different site each week. We begin the post with the story of a woman in Michigan who was dead for six years but was only found once the bills stopped getting paid. For six years, the lawn was mowed and all the bills were paid so no one found the lady's dead body in the seat of her car in the garage. This was because she had an automatic bill-paying system set up, had stopped work in 2008, and had her neighbour cut the grass. It is a really strange story that makes you wonder what her life must have been life to have not being noticed missing for a full six years.

Source: http://eofdreams.com

In Las Vegas a 'too drunk' gambler is suing a Casino for a $500,000 debt he accrued. I doubt that the case would go far but there is a dilemma here as the man arrived drunk yet the casino provided him with free alcoholic beverages (as usual in a Casino). This raises the question as to whether the Casino should have not provided the man with the drinks or that the man is in control as they did not force the drinks down his throat. An example of how slow the United States is in news is that they have only just written a story on the Darryn Lyons, 'iconic' Australia Paparazzo who became the mayor of Geelong. It must take a while for this news to cross the oceans. According to a new study (they do some studies on some pretty weird things), investors prefer business pitches from men. However, further than this, they also prefer handsome men. Apparently they are more likely to put money into a business if the pitcher is a handsome man. A Sicilian 'Space Program' (after you know what they have done, you realise how loosely this term can be applied) has launched a model cannolo (a cream stuffed pastry roll apparently symbolic of the Italian island) into the stratosphere. For some reason, this is what the Sicilian Space Program (again, I use the title loosely) deems necessary.  A drunken groom caused the emergency landing of a flight after he had a drunken fight with his bride on the way to their honeymoon. I know everyone wants their honeymoon to be unforgettable but when is too much just too much? Citizens of Rio de Janeiro have fully understood the after-effects of a party after their annual Rio Carnival left the city in a state of utter garbage, literally. If the hang-overs were not bad enough, the rubbish piling the streets certainly is. Workers at a funeral home in Mississippi were shocked when the body they were about to embalm suddenly kicked to try and escape the body bag. This would have been an incredibly scary experience for everyone involved (just saying). Police in Stockholm had to disperse an angry crowd after a job office mistakenly called 61,000 people for a recruitment meeting. That is one big mistake that I am pretty sure is going to lead to someone losing their job or being demoted.

There is some pretty weird things going on in our world (I have not even mentioned the Malaysia airlines flight that went missing). See you tomorrow (hopefully)!

Welcome Back to the World of the Weird

Welcome back to yet another Weird News Tuesday post. Actually, the first Weird News Tuesday post in a little while due to technological set backs. Hopefully, this segment continues consecutively for a little while longer. Anyway, since it has been a while I guess there are a lot of weird news events that we have been missing. I guess we had better get started then if we want to catch up! The news site I am using this week is called Express and is yet another British news site. I am sorry but apparently the British love weird news. I am only finding these sites through Google Searches you know. Two twins in Newcastle have beaten the odds (400,000 to 1) by having their babies on the same day. Apparently this is newsworthy items so I guess the British have been running a little low on weirdness lately. Hopefully, the Sochi Olympics have raised the bar for them again. They always say that you never forget your wedding day. Well this couple are certainly never going to forget theirs after the Police were called when a drunken food fight involving Pork Pie (something very important to the story for some weird reason). The couple since laughed it off but apparently guests had been drinking since 2pm that afternoon and tensions had been rising before the food-fight broke out. The photo below is headlining the story. I kid you not.

Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/460280/Police-called-to-wedding-reception-after-massive-fight-breaks-out-over-pork-pie

In other news, there have been fears for the welfare of the Loch Ness Monster since she disappeared and no one has seen her. I guess news is slow around Loch Ness these days if this is all they can focus on. I guess it is good in some ways though as it means there must not be something very important going on around them that would distract them from the plight of the Loch Ness Monster. A viral video popped up during the week after a sky-diver dropped his GoPro camera before jumping out of the plane. The video is hilarious as the camera falls in a pig pen where a pig slowly saunters over to try and eat it. It is really good (in terms of viral videos) and you can watch the video by clicking here. As of late, there has been another one of those medical occurrences that no one can explain. Right now, it is a girl who cries tiny stones instead of tears. There is nothing wrong with the twelve year-old girl and if you doubt the story you can watch the video that featured on Yemen's TV Networks by clicking here. The girl is from Yemen if you did not realise so I guess all the weird news does not have to come from Britain (though it sure seems like it sometimes). An owner has been annoyed by his dog who has chewed through an 8,000 pound Aston Martin (over AU$100,000). The sheepish dog, Luce, is pictured below next to the damage caused to the owner's prized possession.

Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/457961/That-s-ruff-Pooch-chews-through-his-owner-s-prized-80-000-Aston-Martin

I am a bit busy with school-work at the moment so I am going to have to finish this post here. See you tomorrow!

What? (Weird News Tuesday)

Welcome back to yet another Weird News Tuesday! For those of you who do not know, Weird News Tuesday is a weekly segment where I go through a news site and find some of the weird things that have been making news. Sometimes it is the stories that are weird and other times the weird part is how the story became news-worthy. Each week I use a different news site and this week I am using yet another British news site (what is up with all this weird British news?); Metro. We begin with one very bad attempt at subtlety in a photo bomb. The only difference from most other photo-bombs is that the photo-bomber was not actually human. This elephant (see picture below) is not the first popular animal photo-bomber and he definitely will not be the last. You can click here to see more photos of hilarious animal photo-bombers.

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/27/say-cheese-elephant-stakes-a-claim-for-least-subtle-photobomb-ever-4279695/

Next we have a news reporter making a live broadcast from a zoo when a lion sneaks up on her and jumps on the gate. Needless to say, the reporter was scared but the funnier part was seeing the lion clearly walk towards the gate knowing what it was going to do. That was one smart (and comedic) lion which would have provided for quite some entertainment on that channel. We all know how protective some people are over their money and how money can make some people really stupid. One lady from Germany made that mistake after flushing 330,000 pounds (over AU$569,000) down the toilet in a drunken rage. The lady was 63 and her husband had passed away in a care home. When the care home found out that she had come into money they sent the old lady the bill for her husband's medical care. The lady opened the letter after a few glasses of champagne and then tore up the money and flushed it down the toilet. After a court case into the incident, the lady was charged 3,300 pounds (over AU$6260) over the incident as the court heard that the lady may have made up the story to avoid paying the bills but it would be "hard to prove". An idiot of a man in Kansas (United States) ran back into his burning home to save his Xbox console. Fire officials say that the man was lucky to have only suffered from smoke inhalation with over AU$91000 damage caused by the fire. I think it is worrying that of all the things he could have saved (photos, memorabilia) he chose an item that could easily be replaced (though without the memory stored on that hard-drive). Over the years, people have proposed to each other in a variety of ways. However, one man used a fake arrest in his proposal. Funny, last week there was a story about a proposal as well except that one was between actors in a live performance of Peter Pan. You can view this proposal by clicking here. A nursing home has become very creative when making a calendar. Residents recreated some iconic movie scenes including the scene from Titanic where Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet are leaning over the end of the Titanic. It is all very creative and you can view all the photos here. A 14 year old girl got a surprise when she was about to bite into her blueberry muffin and realised that it was the spitting image of her dog. Obviously I am talking about the top of the muffin otherwise that is one seriously deformed dog. There is a picture of it which you can view below and it actually does look like her dog. The girl lost her appetite and her family froze the muffin and are looking for potential buyers. So far they have had no interest in it but knowing what some people are into, there is bound to be someone out there who wants it.

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/24/teen-discovers-blueberry-muffin-that-looks-just-like-her-pet-chihuahua-and-tries-to-sell-it-4275745/

There definitely were some weird stories today, I will try and find a non-British site with a weird news section next week. See you tomorrow!

Weird News Tuesday: Telegraph Edition

Welcome back to yet another Weird News Tuesday. In this segment we look through the news to find some weird stories or news items that really should not be considered news but rather scraping the bottom of the metaphorical barrel. As you may have guessed, this week we are using the United Kingdom's own Telegraph news site. I have not done this site before, the Telegraph I did was the Australian Daily Telegraph (about the 4th Weird News Tuesday back in November 2013). Let us see what weird news that London can throw at us after the burst of weird British news last week. Do you know "Imagine" by John Lennon (it is a song)? Well, some creative people have recycled guns seized by Mexican drug cartels (so specific) and turned them into musical instruments to recreate this iconic John Lennon song. It may not be the best rendition of the song but it sure sends a good message. You can view the video by clicking here. A Japan airline has caused an online furore over a thirty-second commercial that has been labelled as racist. You can view the commercial by clicking here (and scrolling down). In it, two men dressed in the airline's uniform say some things that I did not quite catch the drift of (the commercial is in English) and then one says that they should change the image of Japan. It then cuts to the other man who is suddenly wearing a blonde wig and an elongated nose (which you can see in the picture below). I, personally, do not find the commercial overly-racist but then I did not really catch the drift of the first half.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/japan/10583569/Japanese-airline-sorry-over-racist-commercial.html

Continuing on with the airline theme, Sixty-six flight attendants broke into dance in front of very surprised customers in Shanghai Pudong International Airport to celebrate the first day of the 40-day festival to celebrate the Chinese new year. In Mexico-City there is an annual pet-blessing ceremony that pet-owners attend to protect their pet from "danger and misfortune". It is a great way to bring the community together and I suppose in our new day and age it does not seem as weird but, you have to admit, this is just the tiniest bit strange. I am not even going to click on the article about why the knight is the best chess piece. Judging by the description, the argument is that it can get to any space on the board (but so can a lot of other pieces). I did not plan to spend any more than a sentence about this article but look what you have gone and made me do. Apparently it was a Peruvian artist's dream to paint underwater and very recently his dream was recognised. He was decked out in scuba diving gear and then went for a swim along the ocean floor painting the fish that swam by him. You can watch the video by clicking here. There are so many links in this post, I think it is a big problem guys. I think I should stop with the links for the rest of the post (a promise I am likely to keep for only a few more sentences). A family has four children who all have the same birthday (but born in different years). There is a three year age gap between the first and second-born and then a two year age gap between the second and the third-born. That would be one hell of a year when one turns 21, another 18, and the last 16. In other countries turning 16 is more of a bigger deal than it is in Australia (though some Australians do love to celebrate) so that is going to be one expensive day or, more likely, week. Researchers have found that a healthy dose of narcissism can do wonders for your career and that narcissists are more likely to find themselves in a position of prominence. However, they also found that too much narcissism once in that position can lead to problems. So that sort of evens out the playing field for the rest of us. Most of us know about the 'humble' pick-pocket and now some magicians and a reformed criminal are doing the opposite. In order to raise awareness for pick-pocketing they are slipping cards into people's pockets instead of taking anything (that we know of). That is actually a very smart campaign as generally people believe they will never fall victim to the pick-pockets of our world yet by spreading the awareness through pick-pocketing it is showing that it can affect everyone. I certainly approve of this. A heated political debate was disrupted when one of the politician's iPad ringtone went off playing Queen's hit, "Fat Bottomed Girls". That would have really interrupted the debate which was being aired on BBC. Do I hear a new viral video? Next comes a very touching video (see, I told you I would put a link in here somewhere) of a stage-actor performing as Peter Pan proposing to his real-life girlfriend who is playing Wendy. He interrupts the whole show and makes a big speech about it (all the while Wendy is freaking out) and how much he loves this girl. You can watch this touching proposal by clicking here.

That is all there is time for today, see you back next Tuesday for some more weird-news stories. See you tomorrow!

Weird News Tuesday: Wednesday Edition

I would first like to apologise for the lack of post yesterday. This was due to a power-outage caused by the extreme heat conditions. I am very sorry for this. Great, now I sound like an emotionless robot. Anyway, on with the weird news! This segment, usually posted on a Tuesday, goes through different news sites to find some odd news or else news that really should not be considered news. Today, we are using the United Kingdom's news-site; The Mirror. First we have surgeons who amputated a student's foot and then reattach it to his left hand where he had lost a finger as a child. It does look weird but I am not posting the photo on my blog because I do not want that picture on my blog. It has a lot of blood. Anyway, how would you even explain that? Hi, my name is Luke. As a child I sort of lost a finger but, luckily, surgeons were able to attach one of my toes in its place. There is a funny video of a man falling through the roof of a shop and another man going about his shopping as though that sort of thing happened all the time. Seriously, who does that?

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cash-machine-spews-out-free-3022471

An ATM attracted a queue of over sixty people when word spread that the ATM had malfunctioned and begun giving out free money. I think it is more worrying than anything that word got to sixty people before it got to the owners of the ATM. Someone is definitely going to get into trouble over this debacle. A young ostrich in Kent disrupted traffic when it decided to race the cars driving past. Amazingly it reached speeds of up to forty kilometers an hour. A man bared his bottom on Reddit for the whole internet to see after a rare medical condition caused his buttocks to require surgery. This resulted in the loss of his bum cheeks so all there really is to see is a whole lot of back with what looks like a belly-button but is actually... well, you know. There is even more animal news today when a squirrel caused more than 7000 pounds (nearly AU$13,000) to the house of a mother-of-two (apparently this was important to the story somehow) when it was trapped inside. The mother thought the house had been robbed. A silly truck-driver has found himself stuck under the shelter of a petrol station after trying to pass through with a large load of hay. Sometimes you wonder if these guys even think. Apparently the driver appeared to be "shaken". I do not understand how this counts as 'weird' news but The Mirror thought that it did. A sex toy company has invented mobile phone controlled vibrating panties. This is big news apparently. A father's plan to hold an internet vote to name his new baby has backfired with names such as Slagathor and Megatron making the list. You know when people get the chance they are going to vote for those names. I bet the man's wife is very pleased with him right about now. Does anyone else hear the call for a divorce? Some Chinese students have created an 'ingenious' way of staying awake while studying. They use a home-made peg device attached to their hair so if they start to fall asleep they get yanked back into reality. It does sound pretty desperate but hey, you can not hate ingenuity. A pastor in the UK has condensed his whole service into ONE MINUTE just so he could watch the NFL game. I know some people would not be very happy but I would LOVE to go to that Church. I would probably only go to masses that he was hosting and only when there was an NFL game but hey, I could say that I go to Church a whole lot more often. Two lovers have ended their sex-romp in a whole lot of pain when the man fell from a tree right on to his presumably erect manhood. According to the story the poor man snapped his penis. I think all men everywhere would agree when I say ouch. Artist David Cata has sewn painfully accurate portraits (only of the head) of his family members on to his palms to reflect how they are sewn into his life. That must have been incredibly painful and would it not be so ironic if one day he had a big falling out with one of his family members? It is just as bad as, if not worse than, tattooing the name of a boyfriend/girlfriend onto your body. Finally, I wrap up this weeks Weird News Tuesday with China building a Titanic theme park with a life-size replica of the doomed ship simulating its sinking.

Hope you have had not too weird a week. See you tomorrow.

Weird News Tuesday: Friday Edition

After a two-week hiatus, Weird News Tuesday is back! To celebrate the return I am writing this post and publishing it on a Friday as Tuesday was too hard a day this week to try and sort one of these posts out. If you did not know, Weird News Tuesday is a weekly segment in which I go through some of the weird news headlines and stories that really should never have been classified as news. Each week I use a different news site and this week I am using WA Today which is a news site from Western Australia. First we come across an article that, at first, appears to be discussing the popularity of the Thermomix but is actually just a really long advertisement. I kept reading thinking it would get to the story but it never did. It never did. Finally, a how-to article that really speaks to me. The title is "How not to be a wine snob". Already, it just screams "Luke!" For some reason, this is considered important enough information to put on a news site so the information contained therein better have a positive impact on my life. Who knows, maybe in a few years I will not be a wine snob and it will all be thanks to this article.

Source: http://www.watoday.com.au/executive-style/top-drop/how-not-to-be-a-wine-snob-20131219-2znbv.html

Just to show how obsessed we are with the United States there is a whole article on why Michelle Obama and Beyonce have such a great friendship. Forgive me for not jumping up and down with the joy of knowing that I can learn so much more about my favourite girls in the Northern Hemisphere. Next we have an article about a man who made a blog where all he did was pose next to mannequins wearing the exact same outfit as them and doing the same pose. It actually is pretty entertaining but still, how is this news? Apparently in Pakistan there is a restaurant that only allows foreign people to eat at their establishment. I guess they are just really lucky that Pakistan has such a booming tourism industry. Oh, wait. In other news, researchers have discovered how to determine what software is open on your computer and can decode emails through the sounds that a computer makes. First of all, what would lead someone to research that and second of all, that is actually pretty cool. I will never listen to my computer in the same way again. In other news, there is so much that you may not have known about New York. There is a park made on an old railway track, a free ferry, it is cheaper than you would think, has very low crime rates and is an alcohol-free zone which is strictly enforced. This is not weird as much as it is interesting. Sorry to bother you guys with something so normal. In other news, a gas smell swept through Perth the other day apparently and now there is a big investigation into it although it is already believed to have come from an industrial area. That was a quick, and probably harder-than-you-would-expect, case. A false alarm at Perth Airport was set to lose a lot of potential business but luckily it only lasted fifteen minutes before a false-alarm was determined. Apparently no flights were delayed but I would have hated to be travelling with someone. The stress that would have caused.

You would not believe how hard it is to find weird news stories on a news site without an oddspot section. See you tomorrow!

Weird News Tuesday: Merry Christmas!

Can you believe that it is only one more day until Christmas? Neither can I. Anyway, as you all know this a post where I go through a news site and find some odd news stories that probably should not have been considered news or are just so out there that they had to be news. Sometimes this is easy and other times it is tricky. This week, I will be using stories from Perth Now. As always, just click on the name of the news site and it will take you to the home page. The first story I get to reads "Inside King Henry's Love Nest". Aside from this the story is pretty straight-forward in that it is about a house that used to belong to some of King Henry VIII's wives which is now going up for auction. Was the title really that necessary? Could they not have chosen something different like "Royal House for sale" or something similar? The next story is also a straight-forward one about William and Kate flying in the same plane as their son (Prince George) which is against tradition as it risks the loss of two direct heirs (William and George). The weird thing about this story is how the title says "Wills and Kate". Since when did anyone call Prince William, Wills? It sounds like something you would call a good friend (like "oh, here comes good ol' Wills") not something you would call an heir to the throne. I am beginning to realise how informal Perth Now is.

Source: http://www.miningfamilies.com/

In other news, a streaker interrupted holiday-goers by chasing around seagulls and going through a busy restaurant all with no clothes on. Some people got a bit more than they bargained for on that day but at least the Police put some clothes on him before they escorted him to the police vehicle. A pilot in New York allegedly delayed a flight for two and a half hours while he waited for some gourmet sandwiches. Someone is definitely getting fired over this. How did he even explain it though without anyone kicking up a fuss? Surely if they knew what was actually going on they would have found a replacement pilot. Well, you would hope so. Someone apparently was trying to trade a live alligator for two six-packs of beer. I wonder what the clerk would have done? I mean, what would you do if someone came up and offered to give you a dangerous (and very much alive) alligator in exchange for two six-packs of beer? Ever heard of the phrase "Shop till you drop"? Well, a man in China jumped to his death in a mall after he had had enough of his girlfriend's shopping. Wow, he must have been really tired of her to do such a thing just to get away from her. Has he never heard of separating for a little while or just coming back for her later? Surely there were better options than to just jump. An idiot of a criminal (who shall remain nameless although his name is on the news site) who was wanted posted comments on his own wanted page on Facebook. Needless to say it was this which helped the Police find him. Was this guy stupid or did he just want to go to prison? Sometimes the answer is not very clear-cut. India's chief investigator has caused a massive uproar when he said "If you can't stop rape, just enjoy it" while comparing sports gambling to sexual assault. Something tells me that this guy is going to have to fight a very hard losing battle to maintain his job after that 'little' 'slip of the tongue'. A woman, after having sex in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant, was so drunk that she tried to wear a hamburger as a shoe. I wonder how that would have turned out if she had succeeded and how long it would have taken her to become sober enough to realise what was going on. Apparently, if you want an alternative to Christmas because you are sick of all the merry cheer you can celebrate Festivus. I have absolutely no idea what it is but it is a thing now. It happened and we all let it happen.

Merry Christmas for tomorrow everyone! See you tomorrow.

Weird News Tuesday: Wednesday Edition

I really am beginning to regret making the titles of segments include days because whenever I post it on a different day it becomes all the more obvious. Anyway, sorry for missing out on this post yesterday but Mum was on the computer for the majority of the day and I never got the chance to write a full-sized post. If you do not already know, this segment is where I go on a news site (a different one each week) and find some of the weird things that people have considered news-worthy enough to write a story on. This week I will be using The Australian (online website). We all know how dangerous using a phone while driving is  but many people do not fully understand the dangers of using a phone and walking. Sadly (for the woman), a lady walked off St Kilda Pier because she was to focused on her Facebook news feed. Luckily she is still alive but oh, that would have been great to have seen occur. What would you have done? What could you have done? It just goes to show that "walking and social media is no LOLing matter" (apparently that is what Victoria Police said but I doubt it). I really thought The Australian was a little more sophisticated.

Source: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/texting-while-walking-claims-another-victim-woman-falls-off-pier/

The next story talks about two of the most searched topics on Google as well as a third which, ironically, are all concerned about life and death. The first two are for deceased actors Cory Monteith (best known for his role as Finn Hudson on Glee) and the more recently deceased actor Paul Walker (best known for his role in the Fast and Furious franchise). The third is of the royal birth of baby George to his parents William and Kate. It really is wonderful in this age that we can just search whatever we want (and I mean whatever we want) on Google and receive a number of results. In other news, there is a "raging" debate on whether children who misbehave in school should have to say "sorry". Some are even going as far to say that they should not actually use the word because they have no idea what it means but rather use it as a means of escaping a worse punishment. I never knew that this "raging" debate was going on but apparently it is, and it makes the news! You may have realised by now that it is a lot harder to find odd news stories that are not on the home page when there is no tab marked "odd-spot" or something similar. It does make finding the stories harder but I will not give up on it yet. New extremes of entertainment are emerging with a 20km endurance challenge called the Tough Mudder becoming increasingly popular around the World. It is basically a 20km obstacle course challenging common fears such as heights, claustrophobia, fire and electricity (oh, you better be scared because that electricity is coming to get you). It really does seem gruelling and very tough yet many people are flocking to it by the week. It began in Harvard all the way over in America and already has arrived at our shores in a very short space of time. In 'exciting' (and somewhat selfish) news, Australian scientists have reason to believe that the New Zealand Kiwi bird may have been descended from an Australian animal. As the story says, Australia is giving New Zealand "the bird". It has also been discovered that perhaps female scientists are 'more creative' when it comes to science meaning that they are more likely to be at the forefront of innovation. All this because of the way women view abstract art. I am just going to say that it was probably a female who carried out this investigation. There really is a lot of weird things going on in our world these days.

It is very hard to find weird stories on The Australian (plus I could barely read any of it because of their stupid digital subscriptions). See you tomorrow!

Weird News Tuesday: Friday Edition!

As I missed out on making a Weird News Tuesday post this week due to extenuating circumstances I have decided to write this week's on a Friday. Next week, this segment should be back to its original Tuesday slot but if I get side-tracked it might become a Wednesday because I am seeing King Kong (again :) ) on Tuesday night. Sometimes I know I should write the posts earlier but I do get side-tracked and there might be something I am doing during the day that could delay my writing. Also, if you missed the announcement, the "Random Thought Friday" segment has been moved to a Saturday and renamed "Random Thought Saturday" (for obvious reasons). Before I go on with this post I also want to dedicate it to the wonderful man that was Nelson Mandela who recently passed away, may he rest in eternal peace. Today's stories come from Sky News Australia.

Source: http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/nelson-mandela-59.php

Apparently there are four chimpanzees in New York who are fighting (or rather, are been fought for) equal rights as humans. Apparently, the Nonhuman Rights Project is behind the move so that they could live out the remainder of their days in freedom. Well, the day has come. A feral "beer-guzzling" pig could get a plaque at a rest-stop in Western Australia to commemorate the pig's rather unusual life. The "infamous" [I have never heard of it] pig died two months ago and people are pushing for this plaque to be created. I knew they lived on the other side of Australia, but I never realised that people from Western Australia were that different. The "Red Dog" statue I can understand but this pig I can not. Have you heard of girl-friends trashing ex-partner's homes and belongings? What about selling them? Those things are pretty common-place these days so now some Chilean entrepreneurs have created a website on which people can sell their ex's belongings so they can "move on" with their lives. Pretty smart idea. Next we have my favourite Lady Gaga. This time her pee has been made into a perfume and, guess what, it was not Gaga's doing this time. Apparently she peed in a bin in her dressing room before an interview because she could not get to the bin. The people who she was doing the interview for did not care and instead kept her pee and turned into a perfume and kept it in a jar. No word on whether they are going to sell it but if they do, I bet some weird person is going to buy it for a lot of money just because it is Lady Gaga's pee and it is going to be worth something someday. Back to some silly things people do in America. The police donated drugs to a school. Yeah, you read that right. Some American Cops did donate Marijuana to a school. Granted, it was more of an issue of poor inventorying (that is a word) as it was found to have accidentally gone through with some of the other items they donated to the school. I suppose the police have just given up in America, drugs for all. Apparently it was important to Sky News to say that the school plans to make tomato plants out of the remaining materials. Well, that was my one question about this whole article answered. Glad they cleared that up or I could have looked like a right fool. This is an article I think that my school friends would like. Click here for the article that is full of too many puns. The article is about a cow who got its head stuck in a plastic chair. You want to know the worst part? The story for it is the longest I have read today. Apparently, a cow stuck in a chair was more important (or surprising) then police supplying drugs to students, or Chimpanzee's human rights! Come on people, we want the important things! That means more cows in chairs. Someone really should look into that market. There is a lot of weird stuff going on in our world these days.

The odd is everywhere, see you tomorrow!

The Wrong Lyrics

There are many horrible things in our world today. One of the worst is what I am going to be talking about today. For those of you who actually read the title (you would be surprised how many people do not) of this post would know what I am going on about. Of course, I am talking about the times when you have a song stuck in your head and you do not know most of the lyrics. But wait, this is not even the worst part. It is even more annoying when you think you have the right lyrics but all you end up doing is singing the one line over and over again (for some songs this works) or just putting in random words. For instance, I have only actually listened to Royals by Lorde once (do not judge me) and so I know the general sound and rhythm as well as a lot of the lyrics. However, there are some parts where I either just hum it or I insert some random words. Once, after watching Fringe, I found myself singing "And we will never be Broyles (Broyles)". It really just stuck and so now, almost every time, I find myself singing that line instead of actually singing the right words.

Source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5770722/lordes-royals-crowns-hot-100-for-fifth-week

The worst part is sometimes what part of the song that you remember. You know how some songs make sense all together but if said in dribs and drabs it makes absolutely no sense and makes you look crazy. As my favourite artist is Lady Gaga and most of her songs are a little "out-there" as it is sometimes the parts of her songs I can remember can make me sound like a sexual predator. For instance, in Aura (one of her new songs from ARTPOP) the only part I can clearly remember besides the beginning is "Do you want to see me naked lover? Do you want to peek underneath the covers? Do you want to see the girl who lives behind the aura, behind the aura? Do you want to touch me cosmic lover? Do you want to peek underneath the cover? Do you want to see the girl who lives behind the aura, behind the aura, behind the aura, behind the aura?" Do you know how weird that would sound if you passed someone singing that on the street. Do not even get me started on the only parts I can remember of her songs Sexxx Dreams, Jewels and Drugs, and Dope. Even though Dope is actually a very emotional and deep song, the main parts I can remember make me seem like a drug-addict. Although, in Werribee that might not stand out as much (no judge). Admittedly, even if I knew all the lines of Sexxx Dreams I would still sound extremely weird to anyone passing by. At least Gypsy is a relatively normal song with no explicit sexual innuendo so I can get away with singing that in public, Venus not so much. Mary Jane Holland sort of though I would seem like I am having a delusion of stardom with someone called Mary Jane Holland. Donatella would just make me sound like a superficial rhymes-with-witch and Fashion would make me seem like that guy from the Target advertisements.

This is a very serious issue, see you tomorrow! 

Weird News Tuesday: What?

So we are back again to this day, Tuesday. I know you guys were expecting a post yesterday and, believe you me, so was I. However, scheduling again messed me up so instead I am doing another Weird News Tuesday post. I really do not know what is going on with my Random Thought Friday posts because each week, for whatever reasons, my Fridays get busy (or I forget) but you can always rely on the Weird News Tuesday: Keeping you up to date with the news that matters. Today I will be using the news site: The Daily Telegraph (Australian). We begin with the infamous Lara Bingle with a story I have seen on every news site I have visited tonight. Apparently, the weekly magazine Famous published a photo of her where they allegedly photo shopped more "Cellulite" onto her thighs. Yes, you read that right. They added more "cellulite", not fat, "cellulite". What do they stand to gain by saying cellulite instead of fat? It saves ink (and a few milliseconds). Also, in major news (according to every news site I have been on), the death of Brian Griffin from Family Guy has left fans all over the world reeling. Apparently this is news. Do not get me wrong though, I love Family Guy so I am dedicating this post to Brian Griffin (1999-2013). May he rest in animated peace.

Source: www.unrealfacts.com

In other 'news', a woman (Lucy Cavendish) gives an insight into what it is like living as a 'white' witch. I mean 'white' as in good, not talking about skin colour here. Her book 'Spellbound' gives an insight into how her spells work and how to incorporate witchcraft into everyday life. A man's life was saved after his old boss accidentally butt dialed him. The boss was actually plotting how to kill this man and if he had not have butt dialed him. First, why was that guy's number the one that pops up first. Was his name "Aardvark" or was his number "1111111" or "2148701273"? Seriously, how does that even happen. I have heard of drunk-dialing someone but this is reaching all new heights. A London woman has hatched an 'Ingenious"  plan to get a date with Ryan Gosling or someone similar. Basically she puts up "Lost" posters all around the place with Ryan Gosling's photo on it with her number underneath. Talk about new ways of picking up people. Apparently now there is a legitimate occupation where you go around to different toilets all around the world and use them to find the best toilet in the world. So that is a thing now. Also, an unlucky burglar got stuck in the bathroom window of a house he was trying to break into. When the victim came home the burglar actually had to ask him to call the police. If it were me, I would have waited an hour or so to let him sweat it out (Payback is a bitch and bitch is my middle name). Kids these days bring all sorts of things to show-and-tell. On the list you have toys, books, magazines, parents' "Vibrating Rocket Ship", teddy bears among other things. I could make a really bad pun about rocket ships and Uranus but I will not, I am above that (for now). A group (I do not know which one [there are so many out there these days]) has banned the consumption of soy because they believe it can turn you gay. Yeah, of all the ridiculous theories I have heard that has got to be up there as one of the most ridiculous. The worst part is that someone obviously believes this. Finally, family's had to rush from their homes in Brazil after a fire at a sugar warehouse released a flood of caramel that threatened the surrounding houses. That would have been quite the sticky situation.

The news just keeps getting weirder and weirder. See you tomorrow!

Weird Inventions

Today I had no school due to correction day for teachers to mark exams and for students to complete make-up exams if they missed some for whatever reason. Anyway, so today I went to see Catching Fire (which is an awesome movie by the way) and at the end I had to go to the toilet, as you do. As I was relieving myself I got to thinking how weird inventions came about such as the "pee wall" (I could not find anywhere what the actual name was). Again, this is something you normally do as you pee. Anyway, so today I thought I would go through some of the inventions that would have seemed weird at the time they were conceived. Let us begin with the "pee wall". How did that even come about? Did someone want to make peeing on walls socially acceptable. Before this invention if you saw someone peeing on the wall you would call the police. Now, if you see someone pee on these "pee walls" you could congratulate them for not urinating in a public place. Seriously though, does anyone else think the conception of this idea is just a little weird?

Source: http://francis-moran.com/marketing-strategy/identifying-the-invention/

Next we have the odd yet incredibly popular "snuggie". Basically, it is a blanket that you can wear as clothes. Some people even wear it out (though why they would do that I do not know). It is great in that you have complete protection and do not have "cold spots" which the blanket did not cover. Like the pee wall, did someone think that they wanted to make it socially acceptable to wear a blanket in public? Well they definitely succeeded and have since made millions out of it. Such a weird invention but now the majority of people know what you are talking about when you say "snuggie". Now, what about those "Magic" 8 Balls that people set so much store in. We all know that it is merely chance and there are no supernatural powers working on that 8 ball. Still though, people set so much store in that toy. It just shows how much people do not want to have to make their own decisions. "Should I wear clothes today." "My sources say no." "Am I going to be forever alone?" "You may rely on it." "Will I ever feel better?" "Better not tell you now." Seriously though, all those replies are actually what magic 8 balls say (I Googled it and everybody knows Wikipedia does not lie). Who else hates those incredibly annoying singing fish? Who came up with that? Did someone want to feel like they could actually fish and so they made a fake plaque with a fake fish on it? Then, just for the hell of it, they added the power of speech and (most regretfully) of song. God, I see now what you mean by hell. You hath converted me. Now, for the final and creepiest invention of all I pass over to the furry "Furby". Did some lonely man or woman come up with that and realise that "Hey, there must be other lonely people like me out there somewhere. Let's sell these incredibly creepy dolls that speak their own language to other people like me. #Genius." Yes, I put a hashtag in a bit of dialogue. Do not judge me (I see you judging me).

Now do you see how weird some inventions actually are? See you tomorrow!

Weird News Tuesday: The Weird and the Weirder

It is that time of the week again guys! This week, finding a source was hard. In the end I had to Google News Sites just to find one that had some weird news in it. Anyway, this week we are looking at the Yahoo Australia News site (au.news.yahoo.com). We begin with a story on how Australian Olympians are "not allowed to stagger". The Australian Olympics Committee says that Australian Olympians can get drunk but they draw the line at staggering and slurred speech. I get where they are coming from but that headline really caught my attention. Next we have the Toronto Mayor in trouble again after rushing off stage in a debate to hit another senator. Just when you think he could not get any lower. Seriously though, it has been on every news site I looked at today (it took me a while to find one that had some weird stories). Mayor Rob Ford has finally been stripped of all powers after a council vote. It took them a lot longer than it should have, just saying. The next two stories are not weird but the category they were filed under is. The first is a story about the release of endangered orange-bellied parrots that boosts numbers and the next is of animals dying in a zoo in Indonesia because of over-crowding. Neither of those stories are weird. The weird part is that it was filed under technology. I mean, really? I must have skipped the section about the robot birds and mechanical animals. I know I should have paid more attention in Biology.

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-19/this-photo-is-worlds-first-selfie/5102568

So apparently this is the first ever selfie. It was posted in an ABC Online Forum in September of 2002 so hooray for Australian trend-setting! However, I doubt that this is actually the first ever selfie because the poster used "selfie" in her description of the picture. But, seeing as "selfie" is Oxford's Word of the Year (yeah, they chose "selfie" since its usage has risen dramatically over the past year) I am just going to get a little Australian pride going on! The story was obviously copied from the ABC News Site because it contained everything the same as the ABC one except the picture which it said was there in the headline. I think someone let it go there. The next story is a very touching one as it tells the story of a young boy with cancer and thousands of San Francisco people (San Franciscans?) who turned out to help make this "Bat Kid" into a super hero. Even US President Barack Obama got in on that act sending a photo to the boy with the caption "way to go!" It is a little weird, but also very heart warming to know that there are still thousands of good people out there, somewhere. The next story is of University of Adelaide medical students admitting to cheating on an exam. Can someone please explain to me why I have seen this on five different news sites today? How is that news? Since when was cheating big news? Should I just start making some big deal about every silly thing that I do now? Apparently, that is news. Finally, apparently the presenters on Today! (morning show on Channel 9) had Mamograms on air to test for breast cancer. Apparently that is a thing now.

Things just keep getting weirder!

Weird News Tuesday: It Keeps Getting Weirder

Welcome to the second segment of this themed post series. This time around I am going to be using a different news site. This time I am using The Huffington Post. Last week it was too easy as I was still on the homepage by the time I finished this post. Let us see if it is a little harder this time, I really hope so. We start pretty quickly with a story that is not that far down the page. It is from a comedian (some hope there) and is an interview he did to explain why he cried the first time he did Heroin. It seems like a weird story to find so easily but according to The Huffington Post, it is news. The next story is of a white supremacist whose DNA results show that he is 14% black. Apparently they can still say that in America. Under each story on the Huffington Post website there is a link that says "More..." followed by the category of the preceding post. For this one it reads, "More Black Voices". That just does not seem right. Now for the story accompanied by a weird picture. The story is an alright one and is about how investigators now use a "Nasal Ranger" smelloscope to find people smoking pot. It seems like a weird enough headline but the picture just makes the story a little ridiculous. Just look at that picture below. It looks like a radar gun for your nose. I can see the caption now "See how fast your boogers move! How runny is your nose?" Oh Huffington Post, you have done it again.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/11/company-develops-nasal-ra_n_4256193.html

Scroll down a little further and you have an aptly named story on the "Penis Church" which is basically a church with quite the interesting aerial view. An architect claims that it does not look much like a penis but judging from the picture that architect must be a lonely female or a stupid male. It totally looks like a penis, just saying. Here is the picture (click anywhere on this sentence) and you tell us if it looks like a penis to you. Guys, brace yourselves. There is a new issue that has hit America and no, it is not the Government this time. After a fire at a factory there is a nationwide shortage of Knish. Apparently this is some kind of Jewish food that they eat during Hanukkah but guys, this is serious. The red cross should seriously go over there and the Government need to order a state of national emergency. Christians have also reached an all-time low as they air-drop Bibles into North Korea. They are literally tying parachutes to individual bibles and dropping them down over North Korea. I thought their main argument against communities like the LGBQTI community was that they "rub it in everyone's faces". Excuse me but does air-dropping bibles not seem like rubbing it in people's faces? Just saying, it is even less subtle than Mum saying she is thirsty and waving her tea cup in my face. Next in the news is a story about a new bill in California that would mean that Porn Stars would have to wear goggles while 'working'. For safety of course but still, who would watch that. Of all the things the Government could be doing they focus on the sexual health of porn actors who probably have more experience than most politicians (again, just saying). I do suppose though that they do have some similarities, most of the time both of their work blows up in their faces. Apparently someone has found out what the Sasquatch's (otherwise known as "Big Foot") favourite food is. This is important news guys, get ready to take some notes after reading this important news feature. Finally, in an epic display of brains a man blew up his house after watching a TV show on the Hindenburg disaster.

There are some really weird stories out there, see you tomorrow!

Weird News Tuesday

So the new weekly segment is here! You know when you read the paper, watch the nightly news or browse the online sites and you see a bit of news that makes you do a double-take? These are the stories that surprise you not because of their content, but because it was considered news worthy. Most of the time, this can be taken as a good sign in that there obviously is nothing too serious going on if there is still room for these stories. This new series brings in some of the weird news stories I have seen either throughout the week or have found on my search every Tuesday night. Let us get started straight away! We begin with a photo found on news.com.au. It is of the affluent horse-trainer, Gai Waterhouse, and her reaction to her horse, Fiorente winning the Melbourne Cup this year. It is one great shot.

Source: http://www.news.com.au/sport/superracing/fiorente-wins-the-2013-melbourne-cup/story-fnjsiw2w-1226753549090

I did not even scroll far to see the next story I am going to talk about. The headline reads, and I quote, "Giant firework penis lights up the night sky in Glasgow; residents love it". You have got to be kidding me, the story even makes a not-so-subtle reference to a "happy ending". You read it correctly, one of the first stories on a news site was that a giant penis lit up the sky and led to a few happy endings. The next story comes straight out of France and is titled "Stole a Llama, now there's drama". It is basically the story of a drunk group of men who stole a llama from a circus and then, just for the hell of it, took it on a tram. Now can you see some of the weird stuff that people consider news? Oh, and the Llama's name was Serge. I have no idea why that is important but make of it what you will. Scroll down to the lifestyle section and you will soon think you are on a porn website. The title of this story is "Teen sells her virginity for $27,950" and I do not need to go into any more detail about what the story is about do I? Can I just say that they are oddly specific. They go write down to the $50 when generally they just go for the nearest large number and say it is either more or less. Just saying, I bet a guy wrote this article. The author's name is not listed so I guess we will never know. Also, if you scroll further, you will soon find out that cat cafes are so last year and that the new trend is owls. I know I am generally behind the trends but seriously, did I actually miss the cat cafe trend? Damn it, now I have to move onto the Owls or else be left behind. Also, apparently there is a robot rock paper scissors champion somewhere out there. I am really not regretting scrolling through the news.com.au homepage. Seriously, this is all on their homepage. I thought this segment was going to be hard to write but apparently not.

The weirder side of the news brought to you every Tuesday. See you tomorrow!

Weird Advertisements

Has anyone else noticed the recent rise in weird advertisements? I mean weird in the sense that they simply do not make any sense and the basic message is just, well, basic. There have always being weird advertisements but at least they used to make sense. I saw an advertisement today for Devondale Cheese. I saw absolutely no connection between the content of the advertisement and the product other than right at the end when it finally said what the advert was for. There is another one for some soy-milk drink (I think it was Devondale again) "without the soy-milk-aftertaste-face". All it has is one person grimacing from the so-called "soy-milk-aftertast". The basic message I got from this was that in order to avoid awkward moments caused by soy-aftertaste is to buy their product. For a moment there I was sold but then I realised I did not drink soy milk. Also, some of those skittle adverts. I see no way a message but rather a competition to set the world record for the most skittles shown in thirty seconds. Skittles is notorious for these sort of ads. I just do not see how they achieve much other than cause conversation. Now I think about it, it actually does work as I am talking about it now and remember it more than any other advertisements.

If I see one more Rivers advert I am going to become depressed. See you tomorrow!