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Archive for August, 2006

Vietnam seizes ton of sex toys

August 28, 2006 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

Vietnam authorities confiscated one ton of Chinese-made sex toys Friday. The illegal shipment included 10,000 woody-inducing Viagra tablets. The whole party-on-wheels was hidden within a shipment of onions.

Motorist injured on Woodrow Wilson bridge gets to blow it up

August 24, 2006 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

A Maryland man whose hip was crushed in an auto accident on the Woodrow Wilson bridge will get to trigger the explosives to destroy it Monday. Dan Ruefly was selected in a contest to determine who suffered the worst commute on the old bridge. A new bridge has been built alongside the old one and after the demolition, an additional span will be built in its place to carry even more traffic.

Many British teens use condoms incorrectly

August 22, 2006 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

A new British study finds that many teens use condoms incorrectly. Strangely, of those who did manage to use them the right way there was a strong correlation to having a close relationship with their mothers.

Black student suspended for having red hair

August 18, 2006 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

An African-American girl in Texas faces in-school suspension each day she shows up with red hair. The school has a policy against “unnatural” hair colors. The principal has told the student she must put her hair back the way it was or, if that’s not suitable, may dye it blonde.

Australian scientists looking for ugly sheep

August 15, 2006 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

Australian scientists are asking farmers to report ugly sheep to them so they can be studied for their wool characteristics. Sheep with patchy or uneven wool are usually sent off to the slaughterhouse but scientists want to examine them to find clues to producing better wool.

Prep school for pampered dogs opens in Boston

August 01, 2006 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

Country Day Prep, a high-class prep school for pampered pooches, is offering a suitable environment for priviledged dogs of good breeding and background. Dogs are served only bottled water and get ice cream breaks.

Disney/ABC pulls the plug on Mel Gibson’s Holocaust miniseries

August 01, 2006 By: Kaboom! Category: Weird News Comments Off

Disney/ABC has cancelled its collaboration with Mel Gibson’s production company to produce a miniseries about the Holocaust. Gibson was arrested this weekend for DUI and allegedly made anti-Semitic remarks to the arresting officers. In the same incident, Gibson also called a female sergeant at the police station sugar tits.