Otherside
Making stress-relief a smashing success
A US business has found a way to profit from the financial crisis by giving angry and frustrated punters the chance to smash things.
Sex a hassle, says the 105-year-old virgin
SHE'S never tried it, but a virgin who turned 105 this week imagines sex would be a 'lot of hassle'.
Deep-fried
Cane toads 'a culinary delight'
A TV chef has cooked up cane toads in the deep fryer and with wine sauce for a travel show, and the verdict? They taste like chicken.
'Cultivated'
Stone the crows, 'posh' accents doomed
TOFFY Aussie accents like Alexander Downer's will soon vanish, a language expert claims.
Playboy
Wall Street women wanted for bare market
AS financial markets tumble, Playboy magazine is looking to turn a profit from a 'Women of Wall Street' nude photo spread.
Clock ticking
Fast food fan fined for monster gorge
A TRAINEE nurse who was hit with a $335 fine for staying too long while feasting on a family-sized bucket says she's "disgusted".
Punishment
Soldier 'exiled' for rap whinge
A SOLDIER who rapped to Eminem's Stan about poor living conditions has been punished with a tour date in remote Russia.
Counter-attack
Man punches shark to save pet dog
A MAN has saved his pet dog from a shark attack by jumping into the water and punching the predator.
Rare
Mystery cycle: 'I'm blind three days out of six'
A WOMAN whose eyes clamp shut for three days at a time is the only known person with the condition.
Hog wild
Pigzilla holds woman hostage
BRUCE, the 80kg house guest who made a pig of himself, will be found a new home after wearing out his welcome on a small holding.
Quick-drying
Finally a suit to be worn in the shower
BUSY executives can shower in their suits, rather than the nude, thanks to an Australian invention.
Pints
Footy fans' lager redirected to Queen
THE Queen was mistakenly sent 2000 pints of beer when Windsor Castle was confused with a pub.
Giant bub
Ballooning baby baffles doctors
A GIANT 11-month-old baby who is already the size of an eight-year-old is baffling doctors who don't understand how the bub got so big.
Dogged campaigners
Poodle elected to White House
AMERICANS have elected a poodle to the White House, the American Kennel Club (AKC) said Thursday.
Heist
Robbers in a hurry steal cakes, not cash
TWO armed gunmen will be just laughing (not) when they realise they risked their lives for a bag of cakes, not half a million dollars.
Copycat
No, really, it's Hari Puttar, not Harry Potter
THE Hollywood studio behind the hit Harry Potter movies is suing the makers of a Bollywood children's film Hari Puttar - A Comedy of Terrors.
Recall
The heat's on for garlic bread that turns blue
A ROGUE batch of garlic bread which turns blue in the oven has sparked a national recall by the country's biggest supplier.
Mistaken identity
'Dead man' was just on holiday
A MAN who forgot to tell anyone he was going on an extended holiday to Australia came home to find his friends were mourning his death.
Protection
Police officers want bulletproof bras
BULLETPROOF bras should be made available to all female
British police officers, a leading police figure said.
Koala
Lucky he knew to hang on
HE has to be the luckiest koala in Australia.Hit by a car, the marsupial survived a 12km ride with his head stuck through the vehicle's front grille.
Deadly sofa
Woman kills husband with folding couch
A WOMAN has accidentally killed her drunk husband with their folding couch during an argument, it has been reported.
Liitle Cinders hasn't heard the one about being 'happier than a pig in muck'. The five-week-old piglet has a fear of dirt, so her owners helped out with miniature gumboots. Picture: Daily Mail
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Nutty
Men may get testy at Cooking with Balls book
THE world's first testicle cookbook can teach you to cook dishes like testicle pizza, battered testicles and barbecued testicles. Bon appetit.
X-ray
Knife-in-head teen had 'terrible headache'
POLICE have released X-ray images of a 16-year-old with a knife lodged in his head after a stabbing in London to serve as a warning about the dangers of knife crime.
Seeing red
Zoo drops 'Ranga' free day campaign
AN Australian zoo has been forced to axe a promo offering free entry to redheads after copping complaints.
Kansas
Owner may need to exorcise haunted gym
CAMERAS at a Kansas gym have recorded a mysterious white orb floating around fitness equipment, unnerving the gym's owner.
Rotten eggs
Bad smells can lead to nightmares
SWEET dreams are made of nice smells like flowers - but catching a whiff of something stinky can lead to nightmares, researchers say.
I love them all
Preacher with 86 wives detained
A NIGERIAN Muslim court today detained an 84-year-old Islamic preacher with 86 wives after he failed to heed a call by local leaders to divorce all but four of them.
Diplomat
Nanny state - Drescher to be voice of US
TELEVISION star Fran Drescher will serve as the newest envoy for US public diplomacy, with trips planned to eastern Europe.
Fly cam
Swat team after elusive foe
THE maddening ability of flies to dodge a carefully aimed newspaper has finally been explained.
Paris
Scientists unlocking mysteries of intuition
SUBLIMINAL ads could influence decisions in the same way poker players act on subconscious clues.
TV show
UFO hunters head Down Under for evidence
AMERICAN documentary makers are set to descend on the Northern Territory to investigate a spate of UFO sightings.
Suspension
Outrage as school bans cartwheels
FORGET smoking, bullying or skipping class - at one primary school, doing a cartwheel in the playground can get you suspended.
Python
Weatherman's surprise trouser snake
A TV weatherman got a lot more than he bargained for when an enormous yellow python got stuck up his pants during a live broadcast.
Revenge
'Huge' knickers, 'small' condom pic for sale
AN Aussie woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by putting a photo of his lover's underpants up for sale online.
Dangerous stunt
German tourist roof-surfs to trouble
A TOURIST has been caught roof-surfing on a four-wheel-drive as it drove along the Northern Territory's main highway at 130km/h.
Climate change
Bottling bovine burps to save planet
SCIENTISTS are strapping plastic tanks to the backs of cattle to collect their burps in a novel approach to studying global warming.
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Webber goes off-road
Formula One star Mark Webber will ditch his race car for a bike and kayak in the off-season.
