Cultural Differences ?
Beijing – organizers are refitting the toilets at three main Olympic venues after complaints from foreign athletes about having to squat, an official said Wednesday….
There’s one born every minute !!
Chicago – Take a second look at that signed Picasso print you bought on eBay…..a ring of art counterfeiters has sold thousands of prints since 1999 bearing the forged signatures of Picasso, Miro, Dali and other famous artists to buyers around the world…
Look what I’ve found !!
Corpus Christi police department , Texas , was briefly evacuated after a woman decided she should bring in a hand grenade she found…..the grenade appeared to be live…..
Too much Dough !!
Rome – A court in Sicily has ruled that an accused Mafioso can be put under house arrest because he is too fat for any Italian jail..guards at prisons said there was no bed big enough for him, that he could not get through the bathroom door, and ….
Have a great holiday !
Munich – Two Italian women carrying luggage containing the remains of a man who died in Brazil 11 years ago were stopped by Munich airport police during a stopover on their journey from Sao Paulo to Naples…
So no risk there then !
London – A patient was told there was no reason why he couldn’t have surgery in a hospital, despite the smell caused by a dead rodent trapped in the building’s ceiling….
Please . Please , Please let me beg
A town in Washington state requires panhandlers to get written permission from property owners before they can beg in parking lots ……
Could have waited till it melted !
Wwllington, New Zealand – A German tourist caught spraying graffiti on the rocks and ice face of New Zealand’s Franz Josef Glacier was forced to clean up his handiwork….
Life begins at ..er was that 60 ?
LONDON – British health officials are reviewing the case of a 61-year-old grandmother who was denied heart surgery because of her age….
