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Chinese husband allows wife to attack him once a week


"...The 32-year-old man ... took the unusual step after suffering intense abuse from his wife, who studies kung fu.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6703629/Chinese-husband-allows-wife-to-attack-him-once-a-week.html

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Japanese man 'marries' computer game character


A Japanese man infatuated with a character in a computer game has married the object of his desires in a solemn ceremony in Tokyo.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6718706/Japanese-man-marries-computer-game-character.html

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Tomatoes can 'eat' insects


Garden vegetables such as tomatoes and potatoes have been found to be deadly killers on a par with Venus fly traps, according to research.


"... We may be surrounded by many more murderous plants than we think ... "


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6727709/Tomatoes-can-eat-insects.html

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Salami battle in supermarket leaves Germans in hospital


Two Germans needed hospital treatment after they fought a pitched battle in a supermarket with salamis used as clubs and a chunk of Parmesan cheese brandished like a dagger.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/6810528/Salami-battle-in-supermarket-leaves-Germans-in-hospital.html

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Trainee hypnotist puts himself in trance using mirror


Mr Kichmeier, whose stage name is Hannibal Helmurto, had learned the skill to put himself into a somnabulistic trance to help him swallow multiple swords on stage ... But as he practiced the skill in front of the mirror at 10am he set himself into a deep sleep until 3pm, when he was found by his wife.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6936814/Trainee-hypnotist-puts-himself-in-trance-using-mirror.html

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silverfox Wrote:

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> Man wanted for 'sex with donkey'

>

> A warrant was issued today in the case of a man

> accused of having sex with a horse and a donkey

> after he failed to turn up at court.

>

>

> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-237

> 91809-man-wanted-for-sex-with-donkey.do


He thought he'd seek out a mule for his hatrick.

I mean you might as well get hung for a sheep as a lamb.

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Weight Watchers clinic floor collapses under dieters


The floor of a Weight Watchers clinic in Sweden collapsed beneath a group of 20 members of the weight loss programme who were gathered for a meeting.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/6990753/Weight-Watchers-clinic-floor-collapses-under-dieters.html

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10,000 see funeral for 15-ton whale


'...Incense was being burned for the creature, given the title Your Excellency, which died at sea and was brought ashore by fishermen in 10 boats...'


http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23808810-funeral-for-15-ton-whale.do

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Glow in the dark loo roll


Glow in the dark loo roll has been developed, in a bid to help consumers on any nocturnal trip to the lavatory.


The invention comes hot on the heels of Waitrose's cashmere loo roll, which claimed to offer the bottom line in comfort and went on sale earlier this month


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7292004/Glow-in-the-dark-loo-roll.html

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Woman died after doctors failed to spot toilet brush in her buttocks


A mother died after doctors repeatedly failed to spot a toilet brush handle embedded in her buttock.


How big were her buttocks?


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7739359/Woman-died-after-doctors-failed-to-spot-toilet-brush-in-her-buttocks.html

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Woman pays ?1,800 for chicken leg


A woman from Cwmbran, Torfaen took out a bank loan and lived on beans on toast for a year to pay ?1,800 in vet bills after her pet chicken injured its leg. Vicky Mills, 24, was heartbroken when Lily, a Rhode Island Red, got her leg trapped in a barbed wire fence.


Despite the costs, Mrs Mills told her vet to try to save the limb rather than have her put down. When the treatment failed, she paid for an amputation.


Lily was also diagnosed with depression but has now recovered, said Mrs Mills. The chicken's gloominess was thought to have been brought on by being in the house alone while Mrs Mills and her husband Sam were out at work. So the couple now leave the television on all day to keep it company and it is a "happy hen again", they said...


"But sometimes she tries to scratch herself with her missing leg and falls over."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6960334.stm


(my italics)

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This made me laugh.


Siyabulela Makunga the executive director of South African Football Supporters Association on his decision to fast in the hope that it will help them win the World Cup:-


"I'm absconding [sic] from alcohol and sex and it's not a joke, as I normally drink a lot of whisky,"

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