Snippets
Racing the thinnest boats in the world?
Did you hear the one about the North Korean who told a joke about George Bush ... to the only audience in the world who wouldn't get it?
What do you mean, I'm going to live? That's just so inconvenient.
Man bites Panda. Enough said.
Geeky 3-year-old boy logs on to parents e-bay account and buys a car, illustrating non-traditional sexual persuasion at an early age.
Rare black swan falls for bird equivalent of blow-up doll.
British phone call behaviours are disturbing.
Rambler walks from Land's End to John O'Groats. Naked. Gets arrested. A lot.
Imprisoned Romainan woman wins court order forcing her boyfriend to bring her better presents while she serves 4 years for theft.
Paris Hilton's personal belongings have found their way into the hands of a broker, who is selling them for $20m.
Saudi man's parents force him to marry four wives. Now in psychiatric treatment.
What would you endure to visit your family for the new year? Chinese adult nappy sales are up as migrant workers face long train journeys home.
Best preparation for a speech is sex. Relieves tension, lowers blood pressure, inhibits stutter.
Frustrated German wife (58) takes part time work in brothel after husband loses sex drive.
Authorities apologise after speed camera clocks tractor doing 85mph on the other side of the Severn Bridge.
Man discovers cheating girlfriend after parrot keeps speaking another man's name. "I wasn't sorry to see the back of Suzy after what she did, but it really broke my heart to let Ziggy go," he said.
Man dates girl over internet for 6 months before meeting her to find out she's his own mother.
Bored student proposes to his girlfriend in the middle of economic law exam.
Man donates sperm, faces child support payments 13 years later after lesbian couple split up.
This photo is part of the BBC photographer of the year series, and it's great.
Russian astrologer sues NASA for changing orbit of celestial body by crashing a probe into it, thus ruining her predictions.
Belgian couple spotted 'struggling' in the sea were not in need of help.
Band Aid / Live-8 and the Status Quo.
Cashier tells confused bank robber he's at the wrong cashier.
Find out what weblog writers are saying about any particular author. From Ben Hammersley.