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Daily Star of Scotland
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Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
Apr 14, 2005
 First of all, I want to clarify. The Daily Star is a crappy tabloid which I mostly buy because it's cheap and also funny.

Now, for a while I've noticed little articles that then turn up on the museum of hoaxes a few days or weeks later (the suicide dogs one springs to mind) or I notice things I've read on the Museum turning up in the paper a month or so later.
So I decided to note any strange or hoaxy type articles that I came across.

Phew.

Yesterday's articles.

Star Burst
Rich would-be Robinson Crusoes are lining up to splash £5 million for 45-acre Green Island in Dorset's Poole harbour.


Girls so Cocky
A gadget that measures the length and girth of a guy's manhood is being snapped up by women. Thousands have contacted makers Cockrule Ltd ( see here) after seeing it on TV show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. A spokesman said: 'Women want to know the truth and find out how big their men are.'


Mum Killed By Own Car in Freak Crash
Fawlty antics turn tragic
A mum who launched a Basil Fawlty-style attack on her conked out car was run over and killed by it.
Alison Taylor was so angry when the rusting Peugeot 405 wouldn't start she got out, lifted the bonnet and laid into it with a hammer.
It mirrored a scene from the TV comedy Fawlty Towers when Basil - played by John Cleese - launched a frenzied assault on his stalled car with a broken branch.
But Alison's banging triggered the starter motor and sparked the ailing engine into life.
The car then lurched straight into her because the handbrake was broken.
Terrified Alison, 36, desperately reached out her hand to stop herself being dragged under - but accidentally grabbed the throttle cable.
That caused the car to accelerate and run her over, killing her in front of her mum. Alison had just dropped off her son Daryl, 12, at a school meeting and was trying to get the car to start at Seaton Burn Community College, North Tyneside.
Mum Marjorie said: "The car made a small jump forward followed by a much larger, more obvious one.
"There was smoke coming from the front and I saw Alison trapped underneath."
The family were planning to get rid of the car this week.
"It is one of the strangest cases I've come across." PC George Rutter told a North Tyneside inquest. The coroner gave a verdict of accidental death.


All articles copyrighted to the Daily Star of Scotland, of course.
Category: News-Story; Replies: 153

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Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 11:13 AM
Monkey Milks It
New mums are being urged to donate breast milk to save a macaque monkey born three weeks early in Chongqing, China.
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 11:19 AM
A Drug Wheeze
The makers of a fake penis that helps drug users pass police urine tests have been summoned to appear in front of a US congressional commitee.
Californian company Puck Technology claim that 'The Whizzinator' can provide a flow of clean urine "again and again, anytime, anywhere you need it!"
Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore was caught using the device to try and pass drug tests in February.
"These companies seek through deception to make a buck by violating our trust and compromising our security," said Congressman Ed Whitfield.
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 01:43 PM
The one about the parents who didn't name their kid isn't that weird. Picaboo Street?? She named herself. Her parents waited and let her pick her own first name.

I think it's stupid that they haven't named her. Why don't they just pick a name, or better yet, name her Baby.
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 01:44 PM
...and I gotta add, the human breastmilk for animals thing...totally stupid. An animal cannot survive on milk alone that does not come from its own species.
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 | 02:30 PM
Maegan: Why don't they just pick a name, or better yet, name her Baby.

Because everyone will forever quote that awful line from Dirty Dancing at her?
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 | 06:16 AM
From the Metro:

A robber left behind an incriminating piece of evidence - his prison identification card. Matthew Dutton stole 300 cigarettes and a packet of rolling papers from a Tesco store just a few days after being released from Woodhill Prison in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. But he left behind his prison card, complete with a photo and his name. The 28-year-old was yesterday convicted of robbery at the shop in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire. The case at St Albans Crown Court was adjourned for reports.
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 | 07:17 AM
And back to the Daily Star...

Desert Storm
Kent-based theme park Diggerland is opening a new playground in Dubai so wealthy Arabs can race JCBs and dumper trucks.
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 | 07:19 AM
A man who shot his girlfriend in the thigh when a gun in his pocket went off as they hugged has been charged with attempted murder in New York.
Dekor Perry, 22, did a runner after the incident but his girl Beth Diehl, 24, said: "He would never shoot me. This is ridiculous."
LaMa
in Europe
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 | 04:48 PM
"Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" BAM - auch!!
Smerk
in to mischief
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 | 01:03 AM
Did the bullet hit a major artery or something? Seems strange that they charge the guy with attempted murder over a thigh wound.
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 | 03:40 AM
Must have been, Smerk.

The running away thing's a little suspicious too.
Accipiter
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 | 06:28 PM
You have to wonder sometimes about some robbers. We had a guy near here a while ago who tried breaking into a store. He sat there for about five minutes trying to pick the door's lock without realizing that the store was open and that there were people inside staring at him. They called the police, who came along and dragged him away.

By the way, what's a JCB?
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 | 08:49 AM
Jerry's Country Bar.
Jokey Care Bears.
Juan Con Barko.
Jack Can't Bounce.
Jane Could Barf.
Jenny's Country Barbeque.
Jerks Carrying Beans.
Accipiter
Member
Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 | 04:33 PM
Hmm, watching a bunch of wealthy Arabs racing any of those would be interesting to watch. I'd go to Dubai to see that.
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 | 03:22 PM
Construction equipment manufactured by a company started by Joseph Cyril Bamford.

www.jcb.com
Razela
in Chicago, IL
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 | 05:07 PM
Hey, I just want to be emailed with updates from this thread, but I have yet to figure out how to do that without actually typing something on the thread. Oh well, this works I guess. Don't mind me....
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 | 05:14 PM
LOL
I'm flattered.
There's been a bit of a lull in interesting stories lately, but I'm sure it'll perk up again.
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 | 04:04 PM
Star Burst
Plump Damien Andrews, 32, failed to break a world record for sitting on a wall by ten hours. He managed an hour dressed as Humpty Dumpty in Bradford.
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 | 04:05 PM
Star Burst
Pupils aged 12
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 | 04:05 PM
Star Burst
An ultra-rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher
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