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Friday, 31 October 2025

Only On Halloween

Halloween 2024, Bay Village police in Cleveland, Ohio, have responded an unorthodox call for assistance - a giant inflatable pumpkin head blocking the road.

Giant Inflatable Pumpkin
Giant Inflatable Pumpkin Head

No harm was done to officers or the pumpkin during the incident, it added.

Bad Pennies, Lucky Find

I once had to tediously count out, sort, and bag, in specific amount bank bags, the coins out of a very large vodka bottle of coppers and low value silver coins, that had come from my pocket change over about 12 months  ....

Hoarded Pennies Find - That's A Lot Of Pennies
That's A Lot Of Pennies


... this was in order to not get charged by a commercial coin machine ..... it turned out to be over £400 ($505) so it was well worth it, as it paid for a weeks Greek holiday!! 

King Of Complaints

Like all airports, Dublin International Airport, which is located north of Dublin City Centre in Collinstown .....

Old Man Complains To Dublin Airport
Old Man Complains To Dublin Airport

 ...... gets its fair share of noise complaints.

Friday, 24 October 2025

Sticky Fingers

 Dr Wat Lun in Chon Buri, Thailand got an unusual visit in April 2023 ....

Magnetic Enhancements To  Fingers
Magnetic Enhancements To  Fingers

 .... in the form of a self declared "Reformed Gambler." 

Ain't No Angel

Every now and then, we get reports in the press of miraculous events .....

Lucia, Francisco, Jacinta
These Children Saw A BVM Apparition

 .... statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) crying blood (from places across the Christian world), or of visitations by the BVM passing messages of hope or warnings to the world. 

Rough Justice

Beria, the feared head of Stalin's secret police once said ....

Stalin And Beria Knew How To Run Justice Their Way
Stalin And Beria Knew How To Run Justice Their Way

.... 'You show me the man, and I'll show you the crime.'

Friday, 17 October 2025

Knotty Problem

Human screams coming from a forest in Germany alerted a cyclist and a hunter ....

Knotty Problem - Man Tied Up In Sex Game
A Knotty Problem

 .... they called the police, as they found a man tied up to a hunters platform. 

Melbourne Batmania

 Not had a superhero story for quite some time ......

Batmania Melbourne
Batmania Melbourne

... so it was with some glee that I saw a snippet in the UK press about the sightings in Melbourne Australia of a Batman stalking the mean streets.

Working In To Old Age

As the cost of state pensions grows for the states, working in to old age has become a thing in the West ..... 

Working In To Pension Age  Becoming More Common
Working In To Pension Age
 Becoming More Common

.... reversing the trend of the past 100 years (although noticeably not in France or Spain), since old age pensions were introduced in 1908 (UK), and 1935 USA .

Friday, 10 October 2025

Saved Is The Wordle

 I should imagine that being held hostage by a naked man armed with scissors .....

James H Davis III Faced Serious Charges
James H Davis III Faced Serious Charges

... is one of every persons possible nightmares.

Urine Trouble

In Japan, citizens normally obey the rules and norms expected by society ....

Japan's Pachinko Parlours
Japan's Pachinko Parlours

 .... this includes waste disposal laws.

Afghanistan Back To 7th Century

 Afghanistan had socially barely stepped into the mid 20th century by  ....

Afghan Women 1950s - 1970s - 2025 - A Decline In Freedoms
Afghan Women 1950s - 1970s - 2025 - A Decline In Freedoms

..... the beginning of the 21st century.

Friday, 3 October 2025

Poo Man .... Pong!

 Joseph Severn is a w*nker ......

Joseph Severn
Joseph Severn Arrested

..... Its official.

Thunderbird Road

In 1890, a small provincial newspaper in Tombstone Arizona printed a story .....

Tombstone Epitaph - 1890
Tombstone Epitaph - 1890

....... decades and years later, that story was being touted as evidence of the the mythical 'Thunderbird' of American West fame.

Yet Another Mass Shooting

Yet another mass shooting event in the USA ...

Mass Shooting And Mormon Church Burning
Mass Shooting And Mormon Church Burning

 ... this time, it wasn't a school but a Mormon church last Sunday.

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