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Dead or alive?

The Week, 26th January Mourners as a wake in a small village in Chile got a shock when the dead man woke up. Feliberto Carrasco, 81, from Angol, sat bolt upright in his coffin and asked for a glass of water. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesupplement.co.uk%2F2008%2F03%2F27%2Fdead-or-alive%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Dead+or+alive%3F’; addthis_pub = ”;

Keira tops the most desirable date in the lesbian community

The Sun, 1st February Keira Knightley is the woman most lesbians with whom would like to go on a romantic date. The Atonement star, 22, is the dream rendezvous for gay girls. Daniel Craig topped the list of guys most gay men would like to date. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesupplement.co.uk%2F2008%2F03%2F27%2Fkeira-tops-the-most-desirable-date-in-the-lesbian-community%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Keira+tops+the+most+desirable+date+in+the+lesbian+community’; addthis_pub = ”;

Sex doll sadness

The Sun, 1st February A man has won £600 compensation because his sex doll didn’t make realistic groaning noises when he used it. Dan Vasile also said the doll had a slow punctuate and needed ‘blowing up every few minutes’. ‘Instead of moaning with pleasure, it sounded more like a cow. The whole effect left [...]

Small time crime

The Week, 2nd February Criminal gangs in Sweden are believed to be stealing from travellers on long distance coaches by hiding dwarfs, or possibly small children, in sports bags. Once inside the luggage compartment, the dwarfs emerge and rummage through other suitcases looking for cash and jewellery. They then zip themselves back in their own [...]

Potato people

The Week, 2nd February A root vegetable that emerged from the soil in the shape of a naked couple – complete with all the correct anatomical features – has become a tourist attracting in the Chinese province of Shandong. The fleece flower root was spotted in a market by Mr Fan, who bought it for [...]

Pilot thrown out of cockpit and tied up after invoking God

The Times, 31st January A co-pilot at the control of a Heathrow-bound passenger jet was forcible removed from the cockpit and handcuffed after her began ‘asking for God’ at 32,000 feet over the Atlantic. Passengers aboard Flight AC848, an Air Canada scheduled service from Toronto to London, said the flight officer started shouting and crying [...]

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