The most weird or stupid news story you heard today.

[AlethiaSi]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/...tURqO_3GrtiBIF

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Hidden among the porcelain fox hounds and Burberry tablecloths on sale at eBay.be this week was an unusual item: "For Sale: Belgium, a Kingdom in three parts ... free premium: the king and his court (costs not included)."

The odd ad was posted by one disgruntled Belgian in protest at his country's political crisis which reached a 100-day landmark Tuesday with no end in sight to the squabbling between Flemish and Walloon politicians.
"I wanted to attract attention," said Gerrit Six, the teacher and former journalist who posted the ad. "You almost have to throw rock through a window to get attention for Belgium."
Six placed the advertisement on Saturday, offering free delivery, but pointing out that the country was coming secondhand and that potential buyers would have to take on over $300 billion (euro220 billion) in national debt.
Like many of Belgium's 10 million citizens, Six is exasperated that the power struggle between the county's French- or Dutch-speaking political parties has left Belgium in political limbo since June 10 elections.
Demands for more autonomy from the Dutch-speaking Flemish are resisted by the French-speaking Walloons, making it impossible to form a government coalition and triggering concern the kingdom is on the verge of a breakup.
Six decided to vent his frustration through the Internet ad.
"My proposal was to make it clear that Belgium was valuable, it's a masterpiece and we have to keep it," he told Associated Press Television News. "It's my country and I'm taking care of it, and with me are millions of Belgians."
Six' idea got a mixed reaction on the streets of Brussels.
"Very funny, typical Belgian humor," said Anne Graux. "It's ridiculous," snapped Nathalie Ginot, a Brussels resident who had her own pragmatic solution to Belgium's woes. "We think it would be good to split Belgium into the three and make Brussels a tax-haven, a capital exempt from all taxes," she said hopefully.
Six vaunted Belgium's attractions to potential buyers from art nouveau architecture to the headquarters of NATO and the European Union and some great beers. But he also warned of the pitfalls of taking on the cacophonous mix of Flemish nationalists, Walloon Socialists and the mayors of all 19 Brussels' boroughs.
EBay was happy to take Six' advertisement.
"It was a really fun listing made by a Belgian," Peter Burin, PR manager of eBay Belgium. "This person, in a very funny way, reminded the Belgians what a great country Belgium actually is and it would be a shame to sell it."
However, the company decided to pull the add Tuesday after receiving a bid of euro10 million ($14 million)
"We decided to take it down, just to avoid confusion," he told APTN.

[justabeachbrat]

From the Today show....
A 13-year-old "catwalk" international model from Australia. The dear baby who had more makeup on than I've worn at several formals, says she believes that if you can do a job (a job at 13), then she ought to be allowed to strut wearing what she choses. She says she doesn't do swimwear, but then they showed her in a swimwear shot. And of course, she had the classic stage mother. That's right, ma, send your baby out into a world known for eating disorders, drug use, wild parties. Hmmm, could it be the fame, the paycheck? What next, toddler models not walking deemed too old when they can stand? Jance Dickerson (sp probably wrong), described by her herself as the world's first supermodel, requires her agency models to be 18, high school grads.
At 13, my parents would have flipped had I dressed 10 years older. I bought a bikini at 14 that probably sent a record for a quick return to the store--my mother told me to find the rest of the suit, or return the scraps. Yes, I know everybody is doing things younger now, but then what does that leave when you allegedly are mature? This one hit me wrong.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by AlethiaSi

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/...tURqO_3GrtiBIF

no word from whoever tried to buy it?

Maybe they should make him/her their new Federal President/ PM

[VandalSquirrel]

I meant to post this last week. It happened close enough to my house I heard the accident, but had no idea how ridiculous was until it hit the media.

Man says wild sex caused SUV accident

September 18, 2007

MOSCOW, Idaho --A 22-year-old carnival worker blames two friends having sexual intercourse in the back seat of his car for an accident in which his Chevrolet S-10 Blazer struck a telephone pole...............

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/ar..._suv_accident/

[ΑΓΔSquirrel10]

Did anybody hear about the senator in Nebraska who is suing God?!?

*sigh*...some politicians are INSANE!!!

[AlethiaSi]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070926/...ca3WRUxiztiBIF

BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - A Siberian woman who gave birth to her 12th child -- doing more than her fair share to stem Russia's population decline -- was stunned to find that little Nadia weighed in at a massive 7.75 kg (17.1 lb).

Nadia was delivered by caesarean section in the local maternity hospital in the Altai region on September 17, joining eight sisters and three brothers, a local reporter said.
"We were all simply in shock," said Nadia's mother, Tatyana Barabanova, 43. "What did the father say? He couldn't say a thing -- he just stood there blinking."
"I ate everything, we don't have the money for special foods so I just ate potatoes, noodles and tomatoes," she told the reporter, adding that all her previous babies had weighed more than 5 kg.
The Guinness World Records lists a 10.2 kg baby boy born in Italy in 1955, and a 10.8 kg baby boy who was born in the United States in 1879 but died 11 hours later.
The average weight for most healthy newborn babies is around 3.2 kg (7.06 lb), according to World Health Organisation figures.

[AlethiaSi]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070925/...IKuSjjf5ztiBIF

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian doctors have reattached a man's nearly severed penis after his first wife, enraged by his comparison of her sex skills with those of his younger second wife, decided to chop it off with a kitchen knife.

The man, a 43-year-old Indonesian worker in southern Johor state, was lying in bed with his 48-year-old wife talking about his newly wed second wife, who is in her 30s, when the incident happened, the New Straits Times newspaper reported.
Despite his shock and pain, the man managed to pull on his trousers and ride his motorcycle to a nearby hospital, where doctors had to put in 11 stitches to reattach the organ.
The man later complained to police, who arrested the woman and plan to charge her with voluntarily causing grievous hurt with a dangerous weapon, which carries the penalty of a three-year jail term and a fine, the newspaper reported.

[DaemonSeid]

Robbery averted by an act of compassion

http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/ar...d=2007_4384663


The intruder took a sip of their Chateau Malescot St. Exupéry and said, "Damn, that's good wine."

The girl's father, Michael Rabdau, 51, who described the harrowing evening in an interview, told the intruder to take the whole glass. Rowan offered him the bottle.

The would-be robber, his hood now down, took another sip and had a bite of Camembert cheese that was on the table.

Then he tucked the gun into the pocket of his nylon sweatpants.

"I think I may have come to the wrong house," he said, looking around the patio.

"I'm sorry," he told the group. "Can I get a hug?"