Tag: Offbeat
Police on the hunt for rare plough
Police are investigating the theft of a historic horse-drawn plough from Arltunga, east of Alice Springs.[MORE]
Kids get Playboy, not Bugs Bunny in cable mix-up
Young viewers of kids TV shows in North Carolina got a glimpse of something far more risque than their favourite cartoons when a cable glitch broadcast two hours of the Playboy channel.[MORE]
Customs mistakes iced tea for drugs
A 29-year-old tourist from the Philippines has spent five days in custody after Australian Customs officials mistook iced tea for drugs.[MORE]
Surfing alpaca hits the waves
A Peruvian surfer and his pet alpaca have become a surfing sensation on the country's Pacific coast.[MORE]
Blind soldier 'sees' with his tongue
A British soldier left blind by a grenade in Iraq has told how his life has been transformed by ground-breaking technology that enables him to "see" with his tongue.[MORE]
Lost dog Iggy pops out of nowhere
A dog has been reunited with his owners five years after he vanished.[MORE]
Book store defends sale of 'control a woman' toy
Melbourne woman Katie Robertson has complained to Borders book store after finding they were selling a 'control a woman' toy remote, which has buttons including, remove clothes, cook and clean.[MORE]
War of words over Queensland's biggest pumpkin
There is a row in Queensland over who holds the record for the state's biggest pumpkin.[MORE]
World's shortest man dead at 21
The Guiness Book of Records says the world's shortest man, 75-centimetre He Pingping, has died in Rome.[MORE]
Thieving baboons wipe out vineyards
Baboons with a taste for Chardonnay grapes are terrorising farmers in South Africa's Western Cape wine region, munching tonnes of grapes ready for harvesting, local media reported.[MORE]
Mating cattle cause traffic chaos
Authorities in the Cambodian capital have rounded up 15 bulls and cows after their mating habits caused traffic accidents along a busy road, a local councillor said.[MORE]
Traders seek free camels from Australia
The Australian Government says it has been swamped by overseas requests for camels since efforts to control feral camels in Central Australia attracted international media attention.[MORE]
New form of road racing takes off
The high speed car racing sport of drifting is making its mark in Tasmania, with a growing group of devotees.[MORE]
Minister condemns newspaper's terror stunt
New Zealand Police Minister Judith Collins has slammed a stunt in which a newspaper sent people masquerading as terrorists with fake bombs to Super 14 rugby games as "unbelievably stupid".[MORE]
ASIO hunts for new recruits on Facebook
Australia's premier spy organisation is infiltrating social media and revamping its own website in a bid to attract more young people to join its ranks.[MORE]
Pet death prompts axe-wielding outburst
Worse than a bull in a china shop, a man whose bird died goes back to a pet shop with an axe.[MORE]
Prisoners get drunk on vanilla essence
A number of inmates at the Ivanhoe jail in far west New South Wales were found drunk at the prison on Tuesday night after drinking vanilla essence.[MORE]
New Zealander auctions bottled 'ghosts'
A New Zealand woman has successfully sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and a young girl.[MORE]
Obama's naked spin doctor in shower tirade
Barack Obama's bruising enforcer Rahm Emanuel has been accused of berating a naked congresman in a Washington gym shower.[MORE]
Belgians get 3D newspaper
A Belgian media group has published Europe's first 3D newspaper, complete with flip-out cardboard viewing glasses.[MORE]
No jail for kisser who triggered airport scare
A man who held up 16,000 passengers by breaching airport security to kiss his girlfriend has avoided a jail sentence. [MORE]
German fishing boat flies giant kite to save fuel
Germany's largest fishing vessel will leave the Netherlands this week, towed by a giant kite harnessing trade winds for South America that will help cut its fuel consumption by up to a third.[MORE]
11yo drove mum's car 80km, court told
A boy faces court accused of taking his mother's car on a 80-kilometre joy ride, then crashing.[MORE]
