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Drivers in Wales find translator out of the office
LONDON – In English, the road sign was just fine, warning drivers that the route ahead is not suitable for heavy trucks.
But the translation in Welsh didn’t work so well. “I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated,” it said.
Swansea Council says the [...]
Filed in: Education & Training
Dead man’s visit to doctor scuttles insurance scam
As a dead man, Ahmad Akhtary shouldn’t have needed a doctor’s appointment.
Akhtary’s checkup, six months after he allegedly died in Afghanistan, scuttled his ex-wife’s attempt to collect 300,000 pounds (US$550,000) on a life insurance policy.
At a court hearing last week in Gloucester, [...]
Filed in: General
Museum defies pope over crucified frog
An Italian museum Thursday defied Pope Benedict and refused to remove a modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that the Vatican had condemned as blasphemous.
The board of the Museion museum in the northern city of Bolzano decided by a majority vote that [...]
Filed in: General
“Grease to Greece” racers cross Europe on cooking oil
Fuelled only by used cooking fat, eight teams completed a 2,500-mile car rally from London to Athens on Wednesday in a bid to promote awareness of cheap and environmentally-friendly bio-fuels.
The “Grease to Greece” race, the brainchild of 34-year-old Londoner Andy Pag, took the teams on [...]
Filed in: General
Business Firm sees big impact from enlarging condoms
British condom maker Futura Medical Plc said on Thursday that results of a study showed its new condom helped men have firmer and bigger erections, as well as a longer-lasting sexual experience.
Shares in the company, which specializes in sexual healthcare and pain relief, rose 14.5 percent to 59.25 [...]
Filed in: Business & Economy
Big Ben’s bongs fall silent for repairs
Big Ben’s bongs fell silent Saturday as workers rappelled down Parliament’s iconic clock tower, beginning a month of maintenance work on the clock and its world-famous bell.
Time briefly stood still as the clock’s hands were frozen shortly after 8 a.m. They then were wound to 12 o’clock [...]
Filed in: Crafts
Shopping cart book wins wacky ‘title’
When it comes to wacky titles, a book on rogue shopping carts goes straight to the express lane for winners.
“The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification” was named the winner Friday of the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for oddest book title.
The book, written [...]
Filed in: Crafts
Mammoth on sale at Christie’s in Paris
Museums and palaeontology enthusiasts with deep pockets who have an interest in owning their own Siberian mammoth should head for Christie’s auction house in Paris next week.
The auctioneers are offering up the 3.8-metre (12 ft 5.6 in) high tusked mammoth alongside a woolly rhinoceros, a cave bear [...]
Filed in: Uncategorized
Diet triggers false drink test for Virgin pilot
Virgin Atlantic Airways has reinstated a pilot wrongly accused of drinking after an investigation revealed that a low-carbohydrate diet made the man smell of alcohol.
The 47-year-old male pilot was on the flight deck of an Airbus A340-600 plane preparing to leave Heathrow Airport for New York when police [...]
Filed in: Travel & Leisure
Dreamed up phone number leads man to a bride
A British man has met and married a 22-year-old woman after, by his own account, dreaming of her phone number and then sending her a text message.
David Brown, 24, says he woke up one morning after a night out with friends with a telephone number constantly running through his head. He decided to contact [...]
Filed in: Uncategorized
Dentist guilty of urinating in surgery sink
A dentist was found guilty on Thursday of urinating in his surgery sink and using dental tools meant for patients to clean his fingernails and ears.
A medical tribunal said it was satisfied the evidence showed 51-year-old Alan Hutchinson, who routinely did not wear gloves or wash his hands, had risked [...]
Filed in: Business & Economy, Health & Wellness
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