A mouse that was taped to a firework rocket during Dutch New Year festivities and later died of its burn injuries is to be exhibited in a museum. Two 20-year-old men from the Frisian village of Drachten were arrested for…
A 45-year old Asian elephant in Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo has become the first in Europe to be fitted with a contact lens. Win Thida, the oldest elephant in the zoo’s herd and a popular attraction, badly scratched her eye during…
The December Jokeathon was great fun, with over 40 in attendance; we started with an introduction sent by Bernhard Garside, who is now Deputy Ambassador in Algeria. And then made Willem honorary CAD number 8, and donated 1,300 Euros to John Cameron-Webb for his Benevolent Fund.…
Was the Captain showing off? Disturbing claim that Euro sailed too close to “uncharted” Italian rocks to wave at local mermaid. The vessel passed too close to the Italian Island of Corupti, sounding its whistle and waving at a local…
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New analysis reveals that the Mayan guy with his tongue sticking out is actually Greek and predicts that the 490bn euros that the Greeks owe will remain under their collective mattresses.
Mild weather encourages thousands to take part in New Year swims The mild weather encouraged record numbers of people to take part in New Year swims this year, news agency ANP reports. In Scheveningen, the 10,000 tickets were sold out…
They predicted an appalling winter and now it’s the warmest New Year’s eve since….whenever…so what’s going on? The hype surrounding this year’s winter forecast has been remarkable, unparalleled in 20 years of meteorology. Driven largely by sections of the tabloid…
BBC Sport – Sachin Tendulkar short of 100th ton in Boxing Day Test.
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