Delicious.

Voters in Venezuela were arrested during their recent referendum - but not for failing to vote.

The referendum was to examine whether presidents should be allowed to continue serving for as long as they keep winning elections. The current president will not be allowed to remain in office beyond 2012 if the referendum is overturned.

Voters, unhappy with the current president, decided to protest - by eating their ballot papers. And according to General Jesus Gonzalez, in charge of voting security, "This is an electoral crime."

Hooley Dooley. Imagine what the crime might be if you made a paper aeroplane out of them?!

Your Tax Euros At Work

So recently, two crazed guys with a machete threatened workers at a German liquor shop, nabbing several thousand euros in booty before high-tailing it out of there.

Plain-clothed police officers arrived at the scene within minutes.

However, in circumstances that can only be described as comical, uniformed cops arrived soon after, got confused, and arrested the plain-clothed officers. Their protests were ignored and they were silenced.

It took them a while to realise the mistake. In fact, they only did realise when one of the cops recognised his colleague in the plain clothes.

Now that's what I call confidence in law enforcement. Perhaps Germany should include some extra police training in their economic stimulus package?

~ Elisa