It'll Be HOW Cold??!!

The BBC weather team have made an amazing temperature prediction for the second time in a month.

During a recent broadcast the map behind their weatherman showed the forecast temperature for Kent, England as an incredible -99°C (-146°F). The coldest-ever temperature officially recorded was -88°C (-126°F) in Antarctica.

Last month a different BBC broadcast predicted 232°C (450°F) in Windsor.

Pay For Toilet Joke - Upstaged?

A recent publicity stunt from budget airline Ryanair involved press releases to the effect that they would soon be charging to use the toilet. Although it has now been revealed as a joke, the airline has been inundated with feedback - and apart from the expected outrage, people are giggling along and suggesting other amusing revenue raisers.

Ryanair has jumped on the concept, and is now offering a prize of €1,000 to the person whose idea is chosen as the most creative.

Spokesperson Stephen McNamara said some of the best ideas received so far include selling toilet paper with chief executive Michael O'Leary's face on it and requiring a fee for reading the safety information.

Meanwhile, check out this fun snippet from 2007.

How To Have A Yale-Sized Tantrum

I really prefer the expression "tanty" though, because it's just so much more... mature. However, I digress.

The star of this story is a 21-year-old Yale University student from Ohio, USA, who while travelling with US Airways had a piece of luggage go missing. His XBox 360, to be precise. Now, I am led to believe that had the staff been kind enough to immediately go about replacing the item, there may have been no further ado.

However, the student claims he got "an unconscionable run-around" from them. So he moseyed on over to the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court and filed a claim for $1,700 (for the lost console) plus $1,000,000 damages.

One. Million. Dollars. A million dollars worth of tears. And all because he can't play Mario Cart with his little friends while eating Cheetos in his parents' basement. I can hear you all sobbing along in sympathy. All except my fiancé, that is. He's sitting there thinking, "Damn, I really need to fly with US Airways and have an XBox 360 go missing."

Wouldn't You Cry?

Experienced pilot and plane fanatic Peter Teichman must have felt like crying after taking his new pride and joy for a zoom.

He spent three-and-a-half years having a 1940 Hurricane Mark II Bomber restored, only to experience a mechanical brake failure in the landing gear as he brought it in from one of its first flights.

The Second World War plane tipped forwards onto its nose and bounced along the runway, smashing the propellor on its wild ride. Somehow, the plane did not flip, and nor was the pilot hurt (apart from his pride).

More info at the Telegraph

Sweet Tooth... or is that Teeth

Some criminals are so dumb that they make you want to grab them by the collar and say, "DUDE! Don't do it like that, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME POINTERS SO YOU DON'T GET CAUGHT."

Ahem.

An 18-year-old high school student in the USA got hold of his school's purchasing number and used it to order confectionary online.

He probably would have gotten away with it except for the sheer amount - he ordered $37,000 worth. Predictably, the company phoned the school to confirm that they ordered that much and wanted it delivered to a home address.

In cooperation with the police, they delivered the boy an empty box. The boy was then delivered to a cell.

I don't think that the USA has lockups for dumb people, but perhaps they should.

Aw Cute Hand-Holding!

A new clothing product has been developed which is sure to make single people all over the place groan out loud.

Wendy Feller came up with the idea for Smittens - mittens joined at one hand to allow couples to hold hands - while out on a romantic stroll with her husband.

He came up with the name, and they're available at her site, www.smittens.biz, for £18.

Not Another Bus Thief

A 13-year-old Beijing boy commandeered a city bus recently, going on a wild joyride that left a trail of smashed cars and other damage.

The driver returned from the bathroom at a transport terminal in eastern Beijing, only to find his bus gone.

But unlike the boy who pulled into a shop for cigarettes, this kid was presumably sober. And not only that, he knocked down two power poles and smashed into TWELVE cars on his journey. One of the cars was thrown through a building's front door.

This kid didn't stop until bystanders managed to kick the bus door in and grab him. And what did he have to say about the adventure? Nothing...

full story at News.com.au