Quirky World … Motorcyclist brings traffic to a halt in search for dentures on motorway
A motorcyclist brought traffic to a standstill on one of Madrid’s busiest motorways after he pulled over to look for his false teeth, which flew out of his mouth when he sneezed.
Two police officers approached the motorcyclist and ordered him to resume his journey for his own safety and that of other drivers on the capital’s M30 highway, Europa Press reported. It wasn’t known if the man found his dentures.
Bids to name the ukulele as Hawaii’s official instrument have failed.
Two bills easily passed the Senate and House of Representatives earlier this year but with differences that meant more debate, prompting a campaign for the steel guitar to get the accolade instead.
Alan Akaka, a music teacher, argued the Hawaiian instrument &has influenced plenty of other genres.
Steelhead anglers have complained for years that the bulk of the fish they catch are wild and must generally go back in the river unharmed. However, the hatchery fish they can take home to eat do not bite.
A growing body of evidence shows that experience is not a fishy tale, but the result of natural selection.
Prodded by fishermen, the Oregon Hatchery Research Centre has agreed to see if it can breed the bite back into hatchery steelhead.
Results will not be known for four years, but one thing is certain: It makes no sense for the state to spend $25m (€18m) a year to produce fish for anglers to catch if those fish will not bite.
A cricket team playing a league match managed to be bowled out for just three runs.
Wirral CC 1st XI thought they had a good chance of beating Haslington in the TACS Partnership Cheshire League Division Three match after bowling out their opponents for 108 but player Matt Garrett, 24, said: “It was just one of those days — you don’t expect the first 10 batsmen all to get ducks. I hear it’s even in the news in Australia.”
The only run was scored by the number 11 batsman, Connor Hodson, and the highest scorer was extras — there were two leg byes.
The mayor of a small town in the Philadelphia suburbs offered a guarantee to his constituents: He would not be going to bed hungry.
Jenkintown mayor Ed Foley set about eating at every one of the town’s 24 restaurants in one day to draw attention to its burgeoning restaurant scene.
He said before his 16th stop of the day he had had to battle “mom guilt” from restaurant staff as he was eating his way around the borough.
The second-term Democrat said he was not counting calories, but he did weigh himself before starting with a single pancake from IHOP at 6am.
The marketing manager for a Philadelphia insurance company was using the meal marathon to promote Jenkintown’s first restaurant week.
A new device lets pet owners track how much exercise their four-legged friends are getting.
Whistle is similar to popular activity trackers designed for humans. It wraps around a dog’s collar and syncs with a smartphone app, collecting data on how much activity and rest the pet has.
It syncs data to its app through wifi and Bluetooth, letting dog owners check up on how much exercise a pet is getting when left with dog walkers, a doggy day care, or family and friends.
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