QUIRKY WORLD... Samba song slammed by World Cup supporters
The official World Cup song is definitely striking a chord — the wrong one with many in host country Brazil.
Since the recent release of Fifa’s ‘We Are One (Ole Ola)’, hordes of fans have been slamming the official theme.
Many expressed their frustration and pleaded for the return of the widely loved song that Colombian artist Shakira performed for the 2010 tournament in South Africa.
Although Brazilian Claudia Leitte is also featured in the official theme, critics say they don’t understand why Cuban-American rapper Pitbull and Bronx-born Puerto Rican singer Jennifer Lopez were chosen for the song.
They also complain that the song is mostly in English and Spanish, leaving only a few seconds at the end for Leitte to sing in her native Portuguese.
Lifelong coffee lover Dom Dwight opted for milk from a herd of cows near Watford after travelling 21,000km in search of ingredients for the perfect cup.
He chose top quality Kenyan beans which were roasted on a French mountain top and infused with pure Arctic water for his quest on behalf of Taylors of Harrogate.
But the milk came from closer to home, from Shanti, one of a herd of 46 holy cows said to be the happiest in Britain, who are cared for by Hare Krishnas on a farm near the M1 bequeathed to them by George Harrison of The Beatles.
A naked man playing violin in front of a Portland courthouse refused to walk to a patrol car and had to be carried by police.
Police say they are not sure of the man’s identity. He was jailed under the Portland city code forbidding indecent exposure. Police say they warned the man numerous times about his “lack of attire”, but he refused to dress or leave public view.
Several students will be disciplined for releasing hundreds of crickets in a western Pennsylvania high school as a senior prank.
Chartiers Valley School District said the students involved in the prank at the high school in Bridgeville have been identified and will be disciplined. The district spokeswoman, Kara Droney, didn’t say what the punishment that would entail.
School officials aren’t saying how many Chartiers Valley High School seniors were involved.
School janitors and teachers were enlisted to help round up the bugs.
A lorry driver who was angered when two inspectors found irregularities with his refrigerated cargo shut them in the back and took them on a long, cold ride.
Sanitary control inspector Valeria Aguirre said the ordeal began after a routine inspection of a lorry found that the food inside was not being stored at an acceptable temperature and the inspectors told the driver they were going to retain his cargo
Ms Aguirre said she and another inspector called colleagues who contacted police and the lorry was intercepted. The inspectors were rescued and the driver was arrested.
The winner of a daredevil race chasing 8lbs of Double Gloucester down a steep hill at high speed does not even like cheese.
Teenager Josh Shepherd ran down Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire like a rocket to win the world-famous event.
“My tactic was to stay on my feet and go as fast as I can and roll with the flow. I don’t know what I’m going to do with the cheese. I don’t really like cheese unless it’s melted, cheese on toast maybe,” he said.
Former child star Macaulay Culkin apparently quit the stage when a gig in Manchester with band The Pizza Underground descended into chaos.
The Home Alone actor was reportedly pelted with plastic glasses during the performance at the venue Zoo at the weekend.
But the troubled star returned to finish the set with his New York-based comedy rock band, who parody songs by The Velvet Underground with pizza-themed lyrics.
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