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June 14: Mobile blues
Room with multi-task potential
Strange but true ... 1. A pop-up event in London - Hot Tub Cinema - is a new take on the drive-in…
Sideswipe: Barking mad tree
My sister and nephew came to visit me when I was a student in the fair city of Stirling in Scotland.
Abnormal experiments
A good friend of mine in the demolition business has done well lately in Christchurch and treated himself to a new family…
Sideswipe: Best hooky excuse
Cameron writes: "Apparently it is not correct to eat an apple top down (north pole to south pole).
'A great pair' ad too much
In March this ad appeared briefly on real estate listing and its Benny Hill 70s inappropriateness was noted in Sideswipe…
Aussie explains it slowly
A Hamilton pensioner emailed Aussie toothpaste company to say he had to cut open the tube with a Stanley knife.
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Bad name for iced tea
A Wisconsin town might have finally figured out a way to deal with childhood bullies: fine their parents…
Chilling auction
New York's Office of Mental Health is selling a used, but fully operational, morgue refrigerator and the New York Post highlights…
Sideswipe: June 3: Chicken pet industry clucking
The US Department of Agriculture reported recently that in four of America's largest cities nearly one home out of 100 keeps…
Faces in strange places
A reader from Pukekohe writes: "We live opposite the fenced-off playground in Newsham Park and it is getting beyond a joke…
Leather-look records
Fraser Heron spotted this in The Warehouse, Rotorua.
A tight squeeze
Tight squeeze "This is a photo of my mother's effort at turning her car around inside her garage yesterday," writes a reader…
Cloud looks like a bomb
A cyclist was stopped by police in Keynsham, Somerset, for not wearing "the right road bike clothing".
Sideswipe: May 27
A hedgehog in Bude, Cornwall, England, was taken to the vet because he was so big and round that he couldn't walk or curl…
Driving you round the bend
Women's body shapes have long been scrutinised and categorised - the apple, the bell, the cello - and now men can enjoy…
May 23: Czech out the bin
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Megan took this photo in the street in Karvina, Moravia, Czech Republic.
Strange But True
Man calls police line to complain about prostitute (+ audio)
A British man has received a warning from police after calling 999 - the UK's emergency line - to complain that a prostitute…
Life & Style
Action urged after hair dyes cause allergy deaths
A top UK doctor has called for warnings to be put on the front of hair dye packs because they contain chemicals that can…
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Moderate cleric wins Iranian election
Moderate candidate Hasan Rowhani has won Iran's presidential…
Entertainment
Eva Mendes: Tears will flow
Take a box of tissues to Beyond the Pines , advises Helen Barlow.
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