Sick bags
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A PASSENGER on a flight from Vietnam to Australia was taken ill and vomited a nylon bag containing white powder. The pilot made an emergency landing
Spider boy
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A BOY in the US went to see his doctor, complaining of a popping sound, and discovered that he had two spiders living in his ear!
Wife swap
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com AN INTERNET auction site has been forced to remove an advertisement where a Brazilian man offered to sell his wife for 50 US dollars. It was
Healthy but poor
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A BRITISH man is seeking compensation after he was told he had a year to live. Wrongly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he is still alive but
Sticky situation
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A SOUTH African man was stripped and superglued to his exercise bicycle while a gang robbed his home. His mouth was also superglued shut so he
Drink name controversy
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com THE US government has ordered all shops carrying an energy drink, Cocaine, to remove them with immediate effect after the name caused concern among consumers. The
Airline robbery
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com POLICE ARRESTED four employees from low-cost airline JetBlue, in the US, on charges of using passengers’ credit cards that had been left at the check-in desk.
Toilet breaks
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com EMPLOYEES AT a supermarket in Chile have complained that their boss does not allow them to have breaks during their shift. They have been forced to
There is much to learn
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com IT IS MORE than 10 years since Bible Study classes were started by the Reverend David Heal when he was Assistant Chaplain to St. Vincent’s in
Boats and barnacles
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com TWO WEEKS ago I wrote about the demolition and building works being carried out on the road to Lagos Marina. The old Palácio das Conservas, otherwise