Shoe success
A British man has earned himself more than 5,000 pounds sterling after he sold his online shoe throwing game Sock and Awe via an online auction site. The phenomenal success
Cut price shuttle
For those with a few million dollars to spare after Christmas, NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Agency of the US government, has put three second-hand space shuttles up for
The people’s pig
A pig with extraordinary survival instincts has been voted China’s favourite animal by online voters at China Daily. However, the celebrity status of the swine has led to it becoming
Inner peace
By MARGARET BROWN Margaret Brown is one of The Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. As well as Point of View,
Sleigh fine
It seems even Father Christmas is not exempt from parking fines after a New York City traffic warden issued a ticket to Santa’s back-up vehicle while he was delivering toys
Santa shortage
Wanted: Jolly, rotund, fluffy-bearded men. Must have low voice, no criminal record and a full repertoire of Christmas songs and poems. These tough requirements being made on Santa recruits in
Roast guinea pig
Officials in Peru are attempting to help citizens beat the economic crisis by encouraging them to swap the traditional, expensive option of turkey for Christmas lunch in favour of guinea
Cat-astrophe
A VETERINARY surgeon in Boston, the US, has succeeded in reattaching the face of a four year old cat that arrived home with part of it dangling from its head.
Butt bandit
A CRIMINAL nicknamed the “butt bandit” by local residents in the US city of Valentine, Nebraska, has received a stiff prison sentence for his cheeky misdemeanors. Thomas Larvie, aged 35,
Kiss of deaf
A WOMAN in southern China has become temporarily deaf in one ear after an excessively passionate kiss from her boyfriend. According to the China Daily newspaper, the woman from Zhuhai,