Drunk driver
A MAN in Germany failed his driving test because he was three times over the legal alcohol limit. His examiner could smell alcohol on him but the man insisted he
Heavenly food holidays
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com CELEBRATING ALL that is good about local food and drink, food festivals offer an enticing combination of fabulous holiday locations and scrumptious local products –
Travel News – Balearics shark watch
THE BALEARIC Island’s newest attraction, the 20 million pound Palma Aquarium, has already installed a family of 12 sharks into Europe’s largest fish tank, the ‘Big Blue’. The aquarium has been
Portugal versus UK
By: Paul McKay Contact: mckay@portugalresident.com Sunday April 8 I have just spent my first week back in Portugal Since working in the UK. Incredibly, I am colder here than back
Declare now – or face the taxman’s wrath
By: Bill Blevins blevins@portugalresident.com THE UK tax revenue has launched an “Offshore Disclosure Facility” in an all out unprecedented drive to scoop five billion pounds sterling in unpaid tax. The
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
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
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!
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
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.