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Like a pink toad, life is full of oddities. The weird, the strange, the inexplicable happens around us continuously. Most of the time, these odd events are funny, and the Pink Toad is here to present the strange, but comical odd news that happen around the world on a daily basis.
Strange News Monthly Archives
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How much for the Spiritual Water ?
Spiritual water and the smoke around
2007-12-11 08:18:00
Pilot recounts eight days lost in bush
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan pilot who survived more than a week eating leaves and drinking his urine after crashing in dense forest says he will continue flying, despite cheating death in his second accident in two years.
2007-12-11 08:01:36
Race car driver taxi driver to catch flight
BERLIN (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher can add the unofficial title of Germany's fastest taxi driver to his other achievements after taking over behind the wheel to get his family to the airport on time.
2007-12-11 08:00:58
Ohio TV Station Produces News for Rival
Talk about competing with yourself: Hurt by a declining television market size, a TV station has contracted out the production of its news coverage to a cross-town rival.
2007-12-11 08:00:15
Prisoner gets compensation over cockroaches
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli judge has ordered the country's prison authority to pay an inmate over $1,000 in compensation after he complained of having to share a cell with cockroaches.
2007-12-11 07:59:25
Toddler Survives Manchester Airport Conveyor Belt Ride
A two-year-old girl who wandered off in an airport suffered cuts and bruises after she was whisked into a baggage conveyor belt system.
2007-12-11 07:51:44
Man trapped in bowling club toilet for four days
There was nobody to wonder what the matter could be when David Leggat got stuck in the lavatory - for four days. The 55-year-old bachelor was trapped in the freezing cold "gents" at his bowling club with nothing but tap water to survive on after a door jammed behind him.
2007-12-11 07:23:39
Former Councilman Found Drinking Suntan Lotion
...Investigators said Bill Long was apparently speeding on Interstate 4 near Lee Road Monday when he plowed into a vehicle. When officers arrived at the scene, he was found drinking the suntan lotion....
2007-12-11 07:13:04
When There Is Nothing To Sell
Meeting a former beauty queen proved to be an interesting learning experience. I have never met a woman like her before. She carried with her memories of power and glory, and never forgot them.
2007-12-11 06:51:37
Hope for Indonesia's Tree Man
Indonesia's health ministry said it had formed a team of specialists on the president's orders to treat a villager dubbed the "Tree Man" because his body is covered in bark-like warts.
2007-12-11 06:49:46
Court orders cartoon characters to witness stand - CNN.com
An Italian court ordered the animated bird, along with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and his girlfriend Daisy, to testify in a counterfeiting case.
2007-12-11 06:36:25
Magazine gives Vt. school wrong ranking
It's every math teacher's mantra: Check your work.
2007-12-11 06:27:10
Minuteman Founder Endorses Huckabee
In Iowa today Minuteman Project Founder Jim Gilchrist endorsed Governor Huckabee. We will have a press release on today s big endorsement shortly.
2007-12-11 06:17:32
American beauty? British women are unkempt and lazy about grooming
In the iconic chick-flick Bridget Jones's Diary, the title character is a sad, lonely, overweight, posh-sounding chain-smoker in her thirties with a drinking problem and no dating prospects.
2007-12-11 06:07:45
Man caught shoplifting wanted "some smell good stuff"
Middletown police caught a South Carolina man driving a stolen van Sunday night after employees at Rite Aid on Central Avenue reported him shoplifting a pair of reading glasses from the pharmacy.
2007-12-11 05:33:40