Website offering change of sex partners is big hit with SingaporeansSeptember 26th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A website offering change of sex partners has become a big hit with Singaporeans, for 49 couples have already signed up for it. According to the Sin Chew Daily, among the categories available were men seeking women, women seeking men, and where same sex partners are available.
Average Brit adult has indirectly slept with 2.8m people!September 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The average British adult has indirectly slept with 2.8 million people, according to a new research. To reach the conclusion, an online calculator, that allows people to work out how many indirect sexual partners they have had based on the "six degrees of separation" theory, used data collected from more than 6,000 British adults.
Dumb Christchurch crook leaves name, contact details before robbery!August 17th, 2009 WELLINGTON - A thief in Christchurch, New Zealand, was said to have left behind his name and contact details after robbing the cash register in a store. The man, a long-time customer of Penny Lane Records on Colombo St in Sydenham, had come up to the counter with a copy of Pink Floyd's CD.
New Zealand thief gives contact details before taking moneyAugust 17th, 2009 WELLINGTON - A thief provided his name and contact details to a store clerk in New Zealand's Christchurch city "before grabbing money from the cash register in full view of the store's eight surveillance cameras". The man, a long-time customer of Penny Lane Records on Colombo St in Sydenham, approached the counter with a copy of Pink Floyd's classic rock CD "The Wall" and asked for it to be held for him, The Press reported Monday.
Shanghai woman prepays cell phone bill worth 15,000 yuan by mistake!August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Shanghai-based woman recently prepaid her cell phone bill worth a staggering 15,000 yuan by mistake. Considering that she never makes more than 20 yuan worth of calls from her phone each month, Zhang may not have to recharge her phone for about 63 years.
59pct men 'go deaf' when asked to do choresJuly 20th, 2009 LONDON - An astonishing 59 per cent men pretend not to hear when their wives or girlfriends ask them to muck in with household chores, a new survey has revealed. The survey by cleaning company Spontex showed men would try every trick to avoid scrubbing floors or washing dishes and one third of them admitted to never having cleaned a toilet in their life.
$23 quadrillion for a pack of cigarettesJuly 16th, 2009 US man charged over $23 quadrillion for pack of cigarettes
MOSCOW - A US man was charged more than $23 quadrillion for a pack of cigarettes that he bought at a filling station using his Visa card, a TV report said. When he checked his online bank account, Josh Muszynski discovered that he was $23,148,855,308,184,500 ($23,148 trillion) in the red, the WMUR-TV said Wednesday.
Half of Brit women are 'ashamed of their legs'July 1st, 2009 LONDON - Almost half of British women are ashamed of their legs, and six out of ten are too mortified to wear skirts and dresses publicly, suggests a new study. According to the survey, headed by Venaforce, a total of 47 per cent of UK's ladies would prefer to wrap their legs, and one in six would not show their pins to their partners.
Air New Zealand cabin crew strip off for 'Nothing to Hide' safety videoJuly 1st, 2009 MELBOURNE - Air New Zealand has come up with a novel way to get their passengers to pay attention to safety instructions - by having their flight attendants read them out wearing only body paint. In the video, the body-painted crew cheerfully give the safety instructions, including where to stow baggage and how to use oxygen masks, reports News.com.au.
25pct Aussies have caught partners cheating on them via text messagesJune 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - One in four Australians have caught their partners cheating on them through a text message, according to a new survey. The survey commissioned by Telstra's State of the Nation has found that four in 10 Aussies send up to seven text messages a day, while one in three use texts to tell others about major events like births or promotions.
Brit men spend £4.2bn annually on sleazy fun behind partner's backsJune 16th, 2009 LONDON - Men will splash out a whopping 4.2 billion pounds this year pounds on sleazy fun behind their partner's backs, according to a new UK survey. The OnePoll.com site found that men will spend 1.6 billion pounds on strippers, hundreds of millions on adult websites and saucy phone downloads.
New York robbery victim consoles thiefJune 4th, 2009 NEW YORK - Role reversal at gun point: After an attempted robbery of a store near New York City, the owner showed generous mercy instead of calling the police. The thief came charging into the convenience store in Long Island shortly before closing armed with a baseball bat and demanded money, according to the security videotape broadcast Wednesday on US television.
Man cures stomachaches by secretly eating gunpowderMay 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese man is said to have been curing his stomachaches by secretly eating gunpowder from bullets for the past 30 years. The 60-year-old man, surnamed Zhang, is from the Hechuan district in Chongqing municipality, reports the China Daily.
Air New Zealand cabin crew strips for 'transparent fares' ad!May 13th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The cabin crew for Air New Zealand dropped their clothes for a racy new advertisement that shows them performing their duties sporting only body paint. Eight staff members donned the art while more than 90 others formed a part in the campaign, that was created to promote the airline's fares that "have nothing to hide".
Madge 'bans toyboy lover from answering his phone calls'March 23rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Queen of Pop Madonna has reportedly banned her alleged toyboy lover Jesus Luz from attending his phone in front of her. According to a source, the 50-year-old singer had a heated argument with the 22-year-old Brazilian model after he answered a call while she was in the same room, and has now restricted him to accepting emergency calls only.