It made the news so it must be true ...

I don't have much time to watch the news on tv so I tend to listen to the radio on the way into work in the mornings and then, depending on how busy it is at work I'll try and have a look at the newspapers or read the metro on the train (free newspaper).

Here are just a couple of  news stories that I've noticed recently:

Menganno -- (Spanish for Joe Blow ) the super hero form Buenos Aires

According to the article he was a self-styled superhero, prowling the gritty outskirts of Buenos Aires wearing a mask and cartoonish outfit and armed only with a flashlight, compass and pepper spray as he took on bad guys. Only his cover was blown following at shoot-out with local thugs.

Easy enough for a dog to do: BUCHAREST - Stray dogs crossing at crosswalks are being used by the Romanian traffic police in a new safety campaign to convince pedestrians to be more careful. 

Would you vote for Vladimir?

 

Murder by vagina

and last, but by no means He's back!

Say What?!?!?!?!

On the drive into town this morning they reported on the local radio news  that a bunch of keys have gone missing from Leuven prison.  

How do you lose a bunch of keys that important? Surely they should know who the last person was to have the keys?  

According to a concerned prison worker the set of keys belongs to the prison chaplains and have been missing since last Thursday. They are also not sure if the keys were simply lost or stolen.

image via google images

But this is not the only bizarre news story/article I read/heard today.

Also in the local Belgian news it is reported that a certain stonemason has launched the country’s first head stones with QR codes.  The idea behind it is that when visiting the grave you can scan said QR code and be taken to the deceased’s personal website.

Really?

Or how about this article:

Dressing your newborn as a pumpkin this Halloween? Children's charity warns against celebrity copycat parents 'objectifying' babies in outlandish fancy dress costumes.

In the article they go as far as saying: It is potentially objectifying babies who have no say in what they wear. Really? Cause we all consult our babies about what we dress them in every other day of the week!

 I also saw this gem in one of the South African newspapers:

Snakes send postal workers scurrying for safety

It seems that someone sent 4 live snakes to someone else but before they could reach their ultimate destination they escaped, sending a number of postal workers into a bit of a panic.

 

image via google images

 

Anyway, hope you don’t encounter any live snakes today and if you are going trick or treating have loads of fun!  My kids are still away at camp and tomorrow is a public holiday so I'm sure it's going to be a late night tonight!