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Archive - May 23, 2007

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Odd news from around the world

Do you sometimes wonder if you are all alone in this world? Worry no more, because we at the Chicken Mafia don't want you feeling left out! So today, we bring you curious news from around the world about strange people just like you.

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In West Virginia, a man slept through getting shot in the head. He woke up four hours later and got confused about the blood coming from his head. I wonder how long it took for him to get sober enough to realize that it wasn't a shaving injury.

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In India, a groom in an arranged marriage staged a hunger strike after being turned down by his bride for being too dark-skinned. The bride finally relented after two days. Maybe the groom became pale enough for her taste after two days without food.

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In Germany, a mom drives her son to rob a jewelry store. "I knew he wanted to rob the shop and I was very worried about him," the mother was quoted as saying. Excellent parenting.

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More news from Germany.... A man was busted for drunk driving--in a wheelchair! The man was in the middle of the road when the police pulled him over. A breath test showed that he was 10 times over the legal alcohol limit. However, charges are yet to be pressed since he was in wheelchair and was thus technically a pedestrian.

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In Tajikistan, a woman was arrested for trying to smuggle heroin via DHL. She hid almost 18kg of heroin in a refrigerator and had it shipped to Moscow. DHL became suspicious when they realized that the shipping cost exceeded the actual cost of the fridge by several times. Silly woman.... Everyone knows that refrigerators should only be used for smuggling ice.

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For some insanely disturbing news, we go to Chile, where artist Marco Evaristti shocked everybody by making canned meatballs from ground beef and his own liposuctioned body fat. What is even more stomach-churning is the fact that he and 12 of his friends simulated the Last Supper by eating the meatballs.

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And lastly, in the Philippines, the Court of Appeals finally ended a 10-year legal row over a wedding cake. The couple who bought the cake claimed that it leaned to one side, had a tawdry-orange color, and brought shame to their family. The court however dismissed the case, noting that the cake looked fine in the wedding pictures. Wise decision... and it only took 10 years for the court to figure that out.

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So whenever you feel like you don't fit in, remember that you're not as odd as the other oddities in the world. But just in case you want to be, you've found the right place. The Chicken Mafia accepts you no matter how odd you are.