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The Woman Who’s Afraid Of Knees

“While most people’s knees start knocking at the sight of a spider, for council worker Sarah Lister kneecaps themselves hold the greatest fear. The merest sight or the gentlest touch of anyone’s kneecaps sends normally fun-loving Sarah into a dizzying panic, leaving her flustered, angry and sweating profusely. Sarah’s fear, known medically as Genuphobia, has made trips to the beach, nights out with friends or watching her fianci Chris Bayliss playing football an ordeal.” w/ photos

Danish Lady Looking For Father Is A Hoax

“A YouTube video purporting to represent a pretty young Danish single mother looking for the foreign father of her son, may have garnered Denmark’s national tourist agency VisitDenmark some 800,000 clicks – but the story behind the video is a lie. According to confirmed reports, the national tourist agency VisitDenmark generated the story of a one night stand with a foreign man producing a son, to get more people to visit the home of Shakespeare’s ‘To be or not to be’. The video, however, is definitely ‘Not to be’ – the young woman in the video is a Danish actress and the baby is not hers. ”I don’t understand the advertising agency that has produced this story. What do they think people will think,” says Roskilde University Sociologist and Women’s Affairs Researcher Karen Sjørup. ”They’re obviously trying to sell a type of promiscuous Danish woman and exploit the idea that you can lure quick, blonde Danish women home – without a condom,” Sjørup says, adding however that foreigners who come to Denmark with that idea will be very disappointed.” w/ photo

Unwanted Fat Used As Breast Implants

“Women are to be offered ‘natural breast enlargements’ using unwanted fat from other parts of their bodies, it was announced today. The technique will be made available ‘early next year’, according to the Harley Medical Group. It has been trialled in Britain following a 10-year study on global developments within fat grafting. Dubbed the ‘two in one’ operation, surgeons transfer a patient’s unwanted fat from areas such as the hips, thighs and stomach into the breast area. The procedure is likely to cost around $12,000 when it becomes commercially available.” w/ photos

Dog Painting Salon

“I can’t wait till they start thinking about putting contacts and fake nails: STOP THIS!” — CrazyGrin

Boxer Drinks His Own Urine

“It’s not that shocking if you think about it… Here’s a guy who gets hit in the head for a living.”

Elderly Man Buried Inside His 1973 Pontiac

“A 90-year-old South Carolina got his final wish, being buried in his 1973 Pontiac Catalina. In the passenger seat was Lonnie Holloway’s collection of guns. Holloway is also buried next to his wife, who died two years ago.”

Dead Rat Accessories

“At the risk of seeming dull I will pass on using dead animals to make statement pieces of jewelry – so you wont be seeing me wearing a Reid Peppard dead rat in my hair for a while I am afraid.” w/ photos

The Ghost Riding Phenomenon

“The mixture of automatic trannies and low cost beaters ruling the road in America has lead to a rise in a new car lover phenomenon: Ghost Riding… Ghost Riding (or Ghost Riding The Whip) is a new trick whereby you put the car in drive, jump out, roll around the hood and climb from the front end to the rear by way of the rooftop. It’s not TOO dangerous since a car in drive generally doesn’t get above about 25 MPH. But, as we will see, plenty can go wrong. Like most stupid things, you have to try it once to understand its appeal. And of course, these days, YouTube is filled with examples of the hobbyists who are taking up the sport and trying to drive it to the next level: professional competition. Let’s have a look at some of the pioneers of this budding new pastime and see if we can spot some of the AMOG amateurs ready to go Pro.” w/ videos

World Snorkeling Championships 2009

“Bog snorkeling is a strange sport. Competitors flipper as fast as possible through 120 yards of peat bog. A trench is cut through the bog to clear a path. Competitors wear snorkels and flippers and are not allowed to use conventional swimming strokes. Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales is the center of the bog snorkeling world. The sport of bog snorkelling was invented in Llanwrtyd Wells in 1976. Gordon Green is credited with the idea for a bog snorkeling challenge. The World Championships now attract more than 200 hundred entrants.” w/ photos

Man Uses Live Mortars As Dumbells

“A man from China decided to keep fit using two old mortars before a friend noticed the devices were still live. Former army officer Xie Long, 87, said: “A colleague told me they were defused and because they were heavy and in the right shape I took two home to use as dumbbells. “Even my two sons used to use them as well for training. I can’t believe we trained with them for 30 years with nothing happening.” The mortars were discovered by chance when a friend from the local police force who also specialized in explosives visited Long at his home in the Hechuan district of Chongqing.” w/ photo