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Man Gets Lost, Drives Nine Hours to Get Newspaper

Posted by Chris Monty in November 20th 2009  

Need proof that men are stubborn and don’t like to ask for directions?
An 81-year-old man in Australia who went out to get his morning newspaper ended up driving almost 400 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a highway, according to local police.  Eric Steward eventually stopped and asked for directions after [...]

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under: Fail, LOL, WTF
Tags: Australia, Clayton Smith, Eric Steward, Humor

Baby Survives Stroller Being Run Over by Train (VIDEO)

Posted by Chris Monty in October 16th 2009  

If you think balloon boy had a rough day, that’s nothing compared to this baby, whose stroller got run over by a train.
The collision occurred in Australia as a service train pulled up to Ashburton station in a suburb of Melbourne.
In the security video footage, you can see the baby boy’s mother letting go of [...]

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under: Fail, WTF
Tags: Australia, Baby Stroller Train, Caught on Film, Subway

Australian “Midget Cup” Raises Eyebrows

Posted by Chris Monty in October 14th 2009  

Australian racing officials are raising eyebrows for organizing a dwarf racing event dubbed “Midget Cup” in Melbourne to hype Victoria state’s annual carnival.
The event held at the Cranbourne Cup this past Sunday had three men racing down a track with dwarfs adorned in jockey clothing riding piggyback.  The stunt has been [...]

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under: WTF
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Midget Cup, Racing Victoria

Harry Connick Jr. Denounces Black Face Sketch

Posted by Chris Monty in October 8th 2009  

Harry Connick Jr. got himself involved in a TV scandal on Wednesday, when the singer served as a guest judge on an Australian variety / talent show.
Connick was visibly upset with a group of doctors who performed a Jackson Five routine wearing black face and Afro wigs on their heads on the show “Hey Hey [...]

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under: Celebrity News, Music, Television
Tags: Australia, Blackface, Harry Connick Jr, Hey Hey It's Saturday, Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Racism

Racing Fans “Limited” to 24 Beers per Day

Posted by Chris Monty in October 6th 2009  

It looks like fans at one of Australia’s hottest motor sport races, the Bathurst 1000, will now be “limited” to one slab of beer a day.  A slab equals 24 cans (at 375 ml each can).  Police are reportedly working on lowering the amount of alcohol-related crime.
This same restriction will also be applied to mixed [...]

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Tags: Australia, Bathurst 1000, Racing

Australia Dust Storm Blankets Sydney (VIDEO)

Posted by Mark Harrison in September 23rd 2009  

An outback dust storm moved across eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday morning, disrupting transport and placing health authorities on alert for respiratory illness.
The outback has come to town in trillions of bits and pieces, as an eerie red hue is cast over the entire city.
Some residents say it makes them wonder if this [...]

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under: Science
Tags: Australia, Dust Storms, Meteorology, Weather

Pink Gets Attacked by Green Frog

Posted by Chris Monty in July 17th 2009  

Pink got a bit of a surprise recently while on a biking trip in Australia with her husband Carey Hart. It seems that, when the pair stopped to answer mother nature’s call, an excited frog jumped right into Pink’s face.
“They were relieving themselves by the road when a frog jumped up and hit Pink [...]

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under: Entertainment
Tags: Alecia Moore, Australia, Carey Hart, Funhouse, Pink

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