Weird News

Some strange things from around the world that I picked up on today's newspaper (The Age)

Floss is not just a bit of string

London - May 12, 2006 - 8:02PM

More than 60 per cent of Britons use items such as screwdrivers, scissors and earrings to remove food from between their teeth, according to a survey today.
The National Dental Survey found that when it comes to oral hygiene, people use whatever is close to hand to pick their teeth.
More than 60 per cent questioned by the British Dental Health Foundation said they used makeshift items, which included knives, keys, needles and forks.

--> Hm........ are they trying to cut their mouth open or something? We should introduce them to an invention called 'toothpicks'

The nicer side of being burgled

Tokyo - May 12, 2006 - 7:28PM

A burglar gave a 35-year-old woman a shoulder massage for several hours after breaking into her apartment in central Tokyo and tying her up, police were quoted as saying today.
It said Lee Jin-se, 29, a South Korean, admitted the burglary and told police he lingered in the woman's apartment and gave her the massage "to relax her".
He stole ¥210,000 in cash and her bank cash card, though he later mailed the card to her as she requested after withdrawing ¥980,000 from her account, Kyodo news agency said.

--> It's amazing what people do in certain circumstances.. This is just one of them