Funny/Strange News Stories

[sirjim73]

Headline about headliner is a vehicle for a vehicle with headliner.

https://www.stereogum.com/2307504/boy-hits-car-concert-canceled-after-truck-hits-venue/news/

Time to rename the band to Truck Hits Building?

 

[Touring Mars]

This is why plural words should not be the same as singular words - my first thought was that this must have been one important sheep....

Sheep killed after lorry crashes off A920 in Aberdeenshire

The crash happened on the A920 Boghead to Moray route at about 09:15 on Thursday.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Famine]

This tilts into strange.

Shotton Colliery skydive inquest into Jade Damarell death begins

Marketing manager Jade Damarell crashed onto farmland in Shotton Colliery, the inquest hears.

www.bbc.co.uk

Earlier reports were that she did it deliberately:

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/jade-damarell-skydiving-death-durham-31557015

Also I suppose "blunt force trauma" is accurate, but it doesn't seem... appropriate for smacking into a planet.

 

[Liquid]

she did it deliberately

I actually recoiled in horror at the thought of this. Very sad for your life to come to that decision and a very spectacular way to end it. I'd hate to think if she changed her mind halfway down.

 

[TexRex]

Also I suppose "blunt force trauma" is accurate, but it doesn't seem... appropriate for smacking into a planet.

More appropriate in some places than in others. Doing so in areas of the Tsingy De Bemeraha National Park in Madagascar would certainly result in sharp force trauma.

[Madascagar?]

 

[Blitz24]

This tilts into strange.

Shotton Colliery skydive inquest into Jade Damarell death begins

Marketing manager Jade Damarell crashed onto farmland in Shotton Colliery, the inquest hears.

www.bbc.co.uk

Earlier reports were that she did it deliberately:

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/jade-damarell-skydiving-death-durham-31557015

Also I suppose "blunt force trauma" is accurate, but it doesn't seem... appropriate for smacking into a planet.

I thought all parachutes had an automatic release to prevent this sort of thing?

 

[Touring Mars]

How could you not notice 46kg of drugs in your suitcase??

British woman accused of smuggling drugs into Sri Lanka in suitcase

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, denies knowing drugs were in her suitcase.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Liquid]

How could you not notice 46kg of drugs in your suitcase??

By being on drugs yourself.

 

[Famine]

How could you not notice 46kg of drugs in your suitcase??

British woman accused of smuggling drugs into Sri Lanka in suitcase

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, denies knowing drugs were in her suitcase.

www.bbc.co.uk

By being on drugs yourself.

The linked story in that is big up here: 18yo girl doing a general south-east Asia trip ("with friends") vanished out of Bangkok and, just as the family went to the press with her disappearance, she shows up in prison in Tblisi with 14kg of weed in her hand luggage.

 

[TexRex]

lol. lmao, even.

New Jersey Bar Review-Bombed for Canceling Springsteen Cover Band After Anti-Trump Comments

A New Jersey bar came under fire for cancelling a Bruce Springsteen cover band's performance following Springsteen's criticisms of Donald Trump in May 2025.

ultimateclassicrock.com

Trumpism, man.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

It'll buff out.

 

[Blitz24]

It'll buff out.

Ran while parked.

 

[EngieDiesel]

It'll buff out.

Looks like someone clicked the wrong button while playing BeamNG.

 

[Touring Mars]

It'll buff out.

 

[UKMikey]

It'll buff out.

 

[sirjim73]

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Tbh that's probably the best looking Montego I've ever seen!

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

He was rocking out

British Airways A380 Crew of San Francisco to London Flight Arrested

A British Airways flight attendant was arrested at London Heathrow after he was discovered dancing naked in a business class lavatory.

aviationa2z.com

 

[GBO Possum]

He was rocking out

British Airways A380 Crew of San Francisco to London Flight Arrested

A British Airways flight attendant was arrested at London Heathrow after he was discovered dancing naked in a business class lavatory.

aviationa2z.com

At least he wasn't wielding a chain saw, and the only job he destroyed was his own.

 

[Pupik]

Airlines and Airports hate this one simple trick...

https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/ohare-food-delivery-driver-tarmac-airport-security/

 

[Touring Mars]

How a polo-loving businessman was a secret global drug lord

Muhammed Hafeez lived a double life, rubbing shoulders with UK royals while also controlling a drugs empire.

www.bbc.co.uk

Maybe his fresh minty breath gave him away?

 

[UKMikey]

How a polo-loving businessman was a secret global drug lord

Muhammed Hafeez lived a double life, rubbing shoulders with UK royals while also controlling a drugs empire.

www.bbc.co.uk

Maybe his fresh minty breath gave him away?

Or his collared jumper and Ralph Lauren cologne.

 

[daan]

How a polo-loving businessman was a secret global drug lord

Muhammed Hafeez lived a double life, rubbing shoulders with UK royals while also controlling a drugs empire.

www.bbc.co.uk

Maybe his fresh minty breath gave him away?

He's not that good then. There are much better Volkswagens.

 

[sirjim73]

How a polo-loving businessman was a secret global drug lord

Muhammed Hafeez lived a double life, rubbing shoulders with UK royals while also controlling a drugs empire.

www.bbc.co.uk

Maybe his fresh minty breath gave him away?

Maybe there was a hole in his alibi

 

[Famine]

Government contracts for his legit business and drug dealing on the side? Bet he was minted.

 

[sirjim73]

You know what they say about men with big feet...

Northumberland Roman Fort mystery over large shoes

Eight of the Roman shoes are at least 30cm (11.8in) long - the equivalent of a UK size 13 to 14.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[TB]

Biggus Sockus.

 

[666666]

It’s possible they had a troop or troupe of clowns.

 

[UKMikey]

Government contracts for his legit business and drug dealing on the side? Bet he was minted.

For any MCU fans reading... it seems like Mephisto's been hard at work with this guy.

Not to boast but I've had size 12 shoes which were too small before. If there was no size 15, this could even be an instance of Shoelius Squeezer.

 

[StPeterMartyr]

Giovanni Zippo: a perfect surname for a killer arsonist. (He set an ex girlfriend apartment on fire with a fuel bottle, causing a devastating explosion which killed an innocent man)

Who is Giovanni Zippo, arrested for the explosion in Turin: the story of his ex-girlfriend | Notizie.it

Giovanni Zippo, a 40-year-old security guard, is accused of causing the explosion in via Nizza in Turin as revenge against his ex-partner. Framed by witnesses, cameras and acquaintances.

www.notizie.it

 

[sirjim73]

I mean, have they not seen The Thing?!?!?!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ygwd6yj28o

Bet they find odd socks at the bottom...