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What is the coolest news story of the year!!!
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A moose has been spotted surfing down the Namsen river in Norway on a piece of ice. Was he bored and fancied some excitement or was he just standing on the piece of ice as it broke off? I dont know but I challenge you to come up with one that I find more interesting!!
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this one is nice. Ananaova.com's 'quirkies' are always worth a look
sorry about the typo, that's www.ananova.com
LOL thats good.
But what about this one?
"A museum director's nightmare came true when a visitor tripped on his shoelace, stumbled down a stairway and destroyed a set of priceless 300-year-old Chinese vases.
Eat Out
The three vases, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, had stood on a windowsill at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge for at least 40 years. Their prominent position made them among its best-known artifacts.
The museum refused to name the visitor, who was unhurt.
Steve Baxter, another visitor, who saw the accident, said: "We watched the man fall as if in slow motion. He landed in the middle of the vases and they splintered into a million pieces.
"He was still sitting there stunned when staff appeared. Everyone stood around in silence, as if in shock. Then the man started talking. He kept pointing to his shoelace and saying, 'There it is; that's the culprit.' "
Duncan Robinson, the director of the museum, said: "It is a nightmare you are always afraid of in a museum. I have been here for 40 years and now that nightmare has happened." The vases, from the Qing dynasty, were donated to the museum in 1948.
Margaret Greeves, the assistant director, said: They are in very, very small pieces but we are determined to put them back together."
That's the sort of thing that would happen to me.
But what about this one?
"A museum director's nightmare came true when a visitor tripped on his shoelace, stumbled down a stairway and destroyed a set of priceless 300-year-old Chinese vases.
Eat Out
The three vases, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, had stood on a windowsill at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge for at least 40 years. Their prominent position made them among its best-known artifacts.
The museum refused to name the visitor, who was unhurt.
Steve Baxter, another visitor, who saw the accident, said: "We watched the man fall as if in slow motion. He landed in the middle of the vases and they splintered into a million pieces.
"He was still sitting there stunned when staff appeared. Everyone stood around in silence, as if in shock. Then the man started talking. He kept pointing to his shoelace and saying, 'There it is; that's the culprit.' "
Duncan Robinson, the director of the museum, said: "It is a nightmare you are always afraid of in a museum. I have been here for 40 years and now that nightmare has happened." The vases, from the Qing dynasty, were donated to the museum in 1948.
Margaret Greeves, the assistant director, said: They are in very, very small pieces but we are determined to put them back together."
That's the sort of thing that would happen to me.
I think Grunty's is edging it so far...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/03/drug_theft/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/03/drug_theft/
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