Fb, Twitter High Listing Of Weird Tales In 2009

Fb, Twitter High Listing Of Weird Tales In 2009

Fb, Twitter prime listing of weird stories in 2009
A Twitter web page is displayed on an Apple iPhone in Los Angeles October 13, 2009. From the German town that unwittingly marketed pornography on its web site to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts, the world was filled with bizarre... REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files
By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN
BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - From the German town that unwittingly advertised pornography on its web site to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Fb and Twitter accounts, the world was filled with weird stories in 2009.
"Standing at the alter with @TracyPage the place just a second ago she grew to become my wife! Gotta go, time to kiss the bride" is how Dana Hanna stored the world posted between "I do" and that kiss.
Cartoon character Marge Simpson made it on the cover of Playboy magazine, two White Home gate-crashers celebrated their triumph on Facebook, and the world was fooled into believing a 6-yr-outdated boy was caught in a runaway home-made helium balloon.

Social networking sites akin to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube proved fertile ground for lots of the weird stories.
British physicians have been suggested to ignore amorous advances from patients after some have been propositioned on Facebook, Dutch lawmakers were told off for tweeting in parliament and in Canada an MP needed to apologise for insulting a rival on Twitter.
In New York, five "restroom ambassadors" received jobs tweeting from the bathrooms at Occasions Sq.: greeting tourists and shoppers - and then sending short dispatches on their encounters.
Britain's Excessive Courtroom ordered its first injunction via Twitter to stop an anonymous Tweeter impersonating another person.
The U.N.'s World Food Programme sent text messages to Iraqi refugees in Syria so they may redeem the virtual vouchers for contemporary food in local retailers. A U.S. survey discovered that one in five drivers read or despatched textual content messages from behind the wheel.
"The brand new technologies that help us multi-task in our on a regular basis lives and increasingly in style social media sites current a hard-to-resist problem," stated U.S. motor membership head Robert Darbelnet - a fitting description for the whole 12 months.
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Swine flu, or H1N1, presented one other problem - and wealthy supply of weird tales. In Egypt, hundreds of pigs have been slaughtered although the United Nations said the mass cull was a "real mistake" as a result of the pressure was not found in pigs.
Russian soccer fans had been instructed to drink whisky on a trip to Wales for a World Cup qualifier match to ward off the H1N1 virus. In Japan, candidates stopped shaking fingers. In Italy an inventor devised an electronic holy water dispenser.
The spread of new media bought folks in trouble. Dutch muggers were caught with the help of a Google avenue view digital camera.
A vain British burglar sent a picture of himself to his newspaper because the needed felony mentioned he did not like the police mugshot. A picture of a pupil urinating on a British warfare memorial revealed in a newspaper led to his being charged.
A German scholar thrown off a train for driving with no ticket obtained in bother on his own.
He stuck his backside in opposition to the window at railway workers however his trousers obtained caught in a train door. He almost died mooning as he was dragged half-bare alongside the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks before the train stopped.
In India, a mid-air scuffle broke out between pilots and crew of one flight. In the U.S., two Northwest pilots overflew their vacation spot by 250 km (one hundred fifty five miles). They mentioned they lost their bearings while using their private laptops in the cockpit.
A Saudi court docket sentenced a man to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes for boasting about his sexual exploits on TV.
Australian horse racing officials were denounced for holding a dwarf racing competitors. The race involved males charging down a course with dwarfs wearing jockey silks using piggyback.
The Paris tourist board urged locals to do their part to battle a 17-p.c plunge in guests: Smile! S'il vous plait.
In Norway comfortable cows proved to be extra productive. Since new rules had been introduced in 2004 permitting the cows to relax for as much as half a day on comfortable rubberized mattresses, officers reported they're producing extra milk and have fewer udder infections.
An Irish faculty instructed kids to carry their very own toilet paper to help the school save money whereas Cuban officials stated the country was facing a severe shortage of bathroom paper.
Local weather change was one other huge theme in 2009. To avoid wasting water and electrical energy in Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez urged individuals to stop singing in the shower.
Those wishing to be cremated but anxious about producing greenhouse gases even after dying learned a couple of funeral home in Florida that has provide you with a greener solution to go by dissolving the body utilizing a chemical course of.
(Writing by Erik Kirschbaum; modifying by Paul Casciato)
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