We've Been Smurf'd ! - - Quirky News Items

Okay, I don't know about you, but I need a break from all these election polls, analyst, commentators, campaign junk mail etc.....

... so I searched the net for some quirky news items to break the chain... if only momentarily.

Smurfs up!

Hundreds of Croatians painted themselves blue and put on silly hats to beat a world record - only to find they were too late.

A total of 395 people turned up dressed as smurfs in the town of Komin to try and beat the record for the most smurfs in one place.

But when they contacted Guinness officials to register their world record, they were told "sorry - too late". They had been beaten by an English group in Warwick.

A spokesman for the organisers said: "We read on the internet that the record was 290 people held by a group of Americans, and decided to beat it, and we had TV, radio and print media report our success."

Organisers have now had to admit their volunteers wasted their time.
The current record, according to Guinness World Records, is 451 people set by Warwick University Students' Union last July.

A spokeswoman for the Guinness World Records in London said: "Unfortunately the actual record is 451 so they have come up a bit short."

One organiser of the failed Croatian record attempt said: "We could easily have got more Smurfs, but we thought that over a hundred more than the American record we found on the internet would be enough."

This next story brings to mind only one word: EEEWWWWWWW! (if that's a word)

Human Tongue in the Risotto!

A human tongue has been served up in a hospital canteen's chicken risotto — and bosses reckon it was accidentally dropped into the food by a doctor.

Slovenian officials are investigating after a doctor complained about a strange piece of meat on his plate.

Ananova.com revealed the doctor insisted it was not chicken and after some intense bickering it was sent away for tests — and found to be part of a human tongue.

Inspectors have closed the canteen in Izola, southern Slovenia, to review hygiene standards.
Bosses believe a doctor could have unwittingly dropped the tongue in the food after treating a patient.

A hospital spokesman insisted: "I can say clearly that we have never used patients' parts in any of our dishes."

like I said, "EEEEEEEEWWWW"

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Here's the ultimate website for "Strange, Bizarre, weird and wacky news items

www.chron.com (beware, I haven't review all the content of this site.)