A Two Sided Story
The new Renault Megane, that sold 45.000 cars in Britain alone, has a defect on the braking system.
The car is like the European model, only the steering wheel has been moved to the right.
When someone in the frontside passenger seat moves their foot up in the legspace and pushes he/she can accidentally brake...
A passenger found out after she turned around to talk to the children in the backseat.
Cancer and the City
Research shows that between 6500 and 9500 people in Paris die due to polution of the air. Small particles from cars and trucks exhaust fumes cause cancer and hart disease. 6-11% of the yearly deaths due to cancer can be related to these fumes. A Parisian has a 8% bigger chance of getting lungcancer then a person living in the country side. One death stands equal to about 900.000 euro's of economical damage, far more then toll and extra tax on gas bring up.
Man bites Dog
A man who was being arrested for raping a young mother in Durban bit the police-officer and the dog that were chasing him...:P
But he didn't get away...hehe...he bit the officer in the finger and he had to go to hospital...the dog was okay and bit back...:)
Caught in the Act
A photographer who was taking a picture of a fisherman for a paper accidentally also took a picture of a crime being commited. A woman reading the paper saw the picture and....saw a guy on a scooter, with her bike on his shoulder in the background...
He had stolen the bike and passed by just as the picture was taken. The woman went to the police and an officer recognized the thief. He was arrested but hasn't told who he sold it to yet...
Hehe, silly him :P
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Out the Door(s)
Père Lachaise, the french cemetery that hosts Doors singer Jim Morrisons grave wants to get rid of him.
He causes so much trouble every year that they are sick and tired of it. Or rather, all the people visiting his grave are being a nuisance. Since his death in 1971 the grave has been nothing but trouble. Polution, vandalism and noise have been plaguing the cemetery for decades now. Camera's and security measures have been made to keep the fans in check.
The cemetery exists 200 years this month and is one of Paris' big tourist atractions. Only the Eiffel tower, the Nôtre Dame, the Louvre and the Centre Pompidou atract more visitors. Over 2 million people visited the cemetery last year, some for famous french people buried there, but most for Jim. They take or leave all kinds of stuff, sigaret buds and flowers are popular, but some also do drugs or even have sex at the grave...freaky freaky :P
Family of people burried next to Morrison tried to get rid of him a few years back and send him home, this couldnt be done cos Morrison is one of few people with an everlasting right to stay.
Out the Window(s)
Red Hat linux is now selling Linux Desktop. It's aimed at Governments, Companies and Universities and not for normal retail. Red Hat Linux is open source and much saver then Windows, and cheaper. It's an OS with a webbrowser and a few office tools, nothing extra that Windows has.
Out of Curiosity
45% of British women read the private text messages of their partner. Less then 1/3rd of the men do the same.
9% of the Brits have dumped a partner via sms for youths between 15 and 24 that's even 20%. 75% of the British in that age category flirts via sms, 9% of people older then 65 flirt too. 2% says to have quit a job via sms.
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Okay okay, we believe you....
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