Phuket Gazette - Queernews

Weird World News: Boneheaded bandits starring �Spiderman� burglar, Mexican go-kart drug smuggler and the glacial ice thief

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:04:00 GMT

PHUKET: OUTLAWS are finding more imaginative ways to make a fast buck. This week�s Weird World News is a snapshot of life on the wrong side of the law, and the idiotic ruses bandits around the world are concocting to make money, fast.

Go-kart bandito�s drug-smuggling ruse foiled

A MEXICAN drug runner tried in vain this week to smuggle marijuana into the United States by stuffing his drugs into a modified go-kart and driving through the desert at night.

Weird World News: Botched buildings with Big Ben�s tilt, the billion-euro home made from old money and the shady solar project

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:36:00 GMT

Big Ben is leaning, parliament slipping into River Thames

DESPITE London�s iconic Big Ben clock tower�s unexplained tilt, an MP committee has ruled that no renovation work will happen before 2020.

Surveyors recently discovered that the 96-meter clock tower at the Palace of Westminster leans 46cm to the left of its peak.

But surveyors aren�t too worried, as they guess it would take 10,000 years for Big Ben to reach an angle of concern.

Weird World News: Eye on Eastern Europe and Hitler�s lair for rent, the Bulgarian renegade referee and wacky scuba divers in Estonia

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:45:00 GMT

PHUKET: Eastern Europe caught the attention of Weird World News this week, with a fine display of odd-ball antics served up by Poland, Bulgaria and Estonia.

Hitler's Wolf's Lair up for rent

HITLER�S massive fortified base, The Wolfe�s Lair, has gone on the rental market in Poland.

The site, where the Nazi leader spent most of World War II and a famous assassination attempt on his life took place, is now available to rent for about 4.

Weird World News: Sweden officially recognizes a new religion; a pastor lets a tattoo parlor set up shop in the Lord�s house; and a UK mayor pays for not judging jack-o-lanterns

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:06:00 GMT

PHUKET: Religion is an important part of many people�s lives, but in this Weird World News round-up we take a look at some of the stranger religious happenings that hit the headlines this week.

Digital pirates find religion

SWEDEN has helped digital pirates load their canons by officially recognizing a group that preaches �Copy, download, upload� as an official religion.

Sweden, the birthplace of the world�s largest file-sharing website, Pirate Bay, as been the battleground for those who support file-sharing and the music and film industries that oppose it, reported Reuters.

Weird World News: Fake plastic surgeon takes advantage of transsexuals; a massive tumor gets lopped off; and a little girl gets liposuction for Christmas

Sat, 7 Jan 2012 12:02:00 GMT

Phuket: Put a little on, take a little off: with the New Year in full swing everyone seems worried with how they look. This week's Weird World News line-up features some of the more disturbing makeover headlines of the week, from having an 89 kilogram tumor removed to giving a seven-year-old girl a voucher for liposuction.

Filling up the trunk with the wrong stuff

MORE than 30 people are now claiming to be victims of "The Duchess," a transgender "doctor" facing allegations of injecting plastic-surgery patients with dangerous chemicals and closing the wounds with Superglue.

New Year goes off with a final bang

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 10:08:00 GMT

A NEW Year�s Eve celebration went horribly wrong for one family on Koh Samet after a woman shot three bullets into the air to mark the start of 2012.

As Rampha Suphasi, 48, lowered her gun it accidentally discharged again, hitting her husband Thanakit Suphasi in the chest.

Mr Thanakit, also 48, promptly fell down dead.

Weird World News: Time for change as Samoa ditches a day; book 123 years overdue found in Britain; and Chinese opt for year-end pillow fights

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:28:00 GMT

PHUKET: New Year is always a time of reflection. To cast out the old and usher in the new. This week�s Weird World News features a trio of time-related happenings from around the world.

Khon Kaen crazy nicking knickers

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:09:00 GMT

PHUKET: Police in Khon Kaen nabbed a thief with an unusual haul mid-December � more than 1,000 pairs of used women's underwear.

The kinky culprit, Pathanin Kawikul, 26, told officers he used the undergarments � which he stole over a period of more than five years � for sexual gratification.

Police were alerted to Mr Pathanin's bizarre activities when Phornphat Saetiao, 25, complained that a young man had stolen a pair of her underwear from her room in downtown Khon Kaen before fleeing on a scooter.

Weird World News: Christmas tree thief leaves trail of pine needles, UK bans fun, new research links researchers to the Grinch and a peek into our 'Santa Files'

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:03:00 GMT

PHUKET: With the merriment of Christmas just a few days away, what better way to get in the festive spirit than to pay homage to a few Grinch-like tales of bitterness and to take a peek to see what Santa has been up to this year.

Christmas decorations and snowball fights banned in UK

THE United Kingdom wins first place this week for Grinch-like behavior.

In a bold move, health and safety authorities have banned a number of Christmas decorations in offices, snowball fights and coins in puddings, because they are too dangerous.

Man burns brother in a bizarre urine-provoked attack

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:34:00 GMT

PHUKET: An elderly Samut Prakan man allegedly doused his own cancer-stricken younger brother in gasoline before setting him on fire in a case of almost unbelievable savagery last week.

Before launching the attack, Thawat Limyothin, 61, was apparently hit by drops of liquid that fell from the ceiling below a room in which his brother Kiatchai Limyothin, 50, was convalescing.

Mr Thawat reportedly thought the liquid was Mr Kiatchai�s urine, sending him into a rage.

Weird World News: Money, money, money� makes us act a bit funny

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:00:00 GMT

PHUKET: Men of money made headlines this week with outrageously-outlandish expenditures, financial flops and the odd smart investment.

Sweet heavens� how much is the dessert?

THE record for the world�s most expensive dessert was gobbled up by a British diamond merchant this week.

Carl Weininger spent UK£22,000 (about1.

Aussie pays Bt40mn 'boybride' price

Sun, 4 Dec 2011 04:20:00 GMT

PHUKET: An Australian man wed his young Thai boyfriend in Chiang Mai yesterday, forking over 40 million baht in �boybride price� to the man's family for the privilege.

The traditional ceremony took place at the Chiang Mai home of Mr Chaiyanon �Un� Worasilp, a 27-year-old from Chachoengsao province, whose first name is unfortunately translated by the on-line Google Translation service as �Mr Bologna Repository�.

The groom, 60-year-old former Qantas Airline executive Leigh John Pleasance, was all smiles as he showered his young spouse with a non-binding dowry of cash, land and diamond and gold jewelry valued at 40 million baht.

Weird World News: Animals trump humans as dog shoots man, cobras strike tax office and toads predict earthquakes

Sat, 3 Dec 2011 09:17:00 GMT

PHUKET: It�s often said in journalism, �If a dog bites a man, that�s not news. But if a man bites a dog, now that�s news.� The more unusual and infrequent events gets Weird World News� vote every time.

Weird World News: Technology fads with �Robocop� prison guards, indestructible iPads and the �Hi honey� banner vending machine

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:26:00 GMT

PHUKET: Technology is great for providing distractions, but this week�s Weird World News round-up is all about the latest gizmo goings-on designed to get your attention, and keep it.

�RoboCops� to patrol South Korean prisons

SOUTH Korean prisons will deploy a fleet of robot guards to keep inmates in line. And at one billion won (about 27 million baht) apiece, they aren�t by any means cheap, but they do ease the burden on their human counterparts, the Telegraph reported this week.

Weird World News: Teens tampon booze craze, man sues dating company for �ugly� brides and prisoner uses guts for glory

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:44:00 GMT

PHUKET: This week�s weird news round-up is a subtle blend of depraved, deplorable and detestable happenings from the around the globe.

Health Risk: Teens using vodka-soaked tampons to get drunk

PHOENIX Police say a craze that involves teenage girls dousing tampons with vodka and inserting them into their �parts� to get drunk is on the rise and needs to be stopped.

And it�s not just girls.