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WTF? >> Hundreds of fake McDonald’s coffee stickers found in man’s car

Hundreds of fake McDonald’s coffee stickers found in man’s car – BBC News:

The driver in Bradford was found with multiple sheets of stickers, similar to ones McDonald’s customers are given when they buy hot drinks.
Police said he was trying to defraud the loyalty scheme, in which six stickers can be exchanged for a free coffee.

Of all the things in the world to counterfeit, free coffee vouchers!

Have you seen the entire Mr. Creosote sketch from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life?

Have you seen the entire Mr. Creosote sketch from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life? / Boing Boing:

The Mr. Creosote sketch from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life went viral this weekend after director Quentin Tarantino was alleged to have said it’s the only scene in film he was ever disturbed by. Watching it, it struck me that I’d never actually seen the whole thing, and that you might not have, either.

I’d managed to block this from memory, and a lot of people have never seen this, the comedy is genius, but yes, it’s disturbing. After Eight anyone? 😬

Parents bill RNLI for £7 lilo after coastguard saved their child in £7,000 rescue mission from drifting out to sea

Parents bill RNLI for £7 lilo after coastguard saved their child in £7,000 rescue mission from drifting out to sea | The Independent:

The parents of a child rescued from the sea by Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) coastguards have sent the organisation a £7 bill for a destroyed inflatable lilo.

Is it wrong to suggest that maybe the parents should be pushed out to seas instead? ☹️

School to stop spanking pupils on their birthdays after parents complain

School to stop spanking pupils on their birthdays after parents complain:

A school in Texas is going to stop spanking its pupils on their birthdays after parents complained about the “special celebration”.

Firmly in the WTF! Category!

Merkins will sue for anything – Apple store at Florida Mall faces lawsuit over 2016 evacuation

Apple store at Florida Mall faces lawsuit over 2016 evacuation – Orlando Sentinel:

… the realistic drill was held as part of the inspection of a new restaurant opening that day. It included officials popping six balloons to mimic the sound of gunfire

I’m laughing at popping of balloons, but it was a ‘realistic drill’ who can they give them a warning !?!

Piranha fish found in Chichester sewer as water company pleads ‘only flush poo, paper and pee’

From: Piranha fish found in Chichester sewer as water company pleads ‘only flush poo, paper and pee’:

The flesh-eating creature was found by a startled member of staff at Southern Water who was carrying out checks at the West Sussex treatment works.

The South-American river predator, which normally hunt in packs, can rip flesh to shreds in a matter of seconds.

Filed under WTF!  Flesh eating fish (albeit a dead one), in the UK, in the sewer (no doubt with the crocodiles and the clown from IT!). #shudder