Most popular lie

Britain’s most popular lie has been disclosed, with one in four people admitting using “sorry I had no signal” when returning a missed mobile phone call, a survey found. Researchers found the average Briton tells on average four lies every day or almost 1,500 every year.
Almost one in six men admitted they were most likely to lie to their wife or girlfriend, on average at least twice a day. The most popular lie was saying you had no mobile phone signal, with one in four people admitting regularly using the lie. It usually came after they hit the “ignore” button when their mobile rang.

Fool's News

On April fools day, hilarious jokes and gags are best said.And yesterday plenty of newspapers from around the world decided to play pranks on their readers.
The Independent on Thursday reported that a preliminary study commissioned by the European Organization of Nuclear Research looking into the feasibility of using London's 23km long circle line subway tunnels for another Large Hadron Collider. If the scheme goes ahead the two proton beams would collide at Westminister station, directly below the Porticullis House, the office of more than 200 MPs
The Sun claimed that it had developed a new printing technology by which it could inject flavors into the newspaper. Readers were urged to taste a blank spot on one of the sheets and guess what it tasted like, and mail their responses.
The Sidney Morning Herald said that football star David Beckham was lured to coach the Australian football team by a basket of fruits. Beckham was quoted as saying, "The pineapples and bananas sent by the Football Association Australia made me realize that I was really appreciated by the Aussies as I don't get such good treatment back home. ABC Radio followed it up with an impersonator being interviewed on air.

Plumber Of Fire

Colin Furze, a 30 year old plumber who adapted his scooter to shoot 15ft flames from the rear, has been arrested for an alleged firearms offence.

Furze, a James Bond fan, displayed his modified his scooter, with an anti-tailgating flame thrower operated by the flick of switch, in the press earlier this week. But Lincolnshire Police spotted the pictures of Furze allegedly riding his scooter on a public highway – and arrested him on Thursday. A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: ''The man was arrested on suspicion of possessing an object converted to a firearm on Thursday. He was released on unconditional bail.''

Devastated Colin didn't want to comment. The daredevil, whose stunts include a 16ft wall of death, had said this week "Everybody wants a flame thrower on a motor bike. I don’t need a flame thrower on the back of my bike, I’m not going to set fire to people’s car’s, it’s just something interesting to do."

The scooter, which was built before Christmas, was Mr Furze's third attempt at the project after the first did not ignite and the second burst into flames.

Something fishy with the shampoo

Lisbeth Koelster, a television presenter on the Danish public channel DR1, was last May found guilty by a district court in Glostrup, west of Copenhagen, of violating animal protection laws. She had poured a "very diluted" amount of shampoo into a fish tank on a 2004 episode of the consumer affairs show she fronted to demonstrate the level of toxic material in a brand of anti-dandruff shampoo. After three days, all but one of the fish were dead.
The lower court judge had ruled that Miss Koelster "deliberately committed an act of cruelty to animals" and violated animal protection laws, but decided not to hand down any sentence since an unreasonable amount of time, "four-and-a-half years," had passed between the date the complaint was filed and the trial.
The appeals court judges ruled on Friday, however, that Miss Koelster's test did not violate European laws on experimenting on animals.
They also said it had "not been sufficiently proven that Ms. Koelster had caused the fish anguish and suffering," as claimed by the plaintiff, a veterinary practitioner who saw Koelster's show.
Following the proceedings, Koelster said she was "thrilled at this very unambiguous verdict" which "exonerates me of all the charges."
"This is a great victory for the freedom of journalistic work. I was not an executioner of these fish and I have not violated animal protection laws, as this ruling confirms," she told reporters.

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Peace in the 'Beyond'

Dutch prisons are using psychics to give jailed criminals guidance by putting them in touch with their dead relatives. Paul van Bree, a self-styled clairvoyant, has been hired by the Dutch prison service to teach prisoners how to “love themselves”. “I tell them that dead relatives are doing well and that they love them. That brings them peace. Big strong men burst into tears,” he said.
He has claimed that by talking to both the prisoner and the prisoner’s dead parents he can discover key psychological insights to help the prison authorities rehabilitate criminals.

Millitary Tactics

Online criminals are posing as US serviceman posted overseas and promising love and marriage to cheat women out of thousands of dollars, the US Army’s Criminal Investigation Command has warned. Special CID agents cautioned that they had learned of multiple incidents in which people online, most notably from Ghana, Nigeria and Angola, posed as US soldiers and got “romantically involved... with female victims and prey on their emotions and patriotism.” They often used information about real soldiers, including names and ranks, and found photographs of soldiers online to create a false identity. Once they snared a victim, the criminals request money they claim is needed to purchase items including laptops and return plane tickets.

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