PERTH, Australia -- An Australian restaurant owner's attempt to get rid of cockroaches in his kitchen has left his eatery in ruins.36! How many cockroaches did he have?
The owner set off 36 fumigation devices.
However, he apparently forgot to extinguish an oven pilot flame.Maybe it's an insurance scam?
Fire officials said the ensuing explosion lifted the roof off of the Thai restaurant, blew out the back wall as well as the front window and caused the ceilings to cave in.
Handler punished for donning camel costume:
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Qantas Airways Ltd. on Friday suspended a baggage handler who was caught on video opening a passenger's bag which contained a camel costume, donning the head and wandering around the airport tarmac.That's probably not in the job description.
Don't think small:
A Boston-area man was arrested this past Tuesday after several humongous deposits he made to a new bank account didn't clear.No, he wasn't a secret billionaire.
Thanh Nhat Le, 51, of suburban Dorchester, was arrested at a local Sovereign Bank after arguing with a teller who wouldn't cash his check for $7,550.
Le had opened an account at Sovereign the previous week with $171 in cash, the Boston Herald reported.
But three checks had been deposited to his account since. One was for $250,000. Another was for $2 million. The third was for the paltry sum of $4 billion.
Cookie Monster leads way as Sesame Street goes on a diet:
My beloved blue, furry monster - who sang "C is for cookie, that's good enough for me" - is now advocating eating healthy. There's even a new song - "A Cookie Is a Sometimes Food," where Cookie Monster learns there are "anytime" foods and "sometimes" foods.Tofu and birkenstocks are next.
Outlaw blows himself up:
Albania's most wanted man fought off special police and eluded capture for years only to blow himself up while fishing with dynamite, police and newspapers say.That used to be Mullah Omar and Osama's hobby too. Maybe that's why we haven't seen them lately.
Speaking of which - according to the AFP, Osama is a "Saudi dissident". And all along I thought he was merely a murderous wingnut with goat bothering tendencies. Who knew?
