According to the Western Morning News cows at a Beaminster dairy farm prefer the songs of X Factor stars John and Edward to the classics. Milk production has increased since the cattle were introduced to the duo’s music. “When a clip of Jedward singing We Will Rock You was played on a news bulletin, the cows really seemed to enjoy it,” said herdsman Jozef Andrezejk. No doubt they milked the applause!
BBC Online with no doubt a straight face reports that Ilfracombe town council has defended a new logo for the north Devon resort that some residents have compared to a sperm. Critics say it makes the town a laughing stock, but Andrea Beacham, from the council, said: “We’re not a stuffy town.” It’s the sperm that counts!
The Camden New Journal tells its readers that a community support officer claimed police colleagues were members of a secret society and warned about astrological messages in the night sky after he was fired for harassing shopkeepers in Covent Garden, a tribunal has heard. Leon Eioyaccu denied a series of allegations, but admitted trying to salsa dance with a member of staff at a shop, which he claimed he did “out of sheer politeness”. If he was only dancing I’d say they got off lightly!
...AND A TASTE OF WHAT WE ARE MISSING!
A bizarre story from the Indianapolis Star where Trinda Barocas, a teacher at a special education school was getting ready to take her students on a field trip to the zoo, but allegedly didn't want to take one student along as the 7-year-old is autistic and has a severe peanut allergy. "I wonder what would happen if he had peanuts?" she allegedly said to an aide. "I could touch it, and then touch him." Then, the aide says, she tossed him a peanut-filled candy bar, saying "Maybe he could get sick enough not to attend and we won't have to deal with it." Giving peanuts to someone with a peanut allergy can cause extreme illness, and very often death. The boy didn't eat the candy. The teacher's aides notified school administrators, who called in child welfare officials, who "substantiated" the charges. In a previous teaching position, Barocas was accused of restraining, slapping, and forcing a student to eat. She has denied the allegations, but has resigned again. She is another nut allergy vulnerable kids can do without!
