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Monday 2 August 2021
We spoke to some residents of the town where it’s 25 December every day of the year.
The best presents are left at the bottom of the stocking.
“Where people throw ducks at balloons, and nothing is the way it seems.”
A politician into bondage, an over-eager suitor and a sock-eating dog – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
IVF penguins, foam hotdogs and a human skull – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
Chicken, computer coders and stripping – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
Cats with many lives and priests with recording contracts – it’s all the week’d weirdest news.
Waitresses with guns, monster members and headbangers – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
Cyclist-eating geese, Krusty Krabs and MENSA – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, among others, have voiced opposition to the notion.
How did these two teams both want to score own goals?
Bras, dentures and cocaine cookies – it’s the week’s weirdest news.
Selfie surgery, sex dolls and gorillas on the loose – it’s the week’s wildest and wackiest news, rounded up just for you.
No beef for the Mexican World Cup team –find out why plus all the weirdest stories you need to hear.
Baptising aliens, Never Been Kissed and cash in a couch – it’s all the weirdest stories you need to hear.
Loyal dogs, a “serial pooper” and hot dogs – it’s all the weirdest stories you need to hear.
A crow is smarter than your kid, the French are taking over the world and doggie dialtones – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
Scientists are THIS CLOSE to cloning a woolly mammoth – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
Biros, cosy penguins and a 30,000-year-old virus brought to life – it’s all the bizarre news stories you need to know about.
Cows love slow jams, drug-smuggling with Kinder Eggs and Ragnarok – it’s all the MAD stuff you might have missed.
Gym selfies banned, a money shredding alarm clock and a terrible heroin smuggler – it’s all the MAD stuff you might have missed.
Dog dirt detectives, high-cost hamburgers and penguins on pills – it’s all the MAD stuff you might have missed.
A schoolgirl and a bullet, some peanut butter and a jellyfish, and a gay cat – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
Goodfellas Part II happens in real life, mathematicians can’t prove planes fly and a rat ship cometh – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
– the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
Lamb meat with a side of dirty pond water, get a beard to advance your career and a Ferris wheel – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
A pea-based divorce, 10,000 smartphones when all you need is a knife and a super-human thief – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
Glow in the dark piglets, a pigeon arsonist and a very rude briefcase – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
The worst job applicant ever, a pavlova bandit and a dog who loves knickers – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
An Instagram account leads to 142 felony charges, the Queen’s nuts, and a penis-biting snake – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
£4m in a landfill, a bunker full of cannabis and meteorites – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
An election won on a coin toss, crashing cows and middle fingers – the bizarre news stories you might have missed.
If you love to shop then this might be the song for you.
For the low low price of $49.99!
When you’ve got Jackie Chan, Phil Collins and Nicole Kidman around anything can happen.
Selfies and celebrity oddness at their very best.
The Welsh Alliance League Division 2 leaders have attracted interest from abroad.
MOST DRIVERS IN the UK want a lower motorway speed limit in wet weather to boost safety and encourage better driving habits, according to new polling.
Some 78% of respondents who supported a reduced motorway speed limit in the wet felt it would encourage some drivers to slow down, while 72% believed it was worth trying as it might save lives. Nearly two-thirds said it could improve visibility due to less spray from moving vehicles.
In France, this is already the case as motorway speed limits are reduced from 130km/h to 110km/h during inclement weather. While road deaths fell in most European countries due to the impact of the pandemic last year, the overall figure increased in Ireland.
The idea to reduce speeds on Irish motorways had been mooted by the Green Pary last year during negotiations on the Programme For Government in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. It was reported at the time that the Greens had looked at reducing the 120km/h speed limit to 100km/h. It is not included in the PFG but the programme did commit to a review of speed limits.
So, today we’re asking: Should motorway speed limits be cut in wet conditions?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
This week, our reader is disciplined and organised in managing her finances.
Our columnist muses on the Zappone furore, summer days and what’s next for Donald Trump.
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