h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I loved the comment: "has anybody looked into the possibility of an evil penguin provoking the incident by remote control?"

Re: post 1454.

Keith, the story was about a recovery of the species in SA waters not Victorian waters. And yes, I have been to Phillip Island.

Children in the playground? No! It's the premier league managers!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/6612775.stm

two for you:

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2313384.html
"A US inventor has created a 70mph, jet-propelled toilet"

and

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/02/huge_russian_message/
which, along with the story linked in it, just goes to show how welcoming we earthlings really are to aliens...

Don't know if it's been mentioned before, but the Kate Moss label story has really amused and irritated me at the same time.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/science/01duck.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin

I can;t even really summarise it, but it'll make you look at ducks in a whole new light.

Loch Ness monster found
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6618995.stm

noooooo!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6619983.stm

"The best known goat in Sudan has died months after being "married" to a man in the South Sudan capital, Juba"

although I'm not sure what to make of the fact that said goat had had a kid before it died although "not a human one".

Maybe it was killed for adultery.

It couldn't find four male witnesses for a defence then?

Imagine walking away from this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6620461.stm

Ipswich Town has become the first carbon-neutral football club in the UK. They achieved this by being so dreadful everyone goes to Colchester instead.

Look!!!! This one has everything! Sex (and very steamy, longlasting sex at that!) cute fluffy animals,endangered species, exotic locations, cliffhanger questions....



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6625789.stm

zdt

Today in Oslo a football game is taking place between some muslim imams and christian priests as part of an attempt at interfaith dialogue. Which sounds like a really good idea. Sadly the imams had refused to play, if any of the christian priests they would play against would be female. So it seems it is going ahead without female priests instead.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6624223.stm

Paris Hilton gets 45 days in jail. Good.

A follow up to Xanatic's story -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6628929.stm

"A friendship-building football match between Muslim and Christian clergy in Norway was called off after a row over the participation of women players.
Muslim Imams had refused to play against women because it went against their beliefs about close physical contact with the opposite sex.

But when the church decided to drop its women players, the priests' team captain walked out in protest.

The game was meant to be an enjoyable end to a day-long conference in Oslo."

Abducted Madeleine McCann in Portugal

There is still hope

Have they looked in the cellar?

That whole story just seems odd to me... poor baby.