Mel Gibson's Sit 'N Spin. Dizziness is next to Godliness.

Fed up with violent customers and pimps, a group of Indian prostitutes have begun taking karate lessons to protect themselves. The first phase of the program has 75 women practicing five hours a day in intense heat. Organizers hope the training sends a message that violence against sex workers must stop, and add that the board-breaking portion of their training has become very creative. The Indian Community Welfare Organization founder secretary, AJ Hariharan, said, "We are going to train 300 sex workers in the second phase and 500 sex workers after that."

A man is selling his dad's ashes on eBay in revenge for abandoning him as a child. William Ireland is 50 now, but 44 years ago his dad left him and his mother to start a new life. William later found his father and the two started talking until his father died in 2006. After learning his father left his estate to the other woman and her son, he paid for the cremation so he could sell his dad's ashes. His eBay ad reads, "Here are the ashes of my father, Kenneth Ireland, an adulterer who left a wife, two children and just £17 in her pocket. He never paid a penny towards his kids' upbringing."

Walking into the Casa Pocho bar in Cullera, Spain, and saying, "You know what I like best about this place? Not a f@#king thing!" might just get you a free drink. The bar is encouraging patrons to insult and swear at its staff, and offering free drinks for funny or original verbal abuse. "When you come in after work, you can say swear at them and call them bastard or imbecile," said client Antonio Ossa. Owner Bernard Mariusz said he thought people needed somewhere to let off some steam in these troubling times.

If you've ever wanted to get medieval on your asparagus, now's your chance. The Forme of Cury, a cookbook compiled by master cooks to Richard II, has gone online. Hundreds of dishes are explained, ranging from a porpoise recipe to directions for blancmange. John Hodgson, keeper of manuscripts at John Rylands Library, says "It's not a like a modern cookery book so it doesn't give you exact quantities and times. It's very much suck it and see, but great for experimenting."

When your bride agrees to be hauled away in an L 524, you know you've picked a winner.

chrb writes "Two days ago Slashdot discussed broke counties grinding their tarmac roads into gravel. Now the Telegraph reveals plans to raze huge sections of at least 50 US cities to the ground. The resulting smaller cities will be more economical to run, and the recovered land will be returned to nature."

There are a few questions that you never want to hear. Do you know how to make a tourniquet? And who gave the gorilla a knife? Unfortunately for the Calgary Zoo staff, they had to answer the latter. Zoo visitors were shocked to see a gorilla holding a knife and pointing it at a fellow gorilla. "He grabbed the knife exactly in the correct position and he smelled it and looked at it. A few seconds later, another gorilla came and he was very interested. He tried to get the knife, but the gorilla with the knife lifted the knife for his buddy....It seems to me that the gorilla with the knife was a little bit angry, and he lifted his hand with the knife. It was just a scene from a crime," said Calgarian Joe Scheffler, who was at the zoo with his wife.

Thomas Prusik-Parkin has been arrested for pretending to be his mother in order to collect $115,000 in social security benefits and rent subsidies. Prosecutors say Thomas has been regularly dressing up in a wig, dress and make-up to collect checks since his mother's death in 2003. "I held my mother when she was dying and breathed in her last breath, so I am my mother," Mr Prusik-Parkin said. We can all be thankful that Thomas decided to steal from the government and not open up a little out-of-the-way motel in Fairview, California.

suraj.sun writes "A Maine high school senior was denied his diploma at graduation after he took a bow when his name was called, pointed to friends and blew a kiss to his family. Justin Denney was graduating from Bonny Eagle High School June 12 and had gotten up on stage to receive his diploma when he gestured to his friends and relatives. School Superintendent Suzanne Lukas abruptly told Denney to return to his seat, according to WMTW TV in Maine. He didn't get his diploma. His mother, Mary Denney, is livid. Her son told her that the superintendent warned, 'There's no fooling around up here'. 'He just kind of looked at her because he wasn't fooling around. He didn't consider that fooling around or misbehaving in any sense of the word,' Mary Denney told WMTW. Lukas reportedly asked the soon-to-be graduate why he thought he deserved a diploma. "He goes, 'Because I worked hard and I earned it,' and she goes, 'No, go take your seat,'" his mother told the station. Other students also walked away empty-handed because of various disruptions during the ceremony. Some started playing with beach balls and others were separated from their friends, according to WMTW. Mary Denney doesn't believe her son violated any code of conduct."

He never heard a confession he didn't like.

There are fewer hassles for an adventurer or business traveler bigger than lugging around bags of silver and copper pieces. Luckily TG-Gold-Super-Markt has installed gold vending machines in 500 locations including train stations and airports all across Germany. The machines charge about 30% more than the current trading price for gold, and are updated every few minutes. All are closely monitored by cameras, and like 3rd and 4th edition, electrum pieces are not accepted.

GeekFreak writes "According to Scientific American, In the upcoming issue of the journal Mycologia, scientists describe a new species of stinkhorn fungus from Africa, which they christened Phallus drewesii in honor of their expedition leader. 'I am utterly delighted,' Drewes told the San Jose Mercury News, 'The funny thing is that it is the second smallest known mushroom in this genus and it grows sideways, almost limp.'"

British Columbia's Golden and District Search and Rescue Society has stopped its service due to a lawsuit filed by a skier last month. The lawsuit, filed by Gilles Blackburn, claims the society didn't do enough to save him and his wife after they became lost on Feb. 15. Gilles wife died of hypothermia on their seventh day in the wilderness. The society is concerned about the government's lack of legal support in the incident. Chris Duffy, acting executive director of the PEP, said the province will cover volunteers for liability, but the search-and-rescue societies are a separate legal entity, and therefore responsible for getting their own coverage. "There's a lot of concern over this and a lot of focus on it because it is a first and we want to explore what the gaps and risks are out of this and inform the wider search-and-rescue community to make sure that everyone has the coverages that they need," he said. The moral of the story: Don't get lost in British Columbia.

Butte Montana's National Folk Festival, will hold a lying contest next month. Each contestant will get a fixed amount of time to tell judges about what happened at the poker game last night, the awesome things they did in college, and how small their butts look in those pants. The winner gets a trophy, and the competition is only open to amateur liars: No lawyers, politicians, patent medicine salesmen, or motivational speakers.

Marlon Moore worked out an ingenious scam in which he would send fraudulent documents to the US Treasury Department and the IRS seeking payments. The problem was Marlon sent out documents showing he was owed over $14 trillion, including a $10 million tax refund. He now is facing charges that he obstructed and impeded IRS laws.

Soon all TV will be Muppet Babies.

Nguyen Van Chau, head of Ho Chi Minh City's Health Department, has revealed that many sick passengers who flew to Ho Chi Minh City used fever reducers to fool temperature scanners at the airport. The government has confirmed 26 people infected with H1N1 flu, 23 of whom came by air after traveling in the United States or Australia. State media reports that the discovery of these scanner cheaters led to the detection of several infected cases later.

Relying on recent studies, and not Bullshit! season 3, episode 1, Bill Gates has injected $50 million into a program to circumcise up to 650,000 men in Swaziland and Zambia. The project hopes to curb the spread of HIV in the region. "It's great news, and this is exactly what's needed," says Catherine Hankins, chief scientific adviser at UNAIDS. "We've been working on development of guidance and technical support, and these development partners are now being funded to take it forward."

Four-year-old Daniel Blair decided his week-old Cocker Spaniel pup needed a good bath, so he put him in the toilet and pulled the chain. The fire brigade and the RSPCA searched but could not locate the dog. Eventually, a plumber from Dyno-Rod was called in. He was able to locate the flushed pup about 20 yards away from the Blairs' home with a drain camera. The dog was then pushed along the pipe to the nearest manhole cover, where a fireman rescued him.