Another round up

I thought the round-ups on weird news was done.
But apparently I was wrong.
One suspects there might be a few more of these things as 2005 draws to a close.

Here is the more recent one I found; don't have a favourite "pick" but the 2 that made me pause for thought were these :

- The northern English city of Carlisle had second thoughts about an art project in which the text of an ancient local curse was set on a stone in the city centre. Not long after it was installed the city suffered disastrous floods, a bout of cattle disease and local factory closures. -

Don't knock about with curses.... especially if they're ANCIENT local curses. There's a reason they've been around for all this time. *chuckles*

- Educational authorities in New South Wales, Australia, protested when the state board of studies proposed making surfing into a high-school diploma subject. -

This one was for the sheer stupidity. Educators these days!


Talk about enjoying the misery of others. Heh! Go read the rest for yourself.