movieguy Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs BOGOTA, Columbia (Wireless Flash) -- After telling jokes for 65 hours straight, a Colombian comic has set a new world record. According to the "Prensa" newspaper, Jose Ordonez told 9000 jokes during his marathon yuk-fest on a Bogota radio station. MILAN, Italy -- Italian fireman recently had to rescue a man who got stuck in a tree because he thinks he is a cat. The 46-year-old spent more than an hour meowing from the top of a tree before spectators called in help. The Tgcom.it news website reports a fireman finally carried the cat man down a ladder to safety, and the man is now under observation in a psychiatric hospital. SEOUL -- The South Korean government has scrapped plans to replace the English word for "condom" with a Korean one after receiving numerous complaints from people with similar sounding characters in their names. The suggested new word for condom "ae-pil" -- derived from the Chinese characters for love and necessity -- was picked from 19,000 suggestions sent in by the public. A government spokesman tells AP, "An old lady called to complain, saying she was worried about her grandson being teased due to his name being "condom."" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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