Boomerangs really do come back, even after 25 years. Officials in an Australian Outback town were surprised when a boomerang arrived in the post. Along with it was a note from a guilt-ridden American who said he stole it years earlier from a museum in the mining town of Mount Isa, and now felt rotten about it.
“I removed this back in 1983 when I was younger and dumber,” said the note, according to Mount Isa Mayor Ron McCullough. “It was the wrong thing to do, I’m sorry, and I’m going to send it back,” said the note.
McCullough on Thursday gave the contrite thief’s first name as Peter but said it would be unfair to release his full identity.
He said the parcel was sent to the location of the old museum, now a paper manufacturing plant and community center, and was then handed to the Mount Isa council. He declined to reveal the value of the donation.
The boomerang would be returned to its rightful owner, if he could be found.
Boomerangs were traditionally used by Aborigines as a hunting weapon. A typical returning boomerang can travel up to 150 feet in the air before returning to the thrower.
Hungarian scientists are working on a computer programme to enable people to understand dog barks. The software is said to work out the nuances of a dog’s barks, howls, yaps and growls, reports the BBC. After analysing 6,000 barks, it aims to determine when a dog has seen a ball, when it is fighting, playing, meeting a stranger or when it wants a walk. But the scientists admit the technology only just out-performs humans. While the computer correctly recognised the emotional state of 43% of dogs, humans did almost as well with 40%. Csaba Molnar, from Eotvos University in Budapest, told the BBC: “I would say that we proved there are very strong contextual differences between the barks. “But very long further work is needed to determine which emotional states and which characteristics belong to each different breed.”
A 15-year-old girl has eaten almost nothing but chips for the past 10 years. Faye Campbell suffered from a rare condition which made her ill every time she tried anything else.
Her parents, Carolyn, 37, and Mark, 39, said they have been driven mad by their daughter’s diet. Mrs Campbell said: “Faye just drank milk until she was four or five. “We tried giving her everything but she rejected it. For some reason at that age she tried a chip and didn’t eat anything else.”
Mrs Campbell, of Stowmarket, Suffolk, said they had taken Faye to the doctor’s repeatedly without any luck. But she said two years ago the teenager was diagnosed with a condition called gastro-oesophageal reflux - and there was finally light at the end of the tunnel.
Following two years of treatment, including work with a child psychologist and medication, Faye has started trying burgers, noodles from a specific Chinese takeaway and potato waffles. Mrs Campbell said: “Now my hope is by the age of 20 Faye will be able to go to a restaurant and order anything off the menu.”
Hungarian police are hunting an early morning driver who poured 150 litres of petrol through the back window of his car. He then staggered back into the driver’s seat and drove off with petrol dripping on the floor at the petrol station at Nyiregyhaza. Police suspect the confused motorist was either very tired or very drunk. A police spokesman said: “When staff spotted what he was doing he was almost finished - and then he drove off before they could stop him. “It is a surprise the fumes did not make him pass out - there is a real risk the petrol could start a fire.”
A female recruit is appealing after she was kicked out of army training in Germany for having breast implants.
Alessija Dorfmann, 23, who has a D cup after the operation, said: “I am devastated - it has always been my dream to be a soldier and have a great figure - and now my fake boobs have cost me my job.
“I could not stop crying when they told me. I wanted to work as an army medic and help save lives.”
The brunette who earned the money for the boob job working as a carer in an OAP’s home before joining the army has now appealed the ruling - and military chiefs have pledged to review the situation.
Army spokesman Harald Kammerbauer said: “The rule that was brought in because of the increased risk of an injury is under review.
“It was introduced more than a decade ago and it may be that it is no longer relevant in the modern army. In future we may be prepared to make exceptions.”
An artificial intelligence expert claims we will be having sex with robots by 2050.David Levy says by then robots will be nearly indistinguishable from real people.In his book, Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot relationships, he writes: “Great sex on tap for everyone, 24/7. What’s not to like?”According to Levy, the people who are most likely to benefit from these sexbots are those so ugly or isolated that they have trouble finding human romance.
He said: “They’re lonely, they’re miserable. I think society will be a much better place when they have an alternative that satisfies them without doing any harm to other people.”If there was a robot of the sort I describe in the book, I would certainly want to experience using it for sex and I wouldn’t regard it as anything untoward.”I would do it out of curiosity. Not that I have a need for a new sex partner, I’m happily married.”
A schoolgirl has written a guide to teenage slang after her parents complained they couldn’t understand her.Lucy van Amerongen, 13, , from Box in Gloucestershire, penned The A-Z of Teen Talk, reports The Sun.Now Lucy, who goes to Cheltenham Ladies’ College, is “stoked” (very happy) because sales of her “nang” (cool) book are “owdish” (excellent).
She said: “I hope the book clears up confusion. Some parents don’t give teenagers enough credit for some of the words they use. More come up every day and a lot are very creative.”Her guide includes 300 teen words such as “antwacky” (unstylish), “cotch down” (sleep), “rago” (OK) and “zip” (yob).
It also includes her three golden teen talk rules: never make eye contact when talking to a “mouldie” (parent), always mumble inaudibly, and try to include “like” in every sentence.Lucy came up with the idea on holiday with dad Victor, 52, mum Amanda, 54, and sisters Amii, 23, and Rosie, 11.
Victor said: “The guide sheds light on the strange mumbo-jumbo of teenagers’ talk.”Sussex-based publishers Ravette snapped up her book and 3,000 have been sold already. Updated editions are planned.
A US mother-of-three has invented a sex toy that connects to a vacuum cleaner to give an orgasm in just ten seconds.
The gadget, called Vortex Vibrations, works by concentrating the air flow to create a rapid and gentle vibration, reports the Sun.
Inventor Joanne Drysdale claims it can give multiple, back-to-back orgasms lasting up to a minute a time - and it does not even touch the skin.
The 49-year-old former toolmaker was cleaning her carpets when she came up with the idea for Vortex, which sells for £35 through lovehoney.co.uk.
She saw how a piece of rubber that had got caught in the nozzle was gently resonating in the air flow. She also felt a soft stimulation to her fingertips as she tried to remove the rubber.
At the time Joanne, from Utah, had not had sex for 15 years following her divorce.
She said: “In my attempts to alleviate frustration, I began to think what I could do. I noticed how the rubber moved in the top of the vacuum.
“After several hours, I came up with the prototype. The first time I tried it I reached an orgasm within 10 seconds.
“That was when I knew I was on to something that could potentially bring pleasure to all women.”
Norway’s largest chain of sex stores is in trouble - for breaching food safety guidelines.
It comes after a food safety officer inspected edible erotic goods including penis pasta, candy cuffs and chocolate body paint.
The Norwegian food safety authority conducted a surprise inspection at one of the chain’s stores and found several products violated food labeling regulations, reports VG newspaper.
“We were a bit surprised to have the food safety authority on inspection. Food is not really our core product,” store worker Kjersti Antonsen told VG.
Products containing food must be marked with a Norwegian label, listing all ingredients.
“We have panties, bras, handcuffs and suspender belts made out of candy,” Antonsen said, adding that the store will comply with the regulations and label all its food products.
Boomerangs really do come back, even after 25 years. Officials in an Australian Outback town were surprised when a boomerang arrived in the post. Along with it was a note from a guilt-ridden American who said he stole it years earlier from a museum in the mining town of Mount Isa, and now felt rotten about it.
Hungarian scientists are working on a computer programme to enable people to understand dog barks. The software is said to work out the nuances of a dog’s barks, howls, yaps and growls, reports the BBC. After analysing 6,000 barks, it aims to determine when a dog has seen a ball, when it is fighting, playing, meeting a stranger or when it wants a walk. But the scientists admit the technology only just out-performs humans. While the computer correctly recognised the emotional state of 43% of dogs, humans did almost as well with 40%. Csaba Molnar, from Eotvos University in Budapest, told the BBC: “I would say that we proved there are very strong contextual differences between the barks. “But very long further work is needed to determine which emotional states and which characteristics belong to each different breed.”
A 15-year-old girl has eaten almost nothing but chips for the past 10 years. Faye Campbell suffered from a rare condition which made her ill every time she tried anything else.
A female recruit is appealing after she was kicked out of army training in Germany for having breast implants.
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