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A Vietnamese man who once appeared on national television to demonstrate his ability to resist electric shocks has been electrocuted while repairing a generator.

Nguyen Van Hung, aged in his early 40s, was killed in the Tay Ninh province near the Cambodian border while repairing the generator without first cutting the power supply, a local official said.

“When alive, he used to demonstrate at our office how he would insert two fingers into the electrical plughole without problems,” the official said.

Hung, nicknamed “Hung Electric,” had appeared on television’s “Strange Stories of Vietnam.”

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Two men masquerading as eunuchs have been arrested after they convinced Indian families to hand over money for ridding their homes of black magic.

The two men spent 15 days fleecing families in the western state of Gujarat before one of the victims complained to police that she had been hypnotised by the men, according to a local newspaper.

The 40,000 plus eunuch community in Gujarat has been enraged by “fakes” who muscle in on their begging operations. The situation has become so dire they are demanding a photo identity scheme be introduced to regulate the business.

“Two men dressed as eunuchs came to my home telling me to perform a puja which is an act of Hindu worship to banish black magic from my home,” alleged victim Bhupendra Pandya.

A blind man who posed a terror threat has been convicted and sentenced on Monday.

Omed Aziz, aged 31, is an Iraqi who lost both his sight and his eyes in a bomb blast, has today been convicted of dangerous driving. Police spotted him driving on the wrong side of the road, and doing 35 miles an hour.

Omed Aziz was being aided as he drove through Oldbury, West Midlands, by another person in the passenger seat, who is an allegedly banned driver.

Aziz, of Oldbury, who denied dangerous driving, will be sentenced next Monday.

At a previous hearing, Iraqi-born Aziz pleaded guilty to driving with no MOT, no licence and no insurance.

Mr Aziz was fully aware of his disabilities and we find the driver was in a dangerous, defective state, Richard Knight, chairman of the bench said. He was fully aware of the danger he posed to others.

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In a shock revelation, BA Announced earlier - I ain’t getting on no god damn plane you crazy fool.

Don’t you just love it when a good plan comes together? I know that BA does - just don’t mess with the gold….crazy fool!

In the real world, even if British Airways really did ground all flights from the UK, I’m sure Mr Baracus, “Hannibal” Smith, Murdock and the other A-team cronies could stick a couple of wooden propellers on the A-Team Van, blast through the wooden doors of a nearby barn and fly to which ever destination they wanted.

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So, what happens when your Robocop and it looks like the next robocop movie isn’t going to see the light of day? You join a Sci Fi Talent agency of course!

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Any city with a population of 8 million people is going to have some strange conversations.

Now Overheard is a new site which chronicles these gems.

The site traffics in the inane, the insane and just about everything else.

It gets 4 million page views a month, mostly from people who don’t live in the city.

“Its irreverent, voyeuristic and often vulgar style, combined with the city’s fame and diversity, fuels its popularity”, founder and publisher Morgan Friedman said.

The site’s voyeuristic style is attractive to the same people who like reading about others on MySpace or watching them on YouTube, said Larry Rosen, professor of psychology at California State University at Dominguez Hills.

Perhaps the site is not even that complicated, it is in parts just funny.

Girl 1: “Anarchists are so dumb”.

Girl 2: “Yeah, totally”.

It has been reported in the Boston Herald that the esteemed leader of the Free World, loves flatulence jokes.

Apparently Mr Bush likes to break in new aides by “cut a few for laughs, especially when greeting new young aides”.

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For the rest of us, wander in a daze to the nearest peaceful haven you can find, and throw up!

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Members of the West Country Farmhouse Cheesemakers have claimed that their herds have developed a unique regional accent, influenced by the drawn-out vowels and long “r” of the drawl, that the Somerset farmers have.

The farmers believe the phenomenon is a product of the extensive quality time they spend with the bovines not to mention the classical music they pipe into the beasts’ barns to improve the flavour of the cheese.

John Wells, professor of phonetics at UCL, points out that studies into birdsong have recorded certain species as having a different chirp dependent on location. Extending this theory to cows, he adds: “In small populations such as herds you would encounter identifiable dialectical variations which are most affected by the immediate peer group.”

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Automated teller machines (ATMs) have recently been the focus of a spate of robberies or robbery attempts in Malaysia.

Not all of them have been successful.

Thieves used a net and rope to use as a pulley to hoist an ATM cash dispenser through a glass wall and down a flight of stairs.

When they had successfully gone to all that effort they found they had grabbed a check deposit machine by mistake.

The three robbers fled after realizing the failure of their plan, in which they used a pick-up truck and a lorry to yank the machine from its moorings, the Malaysian Star newspaper said on Thursday.

In one case, thieves loaded an ATM onto a truck but abandoned it about 5 km (3 miles) away when they discovered it had no cash.

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Thai cultural watchdogs have banned a line of condoms whose name translates as “Good Penetration,” saying the suggestive label could draw youngsters into having sex earlier.

The condoms are actually named “Tom Dundee” after the stage name of a popular country singer. Now the problem arises, no pun intended, when you translate “Dundee” into Thai, it means “Good Penetration”

“Although the name is not vulgar or rude, it is ambiguous, boastful and provocative,” said Ladda Tangsupachai of the Cultural Watch Center. “It could entice excessive consumption and lure children and youths with little maturity to start having sexual activities before their appropriate age,” she added.

Dundee, real name is Puntiva Poomiprates, maintained that he wanted to encourage the young to have safe sex, as Aids and HIV rates are soaring amongst the young.

In Thailand, condom producers have to seek approval from both the Health and Culture ministries.