News

Jesus Appears In Student’s Frying Pan

The image of Jesus, seems to have a habit of appearing in unusual places. The latest sighting of Jesus was in a student’s frying pan.

Toby Elles, from England, was frying some bacon after a night out, when he fell asleep with the cooker on. He awoke to the smell of smoke and rushed to turn off the heat. When he removed the bacon from the pan, a crispy Jesus Christ stared back at him.

I can’t say how genuine the burnt image is, because it looks as if a crown of thorns has been scraped on afterwards, but even if it’s all a hoax, it’s some pretty impressive pan art.

Link

World’s Oldest Woman is 130 Years Old

A Georgian television station says it has located the world’s oldest woman. The station says that documents show that Antisa Khvichava was born in 1880, making her 130 years old – the oldest living person by almost two decades.

Mexican Billionaire Is New World’s Richest Man

Carlos Slim Helu has been declared the richest man in the world – the first time a non-American has held the title for 16 years.

Slim Helu is a telecoms tycoon who controls a number of companies, including Telmex and America Movil. His net worth is a staggering $53.5bn.

Meanwhile, American investor, Warren Buffett fell to third place with a net worth of $47bn, Indian businessman, Mukesh Ambani takes fourth with a net worth of $29bn, and Indian steel magnate, Lakshmi Mittal is close behind, with $28.7bn.

Bill Gates was knocked off the top spot for only a second time since 1995, despite gaining $13bn in the past year. I’m sure he won’t lose too much sleep over it.

Forbes’ 24th list of the world’s richest people sees the number of billionaires rise from 793 last year to 1,011 now. In 2008 the total was 1,125.

Link

BMW XXXL Table Cloth Trick

This is an BMW advertisement for BMW S1000 RR, but could the motorcycle successfully perform the famous table cloth trick? How about with an XXXL table? From zero to 100km/h (62 mph) in just 2.9 seconds, the bike was a very hungry machine.

Via Presurfer

Man Marries Pillow

They say you can’t help what you fall in love with, but in the case of one Korean man, it’s more like ‘what’ you fall in love with.

Lee Jin-gyu fell in love with, and has just got married to, a pillow. It’s not any ordinary pillow though, it’s a “dakimakura” – a large pillow from Japan, which translates as “hugging pillow”. It’s similar to a body pillow as some may know it.

Lee, 28, dressed the pillow in a lavish wedding dress for the ceremony, which was held at a local church.

A friend said: “He is completely obsessed with this pillow and takes it everywhere. They go out to the park or the funfair where it will go on all the rides with him. Then when he goes out to eat he takes it with him and it gets its own seat and its own meal.”

I assume it was a mutual agreement to get married. Maybe Lee was worried dakimakura might leave him for another pillow. Each to their own, i guess.

Link

Sony Developing PlayStation Phone

With the growing success of portable Apple devices, Sony is developing a lineup of handheld products, according to the Wall Street Journal, scheduled for release later this year.

Specifically, a smart phone will be released along with a separate device that combines a netbook, an e-reader and a PlayStation Portable. This device is what Sony hope will compete against some of Apple’s latest products, such as the iPad.

Both the new smart phone and the multifunction device are expected to work with Sony’s new online media platform, due to launch later this month.

So, do you think Sony has what it takes to compete with the likes of Apple, or do you think all the hype will amount to nothing, with their launches being out-sold by rivals like so many of their recent products have been?

Link

Chile Earthquake Has Created Shorter Earth Days

The massive earthquake that hit Chile on Saturday which measured 8.8 on the Richter Scale, may have shifted the Earth’s axis, consequently creating shorter days, scientists at NASA say.

Don’t worry though, it’s not a noticeable change – in fact, each day should be 1.26 microseconds shorter, according to preliminary calculations. To put that in to context, a microsecond is one-millionth of a second.

Richard Gross, a geophysicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, used a computer model to determine how the magnitude 8.8 quake that struck Chile on February 27 may have affected the Earth.

He determined that the quake should have moved the Earth’s figure axis about 3 inches (8 centimeters). The figure axis is one around which the Earth’s mass is balanced. That shift in axis is what may have shortened days.

This isn’t an unusual occurrence after a major earthquake though. We lost 6.8 microseconds in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. They all add up though… well sort of.

Link

Convict Digs Her Way Out Of Jail Using A Spoon

This story doesn’t do much for the PR of Dutch prison guards, but it shows how useful a spoon can be in escaping from a jail cell… Well, it was for this woman anyway.

A convict in the Netherlands has succeeded in breaking out of prison with an escape worthy of the movies: She tunneled her way out — with a spoon.

The public prosecutor’s office confirmed Tuesday that the 35-year-old female prisoner had escaped through a tunnel from a prison in Breda in the southern Netherlands.
The spectacular prison break was made possible because the convict was no longer housed in a regular cell, but in a separate building on the grounds of the detention center where long-term inmates are prepared for their release and are given more freedoms.

The woman’s tunnel began in a cellar under the building’s kitchen, with its entrance concealed by a removable hatch. According to Dutch public broadcaster NOS, the police are assuming that the fugitive had at least one accomplice, who is believed to have loosened paving stones that were part of a sidewalk next to the detention center, allowing the prisoner to emerge from her tunnel.

Link

Five-year-old’s 911 Call Saves Dad’s Life

Hancock County – It took a five-year-old girl to save her father’s life. She talked to 911 dispatchers when she thought her father was having a heart attack. Not only is this an incredible little girl, but it’s probably the cutest 911 call you will ever hear.

London Council Issues Parking Tickets to Itself, Then Sues Itself Over Parking Tickets

At least six councils in England have issued tickets against their own vehicles, but then refused to pay the fines to themselves. You just can make this stuff up.

One farce saw Islington Council in North London issue a ticket, then take itself to an appeal hearing – where it asked for costs against itself. The costs process involves another four steps.

Stunned adjudicator Gerald Styles said he could not make an order for costs because the council could not “act wholly unreasonably or vexatiously against itself”.

Parking law expert Barrie Segal, who unearthed the crazy cases, said: “This is a complete waste of taxpayers’ money and illustrates everything that is wrong with unaccountable parking enforcement in the UK.

Link

Jesus Defeats Armed Robber

A shopkeeper who was faced with an armed robber sent him running from her store by invoking the name of Jesus.

This CCTV image shows Marian Chadwick ordering the armed robber out of her shop in Frisco, Texas.

Suspect Gabriel Cabello burst into the crafts boutique in January, pointed a gun and demanded money.

But Chadwick simply pointed back and said: ‘In the name of Jesus, you get out of my store. I bind you by the power of the Holy Spirit.’ The robber then slowly backed away, before fleeing the store empty-handed.

‘I got mad. The Texas part of me was challenged,’ Chadwick told the Dallas Morning News.

‘It was just like this whole store filled with the power of God,’ said told local TV station KDFW Fox 4.

Link

General Manager of the Chilean Mint Spells ‘Chile’ Wrong

The general manager of the Chilean mint has been fired after he misspelt ‘Chile’ and issued thousands of coins with a howling error.

On the 2008 batch of 50 peso coins, the country’s name was misspelt. Instead of C-H-I-L-E, the coins had C-H-I-I-E stamped on them, but worse of all, no one noticed the spelling mistake until late 2009.

The coins have since become collectors’ items in the hope they will rise in value and the mint says it has no plans to take them out of circulation.

Pig Jockey is Back!

After a couple of months inactivity due to unforeseen circumstances, pigjockey.com is back! The site will officially relaunch on Monday. Yay!

I hope you guys understand, and don’t hate me too much…

Anyway, this time, I’m aiming to make the site better than ever before. Without giving too much away at this moment, I hope to add a bunch of new features in the near future, increase interactivity and improve overall viewing and reading quality as well.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to email me, tweet me or post a response comment.

Thanks for everyone’s support.

Talk soon,

Ben

Woman Calls Cops On Herself For Drink Driving

Mary Strey is a very honest woman … or maybe just an extremely drunk one. She called police in Clark County, Wisconsin to let them know that she was driving whilst intoxicated.

“Somebody’s really drunk driving down Granton Road,” she told the 911 dispatcher.

The dispatcher asked if Strey was behind the drunk driver, to which she replied “No, I am them.”

The dispatcher asked, “Okay, so you’re calling to report you’re driving drunk?”

“Yes,” Strey said.

The dispatcher told Strey to pull her vehicle over, and she complied. She waited for a deputy to arrive with her hazard lights flashing. According to the police report, Strey failed field sobriety tests, and a preliminary breath test showed she had a blood alcohol content of .19, more than twice the legal limit to drive.

She’s due in court in December, facing charges of first offense operating under the influence.

Roman Abramovich’s $47k Lunch Receipt

This is an actual receipt from Nello’s in New York City, where Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, spent $47,000 on food and drinks for himself and five other people. That’s about how much he earns in one whole minute. I’d have liked to see the tip on that!

World’s Fastest Man Adopts World’s Fastest Cat

The fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, who holds the 100m and 200m sprint world records, has adopted a baby cheetah named Lightning Bolt.

Bolt won’t keep the cheetah as a regular pet though, he’s paid $13,700 to formally adopt the cub, and $3,000 a year for Lighting Bolt to be cared for and raised at an animal orphanage in Nairobi.

Bolt, who was on a four-day visit to Kenya, said Friday he was looking forward to seeing Kenya’s diverse wildlife, but was scared of meeting lions.
He nearly ran away when asked Monday to pet a fully grown cheetah named Sharon for a photo shoot with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Bolt had Zeitz stand in for him, until he saw that Sharon seemed harmless.

The world record holder appeared more comfortable later while handling his baby cheetah, which was the size of a fully grown domestic cat. He cradled the fuzzy-headed cub while feeding it bottled milk as cameramen snapped away.

When asked if he was afraid of cheetahs, Bolt said: “Yes, I was, but not anymore.”

Lighting Bolt is among three cubs rescued by KWS officials after their mother abandoned them in a game park.

Link

Secret 150-Year-Old Lea and Perrins’ Worcestershire Sauce Recipe Discovered

Historians believe they have found the original Lea and Perrins’ Worcestershire sauce recipe, which could be 150-years-old.

A former accountant at the company found the closely guarded recipe lying in a skip, on the firm’s grounds.

Brian Keogh, who died in 2006, said that he discovered the original recipe in two leather-bound folios written in sepia ink. The recipe was written in two different styles of handwriting, which analysts believe was due to the fact that no one knew the entire recipe. His daughter Bonnie Clifford is now working with the museum to test the papers.

The classic condiment is thought to contain ingredients including cloves, vinegar, pickles and tamoraide.

Stupid Criminals Caught Wearing Permanent Marker Disguise

When God was handing out brains, these guys were definitely at the end of the queue. They came up with the idea of scribbling on their faces with permanent marker to protect their identities when they tried to rob a man’s house in Carroll, Iowa.

Police received a call Friday night that two men with hooded sweatshirts and painted faces had tried to break into a man’s home in Carroll, Iowa.
When police stopped a vehicle matching the caller’s description blocks away, they were stunned by the men’s disguises.
There were no ski masks or stockings pulled over their heads; instead, Matthew Allan McNelly, 23, and Joey Lee Miller, 20, streaked their faces with permanent black marker.

Link

Grieving Chimpanzees

This incredible photograph, shows chimpanzees observing (and perhahps grieving) the loss of one of their own, as he/she is taken to burial. It was shot for National Geographic by Monica Szczupier at the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center in Cameroon.

Here’s the the story behind the photo.

PepsiCo Misses Court Date, Costs Them $1.26 Billion In Default Judgement

This has got to be the most expensive legal secretary PepsiCo ever employed – she cost them $1.26 billion. How? Well, she forgot to deal with a lawsuit noticed that was put on her desk. Consequently, PepsiCo’s lawyers didn’t show up to court, so the judge handed down a $1.26 billion judgement against the company.

In court papers, PepsiCo claims it first received a legal document related to the case from the North Carolina agent on Sept. 15 when a copy of a co-defendant’s letter was forwarded to Deputy General Counsel Tom Tamoney in PepsiCo’s law department. Tamoney’s secretary, Kathy Henry, put the letter aside and didn’t tell anyone about it because she was “so busy preparing for a board meeting,” PepsiCo said in its Oct. 13 motion to vacate.

Link