Odd News

[Slornie]

Okay, ive seen these on a couple of other forums, and i quite like the idea.  If you see a news article about something unusual or funny, post it here for others to read/comment.

I'll start us off with a few:

Capsule of cheese 'lost in space'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/8171619.stm

^ Members of a Somerset-based cheesemakers group hoping to make the first space flight by a piece of Cheddar say they have lost track of it. At 0400 BST a weather balloon was launched 18.6 miles (30km) into the upper atmosphere, carrying a capsule containing a 300g wedge of Cheddar. But the organisers' GPS tracking system has stopped working and now they need help to find the cheese once it lands.


Packet of cigarettes leaves US man $23 quadrillion in debt

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8152278.stm

^ A man in the United States popped out to his local [gas] station to buy a pack of cigarettes - only to find his card charged $23,148,855,308,184,500. That is $23 quadrillion - many times the US national debt. "I thought somebody had bought Europe with my credit card," said Josh Muszynski, from New Hampshire.