Sideswipe

Obviously, no one told the lorikeets they were on a diet, unless it included cardboard signs covered in plastic

French wide-boy Daniel Anceneaux spent weeks talking with a sensual woman on the internet before arranging a romantic rendezvous at a remote beach. "I walked out on that dark beach thinking I was going to hook up with the girl of my dreams and there she was, wearing white shorts and a pink tank top, just like she'd said she would. But when I got close, she turned around - and we both got the shock of our lives. I mean, I didn't know what to say. All I could think was, 'Oh my God! it's Mama!"'

But the worst was yet to come. A passing policeman cited them for visiting a restricted beach after dark and the pair blurted out the whole story. From the police report, a local TV station got hold of it and it was all over the 6 o'clock news. "Mom called herself Sweet Juliette and I called myself The Prince of Pleasure," said Daniel. "The conversations even got a little racy a couple of times and I really started to fall for her ... The truth is, I got to see a side of my Mom I'd never seen before. I'm grateful for that." (Source: Yahoo.com)

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British shop owners wanting to get rid of obnoxious congregating teenagers are using an innovative new product that emits a high-frequency sound audible to most teens but few older people. "The Mosquito" sends out a pulsating chirp, not painful but definitely irritating. A professor of neurophysiology verified that the ability to hear high frequency declines with age but that some people in their 20s and 30s could probably still hear it. (Source: News of the Weird) 

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Leonardo DiCaprio on Oprah in the US presented a segment from a politically charged new documentary, called Global Warming, which he narrates, and explained he felt the year's hurricanes and tsunamis were just a terrifying warning of what is to come. This despite the fact it is generally agreed by climate researchers that man-made greenhouse gases haven't caused an increase in the number of hurricanes. Winfrey then chimed in with ... "You feel like Noah to me - you're like, Pay attention, pay attention, pay attention".