Now that's what I call angle parking! Marilyn spotted this in a packed carpark at Pt Chevalier Countdown.
One-way ticket to regretsville
Mark Hancock admits he's not a regular bus user but the other day, he hopped on a bus in Takapuna to downtown Auckland with a $20 note. "I don't operate a bank or offer services to the public so don't carry much change. Unfortunately, the driver disagreed and made all sorts of grumbles, looks of disgust and muttering under his breath. He then began a wonderfully exciting drive through the North Shore and on to Albert St. I lost count of the number of intersections he pulled into, causing traffic with the right of way to brake to avoid him. Together with the rock-hard seats and smelly passengers, I think I'll be avoiding buses for as long as possible."
None of her business
A British great-grandmother has won her fight against a £50 ($105) fine for picking up the wrong dog poo. Pam Robson was accused of failing to clean up after Derik, her Labrador, in a field in January. The council said the 60-year-old had picked up mess from a different dog. Mrs Robson said she had been talking to her daughter on her mobile phone when her dog ran off and relieved itself. She was approached by two men, one wearing a city council jerkin, and told it was the wrong mess. "I picked up the other mess, too, but he said I'd still be fined," she said. When she refused to pay a penalty notice, she was threatened with court action, but after she spoke to her MP and a lawyer, the case was dropped. (Source: BBC)
Pizza with a graveyard tang
Italian prosecutors believe pizza in Naples may be baked in ovens lit with wood from coffins dug up in the local cemetery, Il Giornale reports. Investigators are looking at the thousands of small pizzerias and bakeries that dot the city whose owners may be trying to economise by buying wood from a gang that has been raiding cemeteries for coffins to sell as fuel.
So how do you have sex, then?
Known for his odd behaviour, actor Nicolas Cage tells the Sun about his diet. "I actually choose the way I eat according to the way animals have sex," he says. Huh? "I think fish are dignified with sex," he explains. "So are birds. But pigs, not so much. So I don't eat pig meat or things like that. I eat fish and fowl."
Business as unusual for police
Kim writes: "As a member of the very elite police squad that your reader from Grey Lynn saw jogging in the early hours of Sunday morning, I can inform you that we had just finished closing down an extremely disorderly and noisy party. Pleased to hear our formations looked impressive."
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Today's Webpick: The Ukrainian President gets hit in the head with a wreath at a memorial service. Go here.
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