KEY POINTS:
Caroline spotted this sign outside Whangarei's Maunu Hot Bread Shop. "The pizza bread was so hard you could have sent it through NZ Post and it wouldn't have been damaged. When I phoned, the owner told me to microwave it."
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A hand model and magician/banjo player blames a Martha Stewart-branded lounge chair for snipping off a bit of his livelihood. In a lawsuit filed against Kmart and Martha Stewart Living, Patrick Albanese of Des Moines, Iowa, said he was moving an outdoors lounger chair when the front tubular legs collapsed, snipping the tip of his right index finger off. His fingertip fell under the deck but was later retrieved and subsequently reattached. Albanese blames improper chair design and wants compensation for medical expenses and loss of earnings. His work as a hand model was affected during recovery and his ability to play the banjo during his magic act has been impaired. (Source: ABC News)
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A Dutch couple on a visit to India were charged 10,000 rupees ($365) for four "aphrodisiac" samosas. When challenged over the bill, the stall holder told them his "special" samosas cost more because they were made of herbs and had aphrodisiac qualities, the Hindustan Times reported. The couple were roaming around a cattle fair in Bihar when they got hungry and ordered the four snacks from the hawker. After an argument, the couple paid the shopkeeper. However, not convinced that the high price of the snack was justified, the couple approached the police. Officers forced the shopkeeper to return the change - 9990 rupees.
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Michael was with his children when his 8-year-old son asked who the country's new leader was. "I replied, 'John Key'," said Michael. "And for some reason all three children (the other two being 6 and 3) starting chanting the name John Key over and over again. If you do this yourself, it almost immediately sounds like you are saying, 'Donkey!"'
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Little helpers: To herald in a new batch of parliamentary ministers and the upcoming festive season, with the help of website ElfYourself.com, a video has been made of five high-profile members of the new Cabinet (from left, Paula Bennett, Pansy Wong, Gerry Brownlee, John Key and Bill English) busting some disco moves on the dance floor. They will probably never look so well co-ordinated again! Now in its third year, ElfYourself is a site that lets users put photos of themselves, family and friends on dancing elves. In its first year, the viral hit for OfficeMax had 36 million visitors and in 2007, 193 million.
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Today's Webpick: Your new Prime Minister and some of his cabinet, dressed as Christmas elves, bust some disco moves. Watch them here.
These are the very best online videos from Ana's online magazine Spare Room.
