Sideswipe

English spoken here ... sort of. This little gem is on view at the Mt Wellington Shopping Centre.

Volunteer Shane Dryden is upset at Sylvia Park's uncharitable attitude during Breast Cancer Awareness Week: "Not only did management charge the charity $200 for use of the space in its mall and a table for Pink Ribbon Day on Friday, but it also wouldn't allow chairs."

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A police officer in South Carolina used a Taser on a cow wandering along a road. Two zaps later, the cow's owner still couldn't corral the animal. Police spent several hours chasing the cow in and out of traffic before giving up the pursuit. Last January, the same officer used his Taser to rescue a woman from an aggressive billy goat.

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A Dutchman used World War II hand grenades as ornaments in his house, without realising they were dangerous. Heimen van der Wal, from Makkum, kept the grenades on his mantelpiece for decades after discovering them in woods as a child. "We thought they were harmless," said his wife, Marjan. "Our children have even played with them." Last week, he showed them to a friend who immediately realised the danger. An army spokesman said the pin on one of the antique grenades was so rusty, any sudden movement could have caused an explosion. (Source: Ananova.com)

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Rogan Polkinghorne saw the picture of the recycling bin stuck up a tree in yesterday's Sideswipe and says it's outside his flat. "It is the result of my drunken flatmate Nigel getting a bit exuberant last Friday night," he explains. All hungover attempts to retrieve it on Saturday morning failed, and it's stayed up there all week in spite of the windy weather!"