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"Er, maybe he forgot he still had the trailer on the back?" says Dave who spotted this parking in St Heliers.
Distracting interior noises
A man with a rare medical condition that meant he heard his eyeballs move in their sockets has been cured. For six years Oxfordshire man Stephen Mabbutt, 57, could also hear his own heart beating and was eventually diagnosed with an unusual ear condition in which sounds inside the body are heard very loudly. The condition meant that the noise from chewing food became deafening. Mr Mabbutt told the BBC: "When I raised my voice I could hear it reverberating in my head and the vibrations made my vision vibrate. Eventually I could hear my heart beating and my eyes moving in their sockets. It was really distracting." A CT scan found perforations inside the semicircular canals and an operation sealed the defect. (Source: Telegraph.co.uk)
Some things best not shared
More ways to over-share from Facebook: Expectant parents can now announce they have conceived by adding "Expected Child" to their Facebook family member status option, with the option to add an ultrasound photo, the name of the unborn child and a due date. Some users love the idea; but others were wary in case the pregnancy didn't go to plan. This comment said it best: "A friend of mine gleefully posted in her status that she was pregnant ... five weeks in! I was terrified that something bad would happen, and it did. She got sick, and then status-updated every harrowing step along the way to finally losing the baby three months later. ... there are some things that should remain within the circle of REAL friends and family, and not be shared with your brother's co-worker's sister that you had a great time with at the lake." (Source: TheMarySue.com)
Slo-mo gets the chop
The Baywatch-esque slo-mo bikini jog of the school girl checkout chick in the Countdown ads has been edited out coincidentally soon after a Sideswipe reader suggested maybe it wasn't appealing to the female household shopper. Now that's listening to your market.
Try a bucket of soapy water ...
Almost everyone in greater Auckland wrote in, holier than thou, to suggest our carwash correspondent try a bucket of soapy water and a bit of elbow grease. Our dissatisfied carwash customer responds: "Like I've got time to do it myself? It's a company car so they pay for the washes ... I just feel bad for everyone else getting ripped off. Plus I drive 50,000km a year and go through roadworks two or three times a day."
... or a treat at 3am
The folk at Cleanco Truck Wash at 331 Neilson St, Onehunga were sorry to hear about our reader's bad carwash experience. "We do a great car wash for only $12 and are open 24 hours a day seven days a week - great for those with no social life who can come in at 3am on Sunday morning if they like. Free coffee and you get to see some amazing big trucks."