When you visit Hanafins Camera and Video at Westfield mall in Henderson you might notice something out of the ordinary.

"Hey Wellington domestic airport, what's up with the no toilet paper in the ladies loo!"

Using the measurements of an average 19-year-old woman, artist Nickolay Lamm has created a Barbie shaped like a real person.

A news graphic from a 3 News story about a dog named Bruno aired here nearly two years ago.

Next you'll be able to marry them! Virgin Australia has unleashed Australia's first frequent flyer programme for pets.

Sideswipe column for June 28

Paul's favourite brand of hot chips, Birds Eye, has cut the size of their bags of chips by a whopping 25 per cent but the retail price charged by Countdown has only been reduced by a miserly 8 per cent.

A reader writes: "Mate found his trampoline in the pool this morning after torrential weather on the Shore yesterday. New sport ... watertrampolining?"

John writes: "My lovely wife Polly is always losing her mobile, and as she doesn't get a lot of calls, is not overly familiar with the ring. The other day she couldn't find it anywhere so picked up the landline in the office and rang her mobile.

My sister and nephew came to visit me when I was a student in the fair city of Stirling in Scotland.

In March this ad appeared briefly on real estate listing and its Benny Hill 70s inappropriateness was noted in Sideswipe. Now the Advertising Standard Authority has ruled it was in breach.

A Hamilton pensioner emailed Aussie toothpaste company to say he had to cut open the tube with a Stanley knife.

A Wisconsin town might have finally figured out a way to deal with childhood bullies: fine their parents.

New York's Office of Mental Health is selling a used, but fully operational, morgue refrigerator and the New York Post highlights the rather grisly listing it has posted on eBay.

The US Department of Agriculture reported recently that in four of America's largest cities nearly one home out of 100 keeps chickens for a fresh egg supply or as pets.

A reader from Pukekohe writes: "We live opposite the fenced-off playground in Newsham Park and it is getting beyond a joke.

Fraser Heron spotted this in The Warehouse, Rotorua.

A cyclist was stopped by police in Keynsham, Somerset, for not wearing "the right road bike clothing".

A hedgehog in Bude, Cornwall, England, was taken to the vet because he was so big and round that he couldn't walk or curl up.

Women's body shapes have long been scrutinised and categorised - the apple, the bell, the cello - and now men can enjoy the same classification.

Megan took this photo in the street in Karvina, Moravia, Czech Republic.