Canadian Mother Charges Adult Son $1,000 For Not Appreciating Her Financial Support

A Canadian Reddit user by the username Chalipo who lives with his parents shared a bill his mom gave to him for being an 'unappreciative assole'. Chalipo's said his mother decided to charge him for all the ways in which she'd been supporting him.

 The total bill for the mum's support for the past 13 months summed up to $29,176.09 USD.
The Redditor says he attends school full-time, works part-time, and also has an internship but that his parents have helped him with a roof over his head, working internet, and a stocked fridge.

She also charged him for a fifth share of the house's electricity bill (called Hydro in parts of Canada), the gas bill, internet, and cable etc.

Meet Canadian Mayor Who Wore Same Suit For Over One Year

Double standards are alive and thriving in politics. To prove that, one B.C. mayor wore the same suit for well over a year and waited for someone to notice and say something about it.

No one did.

Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said his 15-month social experiment only came to an end after a councillor made an offhand remark about his “plain, off-the-rack, boring, dark blue” suit.

“The comment was actually because three councillors had worn grey suits, and I was in a dark blue suit. So it was a flippant ‘Didn’t you get the memo?' comment,’ Stewart wrote on Facebook Monday.

In a 1,300-word note titled “What if the mayor wore the same suit for a year?” — most of it written in 2014 to reflect his thoughts when he began his test — Stewart talked about his experience.

He made reference to women in B.C.’s legislature — who make up 25 per cent of all MLAs — and how they face criticism based solely on what they choose to wear.

Oddities! Woman turns 40, had no man...and decided to marry herself.

Yasmin Eleby from Houston, Texas promised herself when she was much younger that if she hit 40 and wasn't married, she would marry herself. And so when she hit 40 recently and wasn't married and didn't even have a man, she kept that promise to herself. Yasmin threw herself a full wedding, complete with a candlelit ceremony.

She had her mum walk her down the aisle, and had her sister who is a minster, help her say vows, in a spiritual ceremony - because you can't legally marry yourself in America. Her other three sisters were her bridesmaid and her friends attended. The wedding took place at Huston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC), on Saturday, January 3, 2015. See the photos after the cut...

Chinese sales reps who missed targets forced to kneel on public bridge and chant 'We are sorry'

Yahoo UK - Shamed: The sales reps for the unknown company are made to apologize.

Yahoo!

For most sales people, failing to beat their targets might mean a private dressing down from the boss or missing out on a bonus.

But these shamed execs in China were publicly humiliated for missing their targets – by being forced to kneel on a bridge and chant how sorry they were.

Pedestrians who were using a busy crossover in the city of Xiamen, the capital of south-eastern China’s Fujian Province, were stunned to see the men and women in suits on their knees with messages in front of them detailing their name, age, and exactly what it was that they had done to bring such shame on themselves.

One, named as Zhen Liu, 43, had the handwritten message on the ground in front of him saying: "I failed to beat my sales targets."

Oddities! Angry UK mother explains why she invoiced 5yr old for missing birthday party

A heated row between two mums over Facebook has revealed how a five-year-old ended up being invoiced for missing a birthday party. Derek Nash and Tanya Walsh were stunned when they found a bill for £15.95 inside their son's school bag.

Alex Nash (pictured with his dad), aged five, decided to go on an outing with his grandparents instead of taking up an invite to attend the friend's birthday bash at a snow centre. But delivery driver Derek was horrified when Alex came home with an invoice in a brown envelope from party host Julie Lawrence in his school bag last Thursday.

Chinese Couple Spends Life Savings On Stray Animals

A husband and wife in China are seeking new homes for more than 50 cats and dogs, after spending their life savings looking after the animals.

Hu Fengduan and his wife live alongside the pets in a flat measuring just 20 sq m (215 sq ft), the China News Service reports.

The animals are former strays which the couple took in from the streets of Chengdu, in the southwestern province of Sichuan. It started 10 years ago with the rescue of a cat who was stuck on a roof, Mr Hu is quoted to have said.

Albinos Killed in Tanzania for Money & Power Rituals

Tanzania has banned soothsayers in order to protect albinos, dozens of who have been killed in recent years for their body parts which are used in power and wealth rituals, media reported on Wednesday.

Home Affairs Minister, Mathias Chikawe announced the creation of a task force comprising representatives of the government and the Tanzania Albino Society (TAS) to investigate the killings.

About 70 albinos, people born without pigmentation have been killed in the east African country over the past six years.

The report says their body parts, ranging from hearts to genitals, are regarded as powerful magical ingredients. However, it said that 10 people have been convicted of murder.

“The new task force will review court cases involving albino killings to make sure culprits did not get away too lightly.

Lol! Pet Worth Over $24,000 Snatched In Surrey, UK

Police are still searching for a rare bulldog puppy worth £16,000 ($24,000) which was snatched from its breeder's home.

A man interested in buying the pup ran away with the eight-week-old rare lilac bulldog from a property in Tadworth, Surrey, in October, assaulting a relative of the breeder in the process.

Five men have been arrested in connection with the theft but have been released on bail. Police say they are still looking for the puppy and urged citizens to be at alert in case they notice their neighbour has a new pet.

Thishappened! Bruce Jenner covers InTouch magazine...as a woman!

From Gawker..

Former honorary Kardashian Bruce Jenner has never officially said he’s transitioning from male to female, but that didn’t stop In Touch from horribly photoshopping what they think he would look like if he did. His ex-wife, Kardashian momager Kris Jenner, is reportedly pissed off at the magazine for the upcoming cover, which implies he told his family he was going to transition.

Kris is telling friends, “It’s just mean to do whether or not it’s true,” adding that “Bruce has never said he’s going down the road to change his sex, but the cover reads that way.

Oddities! Manila traffic enforcers to wear diapers during Pope’s visit

In this Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 photo, commuters wait for their ride at a waiting shed which showcases next week's visit of Pope Francis in Manila, Philippine. Bullit Marquez/AP

The Associated Press
When Pope Francis visits the Philippines next week, traffic enforcers won’t let the capital’s streets get gridlocked if they have to answer the call of nature.

About 2,000 traffic enforcers who will be on duty during the Jan. 15-19 papal visit will be required to wear adult diapers, said Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Francis Tolentino.

Tolentino also encouraged people who will wait for hours to see the pope to also wear diapers.

The prospect of wearing diapers while on duty was “well received” by his men, he said Wednesday.

Meet Woman With World's biggest fake boobs 'bra size 32Z'

31 year old German model Mayra Hills better known by her online name, Beshine claims to own the world's largest fake boobs. The surgical enhanced boobies reportedly contains 10 litres of saline solution and weigh a whopping 9kg (20lb) each. Her bra size is a mammoth 32Z. And she's very proud of them!

The world's largest natural boobs are 48V. See more photos after the cut...

German nurse admits killing 30 patients out of boredom

The handcuffed ex-nurse covers his face with a folder in a courtroom of the regional court in Oldenburg, northern Germany

A German court has heard that a former male nurse admitted killing more than 30 patients at a hospital where he worked, allegedly out of boredom.

A psychiatric expert told the trial that the 38-year-old defendant had confessed to the killings during recently held assessments, a court spokesman said.

The ex-nurse went on trial in Oldenburg in northern Germany in September, accused of the murder of three patients and attempted murder of two others.

The expert said the defendant had admitted to those charges, as well as saying he had over-medicated another 90 patients, 30 of whom died, the spokesman said.

Caption This! Family Accepts Strange Monkey To Play Mother Role To Their New Baby

A family in India have accepted a monkey who stumbled into their home and started playing the role of a ‘mother’ to their little baby. At first they were scared when they first saw the animal, but were later relaxed when he played and acted like a ‘mummy’ to their daughter. Hear the father;

Oops! See what this woman did to herself just to get bigger butt

27 year old Brazilian beauty Andressa Urach spent a month in intensive care after cosmetic gels rotted her muscles after she got surgery to enhance her butt. The model, who was 2nd runner Miss Bum Bum Brazil in 2012, said she feared she would lose her leg after the gel inserted into each of her upper thighs 'rotted' her muscles. Her wounds then got infected, causing septic shock.

She reportedly had injections of two filers, hydrogel and PMMA, to make her butt larger but a few months after the cosmetics surgery, she knew something was wrong as she became uncomfortable. The gel had to be drained from her butt. "The hydrogel was not absorbed by my body and started to harm me." she told Brazil's R7 website...

FYI, Transgender crisis hotline launches in Canada

Trans Lifeline is run by volunteers, all of whom identify as trans. (Greta Martela)

The Early Edition, CBC News
A crisis hotline for transgender people has expanded to Canada, offering counselling from transgender volunteers.

Trans Lifeline was launched in San Francisco by Greta Martela, who is a transgender woman.

She told Rick Cluff of CBC Radio Vancouver's The Early Edition the idea began while she was working for another non-profit organization.

"We were just a social organization, but we did have a 1-800 number and I would get calls from all over the country for people who were in crisis," she said.
"The fact that that phone number would be the best choice for anyone — I found really upsetting."

The hotline had a soft launch in the U.S. in September, with its official launch on the Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20.

Germany Police Hunt Stolen Pigeon Worth $184,000

Police in Germany are looking for a missing pigeon, and any finder could be in line for a 10,000-euro ($12,250) reward. Duesseldorf police said Tuesday that the 6-year-old male homing pigeon, named AS 969, was stolen at some point on Saturday night from a locked aviary in the city's suburbs.

They say the light gray bird is valued by its owner at 150,000 euros ($184,000) and police suspect the thief or thieves were "connoisseurs" as it was the most valuable in an aviary full of other homing pigeons.

The owner offered a 10,000-euro reward for the bird's recovery.

Boston Woman Claims She Is Instructed By God To Throw Raw Meat At Police

"I'm here to feed the pigs." According to The Boston Globe, that's what a Massachusetts woman said on Friday before throwing a Dunkin' Donuts box full of sausage and bacon at the front desk of the Framingham police station.,

Thwarted in her feeding attempt by a layer of bulletproof glass, police say 24-year-old Lindsay McNamara then began "smearing the greasy meat" on the window.

From the Boston Herald:

Wow! Check Out Isaiah Webb ‘Incredibeard’

Isaiah Webb is his real name but he is popular as ‘Incredibeard’ on the internet. The 30-year-old man from San Francisco has left his beard to grow for the past two years and he has been creating beard sculptures with it.

See some of the creative stuff he's done after the cut...

US Prisoner From Cuba Gives Sperm to Wife by Artificial Insemination

One of the Cuban prisoners freed last week in a swap for American contractor Alan Gross was allowed to provide sperm to impregnate his wife while he was still behind bars, U.S. officials said Monday.

Gerardo Hernandez was seen caressing the belly of his very pregnant wife, Adriana Perez, at a public event to celebrate his homecoming over the weekend.

She's due to give birth in just two weeks — thanks to a "humanitarian" artificial insemination brokered by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.

New Study Shows The Power of Hugs To Ward Off Stress And Infections

AFP
It may sound strange, but hugs can protect stressed individuals from getting sick, according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who say hugging represents a close relationship and a source of social support.

“We know that people experiencing ongoing conflicts with others are less able to fight off cold viruses,” says lead study author Sheldon Cohen. “We also know that people who report having social support are partly protected from the effects of stress on psychological states, such as depression and anxiety.”

Working with 404 healthy adults, the researchers determined each participant’s perception of social support by means of a questionnaire.

Over the course of two weeks, they held nightly telephone interviews with each participant to assess the frequencies of interpersonal conflicts in their lives and how often they received hugs.