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‘No undie sundie’ banned

An Australian pub has halted a promotion offering free drinks to girls who took off their knickers and showed them to the customers.

The “No Undie Sundie” at the Saint Hotel in Melbourne, Australia, offered $50 worth of drinks to girls who whipped off their garments and hung them over the bar.

The event was criticised by women protection groups, reports The Sun.

Liquor Licensing Victoria director, Sue Maclellan said: “On the face of it, it looks like an inappropriate liquor promotion and we will be investigating with a view to banning it.”

Man has sex with car

A drunk man has been arrested after being caught having sex with a car.

The car’s owner left the SUV on a quiet street in the US.

The man, who has not been named, was seen with his pants down and getting friendly with the front of the car.

He was arrested after passers-by called the police, reports Metro.

Woman, 33, posed as daughter to enrol at school

A 33-year-old US woman posed as her 15-year-old daughter to enrol at school because she wanted to be a cheerleader.

Wendy Brown, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has been charged with identity theft after used her daughter’s ID to become a student at the school.

She attended cheerleading practices and a party at the cheerleading coach’s house. She was given a cheerleader locker and paid for her uniform with a check that later bounced.

Officials said the woman stopped attending school after the first day, prompting a truancy investigation that led to the discovery of the woman’s true identity.

Teachers said the student appeared older but had a teenage-like demeanour.

“In school you see a lot of children who look older and dress older,” said Don Penza, liaison officer. “At what point do you say, ‘You’re lying.'”

The woman told police she wanted to get her high school diploma and become a cheerleader because she had no childhood.

“We find it not funny at all,” said Lt. Jody Crocker of the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Department.

Streaker knocked himself out
A streaker fell over and knocked himself unconscious during a football match in Australia.

The streaker jumped over the fence and on to the pitch in front of jeering fans during a match between United and Hummocks Watchman Eagles at Virginia Oval, north of Adelaide.

Witnesses told AdelaideNow that he did a “funny jump” on the pitch, landed heavily on his head and knocked himself out cold.

St John Ambulance volunteers at the ground attended to him and several minutes later he was carried from the oval, still naked, on a stretcher. He reportedly recovered soon after.

Prof: ‘Schools should teach magic’
A psychologist says British children should follow in Harry Potter’s footsteps and study magic at school.

Professor Richard Wiseman says conjuring boosts children’s self-confidence and social skills, reports the Daily Mirror.

“Learning magic requires self-discipline, an understanding of how other people think and an ability to entertain,” he said.

“And unlike computer games it encourages children to interact with their friends and family.”

Researchers tried out his theory by sending 50 children in Hertfordshire to magic school.

They learned to repair a rope cut in half and did a Derren Brown-style mind-reading card trick. They later performed in front of friends and family.

They were tested two weeks later and scored higher in confidence and social skills than their classmates who had been to conventional personal and health lessons.

Prof Wiseman told the British Association of Science Festival in Liverpool: “We would like to roll this out nationally as part of the national curriculum.

“The success of Harry Potter means it’s fun going to magic lessons. We couldn’t stop them. There was a real sense of excitement.”

He added: “They have to have the self-discipline to learn the trick and think it through and look at it from someone else’s perspective. They also had to learn to keep a secret while being likeable.”

Minister quits for dancing in his undies

An Australian government minister has been forced to resign for dancing in his underpants at an office party.

Matt Brown quit only three days after he was sworn in as police minister of New South Wales, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

It came after reports were leaked that Brown danced in “very brief” pants to techno music on a leather couch during a drunken office party and straddled the breasts of a lady MP.

Premier Nathan Rees said he demanded Brown’s resignation because the former lawyer had given assurances that “absolutely nothing untoward” had happened during the party.

“I subsequently put it to former minister Brown late last night that there are too many reports of you in your underwear for me to ignore,” Rees told local radio.

“He conceded he’d been in his underwear and that gave me no option but to demand his resignation,” Rees added.

Mr Brown has admitted behaving “in a manner not befitting a minister”, but denied claims that he straddled the breasts of Wollongong MP Noreen Hay at the post-budget party.

A witness told The Australian newspaper that Mr Brown stripped and danced to loud techno music, then “mounted the chest” of Ms Hay.

The saga is a major embarrassment for the new government whose cabinet ministers were sworn in on Monday.

A visibly shattered Mr Rees said he was fed up and conceded the revelations were a big setback: “Embarrassed doesn’t begin to describe it … It’s beyond even anger. This is just a gross disappointment,” he said.

Porter happy with 25th wife
A Nepalese porter says he has finally found happiness after 24 failed marriages.

Ramchandra Katuwal, 49, of Khandbari municipality in Sankhuwasava, and his 25th wife recently celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary.

The landless labourer says that his marriage to Sharada has been a “journey of happiness”, reports the BBC.

And for Mr Katuwal, the trek before his latest journey was paved with pitfalls and potholes. He first got married at the age of 26.

His first wife set a precedent followed by many of her successors: she eloped with her lover. From then onwards his life veered from one disastrous marriage to another.

“My second wife also ran away,” he said, “and the third one too.”

From the succession of wives who came and went over a 16-year period, Mr Katuwal says he can only remember nine of them clearly.

“(Like other ex-wives) the 24th one also ran away. And I decided not to marry again,” he said.

But his resolve did not last and he wed 23-year-old Sharada seven years ago: “I wanted to have a wife, because a house is not house without a wife,” he said.

Mr Katuwal says that he is now so happy he has vowed not to marry again.

Boy, 5, blew £60,000 at shops
A five-year-old boy went on a £60,000 shopping spree after finding a fortune in cash in his dad’s safe.

The boy took a gang of friends to a shopping mall and blew the loton clothes, toys, bicycles, sweets, computers and games.

His father Slobodan Markovic, a Serbian businessman, kept the money in a safe at home, only realised what had happened when his son and his friends came home with dozens of shopping bags.

He said: “I must have forgotten to lock the safe and he just saw the money and took it. I have asked the police to investigate because it is unbelievable that the shop owners let such a young boy do this.”

A Belgrade police spokesman confirmed they are investigating Djodja Markovic’s spending spree.

Reprieve for jailed goats
A minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ordered a Kinshasa jail to release a dozen goats.

Deputy Justice Minister Claude Nyamugabo said he found the goats just in time during a routine jail visit.

The beasts were due to appear in court, charged with being sold illegally by the roadside, reports the BBC.

The minister said many police had serious gaps in their knowledge and they would be sent for retraining.

Mr Nyamugabo was conducting a routine visit to the prison when, he said, he was astonished to discover not only humans, but a herd of goats crammed into a prison cell in the capital.

He has blamed the police for the incident. It is not clear what will happen to the owners of the goats, who have also been imprisoned.

Murder on the dancefloor…
A Romanian woman was arrested after she pulled out a pistol and took pot shots at a disco Romeo who wouldn’t take no for an answer.

Fed-up Raluca Radu, 24, let fly after the luckless lover asked her to dance five times at the nightclub in Pascani.

Her four shots missed her would-be suitor who fled the club unharmed. She faces charges

“This guy was really coming on strong and being a real pain. She took the gun out of her handbag and let rip. I doubt anyone will be brave enough to ask her for a dance for a long time,” said one clubber.

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