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A couple who brought a second hand pram in an internet auction got more than they bargained for when they found it also contained a gun. They had collected the pram from Hamburg and later found a 9mm pistol in the side pocket. Naturally they called the police who searched the seller’s house. He said the gun didn’t belong to him.

A man in Arizona was surprised to be told he had a large penis painted on the roof of his house. Mr Walker was contacted by a Channel 12 News crew who asked him about the penis. Although he knew nothing about it, he speculates that it might have been put there during his bachelor party. Mr Walker now plans to paint over the penis shape.

After reports of a miraculous vision of the Virgin Mary in the sky, around 50 people were left blinded because they had stared at the sun. The vision was said to have appeared in the sky in southeast India. After one hospital reported 48 cases of people being admitted with burned retinas churches in the area warned their congregations that looking at the sun will cause permanent blindness and that there is no miracle.

Lefkos Hajji had it all worked out, he would propose to his girlfriend by giving her a helium balloon with a diamond ring inside it. Unfortunately he had not taken into account the rather windy weather. He took the ring the £6,000 ring to a florist who put it inside the balloon for him but on leaving the shop a gust of wind blew the balloons away. Although he chased them for over two hours he eventually lost sight of the balloons and his ring. He is still hoping that someone will find the ring and return to it him.

Voters in Sri Lanka were unable to reach the polling station because it was blocked by a herd of elephants. Security forces were brought in to drive the elephants away after they blocked access to the polling booths in the village of Wellaveli. Police reportedly sent out a security team armed with sirens and loud hailers to disperse the elephants.

A former stuntman who is fed up with his offices being attached by arsonists has made an interesting deterrent. He has loaded a catapult with chicken manure which will fire and cover any intruders with mess. On a more practical note he has also installed 32 CCTV cameras.

I thought I was seeing things when I came across the headline “Tony Blair launches artistic career”. It gets much stranger than that, however, when you learn that the Tony Blair to whom the article refers, is a rat. The artistic rat has been causing quite a stir in art circles with his masterpiece which is made entirely out of avocado. The rat has also produced another piece which features a gnawed four leaf clover which he calls “Am I still Lucky?” Tony’s owner says "I first noticed his creative potential when he walked across some clay tiles and left his paw prints and it went from there." I must see whether any of my cats are hiding an artistic talent.

Police dogs in Germany will get special blue plastic shoes for when they go out on patrol. All 20 of the police dogs are being trained to walk in the new shoes which have been introduced because of the high rate of paw injuries the dogs sustain whilst on duty. The shoes come in small, medium and large and even match the police officer’s uniforms.