An octopus has caused havoc in his aquarium by performing juggling tricks using his fellow occupants, smashing rocks against the glass and turning off the power by shortcircuiting a lamp.
Staff believe that the octopus called Otto had been annoyed by the bright light shining into his aquarium and had discovered he could extinguish it by climbing onto the rim of his tank and squirting a jet of water in its direction.
The short-circuit had baffled electricians as well as staff at the Sea Star Aquarium in Coburg, Germany, who decided to take shifts sleeping on the floor to find out what caused the mysterious blackouts.
A spokesman said: "It was a serious matter because it shorted the electricity supply to the whole aquarium that threatened the lives of the other animals when water pumps ceased to work.
"It was on the third night that we found out that the octopus Otto was responsible for the chaos.
"We knew that he was bored as the aquarium is closed for winter, and at two feet, seven inches Otto had discovered he was big enough to swing onto the edge of his tank and shoot out a the 2000 Watt spot light above him with a carefully directed jet of water."
Director Elfriede Kummer who witnessed the act said: "We've put the light a bit higher now so he shouldn't be able to reach it. But Otto is constantly craving for attention and always comes up with new stunts so we have realised we will have to keep more careful eye on him - and also perhaps give him a few more toys to play with.
"Once we saw him juggling the hermit crabs in his tank, another time he threw stones against the glass damaging it. And from time to time he completely re-arranges his tank to make it suit his own taste better - much to the distress of his fellow tank inhabitants."
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq said it has decided to sell Saddam Hussein's luxury yacht after winning a legal dispute over its ownership.
The former dictator's 269-foot superyacht is fitted with swimming pools, salons, a secret passage and a rocket launching system.
Iraq's government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement that the government on Sunday agreed to part with the superyacht.
French authorities seized the boat on January 31 after it docked in Nice on the Mediterranean coast. The yacht remained there while courts settled a row over the ship's ownership.
A yacht brokerage firm had tried to sell the boat for a reported $35 million. But Iraq said the yacht still belonged the country.
Batman, the small subdistrict of Ankara, Turkey announced on Wednesday their attention to sue Warner Bros. for its Batman movie franchise. According to the story at India’s Top News, Batman mayor Huseyin Kalkan feels permission should have been obtained prior to filming. The very first filmed Batman was the 1943 serial with the first full-length feature being the 1966 movie with the television cast. More recently, The Dark Knight amassed $992,764,009 in global box office receipts according to Box Office Mojo.
Batman became a distinct subdistrict in 1937, two years before the character’s debut in Detective Comics #27. The name comes from the Batman River and as it prospered it first became a town of Siirt in 1957, and in 1990 was made its own province.
"There is only one Batman in this world," said Kalkan. "Without telling us, the US makers of the films have taken the name of our region."
The mayor confirmed for the press that he would file suit in the United States if it came to that.
Hamelin's right on this one. They've had a long time to do this.
I'm not talking principally, I'm talking legally. There's a statute of limitations on cases like these, and if you don't make a case within a certain time frame, then the case cannot be taken to court. International affairs get tricky like this, but I would imagine that 42-65 years, depending on when you start counting, is way beyond the statute.
A spokesman for the Diocese of Bath and Wells said: "There is no such thing as a real gnome so why should we have such unnatural creatures in churchyards?"
I'm just embarrassed I have no idea what it is. Why when I was younger I could quote with the best of them! Back when kids respected their elders and when the funniest exchange was talking about cursed frogurt and how it contains potassium benzoate, which was bad!
Sigh. But I'm old now. Pretty soon I'll be out of touch completely and talking about how you shouldn't poo poo a nickel, because a nickel will buy you a steak and kidney pie, a cup of coffee, a slice of cheesecake and a newsreel, with enough change left over to ride the trolley from Battery Park to the polo grounds.
CHRISTMAS EPISODE WITH GARY COLEMAN. THE SCHOOL WAS BOUGHT BY A TOY COMPANY THAT USED THE KIDS FOR MARKETING PURPOSES AND MADE THE NEW POPULAR TOY "FUNZO". IT WAS IRONIC THAT LISA WAS PUNISHED FOR DOING SCHOOLWORK WHILE BART WAS GETTING GOOD GRADES.
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I'm not talking principally, I'm talking legally. There's a statute of limitations on cases like these, and if you don't make a case within a certain time frame, then the case cannot be taken to court. International affairs get tricky like this, but I would imagine that 42-65 years, depending on when you start counting, is way beyond the statute.
Not that anyone is going to care anyway.
I love you so much Iggy. That was so beautiful and aweseom I think I might cry.
Although I assume you meant "irony".
Sigh. But I'm old now. Pretty soon I'll be out of touch completely and talking about how you shouldn't poo poo a nickel, because a nickel will buy you a steak and kidney pie, a cup of coffee, a slice of cheesecake and a newsreel, with enough change left over to ride the trolley from Battery Park to the polo grounds.
THE GARY COLEMAN PARTS WERE PRETTY FUNNY.
BA-DUM CHING.
THEN AGAIN, GARY COLEMAN IS ALWAYS PRETTY AWESOME.