British people are weird

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Ball's Back In Your Court, Lava Grillers

7:23am August 07, 2015

A Welshman named Russel Erwood recently cooked burgers on a charcoal grill, balanced on the end of pole, the other end of which he was balancing on his sternum. All to be designated his town's fool.

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Politics & Government

Clearer Than Bureacratese: Airport Official Replies To Politician In Klingon

8:25am July 15, 2015

When a member of the Welsh National Assembly asked a nearby airport about possible UFO sightings, he got a polite response — issued in perhaps the least-diplomatic-sounding fictional language.

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World News

A Do-Not-Fly List For The Do-Not-Tan Crowd

12:48pm July 13, 2015

A Scottish girl's natural pallor nearly kept her family from an overseas trip when airline workers declared her too sickly-looking to fly.

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British Runner Leaps Feet-First Into Marriage

7:02am December 12, 2014

Ben Chudley used a GPS app and a very indirect jog to spell out a message to his girlfriend: Will You Marry Me? Luckily, she didn't run the other way.

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For The Sophisticated Souse, Fabric Infused With A Whiff Of Whiskey

8:13am December 11, 2014

Johnnie Walker Black Label has teamed up with an Edinburgh university to invent cloth that emits a subtle aroma of liquor, a scent the researchers say some find attractive.

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Sports

Lebron Somehow Forgets British Royals' Well-Known 'No Touching' Rule

6:23am December 10, 2014

In a photo op, the Cleveland Cavaliers star put his arm around Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge. The press in England immediately went into a huffy Miss Manners mode.

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Politics & Government

Britain's House Of Lords Still Seems As Elitist As The Name Suggests

6:23am December 10, 2014

The unelected legislative body recently refused to merge its catering services with those of the House of Commons, out of concerns for the quality of the chamber's champagne selection.

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