Who’s the bigger rat here?
A preteen snitch sent his mom to jail in Georgia for forcing him to kill his beloved pet hamster with a hammer after he got bad grades.
The 12-year-old told his teacher about the grisly punishment, and she contacted child services.
The mom faces a charge of animal cruelty, child cruelty and battery.
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No wonder they have such bad teeth in Britain.
Restaurant staffers in Cheshire refused to give a customer a toothpick, claiming it violated safety regulations.
The customer pointed at forks on tables and noted how dangerous those were, but he still didn’t get his pick.
A manager later admitted the eatery was simply out of toothpicks.
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No omerta here.
The German Embassy in Italy has been handing out maps to tourists pinpointing businesses in Palermo, Sicily, that refuse to pay the Mafia extortion money.
Germans make up the largest share of Sicily’s tourists, and the hope is they can loosen the mob’s grip on the island.
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This Method actor took his work a little too seriously.
In a play in Frankfurt, Germany, Marc Schulze was portraying a drunk but collapsed because he had downed shots of vodka rather than water.
The audience was impressed by his performance but noticed his slurring getting worse as the show went on.
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This just goes to show you can’t please anyone.
McDonald’s in Singapore removed toy pigs from Happy Meals dedicated to the Chinese zodiac to avoid offending Muslims, but instead angered Chinese diners born in the Year of the Pig.
Mickey D’s issued an abject apology to one and all.