World's Top Five Weird, Funny and Hot News of July 30, 2013.
New Zealand immigration officials say man is too fat to live there
A South African chef living in New Zealand has been told he's too fat to be allowed to live in the country. BBC News reports that immigration officials said Albert Buitenhuis, who weighs 130 kg did not have "an acceptable standard of health". Buitenhuis and his wife, Marthie, moved to Christchurch in 2007, and Marthie claims he weighed 160 kg at the time.
Until now, their annual work visas had been renewed with "very little problem," she said. "We applied year after year and there were no issues. They never mentioned Albert's weight or his health once and he was a lot heavier then." The couple appealed to New Zealand's immigration minister, citing the chef's recent weight loss. But an immigration spokesman said Buitenhuis's application had been rejected because his obesity put him at "significant risk" of complications including diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.
Fifty Shades might be to blame for spike in handcuff mishaps
London firefighters say they've had to free dozens of people trapped in handcuffs recently in what they think might be the "Fifty Shades effect," prompting a cheeky warning for thrill-seekers to make sure they've got the keys before messing around.
"I don't know whether it's the Fifty Shades effect, but the number of incidents involving items like handcuffs seems to have gone up. I'm sure most people will be Fifty Shades of red by the time our crews arrive to free them," Third Officer Dave Brown of the London Fire Brigade said in a statement Monday. In the past three years, firefighters have been called to help 79 people trapped in cuffs. They've also helped nine men with rings stuck on their penises, and in the past, crews helped free a man whose penis was caught in a toaster and another whose manhood was lodged in a vaccum cleaner, the fire department said in the release. Since 2010, firefighters have also freed 18 kids with their heads stuck in potties or toilet seats.
Teacher allegedly offered officer oral sex, breast gropes
GREENACRES, Fla., July 29 (UPI) -- A Florida teacher beginning a jail sentence for a DUI hit-and-run allegedly had offered a police officer oral sex and told him he could grope her breasts.Mary Patricia Maloney, 53, of Palm Beach County, who started her 30-day jail sentence July 22, was intoxicated when she was stopped following a hit-and-run crash in Greenacres, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Monday. Police said Maloney, who had an empty jug of Carlo Rossi wine behind her driver's seat, allegedly told a police officer she would perform oral sex on him and allow him to grope her breasts if he would let her go. Maloney was sentenced to 30 days in jail after accepting a plea deal.
Reporter accidentally draws penis on live TV
A U.S. reporter has attracted international attention for unwittingly drawing a penis on screen during a live TV newscast. Siobhan Riley, who works for Flint, Mich., ABC affiliate WJRT, was trying to illustrate the effect of construction on traffic conditions in downtown Saginaw, Mich., using a map on a telestrator. The gaffe became clear as Riley drew a slightly bent line up Michigan Avenue, which was connected to what resembled testicles.
Allegation of oral sex on rush hour train in Australia investigated
Police in Perth, Australia, are combing through closed-circuit TV footage after reports that a young woman performed oral sex on a man on a commuter train during rush hour Thursday. A witness, known as Kerry, told Australian media it occurred at around 5:30 p.m. in the middle carriage of the Armadale line. "I was a few feet down from them and in the corner there were two people, male and female, with the female giving the older male oral sex, in front of everyone," Kerry said, adding the rest of the group was drinking. The woman said there were children on the train at the time. Transit guards were in another carriage and didn't do anything about it when passengers approached them, Kerry said. Officials with the Perth Transport Authority said they're investigating
whether the act occurred and whether the transit guards could have behaved better.
