Sometimes truth is like fiction and other times vice versa.
1) A widow from Croatia has submitted to the Guinness Book of Records a pickled cucumber. She claims it is the oldest in the world and was pickled by her mother-in-law on the birth of her late husband in 1930. Sadly the cucumber survived longer than her husband.
There is an urban myth that the holder of the equivalent English record is a Yorkshire man called Mr Wally Gherkin!
2) Thomas Irwin once owned a dog and a cat and they were named Kate and Sidney Pie. When Tom visited the veterinary clinic the receptionist thought his name must be Mr Pie.
3) One of the British national daily newspapers has been asking for comments about: "what it means to be British". Here is a comment from a chap in Switzerland who lived in Britain for 12 years.
"Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV; and the most British thing of all? Suspicion of anything foreign."
4) The West Sussex, England, Fire Brigade were invited to a local Primary School to talk to the children about fire safety in the home. One of the firemen let off a smoke alarm, which made its customary high-pitched noise. The 6 year olds were asked what the noise represented. A little boy’s hand went up and he answered, "That’s mummy cooking dinner."
5) In Budapest, early in January 2006, firemen were needed to lift a 50 stone woman from her home so that she could attend hospital.
They need to remove a window and break down the wall so that the bed could be strapped to a forklift truck. This took 13 firemen 5 hours.The unnamed woman was in hospital on a weight loss programme.
6) In Eliat, Israel, at the turn of the year 2006, an English woman married a dolphin in a ceremony where she wore a white dress and a pink tiara.
She had been visiting Cindy, the dolphin for some 15 years. The woman dived in with Cindy and she gave him a hug and told the dolphin that she loved him.
What a colourful world we live in. Maybe we can call these True Fiction?
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