Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs

Around The Weird: Bizarre News Briefs

DAVENPORT, Iowa (Wireless Flash) – Two Iowa men who tattooed the logo of their local rock radio station on their foreheads are now suing the station for leading them to believe they’d be paid $150,000 a pop. The DJ who orchestrated the stunt now says he was pulling a practical joke when he told them about the offer, reports Iowa’s Quad-City Times.

OTSU, Japan – Talk about a bum claim: A former Japanese prisoner with an artificial anus recently sued his government for keeping him in solitary confinement for more than two years. The judge disagreed, blaming the confinement on the “plaintiff’s failure to properly maintain his artificial anus.”

TOKYO – An “All-Naked Orchestra” featuring 20 naked female musicians recently made its debut in Tokyo. Reportedly, the audience was standing erect as the group performed three Tchaikovsky ditties for an upcoming video.

HOUSTON – Here’s some titillating news: According to the Adam & Eve sex toy company, 42 percent of American men say women are sexier before breast implants.

BEIJING – The battle to save endangered species may become extinct soon if Chinese researchers have anything to do with it. Beijing’s ChinaDaily.com reports that a group of Chinese researchers is planning to clone an endangered Giant Panda within the next two years.