A Santa working in an Australian department store has claimed he was sacked for saying “ho ho ho” because it could offend women.
Employment company Westaff, which supplies shops with their own red-robed Father Christmas, had earlier asked its Santas not to use the phrase.
It claimed that as the word “ho” is American slang for whore, it could be offensive to female shoppers.
A Hairdresser Has Found Top-Secret Plans For A Bank Safety Vault
09 Dec
Posted by Inna Korshunova as Amusing news
A hairdresser in Berlin has found top-secret plans for a bank safety vault in a backyard bin.
The amazing find comes only four weeks after the Bundesbank building in the German city was officially opened after major renovation work.
The 26-year-old male hairdresser found the detailed drawings of the safety arrangements at the bank when he went to throw out his rubbish.
Fancy your own jumbo jet? Well, part of a 747 has been put up for sale on eBay.
The 40ft-long fuselage has been placed on the internet auction site by a design company, which used the mock-up aircraft to create a new line of interiors for airline Cathay Pacific.
Archaeologists are trying to solve the riddle of three mysterious ceramic heads that have been uncovered in Edinburgh and Dumfriesshire.
A bodiless male head was found after St Margaret’s Loch in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, was partially drained.
A smaller female head was later discovered on grassland in the nearby Spring gardens.
The World’s Oldest Rolls Royce Sells For Record £3.5m ($7.3m)
05 Dec
Posted by Inna Korshunova as Amusing news
The world’s oldest surviving Rolls Royce car has driven away with two records after it sold at auction in London for £3.5m ($7.3m).The price is the highest ever paid for a car built before 1905 and is also the most for a Rolls Royce.
The open-topped two seater was the fourth vehicle built by the new Charles Rolls and Henry Royce after they began work together in 1904.
An anonymous British collector paid twice the auctioneer’s estimate.
Rich Dog That Inherited $12m (£5.8m) Hiding After Threats
05 Dec
Posted by Inna Korshunova as Amusing news, Pet's Life
A dog that inherited $12m (£5.8m) from late New York hotelier Leona Helmsley is in hiding after it was targeted by death threats, US media say.
Trouble, a white Maltese that belonged to the billionaire until her death in August, was flown by private jet to Florida, the New York Post reported.
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