Flash in the Pan

• HoloDaiquiri A new London club, twentyfour:london, is a high tech, interactive, private members bar with giant video screens on the walls and bar that show locations around the world. Do they have virtual drivers to bring overly indulgent patrons home? (Evening Standard)


• All the News that's Fit to Eat A 76-year-old Canadian woman likes the Edmonton Sun so much that she's been eating strips daily for the last seven years. Some news is good chews. (Cnews)


• Tonga You Very Much A Tonga rugby team of 30 stopped at a Lymington, Hampshire pub in the UK to eat 30 roast chickens, 60 lb. of roast lamb, 60 lb. of roast beef, 30 lb. of pasta, 30 lb. of potato salad, and 40 liters of orange juice. What, no dessert? (Daily Mail)


• May We See Your ID? A 65-year-old was carded in a Maine grocery store as she tried to buy wine and was refused service because she hadn't brought her driver's license. (AP)


• Step Away From the Bag A man was arrested for assaulting his father with a bag of Cheetos. No word of whether it was the extra crunchy variety. (AP)


• 25-to-Life for Extra Ketchup A McDonald's employee in Georgia is facing criminal charges because a police officer says his burger was so salty that it made him sick. If it was that bad, why did he keep eating? (AP)

Labels: bar, high tech, London, McDonald's, rugby, UK, weird

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