A DRUNK footballer's loudly simulated sex with a parking meter has been recounted in Cairns Magistrates' Court.
He then made racial slur against a passerby - the final straw for police.
*alcohol may have been involved* picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

From the people that brought you celebrity look alike, comes the look-alike meter. Do you always argue who your child looks like,you or your wife, well now there is a solution. Browse through your photos find one of you, your wife and your child and wham! the meter finds who the child looks like. picked by soulslasher6 2 years ago

Look at what politicians are currently lying about. There's also an Obama Meter and a Flip Meter. picked by shuallyo 3 months ago

Seattle police say someone installed a phony meter on a fuel-delivery system at the BP distribution center on Harbor Island, resulting in the theft of 350,000 gallons of diesel fuel over nearly a year. picked by ginlamia 11 months ago

In Florida, if you tie an elephant to a parking meter, you must insert money into the meter as you would with a car. (Write it down so you don't forget.) picked by yugosakimi 7 months ago

Mr. Jiang is the King of BBQ in Guangxi, China. Last Sunday, he BBQ’d 128 whole lambs with a 40 meter long grill all by himself and it only took him 2 hours to cook them. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

....Just Another Day in Miami's Parking Hell.

One thing I like about the ‘burbs is not having to fight for cheap parking or pay through the nose for expensive spots. Not so for people in Miami. Apparently, the scarcity of parking there has created much violence, a cottage industry involving the homeless, parking mafia and even a "magical meter fairy." picked by bingo 2 weeks ago

A diabetic man rushes to the hospital. He manages to pull in and collapses outside his car. Nurses rush to render aid. A meter-maid ignores the frantic life-saving attempt and tries to give the car a ticket for pulling into a ambulance bay, ignoring the nurses and even the ambulance men explanations. Unbelievable picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The God-o-Meter (pronounced Gah-DOM-meter) scientifically measures factors such as rate of God-talk, effectiveness—saying God wants a capital gains tax cut doesn't guarantee a high rating—and other top-secret criteria. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

A man found his own silver lining in all the vacant foreclosed homes and moved into an empty mansion for over 8 months, even bringing in living room furniture and two large televisions. But, he wasn't caught trespassing... picked by suebe 7 months ago

A team of University of Michigan researchers has recently created an attempt to draw attention to what is possible these days with nanotechnology, and imaging at the very small scale. I'll take him up on this invitation and share with you some other images of very tiny things in our world. For visualizing the scale, most measurements below are in microns - one micron is a millionth of a meter - hu... read full post picked by DerAlt 6 months ago

Why? Because it's smart. It's convenient. It's fair. And it's designed to eliminate parking tickets. So basically it runs contradictory to everything city governments were built on. picked by rsantosis 2 years ago

84-year-old Norman Beckman was hit with a $3,000 water bill after his pipes burst and allowed a free flow of water to pass through the meter for a 3 month period, when Beckman was away due to health problems.

Neighbor's have raised more than $4,000 to pay off the bill, and Beckman plans to donate the excess. picked by Marli 12 months ago

The sculptors, inspirited by locals’ stories about the yeti, have brought a touch of humor to the sculpture. The two and a half meter Bigfoot is holding a snowboard under his arm. picked by kakana 8 months ago

With few clouds, the American Southwest sun pours more than eight kilowatt-hours per square meter of its energy onto the landscape. Physicist David Mills says that by concentrating the sun's power, we could provide all of the electricity needs of the U.S., including a switch to electric cars feeding off the grid. picked by cactushair 1 year ago

No doubt, searching in the deepest, darkest crevasses of the internet gets tiring, especially if it’s for a measly $1 off coupon. This site does the heavy lifting for you. Enter the Web site you are shopping, then coupon codes will pop out that other people are using. Next to the coupon code is a “success” meter that lets you know if it’s working for other shoppers and if i... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 5 months ago

New wall is a relative miniature at 1 meter (3.3 feet) high -- to guard against hordes of pillaging mice. ``The wall is a symbolic gesture to quiet public concern,'' Wen said. ``It's not going to work in the long run.'' picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

monitors the flow of data around the world. It then displays a value between zero and 100. Higher values indicate faster and more reliable connections.

useful like a download / upload meter this one tells you health of net as a whole in different areas picked by tgkprog 2 months ago

A cord of two hundred and fifty meters penetrates five hundred water melons forming a six meter spiral raft in the saturated salt waters of the Dead Sea. The spiral turns as a whirlpool reversed from its normal direction. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Norway plans to construct a wooden building 16-17 stories tall with carbon neutral construction techniques. It will house a library, a theatre, and art studios in its approximately 10,000 square meter interior space and will highlight sustainable development.

The idea is to construct a building which will be CO2-neutral, where the concept of the cycles of nature will be preserved. picked by Bingo 3 months ago