7 Feb 2011

DEATH BY BUTTER.

THE TELEGRAPH.

What a mistake to make.

BBC TEAM STALK THE WRONG MAN. A BBC Panaroma investigation into an alleged stalker ended in farce when the team spent a week pursuing the wrong man. - Anita Singh, 31/01/2011.

And here was me thinking it was one of those urban myths.

It's one of those moments that you pray never happens - having your mobile phone go off during a funeral service.
But one mourner at a church in East Sussex had cause to be doubly embarrassed recently, when his handset shattered the solemn atmosphere with the rather unfortunate choice of ringtone - the Bee Gees hit Staying Alive.
The Reverend Martin Morgan, who was taking the service said "It took a while before people realised what the song was and then, fortunately, most people found it quite funny." -05/02/2011.

Question: What should not be stapled to an exam paper.
Answer: The answers.

Manchester University has apologised to students after exam papers were handed out with the answers stapled to the back.
The mistake was spotted by a student who told the invigilators, who then removed the sheets prompting some of the geology students to walk out.
One student said: "Some people didn't realise they had the answers and were angry that others had been given (the opportunity to cheat) an unfair advantage."
The exam will be taken again. - Robert Mendick, 06/02/2011.

THE DAILY MAIL.

FARMER FACES JAIL AFTER DRESSING AS AN AXEMAN. Wielding a four foot axe, a couple, driven to distraction by unruly yobs, staged an axe attack.
Covered in tomato ketchup and looking terrified, Lucy Walton banged on the youngsters car window screaming "Let me in, let me in" as her fiance, John Powell, chased her with the axe.
Unfortunately, although the teenagers took fright at the blood-curdling scene as planned, they then called the police and Mr Powell faces a jail sentence. - James Tozer, 04/02/2011.

THE GUARDIAN.

Not just for Harry Potter, it's for real ........

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM SCIENTISTS HAVE BUILT AN INVISIBILITY CLOAK. It might not work as well as Harry Potter's but scientists have built an invisibility cloak that makes every day objects vanish by bending light to fool the eye.
The cloak - a lump of crystal rather than a flowing cape - exploits the natural light-bending properties of calcite, a transparent glass-like crystal, so that an object placed under it is hidden by what appears to be a flat, featureless surface.
(At present only able to ) hide small objects, such as pins and paperclips, (it is hoped that it will) pave the way for more sophisticated devices that are capable of hiding much larger (schoolboy sized?) objects. - Ian Sample, 02/02/2011.

YAHOO NEWS.

The perfect murder? I once read a crime novel in which a wife murdered her husband using ground-up tiger whiskers which were supposedly undetectable during a postmortem - surely much more readily available is the murder 'weapon' used by these two?

 MAN MURDERED WITH BUTTER. A Sicilian couple thought they had the perfect weapon to get rid of her ex-husband -- a slab of butter which would melt after they asphyxiated him. - 05/02/2011.

Thanks to Husband dearest for the above article. I'm surprised he brought it to my attention for fear it might give me ideas.

PLEASE NOTE - I Will always endeavour to bring you the links to articles I have used in my Media Monday posts but this is not always possible.

17 comments:

serendipity_viv said...

I have been in an exam where the answers were given. We were all honest though and told the tutor.
Love the funeral one.

Misha said...

Man murdered with butter!! It's disturbing and funny at the same time :D
That invisibility cloak seems very useful...

Arti said...

The funeral one took the cake for me... But all of them are equally mind boggling!!
Have a nice day:-)

Gina said...

Gotta love these posts. Always leave them with a smile and a laugh. OOh...invisibility crystal...I wantz! Have a great week!

Golden Eagle said...

Using crystals for invisibility is pretty amazing!

Melissa (Books and Things) said...

I love the song on the phone. Great one for a funeral. :) Yes, I have an odd sense of humor. ;)

Su said...

Okay, I'm convinced... will double-check the phone at all types of church services in the future!

Kelly said...

I would have been laughing at the funeral. Of all songs, Stayin' Alive!!

The axe story...well, I think that was pretty foolish.

Great collection of articles, as usual!!

The Bookworm said...

lol about Staying Alive!
how odd about the murder by butter :P

chitra said...

Enjoyed the snippets. Killing with butter? what all innovations!

Carol said...

I am catching up on blogging today and have just caught up with this

I do love your postings from the media

carol

Jenners said...

I had a good chuckle at the Staying Alive ringtone. Somtimes you need a little bit of levity during moments like that.

Amrit said...

It is so much to read these. I really enjoy your Monday morning posts. Usually I read on Monday mornings at work but I am changing it to Tuesday nights or Monday nights as I am getting busy on Monday mornings and these ones need to be read in piece...read, laugh and enjoy....

Erratic Thoughts said...

Hilarious...this was a super Media-Monday...

Anonymous said...

I don't understand how death by butter works.
If they asphyxiate him with it, won't he have obvious traces of butter on him, melted or otherwise?

dr.antony said...

Hi Petty
I am back !
I want to get the invisibility cloak !

dr.antony said...

Forgot to say," death by butter'! Soft and smooth !
Remember an ad for butter " utterly butterly delicious"
So, utterly,butterly death!