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G.O.A.T. goat gloats after getting goaded on. Town Of Conception Bay South/Facebook

Animals

Goat Becomes GOAT After Finishing a Marathon

Forget running with the bulls - in Canada, lucky half-marathon runners got the opportunity to do part of their race with a goat that escaped from a pumpkin patch. If someone isn’t already optioning this as a film, there’s something wrong with Hollywood.

Hey Ladies, WhatsApp? DoD News Features/Creative Commons

Culture

“Brad Pitt” Scams Two Women Out Of Over $350k

Okay, so you’re Brad Pitt. That did impress two women very much, who thought they were in a romance with the Oscar-winner. Instead, they were in a relationship with five scammers, who found money, not love, with the (literally) poor ladies.

We're not aboat you being on this cruise. Joost J. Bakker/Wikimedia Commons

Travel

Floating With Disaster: Woman Banned From Three-Year Cruise For Complaining

It’s not all smooth sailing for a woman who sold everything for a three-year $350k cruise, this after excessive complaining on a WhatsApp chat group leaked and it resulted in her being banned from the much-delayed cruise that hasn’t even started yet.

Why isn't the camel being arrested? Crockett County Sheriffs Department

Animals

Reality Bites: 1000 Pound Sisters Star Arrested Following Fake Camel Bite

1000 Pound Sisters star Amy Slaton is now feeling the weight of the law coming down on her. This after a trip to a zoo/safari and possibly a different kind of trip led to a third trip - downtown for some questioning after being arrested.

Did somebody say humans?! NASA/Creative Commons

Animals

Hot Single Dolphins In Your Area Are Looking To Attack You!

If there’s one thing that’s just adorable, it’s a dolphin. However, maybe not, as there have been a series of attacks on humans in Japan lately, and scientists think that one horned-up, lonely dolphin could be responsible for the bulk of them.

As (To Be) Seen On TV. Sikander Iqbal/Creative Commons

Food

Clucking Ridiculous: Chik-fil-A To Launch Streaming Service

You’ve heard of peak TV; now get ready for beak TV. Chik-fil-A has come for your wallet with its food, but now it’ll be playing chicken with Netflix by launching its own streaming service, an idea that was apparently approved by a lot of people.

A boring old mall that doesn't appear to have anything being thrown on the ground PCHS-NJROTC/Wikimedia Commons

Culture

Hot Mall Trend Alert: Throwing Things On The Ground

If there’s one thing that malls attract, it’s idiot kids interrupting your shopping experience. If there’s another, it’s them causing panic after dumb pranks gone awry. No wonder everyone prefers shopping online!

No no no - I said I wanted a large Coke and a water, not a large amount of cocaine in water. WPBF 25 News/Youtube

Nature

Cocaine’s Vacation Ruined By Tropical Storm Debby

Tropical Storm Debby is bringing out a lot in people - grit, perseverance, a desire to get the hell away from it and stay dry. It’s also bringing out other things, like illegal drugs washing up on shore in Florida to the tune of over $1 million.

El Recuenco, where hot local singles are... probably not in your area Diego Delso/Wikimedia Commons

Travel

20-Year-Old Mayor’s “Genius Plan” To Increase Population: Sex

The Mayor of a town in Guadalajara, Mexico might only be 20 years old, but he’s got a “genius idea” to increase the town’s declining population. You might be surprised to learn that it pretty much comes down to sex.

But did she still keep the air fryer? Twitter/SofiaSerrano97

Animals

A Reptile Dysfunction; Woman Finds Lizard In Amazon Order

While there were a lot of deals to be had on Prime Day, a Colombian woman got a little something more than she bargained for when she ordered an air fryer from Amazon. Namely, a still-alive lizard that shipped along with her purchase.

Look at this killing machine Bennett1203/Creative Commons

Culture

Tesla Cybertruck Finds New Way To Maim You

The Tesla Cybertruck certainly is a conversation piece. But that conversation lately has been turning to how easily it can break things, like the bank. Or your fingers. And now there’s a brand new way it’s requiring emergency room visits.

One down, 999 to go... Anthony/Wikimedia Commons

Food

Wawa Fan Has Impressive Collection, Also Probably Diabetes

You may think you’re a fan of (mostly) Northeastern convenience store Wawa, but one megafan has got receipts, namely 1,000 order slips in numerical order. And while the store may still be his favorite, he’s currently seeking a new hobby.

Why did he ask to see the water list? WNEP/X

Food

Jesus Take The Meal; Restaurant Sues Patron Over $3k Tip

No good deed is going unpenalized after a $3,000 tip on a $13 check in Jesus’ name resulted in the restaurant suing the customer who initially left the tip, a new testament in bureaucracy. 

We can't stop here, this is bat country. BaldBoris/Creative Commons

Sports

World’s Worst Baseball Players Arrested After Bat Theft

Crime doesn’t pay. Neither did a trio of felons who were running a crime ring in which they stole baseball bats worth almost $4000. But was the reason they did it in the first place that they didn’t play ball?

I told you that xxl mega burrito combo was a bad idea. Mick Garratt/Creative Commons

Animals

Flatulent Pigs, Cows Being Forced To Pony Up For Gas Tax

If you’re a barnyard animal that enjoys farting, you may want to steer clear of Denmark, as they’re betting the farm on you, enacting a tax on livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their livelihood

No, babies are not part of the all-you-can-eat buffet. Specious/Wikimedia Commons

Culture

Woman Names Kid After Restaurant Where She Gave Birth

Sometimes when a man loves a woman, they get together and that’s how babies are made. Sometimes when a woman gives birth to a child she didn’t know was having in a Golden Corral, that’s how babies get their names. Meet Tamaar Kylon Corral Woodfork.

Philly doesn't need inflation for meats and cheeses to be sky high. NBC10 Philadelphia/YouTube

Food

Oh Cheeses! Italian Treats Removed After Month Atop Philly Pole

Meats and cheeses hung atop a greased pole in South Philly for a festival that drunks tried to climb, mistakenly languishing there for weeks and stinking worse than the end of the Eagles’ season. They were finally removed after a month of literally hanging around.

More like block market. Youtube/NewsNation

Curiosities

Cops Piece Together Heist, Find Way Too Much Lego

A senior citizen assembled one hell of a crime spree, putting together a haul of nearly 3,000 boxes of Lego before getting busted - and not because he stepped on a piece in the middle of the night and alerted the cops with a string of profanity.

Sorry brah, you're getting the shaft Trung Quoc Don - 徵國單/Wikimedia Commons

Travel

Resort Town Puts Kibosh On Blow-Up Dolls, Penis Costumes

If your idea of fun is galavanting around in a giant penis costume, or perhaps blowing up a sex doll to hit the town with, hey, you do you. But not in the Spanish resort town of  Platja d’Aro, Spain, where both have been outlawed.

Shots shots shots shots sho - uh, never mind. Marcello Consolo/Creative Commons

Nature

Illinois Bar Offering Cicada-Infused Malört

When life gives you cicadas, make cicada-ade. Or perhaps combine the noisy insects having a once-in-a-17-year season throughout the Midwest with another regional phenomenon, disgusting Chicago liqueur Malört?

I'm not sure what it is, but it rattles when I shake it. Scutdude/Creative Commons

Animals

The Snek’s In The Mail - Man Repeatedly Sent Live Rattlesnakes

Mail generally isn’t supposed to consist of live animals, but a man hissed his pants after a living rattlesnake was mailed to him. Which would have been just an odd news story if it didn’t happen again.

Sometimes, USPS stands for "U Speeding, Please Stop". Coolcaesar/Wikimedia Commons

News

USPS Mail Truck Caught Doing 105mph

Snail mail? Actually, almost jail mail after a USPS mail truck, generally seen double-parking and not moving at all, was pulled over doing north of 100mph in a 60. Unsurprisingly, the Mustang it was racing won.

Even he didn't know what his gooooooooaal! was YouTube/CBC News: The National

Sports

Raccoon Breaks Record For Sucking At Soccer

If you were on a soccer field for almost three minutes and didn’t score, defend, or even touch the ball, a coach would lecture you about effort. Raquinho the Raccoon, on the other hand, is being hailed as a hero for some reason.

This guy also has a water slide in his backyard. Imokurnotok/Creative Commons

Curiosities

Theme Park Fan Takes A Ride… Home

Money may not be able to buy happiness, but it can buy nostalgia. That’s why when a Cincinnati theme park closed down, a man bought one of its main attractions, a whole waterslide, currently just a regular slide.

Let's Go Knish! ednastlouisofficial/tiktok

Food

Food Cart Tube Tops Are Latest Fashion Trend

Talk about a meat market! If you’re at the club and looking for a sign from someone, a designer has one - a $295 tube top with a scrolling LCD sign paying homage to a New York staple: the food cart. Your fast (food) fashion dreams have come true.

The phrase "copping some weed" has a totally different meaning now. Pablo Evans/Creative Commons

Curiosities

Buzzkill Cops Keep Turning Down Free Weed

So much for joint custody. After a few kids found someone’s stash and gave it to a woman in Bakersfield (which is funny because weed), she repeatedly tried to turn in the contraband cannabis to the cops to no avail.

Seems like this guy's shed is the opposite of the fountain of youth. TikTok/@alecschaal

Travel

Hot Shed Time Machine: Florida Man Claims His Shed Is A Portal

If you’re looking for a place to stay in Florida that will reinvigorate your youth, that’s St. Augustine. This guy’s shed, on the other hand, appears to age you forty years. Is it a time machine or the latest TikTok conspiracy theory?

This is a real church. There's presumably a non-virtual priest inside D0a5l0e6/Creative Commons

Culture

Your Own Virtual Jesus - AI Priest Gets Defrocked

If you’ve been talking to a priest online who’s been giving you advice that seems a bit off, you may not be entitled to financial compensation, but you may have been chatting it up with a since-defrocked AI deity.

These are regular jeans with no stains on them... yet Fahad Faisal/Wikimedia Commons

Culture

$800 Jeans With Fake Pee Stain Are No Accident

If peeing your pants is cool, then these pricey pee pants will make you Miles Davis. Or Wee-vi Strauss. Either way, if you’ve got money burning a hole in your pocket and a desire to look like you’ve lost control of at least one bodily function, urine luck.

Drink Bacardi like it's my birthday? I'm more of a milk girl. Diego Severino Castro Silva/Creative Commons

Culture

1-Year-Old an Orphan After Mom Dies of Embarrassment Following Evite Error

If there’s one thing a one-year-old will remember about their first birthday, it’s nothing. Which is a shame since one tyke’s mom invited all 487 of her contacts to the kid’s birthday party. Here’s hoping they all brought shiny things.

This mutated bacteria strain is out of this world. NASA/wikimedia commons

Travel

Mutant Virus Strain Found on International Space Station

What’s mutated, drug-resistant, from space, and perhaps headed our way? No one’s quite sure yet, but it’s growing on the International Space Station, and there’s a possibility it could make its way back to Earth.

Someone on the other end of this is having a ruff day. YouTube/Throwflame

News

Hot Dog! Robotic Flamethrower Canine Is Coming For Us All

Sit. Slay. Roll Over. Flambé Dead! If you’re seeking a weapon of mass destruction, may we suggest the Thermonator? It’s an emotional support animal - especially if you get really emotional about fire and laying waste to your enemies - and have a firm belief that you’re a dog person.

Let me Axe you something, on a scale of Ed Hardy to Jersey Shore, how do i smell? Loico/Wikimedia Commons

Animals

Axe Body Spray Used To Tame Wild Beasts

Get the flock out of here! According to some shepherds, it may not be music that soothes the savage beast, but Axe Body Spray, also known as Lynx, which appears to be a well-known way to calm angry sheep down and otherwise confuse them.

What do you mean the award isn't a pint of Guinness? 10 News First/YouTube

World Records

Elderly Drunk Sets World Record For Bar Crawl

If the rager you went on last night ended after three bars, a few shots, and a teary confessional phone call to an ex, a 69-year-old retiree is 40 times cooler than you are, and he’s got the world record to prove it.

You want some fries with that take(over)? The York & Albany Ewan Munro/creative commons

Food

No Reservations: Professional Squatters Occupying Gordon Ramsay’s Restaurant

A group of bougie bums have taken over celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s temporarily unoccupied London restaurant, “York & Albany.” The new occupants’ special of the day is chaos, with a heaping side of disorder.

Turn around, bad guys: a total eclipse of the... sun ESA/CESAR/Wouter van Reeven/Creative Commons

Nature

Prisoners Sue After Buzzkill Jail Officials Deny Them Eclipse

New York state puts the kibosh on a captive audience wanting to witness next week’s eclipse, and prisoners are suing for the right to go blind.

Promise me that you'll never let go of this for less than $700 grand Public domain

Entertainment

‘Titanic’ Plank Not Even Big Enough for Two People Sells for Over $700K

The wood panel that saved Rose in the movie “Titanic” was sold at auction for $718,750. Conspicuously not among the bidders, Leonardo DiCaprio, because he already let go of it once and also, it’s 27 years old.

One of the 18,000 mulletted Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads being held captive in an unkown location. Pittsburgh Penguins

Sports

Pittsburgh Pirated: Penguins Bobbleheads Go Missing

18,000 pilfered Pittsburgh Penguins bobbleheads are agreeably nodding their heads somewhere other than where they were supposed to be after a robbery

This is a boring old non-gun sniffing dog that can only smell explosives Tim Evanson/Flickr

Animals

Guns ‘N’ Noses: Mall Hires Firearm-Sniffing Dog

If you’ve got a Mauser, watch out for that schnauzer! The Mall of America has recruited canine backup to catch pistol packing shoppers - and it’s already working

An Alaskan Malamute that actually looks a little husky SCMW/Wikimedia

Animals

Dog DNA Testing Company Deems Woman 40% Malamute

The DNA testing company is having a ruff time after identifying a woman as 40% Malamute - and this is the second time it’s happened