Small-Chested drivers get the a-ok from Hanoi.

HANOI, Vietnam—Faced with mounting public criticism, Vietnam's Health Ministry suspended a widely ridiculed plan to ban short, thin and small-chested drivers.

The ministry had recommended that people whose chests measure less than 28 inches be prohibited from driving motorbikes -- as well as those who are too short (less than 4 -foot-8) or too thin (less than 88 pounds).

When the media revealed the plan this week, it prompted disbelief and scorn among members of the public, who envisioned the police pulling over female drivers to measure their breasts.

Thursday's state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted ministry official Nguyen Huy Quang as saying the proposal would be suspended.

Holy crap, Alan, there's a FOX in the WC!

After a long night of scavenging and arousing the ladies, our red socked friend decide to head in and wash up. So that Mrs. Fox would not be suspicious.

Mrs Heard was in bed when she heard scratching and went to investigate, thinking her cats were having one of their regular squabbles.
Instead, she found Basil Brush Junior perched on the window ledge staring at her.

'Some towels had been strewn around the floor, but aside from that the fox did no damage and made no mess,' said Mrs Heard, 64, from Ilford, Essex.
'He was good-natured and appeared very nervous.'

Mr Heard, 72, scooped up the cub in his arms and took it out to the garden where it disappeared into the undergrowth.
Before it departed, however, it took a last backwards glance. 'It was as if he was saying goodbye,' said Mrs Heard.

The fox came in through the Heard's cat door.

A wildlife expert for the RSPCA said: 'It is exceedingly rare for a fox to enter a house.
'Foxes generally avoid human contact, and although those living in urban areas may be less timid than those in the countryside, they are still cautious of people.'

You want a Slut? It'll cost you...BIG TIME

The city of Easton, Pa, is considering taking drastic measures to cut down on prostitution.

The city is looking to extend a law already on the books....that any car used in a drug deal can be seized by the cops.

It is unclear if a car used to solicit a prostitue can be seized in the same way, and there are questions over whether the law will stand up in cour.

Police Chief Larry Palmer said the law is worth trying, becuase once a few cars are seized, it will make people think twice about going into Easton to find a prostitute.

A reminder, the fourth amendment protects people from unnessary searches and seizures, which, clearly, this would be.

Girl, 9, Banned From Tennis Club for Grunting Too Loudly

A 9-year-old girl has been banned from playing tennis by her local club because she grunts too loudly.

Lauryn Edwards was told at the weekend that she could no longer play her favorite sport after a complaint by an opposition player.

The Mt. Carmel Tennis Club, in Sunbury, Australia, told Lauryn's stunned parents, Duncan and Ruth, that the grunting had become too much.

Duncan Edwards described the ban as pathetic and has contacted Tennis Australia and Tennis Victoria for advice.

Lauryn's favorite player is Russian star and notorious grunter Maria Sharapova.
But Edwards said his daughter's grunting was nowhere near Sharapova's level and had been exaggerated.

"It's pretty slight and now and again she hits it hard and makes a loud noise and that's it," he said.

"From just one comment, this has all blown up stupidly.
"There's no rule against it, so they've made a rule against it."

Edwards said the club had asked him for an assurance Lauryn would remain silent on the court.
"They told me to guarantee she won't grunt or she can't play," he said.

"How can I guarantee that? She's been doing it since she was really little. She's her own person. What do they want me to do? Put Band-Aids over her mouth? They made her cry on the court when they told her."

Lauryn, who has attention deficit disorder, has been playing tennis since the age of four, after it was recommended by her school psychologist at Sunbury Primary to burn energy and keep her focused.

Dubbed Lauryn Sharapova by an old coach, she said she played better when grunting.

"It feels natural to do my noise. I'm not faking it," Lauryn said. "It makes me play better. When I don't do it, I don't play my best tennis. And now people have told me I can't play if I do it."

Iron mask wager 'was a fib'

Even the great fictional traveller Phileas Fogg would have baulked at such a wager: walk around the world while pushing a pram and wearing an iron mask, and pick up a wife along the way without ever letting her see your face or know your name.

Just to make it a little more interesting, you can set off with only one change of underwear and £1 in your pocket and your sole source of income must be the sale of postcards.

Harry Bensley accepted the wager with John Pierrepoint Morgan, the founder of JP Morgan Bank, and Lord Lonsdale, in 1908, for £21,000 - equivalent to £1.5 million today.

He became an Edwardian celebrity after trekking 30,000 miles across 19 countries over six years. As compensation, he was given £4,000.

However, on the 100th anniversary of his departure from Trafalgar Square his great-grandson fears that his ancestor may have told a fib or two.

Despite more than 20 years of research he has not found a shred of evidence his ancestor ever left Britain.

"It seems very odd that he leaves in a blaze of publicity and then there is nothing about him until he re-emerges six years later claiming to have travelled around the world," said Ken McNaught, 49, of Wakefield, Yorks.

"I suspect that he disappeared for five years, probably to France, and came back at the outbreak of the First World War."

His ancestors now believe the journey was more likely a forfeit after Bensley, a well known chancer and playboy, lost his fortune in a game of cards with the two men.