A hamster came back from the dead and dig itself out of its grave – 24 hours after being buried in a garden.
Lisa Kilbourne-Smith and boyfriend James Davis were looking after the pet, called Tink, for friends when they found her lying lifeless in her cage.
They buried her in the back garden and then phoned Tink’s owners Nicki Gamble and Jamie Wynn to break the sad news.
But the next day – Good Friday – Mr Davies called back to announce that the hamster had been ‘resurrected’ after going into hibernation.
She had eaten her way out of her paper shroud, dug her way out of her grave, edged along a narrow wall and then climbed a waste pipe to land in a recycling box.
Tink was found by Kilbourne-Smith’s father Les the next day when he went to flatten boxes for recycling and her head suddenly popped out.
Kilbourne-Smith, 23, said: “We wrapped her up in a load of kitchen towel and buried her about a foot deep in the back garden so that the cat couldn’t dig her back up again.
“The next day he rang him back to say ‘Mate – your hamster’s back alive’ and Jamie thought he was trying to be funny.” Kilbourne-Smith, 60, who lives next door, said: “We’ve nicknamed her Jesus because it was Easter when she came back from the dead.”
Iranian scientist ‘invents time machine’
An Iranian scientist claims to have invented a machine that allows users to travel up to eight years into the future.
Ali Razeghi has registered his Aryayek Time Traveling Machine with the state-run Centre for Strategic Inventions, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Mr Razaeghi, 27, said the device worked by a set of complex algorithims to “predict five to eight years of the future life of any individual, with 98 percent accuracy”.
“My invention easily fits into the size of a personal computer case and can predict details of the next five to eight years of the life of its users,” he said.
“It will not take you into the future, it will bring the future to you.”
As the managing director of Iran’s Centre for Strategic Inventions, Razeghi is a serial inventor with 179 other inventions listed under his own name.
“I have been working on this project for the last 10 years,” he said.
‘Anti-English’ Irn Bru ad goes viral
A new advert for Irn Bru – under investigation over claims that it’s anti-English – is becoming a smash hit online.
The ad, entitled New Fella, shows a Scottish dad drinking Irn-Bru to keep his temper in check as he meets his daughter’s new English boyfriend, reports The Scotsman. The father struggles to keep his cool as he chats with the lad who wears an England shirt and has a bulldog called Wembley which breaks wind on a Saltire rug.
So far, the 40-second clip has attracted nearly 70 complaints to advertising watchdogs – and more than 1.1million views on YouTube. Irn Bru maker, AG Barr’s Facebook page was inundated with complaints about the advert, including one from Peter Menzies, who said: “It’s too stereotypical that all Scots hate the English.”
Craig Russell added: “When did racism become funny? Bru ads can be much more witty than this stereotypical trash.”
A spokesman for Irn-Bru said: “We’ve not set out to cause offence. Our ads are known for their cheeky sense of humour.”
An ASA spokesman confirmed the complaints were being assessed.
Is man, 72, Britain’s oldest rugby player?
A 72-year-old grandfather, who has twice beaten cancer, had a heart bypass and a back operation, is thought to be Britain’s oldest rugby player.
John Goldman, joined his local club in North London, where he played lock forward for the thirds before finding his true vocation as a prop, in his 50s.
He has now averaged over 20 games a season for the last 20 years and moved into Mill Hill rubgy club’s regular second XV with occasional outings for the firsts. This is despite overcoming cancer, a heart by-pass and major back surgery during that period.
He told ITN that it was his wife who got him to take up rugby in the first place, urging him to take part rather than merely spectate.
Hotel hires out goldfish to lonely guests
A Chesire hotel is offering to hire out a goldfish called Happy for £5 to guests so they don’t feel lonely in their rooms.
Jeff Riley, of the Happy Guests Lodge in Dutton, said: “A lot of our guests spend many days away from home. It can be lonely.
“After a difficult day at the office, Happy is there to give unconditional love and a valuable sounding board.” And Mr Riley told the Mirror that he was confident the unusual ‘extra’ would lead to repeat bookings.
“Once guests have hired a fish I’m sure when they return they will want the same fish,” he said.
“They will have sort of adopted it in their minds and may have missed it between their stays.”
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