A lazy new dad has built the world’s fastest motorised pram to save the effort of having to push it.
Plumber Colin Furze added a powerful engine to his silver metal pushchair, giving it an incredible top speed of 50mph.
But the 33-year-old, from Stamford, Lincolnshire, says it’s too powerful to go at top speeds with baby son Jake.
He spent four weeks and £450 designing and making the pushchair, which has a 125cc motorbike engine hidden between the wheels. Mr Furze uses an accelerator and brake levers to control the speed, gears to go up hills, and the handle to steer.
“It is rather scary to drive but I’ve had lots of envious looks from mums and dads, especially when they are pushing their babies up hills,” he said.
“Hopefully one day I’ll be able to take Jake for a proper ride in it but I’m not sure if my girlfriend Charlotte would be very happy about that!
“It is really unstable when it goes at top speed and if you hit a rough bit in the road you are in danger of falling off, but so far I’ve managed not to crash.”
He was determined to build the fastest pushchair in the world and applied to Guinness to set the record as there wasn’t one already in place.
“I needed to go at least 30mph to do the record and I managed to do much better than that which is fantastic,” he added.
Student lands job as human scarecrow
A student who graduated university with a degree in music and English has been given a job as a human scarecrow.
Jamie Fox, 22, who recently graduated from Bangor University, will use a ukulele, accordion and cowbell to frighten partridges away from a field in Norfolk.
He is being paid £250 a week to wear a bright orange coat and play the instruments in a ten acre field where birds are unpeturbed by ordinary scarecrows.
His boss, Aylsham farmer William Youngs, even warned him to “bring a deckchair and a good book” for his days in the oilseed rape field.
Fox, who says his friends are “slightly envious” of his role, is now saving to pay for a trip to New Zealand next year.
“I get to sit and read for a lot of the time but whenever I see the partridges, I have to get up and scare them off,” he told the BBC.
“I ring a cowbell and I’ve even played the accordion, but the ukulele doesn’t seem to have any effect on them.”
Toddler served tot of whisky
A two-year-old boy had to be taken to hospital after accidentally being served whisky at a Frankie & Benny’s restaurant. Sonny Rees was given a glass of 40 percent proof whisky rather than fruit juice during a meal to celebrate his second birthday.
His mother Nina only realised the mistake after the toddler had nearly finished the drink. Sonny had to be taken to hospital in Swansea where he was kept under observation by doctors. Rees says she ordered Sonny a lime juice and water and encouraged him to drink it all. It wasn’t until the youngster had finished most of the drink that she noticed he was pulling a face as he drank.
When she herself took a sip she was shocked to discover it was actually whisky and water.
She complained to the manager who reportedly didn’t believe her until she took a sip herself. After calling NHS Direct, Rees took Charlie to hospital where his vital signs were monitored before he was allowed home.
Frankie & Benny’s has now launched an investigation into how the mix up took place.
Pranksters give stolen goat pedicure
Two pranksters stole a goat from a petting zoo in California – and later returned it with pink ‘nails’.
CCTV cameras captured footage of a woman climbing over a fence of the PB Pumpkin Patch in San Diego.
The video shows the woman scooping up the goat, unlocking the fence and running away. An accomplice is seen in the background. The thieves dropped the goat off the following day and drove off. The goat was unhurt – but had been given a pedicure.
Zoo owner, Darryl Dadon, told 10News that the goat was very friendly and received a lot of attention from visitors.
“He jumps on your lap and kisses you. He’s really sweet. He was bottle-fed for the first six months of his life. He’s almost like a dog,” he said.
“We’re OK that we have our goat back. We’re not OK that they jumped the fence and stole our goat.” However, he said the zoo did not want to press charges and believes the culprits may have suffered enough.
“Goats go to the bathroom a lot,” he said. “I can only imagine what their house looks like. It’s kind of karma for them.”
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