The Odd Files

It turns out there is such a thing as double bananas – and this man has proof. Richard Preece, 33, found the extremely rare fruit in a bunch of bananas he had bought in his weekly shop in Asda. The father-of-three – who has completed charity fun runs dressed as Bananaman – was a little shocked at the bizarre discovery. His wife, Samantha, said: ‘It is the most bizarre coincidence. ‘It was just in a bunch of ordinary bananas so it was a bit of a shock. ‘When Sam opened it up none of us could quite believe it. I never even knew that you could get double bananas. ‘I showed my kids and they were quite amazed as they had never seen anything like it before. ‘When I put it on Facebook I wasn’t expecting the reaction that I got with the amount of innuendos and other implications people were commenting.’ In case you were wondering, the double banana tasted no different to an ordinary one, according to children Beatrice, nine, and Felix, six. ‘I thought my days...

Hampstead Heath lavatory is up for sale or rent, with the owner hoping the bottom doesn't fall out of the market. A toilet in the posh London surburb of Highgate has been put up for rent at £3,000 a month. The owner, builder James Atherton is looking to rent or sell the unusual piece of real estate - a stand alone loo he owns inside a block of flats at the bottom of Highgate West Hill. It is by a bus turnaround point and next to the bottom of Hampstead Heath. The facility is being promoted with a sign on the wall offering a "toilet space", hoping to catch the attention of bus drivers who need stop to relieve themselves at Parliament Hill Fields. Mr Atherton also predicted a surge in interest if Camden Council follows through with its controversial plans to close the public toilets in Pond Square in Highgate village and the Victorian toilets at the entrance to Hampstead Heath were demolished in the 1990s. Mr Atherton's toilet has been left unused for...

A woman dumped by a millionaire racehorse owner after meeting him on Plenty of Fish took her revenge by filling his tot tub with dead mackerel. Zoe Jackson, 35, was left fuming after Gerard Brogan ended their three-month relationship. But the millionaire was left green-faced after finding the smelly fish heads and guts two days later. Jackson had decided to get her revenge by sneaking into his luxury home and dumping the fish guts in his hot tub. They had been in the 40C heat for days days before they were found. Speaking to The Sun, Gerard, from Bedale, North Yorkshire, said he found the smelly mess after inviting friends to his luxury home. “I was hit by the most horrified stink. All I could see was a lot of floating fish heads and eyes which had been bubbling say at 40C for two days. "I was almost sick.” Gerard then decided to look at his CCTV cameras and discover Jackson carrying a plastic carrier bag outside his home. After calling the police Jack...

The new tampon-sized pill is made from a mixture of cannabidiol and cocoa butter infused with THC - the active ingredient in marijuana.  A revolutionary capsule dubbed the world's first weed-infused vagina pill has been released to help stop period pains. The new tampon-sized pill is part of a bizarre modern trend of women placing items such as herb balls and Japanese vagina sticks into their private parts. Made from a mixture of cannabidiol and cocoa butter infused with THC (the hallucinogenic chemical found in the class B drug), the 'Foria Relief' pill has been created to "maximise muscle relaxing and pain relieving." But its creators Foria say it will not get you high. The company have previously released a cannabis infused lubrication product to "increase female sexual pleasure".  Founder Mathew Gerson said: “This plant medicine has a long, cross-cultural history of use as a natural aide in easing symptoms associated with menstruat...

Fishermen have been given a fright after a weird-looking creature with scales, feet, toes and a human-like nose was discovered in the ocean. The strange hybrid, which has human-like feet allowing it to walk across the seabed, was hauled out of the depths of in the Caribbean. It has scales like a fish but two feet complete with toes, as well as a "perfectly formed human nose" above its mouth. And the alien-looking being , found in the sleepy harbour of Windward on the tiny island of Carriacou, has disbelieving fishermen stumped. One islander said: "Everyone crowded around to look - nobody had ever seen anything like it. "Quite a few people were pretty scared and thought it looked like something out of a sci-fi horror film." Veteran fisherman Hope McLawrence, 74, who found himself staring into the eyes of the "alien" creature when he hauled in his nets, admits he was astounded. He says the foot-long creature has two feet with toes, no...

The controversial Republican frontrunner is the subject of a bizarre homage after condoms go on sale for £2. A condom featuring Donald Trump’s face and his catchphrase “I’m huuuge!” has goen on sale. Homewares brand Fishs Eddy have teamed up with SayItWithACondom.com to create the product, which you can buy for just under $3 each.(£2) According to the product listing, these condoms are “built like a wall to keep out STD’s and unwanted pregnancies” and will “help you negotiate rounding the bases and scoring safely”. Outspoken Trump, who is favourite to win the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary this month, has sparked fury over his attacks on Muslims and Mexicans. Following the ISIS inspired terrorist attack in San Bernadino, California, last month in which 14 people were shot dead he called for a ban on Muslims entering the States. His comments led to a petition being signed by more than 500,000 people in the UK calling for him to be banned from Britain....

If you live in Ohio, then we’ve got some bad news. Your days of having sex with your pets may soon be over. Two local senators are trying to make it illegal for humans to conduct any sex-related activities with animals. The bill they’ve put forward would also ban people from selling animals for sexual purposes and buying animals to get down and dirty in the hay. Detective Jeremy Hoffman made a link between bestiality and child porn. He told WCPO: ‘I realized that much like those in our society who choose to abuse children, those who sexually abuse animals lack any semblance of a moral compass; they lack any sense of sexual boundaries.’ Currently the bill, brought forward by senators Jim Hughes and Jay Hottinger, has not received any opposition, but who knows? - metro uk

All she needed was a little air. A major search and rescue operation in Cornwall, England, Monday discovered that reports of a body floating in the water were blown out of proportion. The actual victim turned out to be an inflatable sex doll, SWNS reported. A fisherman phoned emergency workers to report that he had spotted a lifeless body floating face down in Newquay Bay, prompting the air and sea search, the agency noted. About 90 minutes later, a helicopter crew spotted the doll in the middle of the bay, SWNS wrote. The faux female wore a "New York" T-shirt and polka-dot pants. The sex toy's giant red lips were unsmudged by the salt water. Despite the unexpected find, a rescue official pointed out that the fisherman took the right course of action in calling, the BBC noted. "The 999 caller gave accurate information which led to a successful search and a positive outcome," lifeboat operations manager Gareth Horner said. "While th...

Doctors were desperate to diagnose a teenager who couldn’t even drink water without being violently sick, but what they discovered left them stunned. Medics treating Ayperi Alekseeva found a massive hairball blocking her digestive system. The 18-year-old needed emergency surgery, or she would have died from extreme dehydration and malnourishment. The hairball, which weighed 9lbs, was formed because the girl chewed the tips of her hair, and even ate hair and bits of wool she found on the carpet at home. Ayperi, from Batken Province in Kyrgyzstan, had to be transported to a hospital in the capital city of Bishkek for treatment. Doctors said that despite looking through 50 years of medical records, they have never been able to find a case involving a hairball this large. Prof Bahadir Bebezov, who performed the life-saving surgery, added: ‘The parents brought her in after she started losing weight, and she couldn’t eat anything. By the time we got her, should could not eve...

Meet the man who suffers from 100 orgasms every day. We say ‘suffers’, because Dale Decker doesn’t enjoy a single one. His rare case of Persistent Genital Arousal Syndrome developed in September 2012 when he slipped a disk in his back while getting out of a chair. The 37-year-old said: ‘Imagine being on your knees at your father’s funeral beside his casket – saying goodbye to him and then you have nine orgasms right there. ‘While your whole family is standing behind you. It makes you never want to have another orgasm for as long as you live. ‘There’s nothing pleasurable about it because even though it might feel physically good – you’re completely disgusted by what’s going on.’ The painful pelvic episodes have made Dale housebound through fear of cumming in public – just like the time he had an orgasm in the local supermarket and saw ‘around 150 people looking straight at me’. Dale lives in Two Rivers, Wisconsin with his wife April and two sons Christian, 12, and Tayten,...

This one appears to have an eye (Picture: Gay Men Draw Vaginas) If the Kickstarter to sponsor a man’s potato salad didn’t impress you, this $37,000 attempt to publish a  book of vaginas  will. Based on the Instagram account  @gay_men_draw_vaginas , which is quite literally exactly as the name suggests, the new project hopes to pull together all the wonderful illustrations of the female anatomy as detailed by homosexual men. The social media account was launched in June this year by Shannon O’Malley after a gay friend drew a  very  impressive and detailed vagina for her. As you do. All women DO have unicorns coming out of their private parts (Picture: Gay Men Draw Vaginas) She’s since collected over 300 drawings, and the account now boasts everything from hand-drawn works of art that’ll teach us all a thing or two about what really is down  there , to designs so silly they’ll make you snort out loud and embarrass yourself. The campaign  has al...

The American news giant dropped the clanger while using a background graphic to illustrate China's deadly hornet outbreak Hong Kong at South America? Watch the video here American news network CNN made the embarrassing mistake of relocating Hong Kong - to South America. The geographical error was made on a picture used to illustrate a news story on China's outbreak of deadly hornets. And the presenter is none the wiser as she completes her piece to camera. This isn't the first time that CNN have blundered in this way. Back in January 2012 a geographically challenged employee put London in Norfolk on a map used for a story about the phone hacking scandal. For those who weren't paying attention in GCSE Geography, Hong Kong is actually situated in Asia, thousands of miles away from the point CNN would have you believe. So either these giant hornets have moved an entire land mass across the globe or someone at CNN isn't too hot on their map reading. ...

A pensioner has reportedly been stabbed in the penis outside a Pound Pub in Manchester.The 63-year-old also suffered injuries to his testicles after an assailant apparently plunged a blade into his groin on Monday night at the establishment in Market Street, Atherton. The Leigh Journal reported the victim had been lured outside the pub by the attacker, who said he wanted to speak to him. Despite the alleged brutal attack, the pensioner was said to have not suffered life-threatening injuries.The victim was attended to by paramedics at around 9.15pm and transferred to the Royal Bolton Hospital. ‘He suffered minimal lacerations and was wounded in a central location,’ said an ambulance spokesman. ‘He was stabbed in the private parts. The hospital was informed prior to his arrival but staff were not on standby. The man suffered minimal bleeding.’ The Pound Pub chain offers heavily discounted alcohol with pints of beer costing around £1.50. Source: Metro UK

A headteacher had to apologise after a giant ‘alien’ egg terrified primary school pupils. The 1m (3ft) white egg scared some of the 250 children at Holy Trinity as rumours spread that a teacher received burns after handling it and of scratch marks on a wall. Headteacher Jon Smith told parents of an ‘amazing discovery’ but insisted it was safe. But as panic mounted, he was forced to issue an apology and explain it was a project to promote investigation. A ‘scientist’ was called to the school in Halstead, Essex, on Monday to prove the egg was safe. Source: Metro

Raju the elephant was beaten, abused and forced to go hungry until animal charity workers rescued him last week For 50 years Raju the elephant was held in chains, beaten and abused – a pitiful site with his legs bleeding from spiked shackles and living on ­handouts from passing tourists, writes Sarah Arnold in the Sunday People. He was so hungry he would eat plastic and paper to fill his empty stomach. But last week animal charity workers swooped to save him in a daring midnight rescue ­operation on the streets of India. Some experts believe elephants cry when overcome with emotion, just like humans. And Raju’s rescuers insist the giant animal wept as he realised his ordeal was coming to an end. Pooja Binepal, of Wildlife SOS-UK, said: “Raju was in chains 24 hours a day, an act of ­intolerable cruelty. The team were astounded to see tears roll down his face during the rescue. “It was incredibly emotional. We knew in our hearts he realised he was being freed. “...

A farmer in Herkimer County, N.Y. couldn't figure out why his cows seemed more anxious than usual. When they weren't producing as much milk as usual, he set up a surveillance camera. Reid Fontaine, Michael Jones Accused Of Sexually Abusing Cows What he saw shocked him: two men were rolling in the hay with his livestock, CNYCentral.com reported. The farmer, whose name has not been identified, contacted authorities who conducted their own investigation. As a result, Michael Jones, 35, and Reid Fontaine, 31, were arrested for misdemeanor sexual misconduct, UticaOD.com reported. Authorities said Fontaine attempted to have sex with several cows while Jones filmed the encounters, according to Syracuse.com. The two were released on an appearance ticket. Source: Huffington Post

Drama teacher Kelly Burgess faces four counts of sexual offences against a teenager and abuse of a position of trust. Kelly Burgess A female drama teacher from South Wales has been charged with a series of sexual offences against a teenager. Pretty blonde Kelly Burgess, from Newport, has been suspended from her job as a drama teacher at St Katherine's School in Bristol, according to Wales Online. The 26-year-old faces four charges of adult abuse of a position of trust - sexual activity with a boy between 13 and 17 years. The alleged incidents cover a period between January and late August last year. An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said: “Kelly Ann-Marie Burgess, aged 26, of Grosmont Way, Newport, has been charged with four sexual offences against a teenager. “The incidents happened between January 1, 2013, and August 28, 2013. “She is due to appear at North Somerset Magistrates’ Court at Worle on March 17. “She has been charged with four counts of ...

We doubt there’s a place in the world that could break a ‘trillion dollar bill’ but that didn’t stop this man from reportedly trying to pay with one. Michael Williams Michael Williams, from Sumter, South Carolina, offered to pay his restaurant bill with the high value currency after his debit card was rejected on February 14, according to The State. But unsurprisingly the staff at the Applebee’s outlet did not think the note was legitimate and promptly rang police. The 53-year-old was arrested at the restaurant but not in relation to the bill. The authorities decided to ignore his alleged claims of being a trillionaire and instead picked him up for a pending contempt of a magistrate’s court charge. Source: Metro UK

The bargain hunters bared all for the The Seminaked Party and queued for hours to get their hands on free and discounted clothes Shoppers stripped down to their underwear to get their hands on free clothes in possibly the most outrageous sale ever. Spanish clothing brand Desigual organised The Seminaked Party in the cities of Rome and Turin to kick start its January sales. The first 100 customers through the door were promised a free outfit if they came without any clothes. The rest of the half naked crowd got 50% off the summer collection as a thank you for their efforts this weekend. Girls sprinted inside to ensure they didn't go home empty handed as well as half naked. And even the men got involved, turning up in small boxers to give the girls a run for their money. The parties have previously been held in Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, US cities and London since the brand first launched its campaign in 2005. Mirror UK

Joshua Werbicki Caught on camera: Joshua Werbicki is alleged to have had sex with a family dog A pizza delivery driver was arrested after he was allegedly caught on camera having sex with a family dog. Joshua Lee Werbicki, 22, was arrested and charged with felony cruelty to animals on Friday. Police say he was allegedly caught having sex with a German Shepherd cross which belonged to his housemate on hidden surveillance cameras in his home. The owner of the animal, described as a family dog, told police he'd noticed his pet had been limping noticeably and had signs of physical injury. Police reports say the dog also appeared fearful when approached by family members. Werbicki is being held on $2,500 bail and could be banned from owning or living with any type of pet in the future. Mirror UK