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This Electric Car is Named After a Girl

Angelo Racoma — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:10:53 +0000

Toyota has its plug-in Prius. Tesla has its Roadster. Nissan, its Leaf. Renault, meanwhile, has recently announced its upcoming ZE (that’s Zero Emission) vehicle, dubbed Zoe, during the 2009 Frankfurt Auto show. The Zoe Z.E. is one of four...

Norwegian bus driver takes pop-culture-inspired name

Asylum Staff — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Humour, Entertainment, News, Weird Meet Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankova, a bus driver in Norway who is so amazing-looking that we almost don’t even care that he has adopted that name. Aside...

Mother sells naming rights to unborn baby on eBay

Asylum Staff — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Filed under: News, Weird Confusing her gestating fetus with a sports stadium, a woman in Arkansas is auctioning off the naming rights to her unborn son on eBay, starting at $150. Lavonne Drummond, an unemployed mother of six, is hoping to garner...

Real-life John Doe no longer anonymous

Asylum Staff — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Filed under: News, Weird A John Doe has surfaced in Manhattan, and he’s not a protected witness, an unidentified corpse or a celebrity checking into a seedy hotel. He’s a 40-year-old computer programmer who lives on the Upper West Side....

Can't pronunce it, but 'Pure Man' has the longest name in Coahuila, Mexico

Oscar — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:53:57 +0000

His name actually has no pronunciation in Spanish, but as of now, Brhadaranyakopanishadvivekachudamani Erreh, does have his own little place in Mexican history. The 41 letter name, the longest in the state of Coahuila, is said to have been inspired...

Butt Hole Road gets a makeover

Matt Glazebrook — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Filed under: News, Weird Sad news for overgrown schoolboys everywhere: Butt Hole Road has been cleaned up. When we first caught up with residents of the unusually named suburban Yorkshire thoroughfare back in January, they were lamenting a spate...

MySpace denies handing over names of sex offenders to Attorneys General

Naveen — Thu, 17 May 2007 05:28:12 +0000

MySpace, as we all know, has its own plans to purge phishing worm and sex offenders. But, the social networking site has been questioned a number of times with context to the safety of young users. Now, citing federal privacy law, MySpace has...