A couple of stories from Reuters that made me smile


BERLIN, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A man caught having sex with a blow-up doll in a busy public shopping arcade had to be physically parted from his rubber lover and escorted away, said police in Stuttgart on Wednesday.
The 38-year-old man was caught with his trousers down early on Monday evening after alarmed witnesses alerted the police.
"It was real, he was caught in mid-action with the doll," said a press spokeswoman. Police said that they had considerable difficulty separating the drunken man from his partner.



JEDDAH, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Three men were trampled to death in a rush to claim vouchers at the first IKEA furniture showroom in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, hospital officials said.
Sixteen shoppers were injured at the Sweden-based furniture store's showroom in Jeddah. Medics revived some 20 customers who had fainted in the crush.
The stampede was triggered by an offer for the first 50 shoppers to received $150 vouchers. An official at IKEA's Saudi agent said more than 70,000 people showed up at Jeddah.
Hospital officials said two dead were a Pakistani and a Saudi national.
IKEA is known for simple, reasonably priced products.

They must have forgotten to add “crap” to the description of IKEA furniture. This story would have been believable if it had been 70,000 stampeding AWAY from the place, but to get in? And what does it say about how dull Saudi Arabia is that the opening of cheap furniture store gets a crowd of 70,000?