I hope this falls within the guidelines of humor here:
This is humor, not real news, but a fairly convincing fake news story...
"Humane" Beheading Machine replaces lethal injection in Ohio
http://theync.com/funny/ohio-replaces-lethal-injection-with-humane-new-head-ripping-off-machine.htm
IMO, a wonderfully ironic commentary on the current absurd state of capital punishment.
Another thing which might make more sense than lethal injection would be to bring back crucifixion?
...what would the Romans do?
experience experience experienceCrucifixion might be quicker than the current methods...
Tree. "Ulrika! Where is that hoover I bought for your birthday?"
Ulrika. "I sold it."
Tree. What!! .. Why??
Ulrika. "It was only gathering dust."
Eul should know where I pinched that from.
Well ... I'm fairly sure it wasn't from this!Tree. "Ulrika! Where is that hoover I bought for your birthday?"
Ulrika. "I sold it."
Tree. What!! .. Why??
Ulrika. "It was only gathering dust."
Eul should know where I pinched that from.
yes, just came on it while surfing the BBC News site,Look on the date this is from a while back
If it were in a tunnel in Switzerland,
they'd be sitting around having a fondue party
Actually they had a fire involving flour and margarine in the Mont Blanc Tunnel 24 March 1999 though sadly it was not remotely funny as 38 people died
As long as we're on the topic of food related disasters - not really funny, because people died, but still weird:
The Great Molasses Flood of Boston
http://mentalfloss.com/article/27366/bostons-great-molasses-flood-1919
The Great Beer Flood of London
http://londonist.com/2014/07/londons-forgotten-disasters-the-great-beer-flood.php