The unlikely headline game

[pieces o nine]

iirc, you are referring to the Great Cane Toad Kerfuffle, the notoriety of which spread across the entire world of exotic, illicit drug afficionados.


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At that time I had a co-worker who was deathly afraid of frogs and toads. Affectionately cruel jokes ensued.       She confided that once a toad was sitting on her step; she was unable to get out of her car to enter the house until her husband arrived home and removed it to clear the coast. I suggested she get toad whistles at the local sporting/farm/marine shop.

[Sibling DavidH]

I think toads are lovely.  'Toad' is how Wendy and I insult each other when we don't say 'pig'. 

[Swatopluk]

Wales overturns century old marriage restrictions

Wales (and England) have overturned regulations dating to 1837 that forbade marriages outside the 8am to 6pm window. So, from this October onwards people may marry even in the middle of the night. Northern Ireland keeps the restrictions, Scotland did not have them.

[Roland Deschain]

I had no idea they'd finally repealed that. I wonder why it was put into effect in the first place?

I've found a few toads in my parents' garden. A couple have been waylaid by the cat, but one was rescued. The other one was not so lucky.

[Swatopluk]

Office hours at the registrar's office were probably a major factor for the law. Dropping the restrictions has something to do with the desire to have the ceremony not at the office but in special places, e.g. museums, other tourist magnets etc. Since mutual interference between wedding participants and regular visitors is to be avoided, the ceremonies have to take place after or before hours, i.e. outside the window given by the old law. At least that was the explanation given in the article.

[Sibling DavidH]

1837 was the year Queen Victoria came in.  She may have had some sneaky ulterior motive for restricting wedding hours.  Probably connected with toads. 

[Roland Deschain]

Well, she did have that toad fetish.

My unlikely headline, lol:-

Man takes viagra: wears sweatpants for TSA pat down.

[Griffin NoName]

I love they raise the issue of air fares.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Leader Of Anti-Semitic Party In Hungary Discovers He's Jewish

[Swatopluk]

Leader Of Anti-Semitic Party In Hungary Discovers He's Jewish

Well. there were people that thought the Nazis were a Jewish front.

[Griffin NoName]

The newspapers say the Party don't investigate their members ancestry/history whatever. Goodness knows who their members really are

Personally I always liked the Tooting Popular Front

[Roland Deschain]

Leader Of Anti-Semitic Party In Hungary Discovers He's Jewish

Thanks for this, Zono. I have duly spread it around. This made me laugh hard at its irony. If only it would make other members of that party take a closer look at themselves.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Ever heard of South Park? In the Ginger Kids episode, Cartman (the psychopath of the bunch) who hates ginger kids is transformed into one. He is still a power hungry psychopath so instead he decides to organize the gingers to take over.
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Chances are that a hateful anti-semite will be converted into a hateful semite. 

[Swatopluk]

Listen to the radical Israeli settlers and replace 'Jew' with 'Aryan' and 'Palestinian' with 'Jew'. Textbook nazism.

[Griffin NoName]

Let's just accept it, apart from this forum, the world is a sh**ty place

Also, we are complying with Godwin's Law in only 17 pages.