Wow-Bad Luck Honeymoon Features cyclone, snowstorm, flood, bushfires and earthquake

Newlyweds Stefan and Erika Svanstrom wanted to celebrate their nuptials on a tour of Asia Pacific with their baby daughter, but had only just left Stockholm when their problems began, they told Swedish newspaper Expressen. One of Europe's worst-ever snowstorms halted their Australia-bound flight in Munich on December 6, but things got worse when they finally did make it Down Under.

The trio had to escape bushfires in Perth, endure a cyclone in Cairns and battle the devastating floods in Brisbane.Unperturbed, the happy couple and their baby continued to New Zealand on February 22, shortly after the Christchurch earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, tore the city apart.

'The whole town was a war zone. We could not visit the city since it was completely blocked off,' Mr Svanstrom explained.So the couple carried on to Tokyo, and got first-hand experience of the biggest earthquake that Japan had ever seen and the tsunami that followed it.he quake was so strong that the seabed at the epicentre moved 24 metres - four times more than any land shift ever recorded.

Despite having an incredible run of bad luck since tying the knot, the pair are still together.Mr Svanstrom told the paper: 'I know marriages have to endure some trials, but I think we have been through most of them.

Collector-'Silvio & Ruby' on auction at Milan art dealer

 

MILAN - A smiling close-up of Silvio Berlusconi and Moroccan teenager Karima El Mahroug together would have been a priceless picture for photographers attending the Italian prime minister’s trial on underage prostitution charges. Prosecutors accuse the 74-year-old Berlusconi of paying for sex with El Mahroug when she was under the legal age limit of 18 and the trial, which opened in Milan on Wednesday, has caused a global media sensation.

'Messy' school photos airbrushed at Melbourne College

Hairstyles were changed, earrings were hidden and ponytails were removed at the school’s request. One pupil was given a bouffant hairstyle.The mother of one 16-year-old pupil said: ‘They drew hair across her ear to cover her earrings. It was just horrendous, it didn’t look like her at all.‘My daughter said to me, “What was wrong with me, Mum? Why did they need to do that?” ‘It’s just sending the wrong message to the girls. Their self-esteem isn’t the best at that age.’National School Photography, which altered the pictures, said it did not  realise the changes were not approved by the students. Company director Peter Gillahan apologised to the pupils of Our Lady of Sion College in Melbourne, Australia.He said the school had asked for alterations to the original pictures, which it said contained ‘bits of wispy hair hanging down’.

Proposal-Very public wedding proposal goes very, very badly wrong

After sending her boyfriend a message to come and meet her, the woman in question climbed on to the top of her car holding a bunch of roses.On the windscreen two boards displayed the words 'Marry Me'.

However, when her boyfriend arrived his reply surprised the large crowd that had gathered - because he turned her down.He said: 'It should be my job to make the proposal. However, I now have nothing and I can't give you a good life. If you can wait for me for three years, when I should have bought my house and car, I will propose to you.’the romantic proposal took place at Wuhan University during a cherry blossom appreciation festival.

Hammer-Woman devalues her rare Chinese vase by £200,000 by trying to ‘fix it’... with a hammer

THE owner of a rare Chinese vase knocked £200,000 off its value after trying to fix it – with a HAMMER.She gave it a clout to try to even out a tiny chip on the rim.And then she almost BINNED it before being told it was still worth around £50,000, even with the extra damage she had caused.

Now the 11in-high vase, which dates back to the Qing dynasty between 1821 and 1850, is to go under another type of hammer on May 18 at Woolley and Wallis auction house in Salisbury, Wilts.

It had been passed down through the unnamed woman’s family since her great grandparents acquired it.

She only realised it might be worth something when she heard of a similar piece that fetched £192,000.

How-Thieves make off with $19,000 in chips, dips

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — About $19,000 worth of salty snacks were stolen from the Frito Lay warehouse sometime between Friday and Tuesday.The stolen goods include Lays and Hostess chips, Doritos, Tostitos, peanuts, salsa and dips, police said.So how does someone steal that much snack food?“With a big truck, I guess,” said Sgt. Walter DiClemente said.

Police don't know exactly how many bags of chips were stolen because the goods are stored in boxes.

It sounds like they cleaned a good portion of the warehouse,” DiClemente said.

It’s likely the food will be sold on the black market to stores that would buy the products at a reduced rate, he said.Police are still unsure how the thieves entered the building.Officers are canvassing the area for possible witnesses. DiClemente said police are also checking for surveillance footage.

He said there have been cases in the past where someone has stolen a trailer or truck full of food, but he couldn’t recall a case where thieves targeted a warehouse looking for snack food.

Surprise-Kidney stones? Nope, a 12-pound baby

Lucky- Woman cleans purse finds winning ticket

FAIRBURN, Ga. — A Georgia woman's decision to clean out her purse paid off in a big way when she found an old lottery ticket worth $189,302. Fifty-five-year-old Rhonda Williams of Fairburn says she found the winning Fantasy 5 ticket in the bottom of her purse after cleaning it out over the weekend.

WSB-TV reports that the ticket is from a Jan. 17 drawing. Williams picked all of the winning numbers: 18, 25, 28, 29, 35.Williams says she plans to pay off bills and may take a cruise.

Pan-tastic -'Pee on Adolf Hitler' urinal is big draw at German toilet museum

You might think he's a bit potty, or pulling your chain, but no - Mr Berger has opened a museum dedicated to the toilet. The 69-year-old's pan-tastic collection includes a collection of toilet roll holders, ranging from a paint roller to Mona Lisa. There are also various loo seats, some with German writing on them, others with dangly bits hanging off the ring, and funky toilet brushes with facial expressions and decorations on them. The set of oddities also includes a urinal with Adolf Hitler's face in the basin. It was designed after World War II out of disapproval and protest of the Nazi regime and a Virgin Mary toilet brush holder. Mr Berger must've been feeling flush when he opened the Harlekin Toilet Museum of Modern A*** in Wiesbaden this week.