Mega-mane- Sonya Cristy's long long red hair is hot property with hairdressers
The 35-year-old contracts manager for Translink grew her extraordinarily long red hair while travelling in Europe 15 years ago, in order to have something to sell if she ran out of cash."Hairdressers had offered to buy it because it's thick and orange," said Ms Cristy."Happily, I never had to sell but it was good to know I could if I desperately needed money."Falling to just above her knees after a 15cm "trim" on Sunday, Ms Cristy said having long locks was both a charm and a curse."I've had people come up to me overseas who recognised me from my hair," she said."And once Bono (from U2) approached me in the Portobello Markets in London
"When it was really windy, like a tornado, I got it wrapped around a traffic light. That wasn't much fun," she laughed.Despite measuring more than a metre in length and weighing several kilograms, Ms Cristy said her hair was not high-maintenance."I cut it myself, or have a friend do it and I use whatever shampoo is on special at the supermarket," she said.
Dumber-Man arrested for creating fake Army unit
LOS ANGELES - A Chinese man was arrested for creating a fake U.S. Army unit and convincing immigrants that joining the squad was a path to citizenship, authorities said.Yupeng Deng, 51, allegedly gave his recruits military uniforms, had them parade in a Los Angeles suburb and took them to the decommissioned USS Midway aircraft carrier, which is a museum in San Diego.Deng charged more than 100 fellow Chinese nationals a fee of between $300 and $450 to join the fake Army unit, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office.He called his bogus squad the U.S. Army/Military Special Forces Reserve unit, or MSFR for short, and he gave himself the lofty title of supreme commander, prosecutors said.
Beware-Wrong numbers: Lotto error stings Colo. Couple
couple from Pueblo, Colo., found that out after they checked their tickets' numbers in the local newspaper. At first, Jim and Dorothy Sprague say, they experienced a lot of joy on Sunday morning when they looked in the Pueblo Chieftain to find that their numbers were winners. "I woke up and found out we were millionaires," Jim Sprague told NBC station KOAA. In his excitement, Sprague called his children to tell them he'd won the $4.3 million jackpot.
Then came the disappointment: The newspaper had mistakenly published Friday's Matchplay numbers in place of Saturday's Colorado Lottery drawing."We had told my son and my daughter, and we were getting ready to tell our other kids, but we found the mistake, that it was wrong," Sprague said. "It's a good thing that I didn't talk to too many people."
Idea-Farmer dyes sheep orange to stop them being stolen
John Heard put his 250 blackface ewes through a harmless dye to make them stand out and so less likely to be pinched. ‘It produces strange-looking sheep but it has done the trick and I haven’t lost one this year,’ said Mr Heard, who says 200 of his sheep have been stolen in the past few years. 'It works because they are so easy to distinguish making it easier for me and my neighbours to keep a wary eye out for them.'
Sheep-rustling has become a big problem, with ewes worth about £140 each.
Couple tried to check in dead cow on Virgin Atlantic flight to London
A COUPLE tried to check in a dead cow on a transatlantic flight.
They arrived with the wrapped-up carcass on a trolley at New York’s JFK Airport and wanted to board the flight to London’s Heathrow Airport.Stunned Virgin Atlantic staff refused the request.
Other bizarre items passengers have tried to get on board include a giant cheese wheel, a car engine, a tarantula and coconut trees, a poll by the airline found.
