Weird But True

Weird but true

“Sorry, darling. It’s your turn to take Rover for his French lesson.’’

A proposed new bylaw would require that all dogs using parks in bilingual Montreal be able to understand between 80 and 90 commands — in both French and English.

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Emus are big fat birds, so it’s not surprising that now and then they decide to get some exercise.

A runner in Virginia Beach, Va., looked around and was amazed to see he had acquired one of them as a jogging partner.

Animal-control authorities were notified, and the ostrich-like creature was soon corralled.

It turned out the big bird was somebody’s pet and he was soon reunited with his worried owner.

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These schools are clearly going to offer sex-education classes.

An ad in a Tacoma, Wash., newspaper, placed by an organization favoring charter schools, included a very unfortunate typo.

The ad was supposed to read, “Are you interested in public charter schools?’’ But somebody left the “l’’ out of public.

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This gives a whole new meaning to the term “pot shot.’’

Mexican drug smugglers used a powerful pneumatic cannon to propel more than 30 cans, containing a total of 85 pounds of marijuana, over a border fence and into Arizona.

“We’ve seen catapults, but nothing like this,’’ said Border Patrol spokesman Kyle Estes, who said the weed was worth an estimated $42,500.

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Residents of Singapore have a new way to let their friends know that Fluffy has gone to the great litter box in the sky.

The local newspaper is now accepting paid obituaries for pets.

They go for about $42 each, which should not be a problem to residents of the country, which boasts one of the world’s highest per-capita incomes.