Hitler’s only got one hall
An ordinary end-of-terrace house has become a star on Twitter because it reminds a neighbour of Hitler. Charli Dickenson posted a picture of the house in Port Tennant, Swansea, after noticing that the slanted roof looked like the Nazi leader’s fringe. The house shot to fame when the picture was spotted by the comedian Jimmy Carr.
A second neighbour said: “People are joking that the house is the third on the Reich. You have to see the funny side of life sometimes.”
Diplomatic drag
A Panamanian diplomat has offered his resignation after parading in a Spanish carnival while wearing a lacy white dress with a banana poking from the bustline. Italo Afu, who is Panama’s consul to the Canary Islands, said: “I do not want to harm anyone, much less my country.”
Juan Carlos Varela, the foreign minister of Panama, said: “Couldn’t he have dressed up like a pirate? Or even Donald Duck?”
Patient looking run down?
A doctor is accused of trying to run over a man who refused to stop smoking. Police in Dallas, Texas, say Dr Jeffrey Thompson, 54, drove his Mercedes coupé at Donald Zuelly, 48, following a row over smoking in a car park. In a statement to police, reported by the Dallas Morning News, Zuelly says he heard the squeal of tyres and had to take cover behind a concrete post. The doctor allegedly then reversed, and motioned for Zuelly to step in front of the car. Thompson faces a charge of aggravated assault with a vehicle.
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You won’t find nuts there
A businessman lifted the lavatory seat in his Malawi hotel room to find a squirrel staring up at him. “I was concerned it was going to jump out and bite me, so I put the lid back down and left it for a minute as I wasn’t sure what to do,” said Duncan Goose, 42, who was visiting aid projects in the country. After some thought, he lowered a towel into the bowl, allowing the squirrel to climb out.
“Hopefully it’s recovered from the experience and will go on to have a happy life devoid of toilet bowl experiences.”
Do police have a lead?
British dogs are stealing goods worth up to £33m a year, it’s been claimed. Research by Bakers Complete, which makes dog food, maintains that underwear is the most frequently pilfered item — 74% of owners say that dogs have stolen their pants and knickers. But 11% of dogs regularly take cash and jewellery from owners and neighbours (and 41% of owners say they wouldn’t return stolen goods). Peter Neville, an animal behaviourist, says the dogs are just looking for entertainment.