Silly Saturday - An Owl, A Brothel and Several Microwaves

So much silliness, so little time. Where to begin?

Let's start off with owls.

From Newslite.tv...

A person concerned the an owl had not moved in days contacted an animal charity. The animal rescue worker, armed with a net to catch the bird, tried to coax it down.

After a couple of hours of shouting to the owl the rescue worker called in a team from Essex (England) Fire Service.

Officers climbed the 30 ft pole in a bid to get the animal to move but as they got near local residents told them it was a fake plastic owl that had been placed on the pole by British Telecom to stop real birds from perching there.

Obviously these folks aren't the brightest bulbs in the pack. Next up, not too big-brain physicists.

From the Sydney Morning Herald...

One of Europe's most prestigious scientific research institutes issued an apology after discovering that the calligraphy used on the cover of its flagship magazine, Max Planck Research, to illustrate a special China edition was in fact an ad for a Hong Kong strip joint.

The institute hastily replaced the cover - which advertises "hot, young housewives" - from the online and English edition of the publication.

The institute - which is named after the German physicist credited as the founder of quantum theory - said the Chinese text "had been chosen by our editorial office in order to symbolically illustrate the magazine's focus on China".

"Unfortunately, it has now transpired that this text contains inappropriate content of a suggestive nature," the apology states. "To our sincere regret, however, it has now emerged that the text contains deeper levels of meaning, which are not immediately accessible to a non-native speaker."

Here are the before and after "hot housewives" covers of the magazine.


Lastly, a microwave inspired Christmas greeting...