Cow Rental Fees
In December in Singapore, a couple brought a cow and a calf on the elevator to their apartment, along with 40 relatives, to bless their new home in an ancient Hindu ceremony. The cow rental fee was $480, and the couple paid an additional $200 in cleaning costs after the cow soiled the living room during the ceremony!

PIG ON THE LAMB

Solomon Islands Pig escapes Barbeque 09 Jun 2008
A group of bank employees from the Solomon Islands had a strange surprise during their recent annual barbecue.
The pig that was lying waiting to be roasted suddenly stood and walked off to look for food, the Dutch agricultural newspaper Agrarisch Dagblad reports. Everyone presumed that the animal had already been slaughtered.SupernaturalThe animal had been cut in the abdomen and neck but apparently not with a deadly effect. Most of the eaters refused to touch the pig. The group thought that the pig had supernatural powers. “the pig woke from the dead” explained a bank employee, “therefore, we may not eat it”.

HANDLE BAR MUSTACHES MAY BE HEADED FOR GLOBAL EXTINCTION

Despite its suavely mantastic appeal, the handlebar mustache is constantly under threat. Like the tiger or the noble narwhal, it takes many years to make a handlebar mustache, but only seconds to shave it off. The result is that with every lost handlebar, the 'stache inches ever closer to extinction.That's why it's so sad to read that the famous beards and handlebars of India are disappearing as the world's largest democracy enters the smooth-skinned digital age.According to a new book, the traditional belief in India that the mustache is a sign of virility is dying out, and young people do not want to wear the old-fashioned facial hair of their fathers."Hair India: A Guide to the Bizarre Beards and Magnificent Moustaches of Hindustan" by Richard McCallum says that most well-known Indian cricket players do not have beards or mustaches, and that the trend in Bollywood is for Euro-style designer stubble of the George Michael variety."Beards and moustaches tell the story of modern India -- how it is becoming a more Westernised, homogenised place, but also how the great traditions and the love of display still exist," McCallum told the AFP news agency.And so, alas, the world becomes a darker place -- one lost mustache at a time. But before it's too late, why not check out our favorite handlebar mustaches below?
Best Handlebar Mustaches