Festival who sold £22 tickets promising
a “plethora of the finest international
cheesemakers and mongers showcasing
their amazing cheeses.” But ticket
holders demanded refunds after the Big
Cheese Festival ran out of ... er ... cheese.
The weather was blamed, but perhaps if
they had planned more Caerphilly it
would have all gone Feta.
... an unnamed 12-year-old Chinese boy
who, finding himself alone in a lift,
decided to urinate all over the buttons,
causing them to fuse. A CCTV camera in
the elevator caught him looking terrified
as the lights flashed on and off and the
doors opened and closed rapidly. He
had to be rescued after his wee prank
backfired. Urine trouble, my lad!
New technology
The Church of England is supplying its
parishes with contactless, virtual,
terminal and SMS mobile payments so
vicars will be able to offer cashless
payment options for events from
weddings and christenings to concerts,
as well as making one-off donations or
booking churches and halls. Passing a
reader around the congregation for the
collection is also being trialled, and is
expected to be rolled out in due course.
Let us pay.
A self-declared Australian cyborg has
been fined after he was unable to
produce his travel card on request
because it had been implanted in his
hand. The 34-year-old had the chip
from the card, coated in bio-compatible
plastic, inserted unde