<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Strange Stories from Around the World @ valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com</title><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Strange Stories from Around the World) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:39:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Strange Stories from Around the World @ valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>The King of Swaziland</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_king_of_swaziland_1.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_king_of_swaziland_1.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 06:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fking%5Fof%5Fswaziland%5F1</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The king of Swaziland has ordered an end to a five year no-sex rite for teenage girls to try and reduce the spread of Aids in his tiny African kingdom.
Under the umchwasho chastity pledge any breach was punishable by a fine of one cow for anyone tha]]></description></item><item><title>The King of Swaziland</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_king_of_swaziland.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_king_of_swaziland.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 08:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fking%5Fof%5Fswaziland</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The king of Swaziland has ordered an end to a five year no-sex rite for teenage girls to try and reduce the spread of Aids in his tiny African kingdom.Under the umchwasho chastity pledge any breach was punishable by a fine of one cow for anyone that]]></description></item><item><title>Fucking, Austria</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/fucking_austria.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/fucking_austria.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 07:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fucking%5Faustria</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Fucking, AustriaThere's a village not far from Salzberg in Austria that's blessed with a rather unfortunate name, which happens to be, well, Fucking.Now the denizens of this rather sleepy little village on the way to anywhere are a little fed up of t]]></description></item><item><title>Saudi ID cards for women</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/saudi_id_cards_for_women.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/saudi_id_cards_for_women.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 04:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=saudi%5Fid%5Fcards%5Ffor%5Fwomen</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A woman in Saudi Arabia has finally been issued with an identity card four years after they Saudi government originally decided to issue them to women. There was a snag in this particular case however because one of the conditions for getting an ID c]]></description></item><item><title>&apos;Deferred success&apos;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/deferred_success.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/deferred_success.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=deferred%5Fsuccess</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a move to prevent children feeling bad about themselves, a leading teachers union at their annual conference proposed that instead of using the word 'failure' to descibe a student that had, well, failed a course the words 'deferred success' should]]></description></item><item><title>Strange stories from around the world - the dentures</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__the_dentures.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__the_dentures.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 04:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=strange%5Fstories%5Ffrom%5Faround%5Fthe%5Fworld%5F%5Fthe%5Fdentures</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Taiwanese man is breathing easier today following an operation to remove a set of dentures from one of his bronchial tubes.The man had fallen three years earlier at his home and blacked out. When he awoke, he was apparently none the worse for wear]]></description></item><item><title>Strange stories from around the world - fishy revenge!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__fishy_revenge.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__fishy_revenge.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=strange%5Fstories%5Ffrom%5Faround%5Fthe%5Fworld%5F%5Ffishy%5Frevenge</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An eight year old boy choked to death in a Malaysian fishing village last week when a live fish he'd caught with his bare hands suddenly leapt into his mouth and choked him to death. The desperate fish, endeavouring to escape, squirmed and flipped un]]></description></item><item><title>Strange stories from around the world - the horse lover of Seattle</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__the_horse_lover_of_se.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__the_horse_lover_of_se.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=strange%5Fstories%5Ffrom%5Faround%5Fthe%5Fworld%5F%5Fthe%5Fhorse%5Flover%5Fof%5Fse</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A man in Seattle died last week while indulging in anal sex with a stallion. The coroner ruled that the man had died as the result of a perforated colon, as the horse buggered him, literally, to death. The farm on which the 'accident' took place has]]></description></item><item><title>Strange stories from around the world - hemp hound biscuits</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__hemp_hound_biscuits.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__hemp_hound_biscuits.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=strange%5Fstories%5Ffrom%5Faround%5Fthe%5Fworld%5F%5Fhemp%5Fhound%5Fbiscuits</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hemp hound biscuits are taking off in a big way in Tasmania, Australia. The biscuits were the brainchild of entrepeneur Ian Rochfort on Flinders Island and is reputed to give hounds a glossier coat, healthy teeth and profoundly happier and more mello]]></description></item><item><title>Strange stories from around the world - the holiday survey</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__the_holiday_survey.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__the_holiday_survey.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=strange%5Fstories%5Ffrom%5Faround%5Fthe%5Fworld%5F%5Fthe%5Fholiday%5Fsurvey</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The British Foreign Office has released the results of groundbreaking research on to why young 18-30 Britons go on holiday. A 79 page report costing $50,000 revealed that British youngsters go on holiday primarily to get a sun tan, get drunk, do drug]]></description></item><item><title>Strange stories from around the world - the gravedigger&apos;s barbecue</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__the_gravediggers_barb.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories_from_around_the_world__the_gravediggers_barb.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 04:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=strange%5Fstories%5Ffrom%5Faround%5Fthe%5Fworld%5F%5Fthe%5Fgravediggers%5Fbarb</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Parents of a Antwerp traffic accident fatality were shocked when they went to visit their child's grave to find that the grave diggers were holding their annual barbecue at the gravesite. A remorseful head gravedigger, Willy Inter, expressed his sorr]]></description></item><item><title>The gay necrophiliac duck</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_gay_necrophiliac_duck.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_gay_necrophiliac_duck.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2005 05:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fgay%5Fnecrophiliac%5Fduck</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The strange case of the homosexual necrophiliac duck pushed out the boundaries of knowledge in a rather improbable way when it was recorded by Dutch researcher Kees Moeliker. It may have ruffled a few feathers, but it earned him the coveted Ig Nobel]]></description></item><item><title>Strange stories - January</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories__january.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_stories__january.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2005 06:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=strange%5Fstories%5F%5Fjanuary</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An English teacher recieved from his book club a demand for $0.00 which he ignored. He subsequently recieved increasingly aggressive demands for payment, and even though he wrote letters and phoned the company, nothing stopped the flow of threats of]]></description></item><item><title>Homo Floresiensis - the Indonesian hobbit</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/homo_floresiensis__the_indonesian_hobbit.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/homo_floresiensis__the_indonesian_hobbit.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2005 04:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=homo%5Ffloresiensis%5F%5Fthe%5Findonesian%5Fhobbit</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[370 miles east of Bali lies the island Flores. It was here that scientists discovered the first evidence of human beings that lived at least until 12,000 years ago. That they eixsted at all until such a recent time is staggering, it means that they m]]></description></item><item><title>Chinatown, Sydney</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/chinatown_sydney.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/chinatown_sydney.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2005 06:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=chinatown%5Fsydney</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dear all,A small Chinese man pushes porter from the vast red-bricked megalith of Market City towards the rat infested destinations of of Chinatowns restaurants. His cargo is wide punnets of purple broccoli, and he sings to himself in a strange, alien]]></description></item><item><title>Stange stories from around the world - October</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/stange_stories_from_around_the_world__october.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/stange_stories_from_around_the_world__october.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2004 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=stange%5Fstories%5Ffrom%5Faround%5Fthe%5Fworld%5F%5Foctober</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here's Octobers round up of some strange stories from around the world. Enjoy! Or don't -Â suit yourselves you miserable bastards.This week passers by in Chaing-Rai, Northern Thailand, refused to help the victims of a collision between a lorry and a]]></description></item><item><title>Strange Phenomenon - The Mekong river lights -  updated</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_phenomenon__the_mekong_river_lights___updated.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/strange_phenomenon__the_mekong_river_lights___updated.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2004 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=strange%5Fphenomenon%5F%5Fthe%5Fmekong%5Friver%5Flights%5F%5F%5Fupdated</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Mekong river is a mighty one.Born in the mountains of far off Tibet, it makes its way down through China, Mynamar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia before reaching the sea. Along it's length there are legends of an inhabitant of the river,]]></description></item><item><title>Bizarre but true!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/bizarre_but_true.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/bizarre_but_true.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bizarre%5Fbut%5Ftrue</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Dear all,Some more stories culled from around the world which just goes to show how truly daft people can be and how odd the world really is. I hope you enjoy the latest round-up of stories from around the world.In Texas, a pleasure boat was sunk yes]]></description></item><item><title>Pavel and his tractor - the fall of Milosevic</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/pavel_and_his_tractor__the_fall_of_milosevic.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/pavel_and_his_tractor__the_fall_of_milosevic.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2004 06:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pavel%5Fand%5Fhis%5Ftractor%5F%5Fthe%5Ffall%5Fof%5Fmilosevic</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Now, one day in a small town called Cacak in the North of Serbia, there was a tractor driver called Pavel.

Pavel owned a farm, but now he was facing ruin. He could not afford the petrol to run his tractor fuel prices were to high. Not just that, b]]></description></item><item><title>The Man that refused to wash</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_man_that_refused_to_wash.htm</guid><link>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/the_man_that_refused_to_wash.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2004 23:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fman%5Fthat%5Frefused%5Fto%5Fwash</comments><dc:creator>john mchugh</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We've all bumped into them from time to time - and then wished we hadn't, probably for days as the smell just seems to linger.The great unwashed.There's a woman in Cardiff that you can smell at least five minutes before she arrives around the corner.]]></description></item></channel></rss>