Weird headlines

This week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog takes a look at a selection of weird and wonderful news headlines...

1) Strange priorities

Whoever wrote this first headline has got a strange sense of priorities...

Road sign ruined. In other news, a woman was taken to hospital.

Oh, no! The road sign was ruined! Oh ... and a woman was taken to hospital.

How many ... does it take to change a light bulb?

You're going to think I'm making this up, but this coming Thursday is National Light Bulb Day! Whoever felt the need for a special day to celebrate light bulbs, must have been quite a weird person, but anyway, in honour of this 'special day' here's a collection of light bulb jokes...

That's going to need changed.

1) How many mystery writers does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to screw it almost all the way in and the other to give it a surprising twist at the end.


2) How many Dragon Ball Z episodes does it take to change a light bulb?
Find out next time on Dragon Ball Z!


3) How many censors does it take to change a light bulb?
███; one to ████, and another to ███ with a large protruding object from his ███ ██ with ███ large strawberry muffin in his ███.

Interactive 404 pages

If you type in a dead link or a mistyped link, most websites will redirect you to their 404 page. Most 404 pages are fairly unremarkable, but some websites have put a lot of effort into their 404 pages.

Here's a selection of 404 pages with an interactive element to them...

1) Pac-Man

This 404 page from Blue Fountain Media will appeal to Pac-Man fans. It's a playable Pacman maze in the shape of a 404!
https://www.bluefountainmedia.com/charlesfudgemuffin

"Waka waka waka waka..."

Stupid questions (part 3)

Hooray! Payroll! How interesting!

This week is National Payroll Week, so to celebrate, here are ten interesting facts about payroll...

Only joking!

There aren't ten interesting facts about payroll. There's not even one interesting fact about payroll. Payroll's really boring.

So instead, this week the Charles Fudgemuffin ignores National Payroll Week, and instead focuses on something more interesting...

Stupid questions!

Stupid questions have been featured before on the Charles Fudgemuffin blog, and it seems that librarians often get asked more than their fair share of stupid questions. With that in mind, this week's collection of stupid questions are all questions that were asked in the library...

1) Based on real life?

This lion is certainly real,
but what about the lion from the Wizard Of Oz?

"Is the Wizard Of Oz fiction or non-fiction?"

Hmm, now let me think...

You mean that movie where Dorothy meets a living walking talking scarecrow who doesn't have a brain, a living walking talking tin man who doesn't have a heart, and a talking lion who stands on two feet and who doesn't have courage?  The movie where they then get captured by flying winged monkeys?

Hmm, is the Wizard Of Oz non-fiction?  Hmm, that's a tricky question...

Random thoughts (part 6)

Once again it's time for a round-up of random thoughts about a variety of random subjects...

1) Sweep cheat

"Nobody can sweep as good as that!
There must be another explanation..."

At the Winter Olympics, a Russian curling competitor failed a drug test.

Maybe I'm being a bit gormless here, but why would you take performance enhancing drugs ... for curling? How can drugs make you better at sweeping? I don't get it.

Perhaps the makers of Meldonium should include the following warning:

Caution: Side effects may include headaches, dizziness, and making you better at sweeping.