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Doberman

Ruff play: Top tier football match interrupted by dog wanting to have some fun

Dog and player
A weekend match in Georgia's top-flight professional football league was brought to an abrupt halt after an audacious pitch invasion interrupted a goal kick. This was not some political protest but merely a plea for a belly rub.

Current champions Torpedo Kutaisi were facing off against third-place Dila when a bold, pitch-invading dog forced a halt to proceedings by taking a shine to Torpedo goalkeeper Roin Kvaskhvadze.

The playful pup ran circles around the defense, before jostling with Kvaskhvadze, appearing to bite at his glove at least once in the tussle. The daring dog even played a dummy on one torpedo player, showing great calm as the crowd expressed their frustration with the antics on the field.

Heart

Self-proclaimed 'Old Coots' offering life advice at Utah farmers market

old coots farmers market advice
© Heather AagardSelf-proclaimed "Old Coots Giving Advice" from left, John Lesnan, Lou Borgenicht, Gus Wheeler, Tony Caputo and Rich Klein.
Their slogan: 'It's probably bad advice, but it's free.'

The group of retired friends who meet every Saturday morning at a Salt Lake City deli were growing tired of the same conversation each week.

Sure, they were solving the world's problems. But they wanted more excitement in their Saturday morning. They wanted to share their wisdom beyond their friend group of seven. As a lark, they set up a card table at the nearby Salt Lake City's farmers market and told people they were dispensing free advice.

Bacon n Eggs

Freedom of speech doesn't apply to avocados: Costa Coffee radio advert banned for criticizing avocado breakfasts

avocado bagel
© Getty ImagesThe uncriticizable avocado breakfast.
An advert for Costa Coffee has been banned for urging customers to buy a bacon roll rather than avocados.

The radio ad featured a voiceover which said there was "a great deal on ripen-at-home avocados" but they will only "be ready to eat for about 10 minutes, then they'll go off".

The advert told people to choose the "better deal" of a roll or egg muffin.

Comment: As Voltaire says, "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." Does this mean we're ruled by avocados?

This has government mandated eating guidelines written all over it.


Attention

'Take a pill!' Ukrainian panic over nukes in Crimea is groundless, says Russian MP

Rus Nukes
© Armedia.am'What is not in Crimea!'
A Russian MP from Crimea has told RT that Ukraine's fears about nuclear weapons deployment in the republic were groundless and advised those who spread such rumors to take anti-panic drugs.

The comment came from MP Dmitry Belik, who represents the Crimean city of Sevastopol in the State Duma in reply to recent allegations made by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin.

"I want to recommend that Klimkin takes this very good anti-panic medication, it is called valerian root, in tablet form. If Ukrainian authorities have not completely ruined their pharmacological industry, this drug must still be available in Kiev drugstores."

The Russian lawmaker also emphasized that regardless of the attempts to demonize Russia taken by certain Ukrainian officials, his country simply had no strategic or tactical reasons for deploying nuclear weapons in Crimea. At the same time he stated that Crimea would be constantly receiving new weapons within the modernization program conducted by the Russian military forces.

If the Ukrainian minister demonstrates such an acute reaction to every stage of this modernization he could soon completely ruin his health, Belik joked.

Another federal Russian lawmaker from Crimea, Ruslan Balbek, described the nuclear weapons placement in Crimea as a very unreasonable move because currently the republic has no carriers for such charges.

"However, the ignorance of Ukrainian diplomats probably allows to place a nuclear warhead on a fighter plane or a patrol boat, maybe even on a tank."

Smiley

US Senate to be replaced with room full of monkeys

US Senate
© The Babylon Bee
Washington, D.C.- In an emergency, overnight referendum, the American people voted on Thursday to replace the United States Senate with a room full of monkeys throwing feces. The measure passed with 57% of the vote.

22% of voters thought the Senate should be replaced by barking seals, while 17% voted that the replacement should be the pit of venomous snakes from Indiana Jones. 3.97% voted that Senate members be replaced by screaming goats. "About 100 people" voted for the current Senators to keep their jobs, with this tiny voting bloc centered in Washington, D.C.

Muffin

Swans now demanding gluten-free bread

swan family
The pushy middle-class parents of the waterfowl world have announced that they're gluten intolerant and you need to respect that.

Swans, who are right up themselves compared to the other birds that live in the park, confirmed that it's a proper condition and everything and that from now on you're going to have to go the special aisle in the supermarket just for them before taking your kids to the local pond.

"This is just bloody typical, isn't it?" said park-visitor and bird feeding enthusiast Simon Williams.

Smiley

Rescue operations called off for Beluga whale spotted in the river Thames was confirmed to be skinny-dipping Boris Johnson

Beluga Whale
© News Thump
The rescue operation for what was believed to be a Beluga whale stranded in the river Thames has been called off, as the former Foreign Secretary confirmed that he was, in fact, the half tonne pasty beast floundering around naked in the water as hoards of onlookers looked on.

The sighting of the rare "whale" this far south had drawn large crowds of wildlife enthusiasts and local schoolchildren, many of whom became concerned at the bizarre swimming action and irregular blowhole evacuations of the creature.

Toys

Trump brags that he got much bigger laughs at U.N. than Obama

Trump UN
© Spencer Platt / Getty
Calling his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday "an unbelievable success," Donald J. Trump bragged that he "got much bigger laughs than Obama."

"When Obama spoke at the U.N. he did not get a single laugh-not one," Trump told reporters. "I feel sorry for the people who had to sit through his speeches. They weren't funny at all."

In contrast, Trump said, "I killed at the U.N."

Life Preserver

Daredevil raccoon climbs high-rise in Ocean City, NJ, drops from about 8 stories

Raccoon climbs side of building
© Richard Tsong-Taatarii / Global Look Press
In the style of Spiderman, a raccoon climbed up the wall of a high-rise near the Boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ. After making it about eight stories up, the critter falls off the wall, spreading its body like a parachute suit.

The video, captured by South Carolina resident Micha Rea, shows dozens of spectators looking up mesmerized. Shock spreads through the crowd as the raccoon is seen pushing off the wall and falling to the ground.

Mr. Potato

'Sesame Street' producers deny accusations that Bert and Ernie are in fact Russian spies

Bert and Ernie
Show runners for Sesame Street have come forward to deny accusations that Bert and Ernie are in secret service to the Kremlin, feeding information to Russia's leaders in order to undermine the interests of the United States.

The statement came in response to a writer for the show, who stated that he's "always thought of Bert and Ernie as KGB" while writing their scenes. Viewers pointed out that Ernie's constant reminiscing over "the Motherland" and Bert's propensity for reading Communist literature as he ignored Ernie's incoherent ramblings suggested that the two may actually be Russian agents.

"Bert and Ernie are puppets, and are therefore apolitical characters without any ability to sell government secrets to Putin," Sesame Street reps wrote on the show's Twitter account. "We wrote the characters to talk about friendship, and they are in no way Russian spies."

"Seriously, they're puppets. Stop making such a big deal about whether or not they're members of your proletariat uprising," the tweet concluded.

At publishing time, Oscar the Grouch had been accused of being enlisted by the CIA to wiretap Bert and Ernie's phone.