Weird News

[Carruthers]

Not sure that this adds much in the way of explanation but, FWIW, this is from the BBC report...

A peckish pig who swallowed a pedometer ended up sparking a fire in its pen.

Fire crews were called to a farm near Bramham, Leeds, at about 14:00 GMT on Saturday after copper from the pedometer's batteries apparently reacted with the pig's excrement and dry bedding.

The pedometers were being used on pigs to prove they were free-range. No pigs or people were hurt in the fire.

"Cause of fire attributed to a battery-powered pedometer carried by one of the pigs (to prove it was free-range), which was eaten by the other."

The fire service said crews were sent at about 14:00 GMT after "nature had taken its course".

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

Not sure that this adds much in the way of explanation but,

How did it spread to multiple sheds when each was separated by metal?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Through the straw all around them.

More likely the pedometer had a lithium battery the pig bit through sparked the blaze, but not copper.

[Carruthers]

Thief steals loo roll from cemetery portaloo in Berkhamsted

A team working to update Berkhamsted's cemetery have had their toilet roll stolen.

Someone broke into a portaloo at the Rectory Lane Cemetery and took the supplies.

A landscaping team working on the site arrived this morning to find the loo roll gone.

Kate Campbell wrote on Everything Berko:

"PLEASE RETURN OUR TOILET ROLLS.

"Our wonderful landscaping team in Rectory Lane Cemetery have been working hard over recent months through rain and sleet and mould to create something beautiful for the whole community to enjoy and this morning turned up to work to find that the portaloo had been broken into and all the toilet rolls taken."

We have of course seen toilet paper in short supply in recent weeks as people stock up, worried about the coronavirus.

A map is thoughtfully provided at the website so shocked readers can see for themselves the location of this most terrible and heinous crime against humanity.

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May not be suitable for Dwellars of a nervous disposition.