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Fender Bender

The internet recorded another first in March when hamster drag racing went live on the web at www.bluesq.com, one of the UK's biggest online bookies. That's right, hamster drag racing.
The little rodents drive a colourful plastic dragster -- a replica of a real-life racing car. The cars are powered by the hamster running inside a wheel in the cockpit.
According to British tabloid The Sun, each race lasts about 35 seconds and is run over a straight course with the one hamster-powered (1 hp) dragsters in lanes.
The overall series winner claimed a tub of avocado, apparently hamsters' favourite snack. Three camera positions offered close-ups, as well as wide-angle views so punters could see online exactly where their chosen hamster was placed.
Commentary was supplied by experienced greyhound commentator Richard Thomas and all profits from the one-off series were donated to charity.
It was not known whether the rodent speedsters required braking chutes.

Boxed-in
According to a report in The Scotsman newspaper in the UK, a motorist was apprehended by police driving on the M25, Britain's busiest motorway, with a cardboard box on his head. The cardboard box, police discovered when they pulled him over, had been lined with aluminium foil and the driver had cut out two eye-holes to enable him to see the road.
By way of explanation, the motorist explained he had been suffering from some strange symptoms since buying his new car and believed that these were caused by electrical interference to his brain from the car's sophisticated electrical system. His solution was to build his own radiation shield which he earthed to the rest of his car.
A police source said: "At first we thought it was a crank call but when we established that it was serious, we tracked down the car. The officers couldn't believe their eyes. The man didn't seem to understand what the problem was. He thought that driving along the motorway with a cardboard box on his head was okay and nothing to concern the police with."
After a chat by police the man was allowed to go on his way, minus his box.

Beer fridge winners
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