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Testicle Treat – Wonky World

It is common knowledge that testicles from a variety of animals are regarded as a culinary treat. However, the last thing you expect when the chef says he is going to serve testicles, is that the said testicles will be his own!

iKidney

Still in China, but with a rather disturbing story whereby five people have been charged with illegal organ trading after a teenager who was desperate to have the latest iPhone and iPad ended up selling his kidney.
The sad young chap by the name of Wang was paid 3,500 US dollars for his organ, he is just 17-years-old and lives with his family in Anhui, which is one of China’s poorest regions.

The Cheek!

Off to the UK now and a four-month-old hamster by the name of Smurf who had an unfortunate encounter with a magnet.
Smurf, was found hanging from her cage by her mouth when owner Kate Meech return from a day out, which meant poor old Smurf may well have been dangling by the dentures for up to eight hours.

Ring Return

Am not entirely sure that this story really warrants inclusion, but as it involves a toilet we’ll let it go. So, it’s off to the town of Kuna, Idaho in the US.
Somehow, in circumstances that have not been made clear, a lady by the name of Mechelle Rieger managed to flush her diamond wedding ring down the toilet.

Hubble Bubble Toilet Trouble

Sticking with toilets, here’s a quick one spotted on the Metro website, about a portable toilet that appeared in the middle of a busy street in Romania.
Police in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca admit to being completely baffled as to how the toilet ended up in the middle of a main street. (The temptation to put ‘the police have nothing to go on’ is very strong, but we will resist. Ed.)

Clean Fight

To the US of A now where, in Baltimore the usual Saturday morning shoppers and staff at a branch of Walmart had their normal day turned upside down. It all started in the cleaning materials aisle.

Three Wonky World May Articles

Three Wonky World articles from the may edition, including the arrest of a 6-year-old, a German hiding from a nymphomaniac and another German who admits to doing very little during his career.

Two x Wonky World

Two Wonky World articles from the April edition – one concerning a crazy fake ID and the other commenting on the rather disturbing use of dead animals as fashion accessories.