A Chinese man woke his wife from a 10-year coma by biting her toes.
The hubby said he had tried everything since his wife of 27 years sustained a head injury a decade ago, including playing loud music and tickling her. But the gentle nibbling did it.
The next miracle will be getting her to talk.
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At a combined 179 years, a British couple has become the nation’s oldest newlyweds.
John Dawkins, 89, and Penny Cooper, 90, both of Devon, got hitched nine months after she proposed to him.
“Without a doubt, I would have been a very grumpy old man if I had not met Penny,” Dawkins said.
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Officials of a British shopping center slipped a lump of coal to some Girl Scouts, saying the youngsters could no longer sing Christmas carols there.
The Marlowes Center in Hertfordshire ended a 20-year tradition by claiming that the 100 carolers could obstruct fire-escape routes, essentially giving them ye olde bah, humbug.
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Here’s a town with a good “sole.”
The British seaside resort of Torbay has set aside $60,000 to purchase flip-flops for tipsy women so that they can stumble home free of their stilettos.
The arrangement is part of a campaign that also provides free condoms and advice on safe sex.
Officers are expected to be on duty by the Christmas holidays to hand out the freebies to obvious candidates.
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Austrian police are learning to take aim in a different sort of way.
Cops at the Salzburg shooting range who need to take a whiz have been ordered to use a special car that takes them 250 yards to the nearest john.
It seems the townsfolk were fed up with lawmen taking leaks in nearby bushes – located in their water-purity area. Neil Graves, Wire Services