FirstNews ISSUE 275

26FirstNews ISSUE 275 9 – 15 SEPTEMBER 2011CRAZY BUT TRUEFor more crazy news, pictures and videos go to www.firstnews.co.uk/newsWorld’s biggest food fightRECORD OFTHE WEEKBALLOON BIPLANEJohn Cassidy (USA) used 434 modellingballoons to make a biplane that measured490 cm (192 in) wide and 375 cm (147 in)long on 25 September 2009.HERE’S another great way of enjoying your food while getting a taste of the action!Thousands of people from around theworld gathered in Bunol, Spain, to paintthe town red with rotten tomatoes.Five lorries carried 120 tonnes of the fruitby Ian Princeinto the town, as around 35,000 peoplepeeled off to shorts and T-shirts and turnedripe fruit into loads of sauce. The fruityfrolics lasted for an hour, then people couldrelax and have a ‘ketchup’ with each otherabout their experiences.Ipswich townsFor info on this recordand hundreds more, go towww.guinnessworldrecords.comQUICKCHUCKLESAnimal attractionANIMAL lovers are able to share theirhappy day with some furry friends atTwycross Zoo in the West Midlands.Couples can tie the knot in a room overlookingan enclosure of exotic waterbirds and then havephotos around the zoo with the animals. Weddingguests have a private tour of over 1000 animals,and can even feed the elephants!“All profits from weddingsgo directly towardsTwycross Zoo’s animalsand conservation projectsso couples who hold theirwedding here will be helpingsome fantastic causes,” saidRob Bracken, CommercialDirector of Twycross Zoo.A GLOBE trotting grandad from Ipswich has spent years visitingloads of other Ipswich towns around the world.Alex Nunn spent 11 years and travelledmore than 61,000 miles to visit his hometown’s namesakes.He said: “I think I have visited justabout all the Ipswiches you can get to.”“Once I had visited a couple of placescalled Ipswich it became a challenge tovisit some more.” His travels took him toIpswiches in Australia, Jamaica, Canada,and four across the United States. Theoriginal one is in Suffolk, England.Its name was carried around the worldby English emigrants seeking new livesabroad centuries ago.The grandad’s itchy feet are not new –he used to be a lorry driver.Q: Why did the boy blush when heopened the fridge?A: He saw the salad dressingQ: How do rabbits keep their hairin place?A: With hare-spray!Email your jokes tonewsdesk@firstnews.co.ukThis week, thanks to John from NewburyA gem of an idea?AN embarrassed husband had arubbish idea to protect his wife’sjewellery - by hiding it in bin bags.The Australian man put the gold and jewelsworth £30,000 in rubbish bags believing itwould keep them safe from thieves while thecouple went on holiday. The problem wasthat the rubbish bags were thrown out,collected by bin men, and dumped in a hugerubbish tip. Ooops!Written and illustrated by Paul Palmer