Reminiscent of the man without out a country is this cruise ship without ports of call because of fears over swine flu.
Australia orders ’swine flu ship’ to remain at sea as more cases confirmed
Concern over an outbreak of swine flu on a cruise ship off the coast of Australia has prompted authorities to order the [...]

Odd things have been know to happen in New York Subway trains, but I’ll bet you never expected this. According to a story in the Gothamist:
In March, four limber women took to the subway in a quest to win $10,000 from DareJunkies.com. The website offered the prize to the best public pole dance. The [...]