After a hiatus, I have decided to bring this site back as a Tumblr site. This old blogger hosted site will be using the webofgoodnews.blogspot.com domain, but will not be updated anymore (the RSS feeds in the sidebar update automatically though). I have moved the old postings from here over to Tumblr and have already started posting new stuff. To follow the new Web of Good news, visit Webofgoodnews.com (or webofgoodnews.tumblr.com).


Showing posts with label humorous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humorous. Show all posts

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Black Friday Dollar Store

So this isn't really "news," but it made someone's day!


Saturday, November 24, 2012

Noodles The Dog Charged Overdraft Fee By British Bank

When a customer of a British bank withdrew more than what was in the account, employees doggedly hounded the scofflaw.

Problem was, the customer was a dog named "Noodles," and he's no longer at the address on file at NatWest Bank in Leicestershire, Great Britain.


Read More at Huffington Post

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Are we being watched? 'Alien' reaches out through Northern Lights



We may finally have proof that there are aliens among us.

Using a complicated system unknown to us humans, aliens appear to have managed to beam their image onto the spectacular Northern Lights sky.

The photographer was shocked on his return home to see the image of the green faced alien in his pictures of the aurora Northern Lights.

Landscape photographer Iurie Belegurschi captured the image by accident in the Reykjanes peninsula of Iceland.

Read more at Yahoo News

Monday, November 19, 2012

5 Inspiring True Stories For Anyone Feeling Cynical Today

Spending too much time on the Internet is a surefire way to become hopelessly cynical, but we know there's a tiny glimmer of idealism burning away inside you. It's worth it to take some time every now and again to remind yourself that those cheesy inspirational stories your grandma forwards to you via email are sometimes actually true. Sometimes idealistic, naive people will go head-to-head with the cold, cruel world and make the cold, cruel world back down.

Read the rest at Cracked

---Amazing what some simple acts can accomplish!

Parrot Sings Gangnam Style


More specifically, it looks like a Cockatoo singing Gangnam Style to me.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Gandalf, the agoraphobic owl, is given his own brick house

Gandalf the great grey owl peers out of a window at Knowsley Safari Park Photo: Mark Bridger / Rex Features


Gandalf the Great Grey Owl gets scared flying out in the open so his owners have built his aviary inside a brick shed.

He now spends his days watching the world go by out of his window.

"He is a bit of a wuss as he doesn't like flying in big open spaces," said owner Janet Southard, who runs the Wild Arena photography company, based inside Knowsley Safari Park near Liverpool.

Read more at the Telegraph

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Foxy thief snatches bag - then returns it to owner

Jeremy Clark, 38, told The Argus how he was at home in Maple Drive, Burgess Hill, when he spotted a fox making off with his wife's handbag - then return it to her.

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