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Here comes the WTFckery...

1. A big expensive typo oops here from Penguin. From the Sydney Morning Herald:

Penguin reprints book, peppered with an error, wants it taken with grain of salt

"The publishing company was forced to pulp and reprint 7000 copies of Pasta Bible last week after a recipe called for "salt and freshly ground black people" – instead of pepper – to be added to the spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto. The exercise will cost Penguin $20,000, the head of publishing, Bob Sessions, said. At $3300 a letter, it's a pricey typo."

2. You were getting paid $200K for part-time work and still felt that wasn't enough money? What is more a WTF? Getting paid that much or stealing from Danielle Steel? From Mercury News:

"Danielle Steel's former assistant has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for embezzling more than $760,000 from the romance novelist. Kristy Watts worked for 15 years and earned an annual salary of $200,000 for part-time work that included handling Steel's payroll and accounting.

The 48-year-old pleaded guilty last year to depositing numerous checks made out to "cash" in her own bank account, using the author's credit card rewards points and paying herself more than her salary.

U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker on Tuesday sentenced Watts to two years and nine months in prison.

She has paid the author $969,752 to settle a lawsuit by selling her San Rafael house and its furnishings. Watts is married to a San Francisco Police Department officer and has a 6-year-old daughter."

3. Can we saw ewww? From CNN. (Thanks to Laurie at Paranormal Bites)

"As locusts swarm across Australia, folks are finding a way to get back at the insects that devour crops – eat ‘em!

One café in Mildura, northern Victoria state, is offering locusts as a crunchy topping for pizza, CNN affiliate ABC news reports.

The idea for the dish came from the mayor of the town of 60,000, Glen Milne, according to ABC. The politician rounded up locusts in a garbage bag in the town’s center.

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations reports that dried locusts are about 62 percent protein and can be prepared in stir fry, roasted or boiled. It even offers a few recipes, pizza not among them.

4. This one gave me a good chuckle. From Telegraph co uk:

Man loses license after drink-driving in toy Barbie car. A man who was caught drink-driving in a toy car with a top speed of 4mph has been banned from driving.

Paul Hutton was given a mandatory three-year ban because he had received another drink-drive ban within the past ten years. He was pulled over by police as he drove an electric Barbie car, which moves slower than a mobility scooter, near his home in Essex.

Chairman of the bench Neil Munson said: "This is most unusual."I have never seen the like of it in 15 years on the bench. "The vehicle is not even capable of doing the speed of a mobility scooter and could be outrun by a pedestrian. "Taking this into account, we feel we can impose a sentence of a conditional discharge for a period of 12 months."

The car was confiscated by police until the hearing but Mr Hutton now hopes to get it back.

5. Poor smooshed Eeyore. From Cake Wrecks:

6. Coming to a DVD near you on May 25th. I give you Death Kappa! Beware the water goblins that look like rejects from a Gozilla movie. From Horror-Movies ca

Synopsis: The kappa, in Japanese folklore, are water goblins that are closely associated with a certain town in the country. Unfortunately, the area is also home to a militant splinter group of researchers dedicated to developing amphibious super soldiers based on the kappa of legends. When their experiments result in murders by some escapees, the appearance of an actual kappa, and the triggering of an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it.

7. Saw this tweet from SB Sarah. Underwear for your toes. They are called Capezio® Crystal Footundeez® and cost $23.

8. A baseball team's mascot is always good for a laugh. Getting down and funky to Lady Gaga's Bad Romance.



9. And this week's Regretsy WTFckery is bound to give you nightmares. Yeah, I wouldn't sleep either if that thing was anywhere in my bedroom.

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