A lighter side of life

Mayor runs over illegally parked car in tank

A Lithuanian politician has been filmed using an armoured vehicle to crush a car parked illegally in a cycle lane.
Arturas Zuokas, the eccentric mayor of Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, says in the clip: "That's what will happen if you park your car illegally."
The apparent owner then arrives to see his wrecked Mercedes being towed away.
"In the past few days, expensive cars have been illegally parked in almost this exact place - a Rolls-Royce and a Ferrari," Mayor Zuokas said.
"What should the city do about drivers who think that they are above the law? It seems that a tank is the best solution."
The stunt was shot over the weekend for a popular Swedish TV series, 99 Things You Should Do Before You Die, and has been posted on YouTube.
In the video, Mr Zuokas ticks off the car's owner, sweeps up the broken glass from the wreckage and then hops on a bicycle and rides off.
"You have to have a sense of humour in my line of work and I thought this would be a way of drawing attention to the fact that the city intends to be proactive in its fight against illegal parking," the mayor said.- Ananova.com


Man's 1,000 mile hike to win bride


A Chinese Proclaimers fan got more than she bargained for when she jokingly told her boyfriend she would only marry him if he walked 1,000 miles.
Ling Hsueh, 23, made the comment in reference to the Scottish duo's song 500 Miles after Liu Peiwen, 29, proposed to her.
The chorus goes: "But I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more, just to be the man who walked a thousand miles, to fall down at your door."
But before Ling got around to telling Liu that she was only joking, he had bought a rucksack and set off from Henan province on the marathon hike.
He said: "The distance from here to her hometown in the Guangdong province, in southeastern China, is 1,600 kilometers - which is exactly 1,000 miles.
"When I get there I hope she is waiting for me and I will ask her again - and I hope she says yes."
Ling told local media: "He's such a fruitcake. I would have married him anyway and was only joking when I said he had to walk a 1,000 miles."
She added: "He was already on the way when I realised."
The trip is expected to take six weeks and Liu added: "I love walking and always wanted to see more of the country - but my love was the final push I needed to set off."