A lighter side of life

Restaurant fines diners for leftovers


DAMMAM

A Saudi restaurant has started fining diners if they order more than they can eat.

Fahad Al Anezi, owner of the Marmar Restaurant in the city of Dammam, said he wanted to avoid wasting food.

He also wanted to encourage customers to be less extravagant with their orders, reports Gulf News.

"There are many clients who make large orders in order to impress the people around them and boost their social prestige," he said.

Diners were made to pay an extra charge which was decided depending on how much food they left, he added.

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Defendant urinated in judge's bin


TEXAS

A teenage defendant angered a judge - by urinating into his waste paper bin in court.

Corey Webb, 17, relieving himself shortly after the jury had left the courtroom in Tyler, Texas, reports The Sun.

Local TV footage shows him smirking as he unbuckles his belt before walking over to the bin.

The clip also shows how the judge and a police officer look on in dismay.

The judge then told Webb: "I don't know how you were raised, but peeing in a trash can in a state district courtroom is inappropriate behaviour.

"This is the second conversation we have had. There won't be a third."

The youngster was standing trial for shooting a police officer during an attempted escape from a youth detention centre.

He had already been told off for mumbling loudly during the lawyers' arguments and asking the judge if he could fire his lawyer.

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The world's longest finger nails


LAS VEGAS
A woman has won the Guinness World Record for having the longest finger nails in the world.

Chris Walton, 45, hasn't clipped her finger nails in 18 years, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Her nails measure a total of 19ft 9ins - 10ft 2in on her left hand and 9ft 7in on her right.

She does her own makeup and household chores despite the challenges posed by her extremely long nails.

"I hate all the cleaning, but I do it. And the makeup, I only wear so much," said Ms Walton, who is a professional singer.

One daily activity that does prove difficult is getting change out of her pocket, she said.

But she uses her knuckles to text on a mobile phone.

Now that she has won the record she plans to get rid of the nails, but will have to do it slowly because: "I'm so used to having nails I'd be running into walls and doors."

Guinness spokesman Stuart Claxton said Ms Walton was a "unique beauty".

The previous recordholder was Lee Redmond, of Salt Lake City, whose nails measured a total of 28 feet until she lost them in a 2009 car crash