http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged bill en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 22:03:53 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/russian-billionaire-reveals-real-life-avatar-plan-to-live-forever-from-2045/ A Russian billionaire has revealed controversial plans to upload his own brain and become immortal by 2045. 32 year-old Dmitry Itskov believes technology will allow him to live forever in a hologram body. His '2045 initiative' is described as the next step in evolution, and over 20,000 people have signed up on Facebook to follow its progress, with global conferences planned to explore the technology needed. 'We are in the process of creating focus gro... ]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 05:35:27 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/science-technology/russian-billionaire-reveals-real-life-avatar-plan-to-live-forever-from-2045/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/web-designer-takes-revenge-over-unpaid-bill/ A web designer behind a Jamaican food restaurant has taken revenge over an unpaid bill by pasting a $1500 overdue notice onto the restaurant's website domain. Customers who click onto the homepage URL for the Caribbean Dutch Pot Restaurant, in the US state of Maryland, are directed to a copy of the invoice with the bold red letters "Past Due Final Notice". Independent web designer Julie Williamson, from Baltimore, said she posted the invoice online around ... ]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:08:53 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/web-designer-takes-revenge-over-unpaid-bill/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/man-rents-billboard-in-bid-to-find-work/ An unemployed graduate has spent his last ÂŁ500 - on a billboard aimed at finding him a job. Adam Pacitti, 24, of Ryde on the Isle of Wight, said he acted out of desperation after applying for more than 250 jobs in three months. As well as the billboard, in London, Mr Pacitti, who gained a first class degree in media production at the University of Winchester, has also set up a website, employadam.com. The site features a tongue-in-cheek video... ]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:00:29 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/man-rents-billboard-in-bid-to-find-work/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/billboard-for-prostitution-service-goes-up-opposite-school/ Furious education chiefs have torn advertisers off a strip after they put up a billboard advertising a prostitution service opposite a school. The huge poster - which features a model writhing out of a skimpy thong plugging an online sex service - is seen by hundreds of gawping schoolchildren as they walk to the school in Bruttisellen, Switzerland. "It is tasteless and should never have been put there," said a spokesman for the school. "We have contacte... ]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:20:52 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/billboard-for-prostitution-service-goes-up-opposite-school/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/outrage-over-fat-girls-restaurant-bill/ IT'S the last thing you'd expect after a nice meal out - for your feelings to get hurt instead of just your wallet. But that's what happened to three US women on Friday when they were handed a receipt with the words "fat girls" written across the top, the Daily Mail reported. Christine Duran, Christina Huerta and Isabel Robles, who were dining at the Cameo Club Casino restaurant in Stockton, California, thought it was a joke at first. %2... ]]> Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:27:43 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/outrage-over-fat-girls-restaurant-bill/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/girl-5-kicked-controls-to-cause-helicopter-crash-that-killed-five/ A BILLIONAIRE who died along with four others in a 2010 helicopter crash allowed his 5-year-old daughter to sit on his lap in the co-pilot's seat where she kicked the controls and caused the accident, according to federal investigators. The US National Transportation Safety Board reviewed the crash that killed Services Group of America founder and owner Thomas Stewart, 64, for nearly three years before releasing its final probable-cause report last week. Stewartâ%... ]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 03:23:30 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/girl-5-kicked-controls-to-cause-helicopter-crash-that-killed-five/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/woman-runs-up-a-138-tab-doesnt-leave-a-tip-because-shes-a-single-mom/ Is it ever OK to say you're a single parent in order to avoid leaving a tip? (Photo: Reddit via PhoenixSongFaw …Waiters and waitresses are up in arms over a restaurant receipt posted on Reddit, for which a customer used her status as a single parent to avoid leaving a tip. The $138.35 was paid with a Visa credit card, but in the space for a gratuity, someone simply wrote, "single mom sorry." And, at the bottom of the bill, a compliment: "Thank yo... ]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:08:28 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/woman-runs-up-a-138-tab-doesnt-leave-a-tip-because-shes-a-single-mom/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/police-arrest-man-armed-with-sawfish-bill/ Police have arrested a man who was allegedly armed with a weapon made from the snout of a sawfish in Western Australia's Pilbara. Officers in Karratha were called to a house in Millars Well last night after reports a man was acting aggressively during a dispute with neighbours. It is alleged Jayden Moody was threatening people with the sawfish sword. The sawfish has a long snout, or rostrum, which looks like teeth, but are actually scales, on both sides... ]]> Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:38:37 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/police-arrest-man-armed-with-sawfish-bill/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/frenchwoman-receives-phone-bill-for-11721000000000000-euros/ A FRENCHWOMAN who received a telephone bill for an amount equivalent to nearly 6000 times the country's annual economic output has had the real amount she owed waived - after finally convincing the company they must have made a mistake. Solenne San Jose, from Pessac in the Bordeaux region of southwestern France, could not believe her eyes when she opened the bill to discover she was being asked to pay 11,721,000,000,000,000 euros ($14.92 thousand trillion) to clo... ]]> Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:45:21 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/frenchwoman-receives-phone-bill-for-11721000000000000-euros/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/monica-lewinsky-writing-tell-all-memoir-including-her-secret-love-letters-to-clinton-his-insatiable-desire-for-threesomes-and-how-he-trashed-hillary/ Monica Lewinsky is reportedly set to write a tell-all book about her affair with Bill Clinton - including her intimate love letters to the ex-president and how he had an insatiable desire for threesomes. The former White House intern, 39, reportedly wants revenge on Clinton, who she believes escaped unscathed while she has never been able to shake the disgrace of their Oval Office trysts. Friends claim publishers are scrambling to get their hands on the book, and ... ]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:43:47 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/monica-lewinsky-writing-tell-all-memoir-including-her-secret-love-letters-to-clinton-his-insatiable-desire-for-threesomes-and-how-he-trashed-hillary/