Baked bean diet wins weight loss competition

Found this great storry the other day about a man that lost 10 stone in 9 months by eating nothing but baked beans - a true rival to the atkins diet! What a competition.

Neil King, a mechanic from Essex, claims that the diet, which has seen him munch through 1,500 cans of beans, caused his weight to fall from 30 stone to just under 20 stone, reports the Daily Mirror.

The 40-year-old was given the incentive to lose weight when doctors warned him that his old diet would put him at risk of bowel cancer, which killed his mother.

Mr Kings used to consume a pack of biscuits for breakfast, two chocolate bars as a snack, a full English breakfast at lunch, a couple of packets of crisps and a roast dinner every day.

To finish, he would then sip up to eight pints of lager and pick up a kebab for supper.

Speaking to the paper about the new diet, Mr King said: "Some people think I'm mad but I love the taste and the weight has been dropping off."

Earlier this week, a Canterbury man announced he would spend the next year eating nothing but food he has foraged - including wild mushrooms, berries and roadkill, according to the Daily Mail.

I'm not a massive fan of all these crazy diets - all things in moderation I say - 3 meals a day, 3 gym sessions in a week - sees me through. Each to their own I suppose! What works for one doesnt work for all I guess.

Fancy 100,000 milk Chocolate buttons

Now this is random -Fair Exchange, a Uk based competitions and offers site are offering anybody and everybody a chance to win 100,000 milk chocolate Cadbury buttons, and as crazy as it sounds, its actually a genuine competition.

Check it out see what you think....... have you ever seen a competition like this before?

I registered for Fair Exchange two weeks ago when I came across a competition to win 1000 Cadbury Creme Eggs!!

This competition is also available directly from the site along with loads of other cool offers and random competitions. This is definately a must for all those chocolate lovers out there - my missus is definately a fan!

With so many of these sorts of sites available a couple of instant concerns prop up which I would imagine is faily uniformed like.....

A) Will I catually get anything back from them?
B) Will I get hammered with SPAM

By registering I got some fair points, dont really know what to do with them, other than to use them when playing their online games, which is fair enough I guess. But I think the best thing is, since registering with this competitions site, I havent been spammed, so big thumbs up on that front!

Dont you just love a good find? I certainly do - especially when its really random - something different and something for nothing.

Man quizzed over hedgehog games

Another great story from around the world - surely there should be a competition for the most random behaviour.

It could quite possibly win the most laughable weapon competition, but believe it or not, a man has been arrested in New Zealand for using a hedgehog as a missile in small town Whakatane, Bay of plenty.

William Singalargh was arrested after allegedly hurling the spiky creature at a 15-year-old boy, and senior sergeant Bruce Jenkins of teh local police department told the paper: "It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks."

He was arrested shortly afterwards for assault with a weapon, namely the hedgehog."The 27-year-old could face a five-year jail sentence if he is convicted of the charge on April 17th for public abuse and wildlife endangerment.Police could not confirm to the paper if alcohol played a part in the incident or if the hedgehog was dead or alive at the time of the alleged incident - although it was dead when later collected as evidence.

What I want to know is......what did the hedgehog do to deserve such punishment?!?