A man from Clinton Township, Michigan spent 30 years of his life and some $60,000 working on his dream, his own flying saucer. The 57-year-old Alfie Carrington, who knows nothing about computers, says he just want to replace automobile with a Jetsons-style vehicle, and not actually take his creation into outer space. Carrington told the Detroit Free Press, "Why drive when you can fly 500mph?"

Well, at least he didn't end up in Colorado. A young German man accidentally booked a ticket to Sidney, Montana in the United States, rather than to Sydney, Australia where his girlfriend was waiting for him. The 21-year-old man, Tobi Gutt, ended up over 8,000 miles off course and was stuck in the freezing cold of Montana for over three days with only a suitcase of summer clothes intended for his trip to Australia.

Smokers in Glasgow who were trying to kick the habit have been mistakenly prescribed Viagra because of a computer error. According to a report by the BBC, the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the error was caused by a computer "misreading" the prescription given to patients.

A private school in Scotland is trying to save the dying art of penmanship by requiring that all its students write with fountain pens. The school's headmaster fears writing longhand will soon be a mere memory due to computers and text messaging, and he's doing what he can to keep it alive.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth is planning on cutting down costs at Buckingham Palace. The monarch is said to be firing the Palace's night phone operator and diverting calls to Windsor Castle's fire surveillance room instead. The queen employs an operator to work between 10 pm and 8 am to take important phone calls regarding urgent matters of state business with a salary of $25,000 a year.