For some, an emergency goes beyond the usual call for help. A broken fingernail at a nightclub, a mouse that swallows medicine, and a woman who needs help getting her drunken boyfriend up to bed are all but a few of the thousands of calls made to the 999 emergency hotline in the U. K. A spokesperson for the North East Ambulance Service says demand rose by 15 percent in the past year due to the bizarre calls that are made almost on a daily basis.

If your last name is Jones, you missed out on the biggest gala ever held in your honor yesterday. Over 1,200 Joneses gathered Friday in Cardiff to break the world record for the largest assembly of people with the same name. Gaggles of Joneses flocked to the Wales Millennium Centre for the event, dubbed "Jones, Jones, Jones".

Pop singer George Michael has openly admitted to taking drugs, saying smoking cannabis helps keep him "sane. " The singer recently revealed his drug-taking habits during a television talk show. In fact, Michael says he even lit up before his interview for the British show 'South Bank Show'. According to British newspaper The Daily Mirror, Michael told interviewer Melvyn Bragg: "This is the only drug I've ever thought worth taking but you have to wait.

A woman with fingernails that are 24 feet 7 inches long has won a spot in the latest edition of Guinness World Records. Lee Redmond, 65, said she soaks her nails in olive oil to take care of them. She told Reuters the effort is worth it. The Utah native will share a center spread with the people who have the world's stretchiest skin, narrowest waist and longest ear hair. Also featured is a woman who can pop her eyeballs 0. 43 inches out of their sockets.

Officials of the Scottish Parliament are now investigating the cause for pornographic advertisements to suddenly pop up on the parliament's TV system. Advertisements for adult channels such as Red Hot Wives, Playboy TV and Spice Extreme began popping up on 320 TV monitors at Holyrood.