Bananas reportedly washed up by the thousands on two Dutch North Sea islands Wednesday, as caused by six containers that fell from a cargo ship caught in a storm. The bananas were said to have come in ten crates, from the ship Duncan Island.

Prison guards at Suffolk County jail in Long Island, New York, were shocked to find a cloth-stuffed dummy in the room of an inmate during a random search. However, their fears were immediately put to rest when the inmate was found working in another area inside the jail. Wayne Leibold, 41, will now face disciplinary action. Officials suspect that it was quite possible that Leibold was planning to escape from the prison but his plans failed when jail authorities located him three minutes after discovering of the dummy. The officials searching Leibold's cell actually tried to wake the dummy up. The AP reports that Leibold was not charged with a crime or violation as his motive for planting the dummy was not immediately clear.

A 24-year-old man literally dreamed of the phone number of his future wife one night and then, driven by his instinct, sent her a text message. Random recipient Michelle Kitson first appeared confused when she saw a message on her phone from an unknown number that read, "Did I meet you last night?" However, the 22-year-old woman chose to reply to David Brown's text message and their romance kicked off. "It was really weird but I was absolutely hooked," Kitson told the Daily Mail newspaper.

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.

The Marine Reserves Toys for Tots program rejected 4,000 talking Jesus dolls donated by Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Co. one2believe division. The company said it was disappointed and surprised by the program's decision. Bill Grein, vice president of Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, said they could not accept the donation based on the fact that the toys are distributed at random.