A German woman tried to get rid of her spider problem by setting her garbage on fire with a can of hair spray and a cigarette lighter, but ended up setting her house on fire instead. According to police in the western town of Zuelpich, they said that when the aerosol failed to finish them off, the 34-year-old woman tried to burn them with the lighter but set the area she had just sprayed on fire.

A German woman tried to get rid of her spider problem by setting her garbage on fire with a can of hair spray and a cigarette lighter, but ended up setting her house on fire instead. According to police in the western town of Zuelpich, they said that when the aerosol failed to finish them off, the 34-year-old woman tried to burn them with the lighter but set the area she had just sprayed on fire.

The unique slang of the language preferred "Down Under" has seen a spiralling slump in its use. Historian Richard Magoffin warns that Australian's own culture and identity is fading under the assault of U. S. television shows, even though a tourist or a foreigner who opens up an Australian newspaper might still find what they see written as bizarre. Most tourists who visit Australia are aware that barbecues are "barbies", but they may not realize to what extent suffixes are used and played on, sometimes almost to a flabbergasting effect.