The hotel that inspired Fawlty Towers gets a facelift.

HP introduces cameras that can make you appear slimmer.

Watch more TV: A woman up late watching TV was saved when a truck smashed into her bedroom. The driver? He was okay. He had not only been drinking, he was also in an unregistered vehicle, AND he fled the scene.

Man travels from Britain to Holland on his 2-year-old daughter’s passport. (Thanks Marie)

X-rated font used on school handout. (Thanks James)

Ewww… three men arrested for attempting sexual assault on a corpse. (Thanks Dan… I don’t think)

Oh, nice. Less than 24 hours after the death of Steve Irwin, Naomi Robson appears live on TV wearing a khaki shirt and with a lizard on her shoulder. And — get this — claims she had nothing else to wear except the khaki. Uh huh. All class. (Thanks Polly)

Some brainless dweeb books a striptease as entertainment for a conference on climate change, prompting a walk-out by female scientists present.

Peter Brock offered a state funeral. This must be what state governments do when they’re getting close to election time. Don Chipp, Steve Irwin, Peter Brock, all offered. Colin Thiele? Nope, no election due in SA.

Jamie Oliver on why he shouldn’t be in politics: “I get in press conferences and start saying fuck all over the place.”

Speeding Swiss driver visiting Canada blames lack of goats on the roads. (Thanks Dan)

Ah, more driver stupidity: sitting on the door frame, hanging out of the car. Not to mention the guy who pointed a fake gun at police while being breath-tested.

Oh, and this one: car crashes as woman is trying to teach her dog to drive it. (Thanks Debbie)

The latest private email spread around the world for amusement is a party invitation from what appears to be a terminal control freak called Lucy Gao. See the original email here (if you haven’t had ten copies of it forwarded to you already).

What is it they say? He who lives by the croc, dies by the stingray. Something like that, anyway. Vale Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, killed by a stingray.

CNN anchor Kyra Phillips doesn’t realise her microphone is live as she bitches about her family. (Thanks Waleed)