Far Out Friday can be weird, wonderful and sometimes downright bizarre. Here are the Top 5 Far Out Fridays we’ve compiled to give you a smile this Boxing Day.
Ruptured breast implant causes a ruckus 27/02/2014
A car crash is complicating coverage for one insurer — the woman involved wants payment for cosmetic surgery after the crash ruptured one of her breast implants.
Preferring to remain anonymous, the woman told a Denver television ABC affiliate CALL7 that the ruptured implant left her feeling “broken” and “less of a person.”
Teen causes crash after holding breath driving through tunnel 29/05/2014
Brokers may want Driver’s Education to include this piece of advice for new teenage drivers: don’t hold your breath while driving.
According to Oregon State Police, a 19-year-old man told investigators he caused a three-car crash when he fainted while holding his breath as he drove through a tunnel northwest of Portland.
Dancing Hamster nailed for fraud 12/06/2014
One of the actors who played a dancing hamster in the ubiquitous Kia car commercials discovered that truth after he was arrested for collecting disability payments while filming one of the infectious ads.
Leroy Barnes, a 27-year-old Los Angeles, Calif. man, is accused of collecting state workers’ compensation benefits after claiming to be struck and injured by a falling piece of ceiling in June 2010. At the time, Barnes — who has also worked as a backup dancer for Madonna and Chris Brown — was dancing for a theatrical production company.
The secret confessions of office workers 18/07/2014
If you could make anonymous confessions about your working day, what would you say? A new app called
Secret lets people post just such confessions, with hilarious results.
Here are a few of our favourite
office confessions.
Black Friday horror stories 28/11/2014
Insurers have always been pretty good at risk assessment – but even a broker is tempted to join in the frenzy that is Black Friday shopping.
However, things can go wrong pretty fast, as these horror stories from Black Fridays’ past prove out.
