Japanese smash plates to vent recession blues

With the recession taking its toll on Japanese workers, an unconventional form of anti stress therapy is gaining popularity in Japan. That is of smashing plates against a wall. Workers, suffering from recession blues, are flocking to The Venting Place in Tokyo where they pay to hurl crockery against a concrete wall.

Man fined for swearing at Television

Martin Solomon from Britain has been fined for swearing at his Television while drunk at his home. Solomon, a plumber, was heard shouting in a foul and offensive language at his television by his neighbours, and the act put him in breach of an anti social behaviour order (ASBO).