More Stupid Odd News Stories

Workers are being trained as human sniffer dogs by Esperance Port Authority, Western Australia, to detect nickel odours on a scale of zero to six. A specialist is giving workers a "nose calibration" to detect toxic levels of chemical n-Butanol — also known as smelly banana gas.

A man who stole a moped in Austria 25 years ago has sent an anonymous confession letter to police, enclosing €1400 ($A2733) cash to compensate his victim. He said if police could not find the moped’s former owner, they could donate the sum to local social services.

An English gardener who sells leftover vegetables to passers-by has been ordered to comply with European Union rules on weights and measures. Trading standards officials issued a four-page warning to James Cookson after they spotted an honesty box next to his stall.

A burly British firefighter was carpeted by bosses after he fled his duty station in Essex when he saw two mice. He drove back to HQ, telling colleagues he was too frightened to stay on his own at night. Angry top brass ordered him to go back or face disciplinary charges.