# This Week’s WTF Story Award Goes to… (2023 edition) **URL:** \ **Category:** Fun & Games\ **Tags:** wtf-news, 2023\ **Created:** [January 11, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606 "2023-01-11T06:33:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/81 "2023-09-07T10:36:26Z")
Metro News . . . classy all the way! 😐 Guy ---
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/82 "2023-09-16T23:13:03Z")
Q: What does it take to shut down the busiest highway in North America? A: Um, a wrestling match? [https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/09/14/toronto-traffic-fight-401-road-rage/](https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/09/14/toronto-traffic-fight-401-road-rage/) ---
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/83 "2023-09-16T23:14:55Z")
> [@finley](#): > > Well yeah, but even in economy you could tell the air crew that there’s a potential biohazard issue in the making, and would they mind if you use the Business class toilets or something? > > Although come to think of it … if it was a US airline they probably said “no, bugger off back to your seat and don’t bother us again”. If it had been a Canadian airline, on the other hand… > **[Air Canada kicks off passengers who refused vomit-smeared seats](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66727103)** > > Air Canada apologises to passengers kicked off a fight for refusing seats with "visible vomit residue". * * * ETA: Oops, didn’t notice that Spivvy had already posted that one [here](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/air-canada-air-canada-is-really-affordable/160684/42). That’s what happens when you let your Repost Czar go on vacation! 🏝 ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/84 "2023-09-19T07:02:37Z")
Meanwhile, in Florida . . . > **[Florida man shoots, kills neighbor who was trimming trees over property line,...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/edward-druzolowski-shoots-kills-neighbor-trimming-trees-property-line-florida/)** > > Authorities charged 78-year-old Edward Druzolowski with second-degree murder for the shooting death of 43-year-old Brian Ford, according to the Volusia Sheriff's Office. Guy ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/85 "2023-09-22T22:42:55Z")
What were they thinking 😂 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6vmHLAfv1nU/maxresdefault.jpg "AIDS memorial sculpture sparks debate in Palm Springs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vmHLAfv1nU) ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/86 "2023-09-28T15:50:48Z")
> **[Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-66952980)** > > The Sycamore Gap tree was cut down overnight in what police believe was an act of vandalism. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/87 "2023-10-14T21:51:10Z")
> **[Amish men ‘shunned’ after nationwide emergency alert outs them for having phones](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/amish-phone-us-government-alert-b2426792.html)** > > The alarms – part of the US emergency alert drill that the government carried out on 4 October – drew the attention of the community elders in Ohio ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/88 "2023-10-20T03:20:00Z")
[https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-tourists-killed-lumber-truck-18433315.php](https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-tourists-killed-lumber-truck-18433315.php) Riding in traffic worries me when I’m cycling Even in seemingly the safest places freak dangers exist ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/89 "2023-10-25T14:57:47Z")
> “The officer and Emerson talked about the use of psychedelic mushrooms and Emerson said it was his first-time taking mushrooms,” the affidavit says. > **[Joseph D. Emerson: What we know about the off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot...](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/10/24/us/alaska-airlines-disruption-off-duty-pilot-tuesday/index.html)** > > The off-duty pilot accused of trying to shut down the engines of an Alaska Airlines plane midflight on Sunday said he was having a nervous breakdown and told the flight crew he needed to be subdued, according to a federal complaint. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/90 "2023-10-26T14:04:24Z")
Set and setting, bro… 😅 ---
**Author:** ![tempogain](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tempogain/32/264650_2.png) [@tempogain](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tempogain)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/91 "2023-10-26T14:26:10Z")
What heavy machinery did you operate your first time? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/92 "2023-10-26T15:36:56Z")
> [@tempogain](#): > > What heavy machinery did you operate your first time? Took me ten minutes to open my front door. 🔑 ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/93 "2023-10-27T04:34:56Z")
My nominee for this week’s WTF story award concerns the pernicious effect of Canadian culture (such as it is) invading a poor community in New Zealand: > **[Car drivers torture city in NZ with Celine Dion songs - Taipei Times](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2023/10/27/2003808308)** > > Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan Guy ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 10:24am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/94 "2023-10-28T10:24:32Z")
> **[Italian woman wins court case to evict her two sons, aged 40 and 42](https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/26/italian-woman-forced-to-court-to-evict-her-two-sons-aged-40-and-42)** > > The bamboccioni (big babies) refused to fly nest and ‘did not contribute’ – in country where most under-35s still live with parents ---
**Author:** ![yyy](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/yyy/32/12085_2.png) [@yyy](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yyy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/95 "2023-10-28T20:24:03Z")
I was actually considering starting a thread called “You know you made the right decision not moving to NZ when…”. 🏝 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![ChewDawg](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/chewdawg/32/174179_2.png) [@ChewDawg](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/ChewDawg)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/96 "2023-10-28T21:19:49Z")
Vag lite 🤡 [Ian Miles Cheong on X: “2023 keeps getting worse. WTF is this? https://t.co/s6iqDEcwHB” / X (twitter.com)](https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1717976923702439998?s=20) ---
**Author:** ![finley](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/57b2e6/32.png) [@finley](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/finley)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/97 "2023-10-28T21:24:26Z")
> [@ChewDawg](#): > > Vag lite 🤡 > > [Ian Miles Cheong on X: “2023 keeps getting worse. WTF is this? https://t.co/s6iqDEcwHB” / X (twitter.com)](https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1717976923702439998?s=20) She copied that idea from Gwyneth Paltrow, no? ---
**Author:** ![bz](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ec9cab/32.png) [@bz](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bz)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/98 "2023-10-30T04:45:44Z")
> [@finley](#): > > > [@ChewDawg](#): > > > > Vag lite 🤡 > > She copied that idea from Gwyneth Paltrow, no? New and improved! Now you can always see where you’re ~~going~~ coming! ---
**Author:** ![marasan](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marasan/32/181721_2.png) [@marasan](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/marasan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/99 "2023-11-02T01:02:07Z")
> **[High mobile phone use may impact sperm count, study says | CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/01/health/mobile-phone-sperm-count-wellness/index.html)** > > Frequent use of mobile phones by young men was linked to a lower sperm count, a new study found, but questions remain. ---
**Author:** ![bz](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ec9cab/32.png) [@bz](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bz)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606/100 "2023-11-02T01:22:57Z")
> [@marasan](#): > > [https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/01/health/mobile-phone-sperm-count-wellness/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/01/health/mobile-phone-sperm-count-wellness/index.html) Of course there couldn’t possibly be any corollating factors like reduced level of exercise… 😏 [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606.md?page=4) [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/this-week-s-wtf-story-award-goes-to-2023-edition/226606.md?page=6)