News of the weird #1

I read an item in the paper a couple of weeks ago that a farmer in England had come up with an idea to keep birds from attacking his crops: he put up an Amy Winehouse scarecrow.

Brilliant!

Winehouse has a great voice, but there's no denying that with her beehive hairdo, tattoos and garish eye-shadow, there is something rather terrifying about her (in addition to her well-publicised self-destructive behaviour).

I found a photo of the scarecrow online.

I can see why it is so successful. Scary.