Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Bump in a road breaks man's dentures ENGERDAL , Norway, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Roads is Norway are at an all-time maintenance low, says a 76-year-old man who says his dentures broke as he drove over a big bump. Advertisement Eindride Edvang was on a road in Engerdal in Hedmark County when his dentures were knocked around in his mouth as he drove over a 4.7 inch bump, Aftenposten reported. "I've driven cars, trucks, a taxi and even been a driving instructor during the past 56 years, and I've never experienced poorer roads than this year," Edvang said. It is reported that a lack of highway maintenance has become a major concern of Norwegian citizens this year. "Now we just have to get better roads, so that we don't have to take out our dentures when we take a car trip," Edvang ranted. City officials promised to repair roads in the near future, the report said. Advertisement Biker club foils Australian bar robbery SYDNEY, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Two men who should have spent more time casing their target -- an Australian bar where a biker club was holding a meeting. One of the men ended up hog-tied after three members of the Southern Cross Cruiser Club ran him down outside the Regents Park Sporting Club in Sydney, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Police found the other one near the bar Wednesday night. At least one of the men was armed. Jerry Jerry "Jester" van Cornewal, the club president, helped chase the first man. He said he thought the man was carrying a tire iron, but it proved on closer inspection to be a samurai sword. Van Cornewal described the pair as having "failed robber school." Noel "Bear" Mannix," founder of the biker club, said that the two realized quickly that they had picked the wrong target. "It was one of those stopped-time moments," he said. "It was very hard to see the expression on their faces because of the balaclavas, but I imagine it was something along lines of 'Oh (expletive), what have we done here?' " Both were charged with attempted robbery. Racy player biographies get coach fired Advertisement HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Offensive and sexual material in biographies of high school hockey players near Halifax, Nova Scotia, have cost the coach his job, reports said Thursday. Ward Duncan, principal of the school at Fall River, said he fired Kevin Brown, a volunteer coach, after getting complaints about biographies that were listed in home game programs, Global News said. One biography says the player likes fishing and hunting and has "a huge weapon," while another player said he wants to become a motivational speaker for the hearing impaired, the report said. Duncan said he didn't know who wrote the material for the Lockview High School team but Brown was responsible for proofreading it, The Province in Vancouver reported. "It should never have been printed and in fact, as an educator, I'm concerned that anyone would not see clearly why this type of language is inappropriate," Duncan said. He said he was making arrangements for the team members to receive training in "activities that are designed to deepen their understanding of what it means to be part of a respectful and inclusive school environment, and the larger community as a whole," the Global report said. Bartender sets cocktail-mixing record Advertisement LAS VEGAS, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A bartender with nearly a quarter-century of experience set a world record this week by mixing 253 cocktails in an hour during a trade show in Las Vegas. Bobby "G" Gleason kept up a pace of more than four drinks a minute. He shattered the previous record of 179 cocktails an hour, set in 2004, before a critical audience at the Nightclub & Bar Convention & Trade Show. Gleason, who got his start in the fast-paced clubs of South Florida and then moved to Las Vegas, is now master mixologist for Beam Global Inc., the Illinois company that produces Jim Beam bourbon and other brands of booze. During his speed run, he produced a series of different margaritas based on two of his employer's brands, DeKuyper cordials and liqueurs and Hornitos tequila. "It's all in the balance," he said. A representative of the Guinness Book of World Records, a book that got its start as a means of settling barroom arguments, was also in attendance.
