Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Atheists take out ads on London buses LONDON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Atheists in England have become anti-holy rollers, taking out rolling ads on 800 buses to get out their point of view that God likely doesn't exist. Advertisement The Atheist Bus Campaign raised about $200,000 to run ads on buses with the message "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life," The New York Times reported Wednesday. The idea for the campaign started with Ariane Sherine, a comedy writer who saw a religious ad on a bus last summer that directed readers to a Web site that warned non-believers would go straight to hell and "spend all eternity in torment." She found that rather extreme and it prompted her to formulate a response that ultimately led to 800 buses carrying the atheist message. Not everyone likes it. "I think it's dreadful," said Sandra Lafaire, 76, a tourist from Los Angeles. "Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I don't like it in my face." Advertisement Man dangles without pants from ski lift VAIL, Colo., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Witnesses said a skier at a Vail, Colo., resort spent about 15 minutes dangling upside down from a lift with his pants around his knees before he was rescued. Fellow skiers said the man boarded the Skyline Express high-speed lift Friday morning in Vail's Blue Sky Basin, but the lift's fold-down seat was not lowered, causing the man to partially fall through a gap, The Smoking Gun reported Tuesday. Pictures taken by witnesses suggest the man's pants became stuck on the chair and remained behind when he fell through. The man, who was kept in place by one of his skis that became jammed in the ascending chairlift, dangled from the lift with his nether-regions exposed for about 15 minutes before staff managed to reverse the lift and dislodge the man. Woman rescued from floor vent OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A Utah fire department said a woman is recovering in a hospital after she spent more than a day stuck upside down in a floor vent. Ogden Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Wood said the 55-year-old woman was found stuck in the vent at her home Monday evening after her niece became concerned that she was not answering the phone and notified authorities, KSL-TV, Salt Lake City, reported Tuesday. Advertisement "It took crews about 15 minutes to get her out of the vent. They had to use sheet metal shears to free her," Wood said. "She went down about 5 feet. She had been in the chute for more than 24 hours," he said. "I would think over a little more time it probably could have caused death." The woman told rescuers she fallen into the vent after removing the cover to vacuum. City admits mistake in towing parked cars OTTAWA, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Canada's capital city, Ottawa, has admitted it was overzealous in ticketing and towing parked cars and says it will drop the tickets and towing charges. There was an uproar Monday when trucks towed nine vehicles and issued tickets to others parked in a bus lane on a street motorists said they've been parking on since a transit strike shut down bus service a month ago. The city issued a news release announcing stricter parking enforcement in the area Friday, but clearly, few drivers heard about it, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Because of the transit shutdown, many more cars are in the city and parking is at a premium. Soon after the towing began, Susan Jones, general manager of emergency and protective services for the city, said complaints began coming in that signs on the street didn't indicate "no parking." Advertisement As a result, she ordered the $80 parking tickets canceled and said the city would cover the $75 towing and impound fees. "Unfortunately ... the signage wasn't that clear in terms of whether people were allowed to be parking there," she told the CBC.
