Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe 'Simpsons' fan makes margarine Marge LICHFIELD, England, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A British chef said he is honoring the 20th birthday of "The Simpsons" with a 4-foot-tall bust of series matriarch Marge Simpson made of margarine. Advertisement Simon Smith, 57, owner of Thrales restaurant in Lichfield, England, said he spent 16 hours creating the bust from 26 pounds of heat-resistant puff pastry margarine to mark the anniversary of the Fox animated series' debut Dec. 17, 1989, The Daily Telegraph reported. "I have loved 'The Simpsons' since it came on at the end of the '80s, I watch it all the time," Smith said. "I wanted to do something to celebrate the birthday of my favorite show and thought Marge would make the perfect margarine sculpture. "The sculpture was hard work to create, it took a long time wrapping it with chicken wire to get the shape right." Advertisement Smith said his previous food sculptures include a plane made of butter commissioned by British Airways and a pair of butter falcons for a Saudi Arabian prince. Brit's missing cat found on ferry in Spain PORTSMOUTH, England, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A British family said their missing cat was discovered on a ferry that traveled to Spain and was treated to a luxury ride home in a $434 cabin. Tim and Patricia Austin, both 67, of Portsmouth, England, said the cat, Sandi, disappeared after they let it outside Thursday night and did not return as usual in the morning, The Sun reported. The couple said they received a phone call four days later informing them Sandi had been found hiding beneath a truck on the P&O Pride of Bilbao ferry as it was being unloaded in Bilbao, Spain. Ferry crew members said the cat was given its own cabin for the 36-hour trip home and was fed fresh salmon, grilled chicken and fresh milk. "From what I understand he lived a life of luxury on the ferry on the way back. The crew treated him like a king and fed him a special menu and were even upset to see him leave," Tim Austin said. "Thankfully, he had been microchipped so it was possible for the agencies involved to contact us. He would probably have been put down otherwise. But we are just glad he is back. Advertisement "He now has to be put into quarantine for six months in case he caught any diseases while he was over there but because he did not leave the ship we will try to appeal," Austin said. Cook digs through trash to rescue cash MANCHESTER, N.H., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A New Hampshire woman said a restaurant cook saved her family's Christmas by searching through trash and finding her lost $210. Karen Best of Manchester said she took her family out to eat at the Airport Lounge last week and did not realize until leaving the restaurant that she had left an envelope containing $210 on the table, WHDH-TV, Boston, reported. "It was about 10 minutes of searching through my pocketbook and taking out stuff to throw away that I realized the money was gone," Best said. "It was all the money I had. Every penny to my name was in that envelope." Best said she contacted the restaurant and was told the table had been cleared and the envelope was likely in the trash. She said the money, which was partially meant for her children's Christmas gifts, was a large sum to lose in her family's current economic situation. Advertisement Cook Paul Soucy sprung into action and ripped open three garbage bags to find the discarded cash. "I was looking for the place mats, looking for coloring, looking for a white envelope and then the envelope was right there," Soucy said. Airport Diner bosses said the restaurant is offering the Bests a free Christmas diner as well as several gifts for the kids. Bank robbery money returned by mail PITTSBURGH, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- FBI investigators in Pittsburgh said 80 percent of the stolen cash from a bank robbery was returned to the financial institution through the U.S. mail. Special Agent Jeff Killeen said the cash, which arrived Monday at the PNC Bank in West Newton in a manila envelope with no note, was stolen during a robbery at the bank five days earlier, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. "In the annals of bank robbery investigations, this is certainly unique," Killeen said. Killeen said the envelope, which bore five Liberty Bell Forever stamps and a Pittsburgh postmark, contained stacks of $5, $10, $20 and $100 bills. The amount of the cash was not disclosed, but investigators said it was 80 percent of what was taken during the Dec. 9 robbery. Advertisement The special agent said investigators were examining the package for fingerprints and other clues. The suspect in the Dec. 9 robbery was described as a thin, white man in his 30s. Investigators said he is believed to be a local man.
