Man drinks whisky cocktail that had his amputated toe

A former British Marine drank a cocktail with his own amputated toe in the glass.

Nick Griffiths lost three digits from his foot due to frostbite during a race between Bolton and Yukon in Canada, and when he was in hospital the nurse told him about the 'Sourtoe Cocktail' challenge, which takes place at the Downtown Hotel in Dawson City, Yukon, and involves downing a shot of whisky with a mummified toe.

To successfully complete the challenge, the toe must make contact with the person's lips and, if accidentally swallowed, the hotel impose a fine of $2,500.

Griffiths donated his own toes because the hotel has a shortage and did the challenge with one of his own digits; and he said it "wasn't as bad" as people would expect.

According to Metro.co.uk, he said: "It wasn't as bad as you would think - it would be more like a lump of ice than anything else.

"The toe looked exactly as it was the last time I had seen it."

Hotel asks flight attendant to come back for her dildo

A flight attendant was left red-faced after the airline they work for found out she left a sex toy in their hotel room.

The place the air cabin crew member was staying sent through a message to her work to let them know that their colleague would be able to retrieve the "25cm dildo". The note, shared on the Facebook page A Fly Guy's Cabin Crew Lounge, reads: "Hi from crew-watch... We just received a call from the hotel in man. They found a 25cm dildo in one of the crew rooms.

"Can you let them know it can be collected at OPS later."

Man plants engagement ring in carrot

A man proposed to his wife with a ring planted inside a carrot. John Neville keeps farm animals and grows his own vegetables, and wanted to come up with a unique way to ask his partner of six years - with whom he has two young children - to marry him and he didn't think it would be that hard to grow the carrot through the diamond.

However, he said: "It was a bit of a process.

"I put a lot effort into it to make sure it was a successful engagement proposal."

He got down on one knew and asked his partner: "I love you. Will you marry me?"

However, it took her a while to figure out the ring was there.

Neville told NDTV.com: "She was a little bit confused for two seconds.

"Then her eyes started welling up and she nodded her head, yes."

Participants duck farting contest

Only three out of 60 people who registered to take part in a fart contest turned up. Yatin Sangoil, the organiser of the event in Gujarat's Surat in India, has revealed that many appeared to have backed out at the last minute due to shyness, as they had invited several members of the media to record the contest.

"The participants were reluctant to go on stage, as they were possibly shy and had inhibitions due to the presence of news channels, photographers, people, etc.

"We had even roped in a firm to build a special device to measure the fart parameters."

The winners were judged on having the "longest", "loudest" and "most musical" trumps.

However, he has not given up hope of finding the biggest rippers in the country, as Sangoli told NDTV.com that he wants to hold the competition in Mumbai next year.