If you're interested in manhole covers the museum will provide you with hours of entertainment

THIS is the most boring museum in the history of the world - unless you’re inexplicably interested in manhole covers.

The International Manhole Cover Museum has opened in Farrara, Italy to widespread public disinterest. 
 
Creator Stefano Bottoni claims the manhole is an underrated art form that should be celebrated.  
 
Bottoni, who studied at the Academy of Arts in Bologna, said: “Manholes are not often regarded as artistic creations yet they are rich in tradition, culture and history.”
 
The museum has an enormous collection of manhole covers from all over the world including Amsterdam, Havana, Helsinki, Prague, Rome, Bucharest, Sarajevo and Vienna.
  
Bottoni is hoping to get his first manhole cover from the UK this year, and has appealed for anybody with access to British manhole covers to get in touch.

One of the garish new signs in Pecica, Romania, that warns drivers of drunk pedestrians crawling the streets (Europics.at)

TOWN hall chiefs in Eastern Europe have given up on trying to stop drink drivers – and are now warning them about drunk pedestrians instead.

Road safety bosses in Romania – where accidents involving alcohol are at record levels – have put up traffic signs warning motorists of drunks wandering the streets.

Mayor Petru Antal ordered the signs – saying ‘Attention – Drunks’.

They come complete with an image of a reveller on his knees with a bottle and have been put up in Pecica, where officials have virtually given up on boozy locals ever following the law.

“We are a border town and have lots of cars thundering through here all the time,” Mayor Antal told the Romanian Times. 

“But we also have a very vibrant nightlife and the two don’t mix.

“We have to target the drivers because by the time they get to this state the pedestrians are beyond caring.”

The horse had an irrepressible curiosity about the workings of the German drainage system (Europics.at)

It looks like someone is going to need a new mane sewer after this fully grown horse fell through a manhole cover in a freak accident.

Charley – a 12-year-old riding horse – saddled firefighters with a headache when the drain cover gave way after he returned from a morning canter with his owner Boris Fretz, 27, in Hewingsen, Germany.

Charlie was so excited by his time in the sewer he needed a lie down to recover

Winching gear lifted the 16 hand high beast free from the gully after two hours of being calmed by vets and animal lovers.

“Amazingly Charley was exhausted and filthy but absolutely fine after some hay and a good clean,” one firefighter told the Austrian Times.

CARD TRICKS: The boy can beat adults using just his feet (Europics.at)

POKER players are used to keeping their cards close to their chest.

The Hitler disco poster that caused the controversy (Europics.at)

NIGHTCLUB bosses have been arrested under anti-fascist laws for using pictures of Adolf Hitler to promote their bar.

Sklot rock club in Warsaw, Poland, doctored a picture of the Nazi leader wearing sunglasses above a Third Reich eagle for posters plugging the club’s party nights.

The cow can smell trouble coming...from three different directions Pic: Europics.at

A CALF has been born with three nostrils.

The mutant cow – born at a Swiss farm - will be permanently spared from the slaughterhouse after becoming a local celebrity.

Farmer Urs Herrmann said: “People are always coming to visit her – bringing nice things for her to eat and making a fuss of her.

“She is in the stable with all the other young calves and is totally healthy and fine.”

The 44-year old told the Austrian Times: “If anything, she has a better life than the others.

“She gets spoiled more than the others who get a lot less attention.”