Beer hog

Priscilla the pig drinks bottles of beer. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported Monday that the Pub In the Paddock at Pyengana in northeast Tasmania has trained its resident pig to drink an entire bottle in seven seconds. However, Priscilla is getting old, so the pub is training a successor. According to Anne Free, the pub’s owner, Priscilla Babe, the heir, is still “not the expert Priscilla is.”

Better than wetting the bed

A student at Syracuse University experiences Ambien-induced sleep-eating, according to the Daily Orange. The student, who prefers to remain anonymous, takes the drug Ambien, which is prescribed for people who have trouble sleeping, but says that she has had several episodes in which she purchased food from a vending machine and consumed it while only semi-conscious. Dr. Mark Mahowald, director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, said that sleep-related eating disorders are “very uncommon.”

What a waste

CNN reported on Monday that Francois Oelose and her baby Latif were carried over a mile by sewage. In South Africa, many manholes are uncovered because people steal their covers to sell as scrap metal. Latif fell down one of these manholes, and Francoise jumped in after him. They both emerged about 2 kilometers away — disoriented, but otherwise unharmed.

The Grateful Head

Grateful Dead singer Jerry Garcia’s toilet has been stolen. USA Today reported Monday that Garcia’s john has been the subject of an ongoing legal battle. It went missing “recently from a driveway along with three other toilets and a bidet,” according to the Sonoma, Calif., police dept.