Elspeth A. Lodge

Last week, when a U.S. Congressman sued a congressional cafeteria because he bit into a sandwich and hurt his tooth on an olive pit, we thought it would take a while to find another story so ridiculous — but, alas, one was not far away:

A Polish hunter — identified only as Waldemar I — is suing a German travel firm that plans hunting trips, because there were no elephants for him to shoot when he arrived in the area of Zimbabwe they sent him to.

The firm insists there are elephants in the area:

“From what I know, (the hunter) should have seen elephant excrement there,” said the company owner to a Polish language daily paper, the Rzeczpospolita Daily.

The company planned a second trip for him worth $13,000 where he did indeed shoot an elephant, but the man is still suing— he filed for damages worth $130,000 dollars for his first failed expedition.

- With files from Reuters

As the April 29th royal wedding gets closer, royal watchers are speculating what Prince William and Kate Middleton will wear. Most of the attention has been on Ms. Middleton’s wedding dress, but attention has turned to the prince. Most want to know: will he follow tradition?

There are three reasons (in order) to predict Prince William will be sporting his RAF military garb on his big day.

1) Kate Middleton thinks Prince William’s RAF uniform is “very sexy.” It is pretty safe to say the Prince wants to entice Kate Middleton down the isle to say “I do.”

2) It is a long-standing tradition of British royal military men to wear their uniforms during their nuptials: the Prince’s father and grandfather both wed in their military garb, reports UKPA.

3) He wants to be viewed as a dutiful citizen not a posh society boy.

If  the Prince does indeed wear his uniform many officials say details will be of the utmost importance:

As a Knight of the Order of the Garter he is likely to wear the Order’s blue sash, with its attached badge, and star, the UKPA reports. He has received one military honor and there are reports he will proudly wear his Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal.