Sideswipe: Love bus

After last week's Jim Beam school bus, here's the sex education bus, says Courtney Letica. Photo / Supplied

Everyone's doing it

Famous cases of mass hysteria - when delusional symptoms seem to spread through a population - include this one, propagated by a soap opera: "Morangos com Açucar is a Portuguese youth soap opera, popular in Portuguese communities, especially among children and teenagers, depicting the adventures of typical Portuguese youths. In May, 2006, an outbreak of the 'Morangos com Açucar Virus' was reported in Portuguese schools. Three hundred or more students at 14 schools reported similar symptoms to those shown by the characters in a recent episode. These included rashes, difficulty breathing, and dizziness, forcing some schools to close. The Portuguese National Institute for Medical Emergency dismissed the illness as mass hysteria." (Top 10 Bizarre Cases of Mass Hysteria from Listverse.com)

Shell-fire

"A couple of weeks ago, while driving along Manukau Rd, we had an egg thrown at us," writes Liz. "We had the roof down, and if the egg had been 10cm higher, it would have hit the driver in the head, possibly causing an accident. Last night, my son was walking in Remuera and someone threw an egg at him. Plus, we have seen a very expensive car with paint ruined by egging in the last week. Is this a new pastime?"

Personalised litter

David would like to offer a word of advice to one motorist. "If you are trying to dump rubbish out of your car just as the lights change, you would be more discreet if you weren't driving a Rolls-Royce with a personalised plate of 1 INDIA."

It's how much fun?

Spanish politicians have criticised a video by the Young Socialists in Catalonia in which a woman simulates an orgasm while casting her vote. Socialist and opposition politicians have attacked the campaign video, and the Equality Minister called it "misleading". In the video the young woman gets increasingly excited as she votes for the Socialist Party in this month's regional elections in Catalonia. It concludes with the phrase, "Voting is a pleasure", after she puts her voting slip in the ballot box.