From the German town that unwittingly advertised pornography on its website to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts, the world was full of weird¹ stories in 2009.

从德国某小镇无意间在其网站上登色情广告，到美国一名男子在婚礼过程中更新Facebook和Twitter——2009年，世界各地的奇闻趣事一箩筐。

From the German town that unwittingly advertised pornography on its website to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts, the world was full of weird stories in 2009.

"Standing² at the altar祭坛，圣坛 with @TracyPage where just a second ago she became my wife! Gotta go, time to kiss the bride" is how Dana Hanna kept the world posted between "I do" and that kiss.

Cartoon character Marge Simpson made it on the cover of Playboy magazine, two White House gate-crashers不速之客 celebrated³ their triumph on Facebook, and the world was fooled into believing a 6-year-old boy was caught in a runaway⁴ home-made helium balloon.

Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube proved fertile ground for many of the bizarre奇异的 stories.

British doctors were advised to ignore amorous⁵多情的，恋爱的 advances from patients after some were propositioned on Facebook, Dutch lawmakers were told off for tweeting in parliament and in Canada an MP had to apologize for insulting a rival on Twitter.

In New York, five "restroom ambassadors" got jobs tweeting from the toilets at Times Square: greeting tourists and shoppers -- and then sending short dispatches派遣，急件 on their encounters.

Britain's High Court ordered its first injunction命令，禁令 via Twitter to stop an anonymous⁶ Tweeter impersonating扮演，模仿 someone else.

Swine flu, or H1N1, presented another challenge -- and rich source of weird stories. In Egypt, thousands of pigs were slaughtered⁷ even though the United Nations said the mass cull剔出来杀掉的动物 was a "real mistake" because the strain was not found in pigs.

Russian soccer fans were instructed to drink whisky on a trip to Wales for a World Cup qualifier match to ward⁹ off the H1N1 virus. In Japan, candidates stopped shaking hands. In Italy an inventor devised an electronic holy water dispenser药剂师，施与者.