Weird BUT true

High-school students in Massachusetts had to ride a party bus with a stripper pole and neon lights to a recent field trip because of a transportation shortage.

Jim Mayers, a teacher at the Brooke Charter School in Boston, tweeted a photo of the jiggle joint on wheels in a huff, saying there aren’t enough bus drivers due to COVID-19.

Swedish authorities are Putin up a fight.

A couple was forbidden by tax officials in Sweden from naming their newborn son Vladimir Putin in honor of the polarizing Russian president.

The agency, where parents must register their infants’ names, rejects ones that are “offensive” or “risk causing problems for the bearer” — but didn’t specify why baby Vlad was snubbed.

It’s not that finger-lickin’ good.

Two men were busted for fowl play when they drove into Auckland, New Zealand, with a trunk full of KFC — in violation of the city’s strict lockdown rules, according to a report.

Officers allegedly found three buckets of chicken, 10 tubs of coleslaw and fries along with $70,000 in cash in the car. Under city regulations, restaurants must close and takeout services are forbidden.

Granny’s food was frozen in time.

A woman found grub dating back to the 1970s in her grandparents’ freezer, so she defrosted it — and much of it appeared still edible.

“Nellie ,” aka @mad am quasar, posted a TikTok video of herself investigating the datemarked vintage grub, including Cool Whip, Bes-Spread soft margarine and blackberries from 1972, which had lost their color and “look[ed] like brains,” said Nellie, whose location was unknown.

They picked a fight. Thieves plucked more than 1,000 pounds of blueberries off the bushes at a farm in Newfoundland, Canada. Cops are picking through surveillance footage to nail them.