Bridge Smeared with Butter to Prevent Suicides

Another story from the “Strange But True” file. According to the Metro and The Sun in the UK, officials in Guangzhou in south east China have order workers to smear butter on a giant bridge to prevent “attention seekers” and suicidal people from climbing up the structure.

Government spokesman Shiu Liang said: “We tried employing guards at both ends but that didn’t work – and we put up special fences and notices asking people not to commit suicide here.

“None of it worked – so now we have put butter over the bridge and it has worked very well. Nobody can get up there and nobody who tries ever falls.”

Officials say bridge climbers were causing all sorts of traffic s jams as people would crowd to see whether or not they would jump.

Now if this just doesn’t scream for a “I Can’t Believe it’s Not Butter” commercial we don’t know what does!

[Via Metro and The Sun]