Tell us the most ridiculous and downright baffling stories which made the news this year by tweeting @guardian with the hashtag #WTFnews2011, or leaving a comment on our Facebook page
Giant flying pandas, motorway marriages and the face of Jesus in food, tea towels and receipts? While 2011 has been jam packed with serious and important news, this year has inevitably seen its usual crop of stories which can only have one valid response: WTF?
"Is this news????" can often be seen in the top comment slot on the most mundane of stories, alongside OMG WTF ROFLMAO #newsfail tweets. Sometimes this is slightly uncalled for, but at other times it is possibly the most apt response to stories such as:
• The news Burton-on-Trent was to make its own perfume drawing on the town's history (with the Burton Mail running with the headline "Burton-on-scent").
• The face of Jesus appears in many places – Fox News found his image in a Walmart receipt. The Guardian ran a Jesus food sightings gallery.
• With the 25th anniversary of the M25, the Daily Mail found one archived report of a couple's wedding spent circling the motorway.
• Politician Oliver Letwin throwing government papers into a park bin certainly must be on the top 10 list of political blunders this year – the Guardian ran this story.
• Who can forget Fenton Benton, the deer chasing dog … here's the Metro story.
• The BBC ran this story on Brian May's garden retreat taking in an attacked hedgehog.
• And did anyone think "WTF" at the annoucement the pop band Steps are to reunite for a 2012 tour? Here's the Daily Mirror report.
• Breast milk flavoured ice cream caused a bit of a stir, reported by the BBC.
• The Daily Mail ran this about an office worker who was sacked after his emails about a "hot" girl being an internet hit.
• A top contender in the last week has been the news a black cat in Italy is to inherit millions of euros – here's the Telegraph's take.
• Finally the Guardian followed the never-ending story about neutrinos … are they faster than light or aren't they? Must be the longest running science story of 2011.
Remind us of the ridiculous, stupid and downright baffling stories of 2011 by tweeting @guardian using the hashtag #WTFnews2011 or leaving a comment on our Facebook page or leave a comment below – we'll be pulling in a list here and asking you to vote for the top #WTFnews of 2011. Here are your submissions so far:
We also noticed Slate has a roundup of some of the dumbest stories in 2011 in the US – well worth a look here and following the hashtag here. It's probably also worth pointing out the Metro's "weird" tag – for the man who married a pillow, the man who sneezed a bullet, and more.