Energy Ministers from the European Union were recently found out how important saving energy and resolving current problems are when they ended up sitting in the dark during a meeting on Thursday. A short blackout disrupted a discussion on, of all things, energy efficiency.

The lights went out around 10 a.m. British time. After initially halting talks, the ministers opted to go on debating how the 25-nation bloc can reduce its use of electricity and fuel. “They decided to continue working in the darkness,” an EU official present at the meeting said. “Delegations expressed the wish to continue the debate.”

Power came back shortly after the debate restarted, but the meeting was interrupted for nearly 30 minutes. Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs apologised to ministers for the disruption.

“I hope that the next meetings will not be disturbed by blackouts but it definitely shows how important energy is,” he said. An EU official said several European institution buildings in Brussels were affected.

God these things become addictive after a while don’t they?

Have you enjoyed seeing the occasional blooper video here at Odd Planet?

I’m always looking for material to give you a laugh, so if you find something funny that hasn’t been seen by everyone and their dog already please feel free to send it to me.

I’ve got another set of blooper videos for you - This one has a lot of racing smash ups, a few animal related bloopers- the cat on a fan is hilarious, but I feel kind of bad for the cat, and a lot of sports related mishaps.

German traffic police were shocked to see a California Highway Patrol car cruising along the motorway, driven by a man dressed as an authentic American cop, authorities said on Thursday.

But they recovered sufficiently to book the 35-year-old Goettingen resident, whose uniform badge read “T.J. Lazer”, for possessing a replica Smith & Wesson revolver without a licence and having out-of-date registration plates.

“He was sitting at the wheel with his elbow on the window like in the best TV crime series,” said Osthessen police spokesman Martin Schaefer.

“Because wearing such a uniform in public is also prohibited, he had to exchange it for civilian dress after a shopping trip with ‘real’ colleagues,” he added.

The man told police he had been taking the 30-year-old vehicle to Bavaria to sell it and wanted to impress the buyer.

Ok, how many of you have been watching the news or a live television show and saw a screw up? It’s usually a messed up line or a play on words that ends up having a totally different meaning than what was intended right? Have you see any of those? They don’t happen very often but when they do they can be hilarious.

Well, here’s a little collection of News, and Live TV bloopers that you might find interesting: