The best news stories of the past week to spark a conversation with anybody! The art of conversation doesn’t have to be lost, not when you’ve read these stories and are prepared to talk to someone about them, offering an opinion or insight to keep the conversation going. Read on.

- City removes actual fork in the road. Guerilla art comes to Carlsbad, California, in a very laughbale way: replacing an ordinary street sign with a fork statue. The oversized kitchen utensil was 6 feet high, made of wood, painted silver and mounted in the concrete island at the intersection of Levante Street and Anillo Way in south Carlsbad. Sadly it was pulled down the next day. It’s too bad that we live in such a controlled democracy. (Pictures)

- TODAY is National Stockings Day (UK) and The Sun is celebrating the sexy leg accessory in style. With pictures. By stockings they mean here’s a way to show off gorgeous models in lingerie. Go at it boys. (Pictures)

- It’s all about the fun you’ll have. The Quadski, a one-person all-terrain vehicle that doubles as a personal water craft, will be on sale in the United States next month for around $40,000. Sure, it’s a big-boy-toy, but if you’re a big boy you’ll need this toy!

- The right revenge for getting dumped: win $30 million in a lottery! Two weeks after being told by his girlfriend that the relationship is over Sandeep Singh says he’s hoping not to get any calls from the woman who jilted him now that he’s a millionaire. “She broke up with me, but right now, I’m not really worried about it,” Singh said. “I was heartbroken at first, but now I’m getting over it.”