Just days before his gig in the “Best Job in the World” ended, Briton Ben Southall was stung by a deadly Irukandji jellyfish.

Southall, 34, was jetskiing with his friends when the tiny, extremely venomous creature tagged him:

I was enjoying a post Christmas jetski session with some friends at a quiet beach on Hamilton Island and as I climbed off the back of the ski and onto the beach felt a small bee-like sting on my forearm, I didn’t think too much of it at the time as it disappeared very quickly and left the beach to head to a sports massage appointment I had.  As I arrived I noticed that my feet and hands were tingling slightly and before I started my treatment commented on the chain of events which had led to this – the member of staff immediately suggested that I get the symptoms checked out and within minutes had the islands security there to escort me to the doctor’s room, only a few hundred metres away.

Southall, who describes himself as “very lucky,” is fine after a few hours of “uncomfortable pain” and tweeted the following message to well-wishing Twitter followers:

Thanks for the concern everyone, I’m feeling 100% again after the jellyfish incident but have learnt my lesson! Happy New Year to you all

Southall beat out around 34,000 competitors to land the gig, exploring the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef and blogging about it while crashing in a multi-million dollar villa and collecting a “large salary.” At the conclusion of the job, Southall will spend 18 months working as  the “Best Job in the World Queensland Tourism Ambassador.”

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Ruth Madoff was escorted from her posh Manhattan penthouse today by federal marshals, the New York Daily News is reporting.

Mrs. Madoff, who has reverted to her maiden name Alpern in an unsuccessful bid to find an apartment, reportedly surrendered all the property inside. Five federal marshals took possession of the home just before noon today and are in the process of cataloguing its contents. Ruth has lived in the $7m Upper East Side Duplex for decades with her husband, Bernie Madoff, who is currently serving a sentence of 150 years for his infamous Ponzi scheme.

Ruth Madoff relinquished all claim to the $70m in funds that were in her name, and denied any knowledge of her husband’s schemes. Don’t feel too bad for her, in case you were going to- she was allowed to keep $2.5m in cash in the deal she cut with the Justice Department.

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