Weird and Whacky News

[Crazy Money]

Woman bites lover's penis off in car crash, think that one is worse just sayin'

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/646575-woman-bites-lovers-penis-off-in-car-crash#ixzz13X9FOwsZ

[The Original dpb5!]

Man alledgedly bites off girlfriend's nose...

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/weird_news/13899801.htm

[MrBankRoll]

Discarded Mouse Returns to Set Home Ablaze

FORT SUMNER, N.M. (Jan. 8) - A mouse got its revenge against a homeowner who tried to dispose of it in a pile of burning leaves. The blazing creature returned to the man's house and set it on fire.

Luciano Mares, 81, of Fort Sumner said he caught the mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it.

"I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and ran back at the house," Mares said from a motel room Saturday.

Village Fire Chief Juan Chavez said the burning mouse ran to just beneath a window of the nearby home. The flames spread up the window and throughout the house.

All contents of the home were destroyed, he said. No injuries were reported.

Unseasonably dry and windy conditions have charred more than 53,000 acres and destroyed 10 homes in southeastern New Mexico in recent weeks.

"I've seen numerous house fires," village Fire Department Capt. Jim Lyssy said, "but nothing as unique as this one."


01/08/06 17:10 EST

[The Original dpb5!]

PIRATES! In 2005!!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9932838/

[The Original dpb5!]

An EVEN STICKIER situation...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/11/03/national/a132047S03.DTL

[The Original dpb5!]

A VERY STICKY situation !!!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/11/03/national/a093227S00.DTL

[The Original dpb5!]

A COW for EVERY HOME!

http://www.canada.com/news/oddities/story.html?id=6626d153-6b42-494f-9c66-97fcc27d39a8

[MrBankRoll]

At least it was a fair fight!

Unlike the woosies that gotta take one out from a 100 yds or more with a .308 or .30-06. LOL!

[99Dan]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBE7Y1XJFE.html

Arkansas Man Kills Deer With Bare Hands in Bedroom

The Associated Press
Published: Nov 2, 2005

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - For 40 exhausting minutes, Wayne Goldsberry battled a buck with his bare hands in his daughter's bedroom.

Goldsberry finally subdued the five-point whitetail deer that crashed through a bedroom window at his daughter's home Friday. When it was over, blood splattered the walls and the deer lay dead on the bedroom floor, its neck broken.

Goldsberry was at his daughter's home when he heard glass breaking. He went back to check on the noise and found the deer.

"I was standing about like this peeking around the corner when the deer came out of the bedroom," said Goldsberry. The deer ran down the hall and into the master bedroom - "jumping back and forth across the bed."

Goldsberry entered the bedroom to confront the deer and, after a brief struggle, emerged to tell his wife to call police. After returning to the bedroom, the fight continued. Goldsberry finally was able to grip the animal and twist its neck, killing it.

Goldsberry, sore from the struggle, dragged the dead animal out of the house.

"He got kicked several times. He was walking bowlegged for a while," Deputy Doug Gay said.

At this time of year, a buck that sees its reflection in a window often charges, believing it is fighting off a rival, Gay said.

Goldsberry intended to have the deer processed for its meat.

AP-ES-11-02-05 1259EST

[99Dan]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051101/ts_nm/food_beef_recall_dc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Quaker Maid Meats Inc. on Tuesday said it would voluntarily recall 94,400 pounds of frozen ground beef panties that may be contaminated with E. coli


Hmmm!

[MrBankRoll]

Man Drives With Pedestrian's Body Through Windshield

A 93-Year-Old Man Suffers From Dementia, Was Stopped After Driving Through Toll

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Oct. 21) - A 93-year-old Florida man apparently suffering from dementia probably won't face charges after running down a pedestrian and then driving with the man's body stuck through his windshield.

Police say Ralph Parker was eventually stopped at a toll booth on the Sunshine Skyway in St. Petersburg.

A spokesman for the state attorney's office says Parker didn't appear to know what happened or where he was. The victim has been identified as a 52-year-old man.

Parker's license was renewed in 2003. He had been living alone since his wife died in 1998.


10/21/05 07:28 EDT

[99Dan]

Geez. I hope they don't prop me up in front of my computer when I die. I know I spend too much time here but I'm not in love with it. LOL

[The Original dpb5!]

" 'til Death We Do Part!' "

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/06/sports/s071313D43.DTL

[The Original dpb5!]

A NEW meaning for the term "BEE-ATTITUDE"...


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/07/national/a130438D29.DTL

[The Original dpb5!]

Man sues for RIGHT to be DRUNK!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/07/08/national/a075939D20.DTL

[The Original dpb5!]

LOOK OUT BELOW!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/08/international/i063057D95.DTL

[The Original dpb5!]

Astologist SUES NASA after CRASH!

(or, DANG! ....she may NEVER find True Love Now!)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/04/deep.impact.sues.reut/index.html

[99Dan]

Probation for naked interviewer

A man who tried to conduct a job interview naked has been sentenced to three years' probation and placed on the sex offenders' register.
Glasgow Sheriff Court was told that Saeed Akbar, a manager at an interpreting and translation company, "had wanted a bit of excitement".

Sheriff Brian Lockhart described the behaviour as "wholly unacceptable".

Akbar, 35, left the interview room and came back in to speak to his female victim naked and clutching a clipboard.

When the job candidate refused to strip as well, he put his clothes on and attempted to continue the interview as normal, the court was told.

Akbar, from Fife, said: "I wanted a bit of excitement that afternoon, that's purely all it was."

'Safety fears'

Passing sentence, Sheriff Lockhart said Akbar's partner had now left him, he had lost his job and his friends refused to associate with him.

Referring to the 25-year-old victim, he added: "I can really understand how the police report describes her as extremely distressed, intimidated and fearful for her personal safety.

"I understand that you now accept that she would not know your thoughts and appreciate that she did in fact, fear being harmed by you in a sexual manner.

"On the one hand, I have to take into account the distress which you caused your victim.

"On the other hand, I have to take into account the catastrophic effect this incident has had on your life. You have suffered severely as a result of your actions."

The father-of-one, from Dunfermline had pleaded guilty to committing a breach of the peace.

He worked at Alpha Translating and Interpreting Services in Glasgow, which advertised for a translator.

'Role play'

The woman answered the advert and was invited to attend an interview at the firm's Glasgow office the following day.

When she arrived, Akbar - who was held in "high esteem" by his company - asked if she would mind if they took their clothes off.

The £25,000 per-year executive tried to restart the interview after putting his clothes back on, but his victim fled and reported the matter to police.

He initially told police his strip was a consensual "role play" as part of his "tough interviewing technique".

Aamer Anwar, defending, said: "He totally accepts his guilt. It was a serious abuse of his position as he foolishly believed the complainer was interested in him."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4091636.stm

[BOREALIS]

Workers keep right to flirt

Thu Jun 16,11:37 AM ET


FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German court has upheld the right of Wal-Mart staff in Germany to flirt at work, a spokesman said Thursday, showing that Germany's restrictive labor laws also have their permissive aspects.


The court rejected parts of Wal-Mart's code of conduct relating to employees' love lives, alcohol and drug use and a requirement for staff to report code violations via a so-called ethics hotline, the spokesman said.

He could not immediately confirm the grounds on which the Wuppertal employment court had ordered the clauses to be removed for German staff, saying the judge's opinion was still in the process of being written.

The Financial Times Deutschland said the court had found the clauses, including one banning "any kind of communication that could be interpreted as sexual," contradicted German labor law, in its ruling on the case brought by Wal-Mart's works council.

Wal-Mart Germany, which is based in Wuppertal and can appeal against the decision, had no immediate comment.

The ruling could have far-reaching effects for U.S. companies with staff in Germany. Such restrictions are increasingly common in U.S. corporate culture as firms seek to prevent scandals that could damage their reputation.

An affair with a female executive led to the downfall of Boeing's chief executive in March. The company fired Harry Stonecipher when the affair came to light, saying his conduct broke company rules and damaged his ability to lead.

[The Original dpb5!]

Broken Neck unnoticed for 62 years...

http://www.dehavilland.co.uk/webhost.asp?wci=default&wcp=EntertainmentStoryPage&ItemID=87347...

[Deann]

Woman selling casket of soon-to-be ex-husband

'Marriage died before husband did,' Ohio woman saysThe Associated Press

Updated: 2:20 p.m. ET June 14, 2005

COLUMBUS, Ohio - It won't be death that parts them, so Dixie Fisher is trying to sell the casket her soon-to-be ex-husband planned to use when he dies.

Fisher, of suburban Columbus, placed a classified ad in the newspaper last week hoping to sell the steel casket the couple kept in their garage.

"Marriage died before husband did," read the ad in The Columbus Dispatch.

Fisher and David Budd, who are divorcing, bought the gray casket a year ago from a friend who works at a metal salvage business. Budd said he agreed Fisher should sell the casket.

"There wasn't anybody in it, and it looked like it had never been used," Fisher said.

Fisher plans to be cremated, but the couple thought the casket would come in handy for Budd.

"I told my husband that, if nothing else, it was a good investment for the future," Fisher said.

Budd said having his own casket in the garage never bothered him.

"When it's my time to go, it's my time to go," he said.

The couple also said they have a taste for the macabre: married on Halloween in 1997, they had a party the next day featuring bride-and-groom skeleton decorations.

Fisher is asking $980 for the casket.

"I'm really pressed for money, and I'm hoping I can use some of it for attorney fees," she said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8217625/

[Deann]

Oh heck . . .

When the chips are down, they sue everybody in sight.

Just another example of our litigious society we live in.

Ughhhh.

[BOREALIS]

S.F. police hunt taxi taker

Posted 6/9/2005 10:00 AM
USAToday

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A crook in San Francisco isn't just stealing from cabbies — he's stealing the cabs.

Six Yellow Cabs have been stolen in the last two weeks by someone who may have a master key, police say. The thief has been covering the in-car video system and then picking up passengers, making money without paying the $95 daily gate fee to the company.

"He knows what he is doing," said Inspector Dean Marcic of the auto theft unit.

One recent theft took place near police headquarters. The cab was later abandoned and showed $80 worth of fares on the meter, Marcic said.

The thief drove off in another Yellow Cab.

"This guy here, maybe he can't get a license, maybe he lost it or can't afford it — this is how he's making his money," Marcic said.


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Copyright 2005 The Associated Press

[99Dan]

No, they rode bicycles not motorcycles.

It was part of National Bike Week 2005.

You can go to the video and watch and listen and you will see and hear about only bicycles.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4083580.stm

[The Original dpb5!]

They rode a motorcycle powered by oil to protest oil dependency?

How absurd! LOL!

[BOREALIS]

I don't know if they got their message across. but.......
I'm sure the naked bike ride got alot of attention -- and "looks"

[99Dan]

Cyclists bare all in oil protest



More than 100 cyclists have ridden around London naked in a mass protest against dependency on the oil industry.
Protesters on The World Naked Bike Ride cycled past Piccadilly Circus, Big Ben, Covent Garden, Oxford Street and the US Embassy on the 10km route.

Riders in 54 cities were protesting at the "destructive effects of car culture" and celebrating "the power and individuality of their bodies".

The ride ended at the Serpentine in Hyde Park.

Rider Melissa Evans, 32, said: "This shows how serious we are in opposing oil dependency.

"Like many people, I'm afraid of showing my body in public, but I'm more afraid of relying on environmentally-destructive fuels."

The event is part of London Sustainability Week 2005 and National Bike Week 2005.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4083580.stm

[BOREALIS]

Police arrest killer cow

Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:04 AM ET


LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian police have arrested a cow that killed a bus driver who was urinating on a highway, a police spokesman said Thursday.

The horned African cow, which was wandering stray in the Ojo district of Nigeria's biggest city Lagos, also injured several bystanders after killing the man.

"The cow went mad, ran into a bus driver and knocked him down. Efforts to revive him were fruitless," said Lagos police spokesman Olubode Ojajuni.

Some people suggested the animal be shot, but the district police officer ordered it to be taken alive.

"You know what it will take to arrest a mad cow?" one newspaper quoted a policeman as saying. "We applied ingenuity and arrested the cow, which is now being detained at the station," he said without going into details.

Ojajuni said police were seeking the cow's owner to press charges for failing to keep it under control.


© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.

http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-06-10T140453Z_0...

[99Dan]

Would You Trade Your Mom For Potato Chips?

Jason L. Miller / Staff Writer / 2005-06-10


When Marcelle and Harriet went to visit their mother's inurned ashes at a Houston mausoleum, they made a grave discovery. Mom's ashes had been replaced with a can of sour cream and onion potato chips.


On June 10, 2004, Marcell Lieberman and Harriet Lieberman Mellow were understandably incensed once they opened the cedar chest in the niche that used to hold the remains of their mother, Vivian Shulman Lieberman.

Maybe it was a message from beyond for them to visit more often. The chips had been visible in the display case for at least six months.

"We have been devastated," Marcelle Lieberman said. "We hope we will be able to find her remains before we die, to give us closure of some sort." To date, the ashes are still missing.

So steamed about the incident, the Lieberman sisters are taking on anybody remotely connected. When the chips are down, they sue everybody in sight.

Their synagogue where the funeral was conducted, Congregation Beth Israel, the cremators, Levy Funeral Directors, and the owners of the mausoleum that held the ashes, Schlitzberger's Family Craft Monumental Services, have all been named in the lawsuit filed by Marcell and Harriet.

The suit seeks unspecified damages from all three parties for intentionally inflicting emotional distress. It also claims that Levy Funeral Directors failed to ensure that Vivian Lieberman's ashes were in a secure place.

All three defendants deny any liability.

"It is obviously very upsetting to the family and to all three of the defendants," said Neal Manne, lawyer for Beth Israel. "But a lawsuit is about whether there is any legal responsibility, and Congregation Beth Israel did not do anything wrong."

Greg Bolton, spokesman for Service Corporation International, the parent company of Levy, says the chain of responsibility ends with mausoleum delivery.

"We fulfilled the family's wishes by arranging for the cremation and delivering the remains to the custody of the mausoleum," he said. "We had no involvement or knowledge of anything that happened after that."

Dianne Schlitzberger, co-owner of the mausoleum accused of failing to close and lock the niche, insists that none of the employees have a key to it. Further, she says the company wouldn't ruin their reputation by losing something so valuable.

At least the niche was locked after the theft, as a locksmith was called to reopen it. Police have the can of chips in custody and are looking for any crumb of evidence.

However the thief was able to pull off the caper, one could say he ‘urned" it.

http://www.webpronews.com/business/topbusiness/wpn-54-20050610WouldYouTradeYourMomForPotatoChips.htm...

[BOREALIS]

Dead skunk in the middle of ... the coffee table?
British student turns roadkill into objets d'art

The Associated Press
Updated: 10:40 a.m. ET June 10, 2005


Andrews, 22, said her artwork is a commentary on how we humans view animals as commodities. She turned a beheaded owl into a desk organizer, and put the insides of a dead squirrel into a remote control for a DVD player.

“They are animals people can identify and have a relationship with,” she said. “It is showing how animals are used by people as commodities in the postmodern world.”

Andrews, a 22-year-old fine art student at Newcastle’s Northumbria University, combined the taxidermy skills she learned in a course with her artist’s eye.

She said she’s ready for criticism of her roadkill art show at the university, but notes that most people are taking the time to think about what she’s trying to say.

© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

[Deann]

Kittens use fax as toilet, spark house fire

Cats run to safety, but house in Japan suffers extensive damage
Updated: 5:00 a.m. ET June 10, 2005

TOKYO - Two kittens picked the wrong place to relieve themselves when they urinated on a fax machine, sparking a fire that extensively damaged their Japanese owner’s house.

Investigators in the western city of Kobe have concluded that the fire in January was caused by a spark generated when the urine soaked the machine’s electrical printing mechanism.

The fire damaged the kitchen and living room before it was put out by the house’s owner, who was treated for mild smoke inhalation, said Masahito Oyabu, a fireman at the Nagata fire station in central Kobe.

The kittens quickly ran to safety, he added.

“If you have a cat, or a dog for that matter, be careful where they urinate,” Oyabu said. “Especially keep them away from electrical appliances and wires.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8167302/

[BOREALIS]

Behold --- Abstract Art's New World, Forged for All

Published: June 7, 2005

Visitors observe eight massive steel sculptures by the sculptor Richard Serra during a special preview at the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. The installation opens to the public on June 8 and will be a permanent feature of the museum.


Vincent West/Reuters
Visitors observe eight massive steel sculptures by the sculptor Richard Serra during a special preview at the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. The installation opens to the public on June 8 and will be a permanent feature of the museum.



http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/07/arts/design/07serr.html?hp

[BOREALIS]

Shanghai taxis with "unlucky" plates taken off road during university exams


Taxi sign in Shanghai.
FP/File/Liu Jin)

1 hour, 27 minutes ago


SHANGHAI (AFP) - Taxis with "unlucky" number plates in Shanghai will stop operating during university entrance exams this week to appease superstitious parents, state media said.


"All cabs with number plates ending with the number 'four', which shares the same pronunciation as 'failure' in the Shanghai dialect, will not be used," Shanghai's biggest taxi company Shanghai Dazhong was cited as saying on the China Daily's website.

"Lots of parents refuse to use cabs with number plates they consider unlucky, and we've seen many of them get angry at us because we have used them to carry their children in past years," said Zhao Leping, head of the company.

It was not clear how many taxis would stop operating.

Another big taxi company in the city, Shanghai NGS Taxi, said 20 percent of its clients who booked cars during the examination period requested the firm not to send "unlucky" vehicles.

The national university entrance examination, seen as the most crucial event in Chinese youngsters' lives, will take place from Tuesday to Thursday this week. Some 130,000 students will sit the exam in Shanghai.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050606/od_afp/chinataxisuperstition_050606231452;_ylt=Am05RxEoMbp7TFWi...

[Deann]

Woman charged with smuggling fish in skirt

Customs officials hear 'flipping' noises, find 51 tropical species

SYDNEY, Australia - There must have been something fishy about the way she walked. Customs officials said Monday they stopped a woman as she arrived Friday in the southern city of Melbourne on a flight from Singapore and found 51 live tropical fish allegedly hidden in a specially designed apron under her skirt.

"During the search customs officers became suspicious after hearing 'flipping' noises coming from the vicinity of her waist," the Australian Customs Service said in a press release. "An examination revealed 15 plastic water-filled bags holding fish allegedly concealed inside a purpose-built apron."

The species of fish was not immediately known, but customs officials warned they could carry diseases that could decimate Australian fish if they escaped into local rivers.

Customs officers will charge the woman once they establish what species the fish are. If convicted of smuggling wildlife, she faces a fine of up to U.S. $83,617 and could also get a prison sentence of up to 10 years.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8117876/

[Deann]

Giant toads trade nuptials in India

Villagers hope wedded bliss will bring summer mist

KHOCHAKANDAR, India - Two giants toads were married in a traditional Hindu ceremony in eastern India at the weekend by villagers hoping to propitiate the rain gods and end a dry spell.

Some 400 people cheered and blew conches as women put streaks of vermilion on the female toad’s head while a band played music and priests solemnized the marriage to the chanting of Hindu hymns.

The toads were picked up from separate ponds, dressed in bright red clothes and brought to the marriage venue in a decorated palanquin in Khochakandar village in West Bengal state late on Sunday.

The married toads were released into a pond after the ceremony in the village about 225 miles north of the state capital, Calcutta.

“Our forefathers used to organize marriages of toads to get sufficient rain for cultivation. We hope rain will be coming very soon,” said Konica Mandal, one of the organizers of the wedding.

The village has been reeling under a severe heat wave with temperatures touching 111 degrees (44 degrees Celsius), drying up ponds and creating problems for farmers and their crops.

The southwest monsoon hit India’s southern coast on Sunday, about four days later than normal, but it will be some time before the rains wind their way to the rest of the country.

A heat wave sweeping India, Bangladesh and Nepal has killed nearly 100 people over the past two weeks.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8113753/

[The Original dpb5!]

What IS that SMELL?

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=8685897

[The Original dpb5!]

Want to become publicly FAMOUS?

Just pick up a "lady of the night"!.........

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=8685211

[The Original dpb5!]

How GAY is this?

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FVKZ5MPYP0QOWCRBAEOCFEY?type=oddlyEnoughNews&a...

[The Original dpb5!]

Jennifer decided to "NOT!"

And now pays the piper........

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;YHOIGAD1QOF22CRBAEOCFEY?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=...

[The Original dpb5!]

"We use to be shorter, and hairier."

"What you probably unearthed was a diseased PYGMY."

http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501050606-1066965,00.html

[The Original dpb5!]

Thank God for THIS news!

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11328

[The Original dpb5!]

Would you eat Ice Cream out of a commode?

People in Taiwan are doing it, and loving it !!

http://www.canada.com/news/oddities/story.html?id=33a22698-e476-49cf-ab94-5db3e3181fe5

[The Original dpb5!]

Amazing "High Taboo"wedding" on top of Mt. Everest

http://www.canada.com/news/oddities/story.html?id=32987d5c-b1d6-4c6c-bd66-da1349c6a235

[The Original dpb5!]

OUCH! Thanks for sharing that!

[MrBankRoll]

Man Sues for $10 Million After Toilet Explosion

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (June 3) - A man who says he was severely burned when a portable toilet exploded after he sat down and lit a cigarette is suing a general contractor and a coal company, accusing them of negligence.

John Jenkins, 53, and his wife, Ramona Jenkins, 35, of Brave, Pa., filed the suite Tuesday in county circuit court seeking $10 million in damages from Chisler Inc. and Eastern Associated Coal Corp.

The lawsuit claims Jenkins' face, neck, arms, torso and legs were severely burned last July after the cigarette ignited methane gas leaking from a pipe underneath the toilet unit.

"When I struck the lighter, the whole thing just detonated - the whole top blew off," said Jenkins, a methane power plant operator with North West Fuels Development Inc. "I can't tell you if it blew me out the door or if I jumped out."

Eastern Associated owns the Blacksville property where the explosion occurred. Jenkins alleges that heavy equipment from Chisler Inc. ran over the pipelines before the explosion, causing the methane gas leak.

A call to the Charleston office of Peabody Energy, the parent company of Eastern Associated Coal, was not returned.

A man who answered the phone at Chisler's office in Fairview said the company would have no comment.


06/03/05 07:07 EDT

[The Original dpb5!]

Marriage NOT "necessary" ?

Rodman set to borrow a "wife" for the 2005 Wife Carrying Championships

"It was Rodman himself who contacted us. He's tried everything, but not this."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1380675.htm

[The Original dpb5!]

Today's "BOZO AWARD!"

Make no BONES about this!

People annually break bones chasing a cheese ball down a hill!!

http://www.canada.com/news/oddities/story.html?id=731e1a53-9654-4233-bf9c-3381af4bbcca

[The Original dpb5!]

If you have ever wondered at all what some of the reasons may be that FUEL PRICES can be SO HIGH, read this!!!...

Zimbabwe Government slams airline for one-passenger flight

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml;NGZWBBNAO2SHACRBAEKSFEY?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=...

[The Original dpb5!]

This post is a CLASSIC EXAMPLE of what I would like to see this board develop into. Read the article link below and post your comments as they reflect American Society today. Exactly how is it that it can be that a person can spend 35 YEARS in prison for stealing a Black and White Television Set while murderers and rapists go free much more quickly?


Black and White Telivision thief let out of North Carolina Prison after 35 years

As the article states, one has to wonder how much time he would have served had he stolen a "COLOUR TV!"

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/05/30/1063279-ap.html

[The Original dpb5!]

Zoo hunts monkey who went off in a huff

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1380650.htm