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Valadius Nov 18 2005 05:43 PM

This thread is for news stories of the outrageous, weird, and colorful. I'll start: Rare Stork Gets Prosthetic Beak [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051118/ap_on_fe_st/stork_prosthetic_beak[/url]

Valadius Nov 18 2005 06:08 PM

Student Allegedly Urinates in Ice Machine [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051118/ap_on_fe_st/ice_machine_urine;_ylt=Aux3PU1Yz61EU.YN47yYX7vtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--[/url]

TheOldMole Nov 18 2005 06:47 PM

JACQUET SAYS NO TO PENGUIN PORN Film-maker LUC JACQUET refused to include footage of penguins copulating in his new movie documentary THE MARCH OF THE PENGUINS - because it would be pornographic. http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/jacquet%20says%20no%20to%20penguin%20porn

metirish Nov 21 2005 09:34 AM

You have to love the French... ]A French woman has admitted attempting to open an aeroplane door mid-flight so that she could smoke a cigarette. Sandrine Helene Sellies, 34, who has a fear of flying, had drunk alcohol and taken sleeping tablets ahead of the flight from Hong Kong to Brisbane. She was seen on the Cathay Pacific plane walking towards a door with an unlit cigarette and a lighter. She then began tampering with the emergency exit until she was stopped by a flight attendant. Defence lawyer Helen Shilton said her client had no memory of what had happened on the flight on Saturday, and that she had a history of sleepwalking. She pleaded guilty to endangering the safety of an aircraft at Brisbane Magistrates Court and was given a 12-month A$1,000 (£429) good behaviour bond - she will forfeit the money if she commits another offence. The French tourist was at the start of a three-week holiday in Australia with her husband.

Valadius Nov 21 2005 04:11 PM

Islanders Pray to Jesus Image on Plant Pot COZUMEL, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexicans have set up a shrine at a plant pot on the grounds of a beach resort on the Caribbean island of Cozumel after an image said to depict Jesus appeared on it following Hurricane Wilma a month ago, A receptionist at the Occidental Grand resort noticed the image likened to Jesus' face as shaken guests emerged from a storm shelter after huddling for three days while the hurricane hurled rain and debris. Local media are calling it a miracle and draw a link between the apparition and the fact that none of the 200 guests had suffered so much as a bruise during the storm, which tore up other beach resorts on Cozumel, bit holes in concrete buildings, ripped up sections of highway and flattened trees. The image stands out clearly as a Jesus-like face on the side of the enameled terra cotta planter -- whose plants also survived the storm despite being outside for its duration. "The first person who saw it was a receptionist. Then the guests started coming to see it and before long people were praying and lighting candles," said a security guard near the pot, which is roped off with a crimson cord strung between brass poles and has a simple candle burning in front of it, "A lot of people wept when they saw it. There was a lot of emotion because it appeared after everyone spent three days together in the storm shelter," said the guard, declining to give his name. The Occidental Grand, now closed to the public for minor repairs, was the only hotel on Cozumel not to evacuate its guests to the mainland before the hurricane, as it has a sturdy shelter which the security guard said was stocked with three months worth of food and water for 300 people.

metirish Nov 21 2005 04:13 PM

It'll be on Ebay soon selling for a fortune.

Valadius Nov 21 2005 04:23 PM

Drunk German Wets Bed, Sets Fire to Home BERLIN (Reuters) - A German man drank too much, wet his bed and set fire to his apartment while trying to dry his bedding, police in the western town of Muelheim said on Monday. "He was too drunk to go to the toilet," said a police spokesman. "The next morning he put a switched-on hairdryer on the bed to dry it and left the apartment." When the 60-year-old returned, his home and belongings were in flames. Firemen eventually put out the blaze.

MFS62 Nov 22 2005 08:39 AM

Some of these are excellent nominations for next year's Darwin Awards. Later

ScarletKnight41 Dec 21 2005 03:10 PM

[url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05349/622923.stm]Revirgination[/url] All I can say is, Ouch!

metsmarathon Dec 21 2005 03:27 PM

i wasn't aware that was a sensation women wanted to repeat... also... interesting quotes from the article: Recovery from surgery takes about six weeks. The risk of fever and infection is low, says V. Leroy Young, a St. Louis plastic surgeon who also heads the American Society of Plastic Surgeons' emerging-trends task force. On the other hand, Dr. Young says, "it's a pretty expensive thing to do for one night." ... Thomas G. Stovall, a recent president of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons, a top professional body, says "hymen repair is a totally bogus procedure." In general, he says, surgery marketed to improve one's sex life rarely works. As for hymen replacement, "most importantly, it doesn't make you a virgin again.

ScarletKnight41 Dec 21 2005 03:32 PM

I love the concept of the woman who wanted to surprise her husband with her re-virginized state on a cruise. Like it's better for their marriage for her to deny him sex all that time leading up to the cruise?

metsmarathon Dec 21 2005 03:40 PM

i like the thinking behind "i wanted my husband to marry a virgin" as justification for a $2-$5k procedure. as opposed to, y'know, waiting... (sometimes i feel so old and curmudgeonly...)

Frayed Knot Dec 21 2005 09:03 PM

What the fuck is wrong with these idiots?

Willets Point Dec 21 2005 09:58 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: What the fuck is wrong with these idiots? That about sums up my thoughts.

cooby Jan 02 2006 10:26 PM

I wish my cat was this talented: http://www.nbc10.com/news/5753673/detail.html

seawolf17 Jan 12 2006 12:36 PM

Man Aims for New Snake-Kissing Record KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A kiss is just a kiss, but it may prove to be the kiss of death for a Malaysian snake charmer who will attempt to set a new world record by planting 50 smooches on a venomous snake in 10 minutes. Shahimi Abdul Hamid, 33, will perform the dangerous feat on March 11 in a bid to break the current record held by an American man who kissed a poisonous snake 30 times in an unspecified time, the national news agency Bernama said Thursday. Shahini has urged Malaysians to support him in his endeavor, saying he "wants to prove that Asians can also be champions in taming poisonous snakes." He could not be reached for comments. Bernama said Shahimi displayed his prowess at a news conference late Wednesday by kissing a three-meter long King Cobra 21 times. His bid in March will be filmed by U.S. television show Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Bernama said.

Edgy DC Jan 12 2006 12:40 PM

Yeah, that record is mine. Six have already died trying to beat me. I feel bad.

seawolf17 Jan 13 2006 09:22 AM

Benihana shrimp toss cited in death January 11, 2006, 10:12 PM EST The first piece of shrimp hit Jerry Colaitis' brother-in-law square in the forehead, attorney Andre Ferenzo told a jury Wednesday in State Supreme Court in Mineola. The next one scorched the arm of Colaitis' son. So when Colaitis looked up from his dinner at the Benihana restaurant in Munsey Park to see a third sizzling-hot shrimp sailing at his head, he jerked his neck away, Ferenzo said. That violent motion wrenched Colaitis' neck and led, less than a year later, to the 43-year-old's death, said Ferenzo, a Roslyn lawyer representing Colaitis' estate. Now, about four years later, Colaitis' family hopes to win more than $10 million in damages for pain and suffering, lost earning potential and wrongful death. But Charles Connick, a Mineola lawyer for the Benihana chain, said it's unlikely a chef who works for tips would toss food at customers after being asked not to, as Ferenzo claimed. And even so, he said the cause of Colaitis' death was an infection unrelated to the shrimp or a neck injury. "The evidence will show that the manner of death was natural," said Connick. Ferenzo said none of it would have happened without the shrimp. "We're talking about pieces of cooked food thrown directly at people who are eating dinner in the restaurant," Ferenzo said in his opening statement. In his opening statement, Ferenzo said Colaitis had gone to Benihana -- known for its table-side chefs, who serve up theatrics alongside teriyaki -- for his son's birthday. Not long after leaving the restaurant, Colaitis began to feel pain in his neck and later went to see a chiropractor, Ferenzo said. When the pain didn't subside, he went to see three neurosurgeons, he said. Colaitis underwent neck surgery at NYU Medical Center in Manhattan in June 2001. On Nov. 21, Colaitis checked into St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn with a 104-degree fever, Ferenzo said, and the following day, he died. The cause of death was sepsis, a severe infection. Ferenzo said some chefs at Benihana abandoned tamer tricks, like flipping shrimp tails into their apron pockets, about 1998, when a Jackie Chan movie came out featuring a "mild-mannered chef who cooks up his own recipe for justice." Instead, they took to flipping the food directly at the customers, Ferenzo said. But Connick said customers often enjoy having food tossed their way. "Some customers, especially dads and sons, want to catch the food," he said. "The evidence will show that it was part of the show."

Yancy Street Gang Jan 17 2006 01:52 PM

From CNN.com: Mouthy parrot 'reveals sex secret' LONDON, England -- A computer programmer found out his girlfriend was having an affair when his pet parrot kept repeating her lover's name, British media reported Tuesday. The African grey parrot kept squawking "I love you, Gary" as his owner, Chris Taylor, sat with girlfriend Suzy Collins on the sofa of their shared flat in Leeds, northern England. But when Taylor saw Collins's embarrassed reaction, he realized she had been having an affair -- meeting her lover in the flat whilst Ziggy looked on, the UK's Press Association reported. Ziggy even mimicked Collins's voice each time she answered her telephone, calling out "Hiya Gary," according to newspaper reports. Call-center worker Collins, 25, admitted the four-month affair with a colleague called Gary to her boyfriend and left the flat she had shared with Taylor, 30, for a year. Taylor said he had also been forced to part with Ziggy after the bird continued to call out Gary's name and refused to stop squawking the phrases in his ex-girlfriend's voice, media reports said. "I wasn't sorry to see the back of Suzy after what she did, but it really broke my heart to let Ziggy go," he said. "I love him to bits and I really miss having him around, but it was torture hearing him repeat that name over and over again. "I still can't believe he's gone. I know I'll get over Suzy, but I don't think I'll ever get over Ziggy." Taylor acquired Ziggy as a chick eight years ago and named him after the David Bowie character Ziggy Stardust. The bird has now found a new home through the offices of a local parrot dealer. Collins, who admitted the affair, said: "I'm not proud of what I did but I'm sure Chris would be the first to admit we were having problems. "I am surprised to hear he got rid of that bird," she added to The Guardian newspaper. "He spent more time talking to it than he did to me."

Edgy DC Jan 17 2006 01:57 PM

Which one of them released that story?

ScarletKnight41 Jan 18 2006 10:51 AM

[url=http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/tv/article.adp?id=20060117173509990005&ncid=NWS00010000000001]William Shatner Sells Kidney Stone for $25,000[/url]

Elster88 Jan 18 2006 11:17 AM

Donating the money to charity.

Willets Point Jan 18 2006 01:13 PM

Bones! ... I ... must ... pass ... this ... stone! The children are counting on me!

ScarletKnight41 Jan 18 2006 02:26 PM

Willets Point wrote: Bones! ... I ... must ... pass ... this ... stone! The children are counting on me! Willets leads the Comment du Jour running by a huge margin - ROFL

seawolf17 Jan 18 2006 04:13 PM

Remember the story about the wackadoo who decided it would be a brilliant idea to stick a severed finger in her Wendy's chili and sue? Joke's on you, sista! [url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060118/us_nm/crime_wendys_finger_dc]Nine years[/url] in prison. You think the Burger King is scary? Don't F with Dave Thomas's ghost.

Elster88 Jan 18 2006 04:15 PM

When that story first came out, I joked that that would be a good scam to try. Guess not.

Elster88 Jan 18 2006 04:16 PM

]She called her actions "a moment of poor judgment," If you call planning and carrying out an intricate plan a "moment", then sure, it was a moment of poor judgement.

Elster88 Jan 18 2006 04:16 PM

]Investigators later determined Plascencia obtained the piece of finger from a co-worker who had lost the top of a finger in an industrial accident at a Las Vegas paving company. The man had turned over the finger fragment to settle a $50 debt. What's weirder, the actual scam, or the above debt settlement? Next time, try it without the part containing the fingerprint. Some people are dumb enough that they deserve extra jail time for stupidity. If you're going to cause a company and its stockholders to lose millions of dollars, at least do it right.

Willets Point Jan 18 2006 10:32 PM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: ="Willets Point"]Bones! ... I ... must ... pass ... this ... stone! The children are counting on me! Willets leads the Comment du Jour running by a huge margin - ROFL I saw this comment elsewhere which is even funnier: "I went on Priceline.com and got his kidney stone for $7,000." I should add that a kidney stone is by far the most painful thing I've ever experienced

Willets Point Jan 20 2006 12:07 PM

Ah-oooooooooooooh, Whales of London.

ScarletKnight41 Jan 26 2006 09:45 AM

Braces become teen fashion fad in Thailand Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand - Health authorities are clamping down on a Thai teen fashion fad - wearing fake orthodontic braces. Officials said Thursday they plan to target those who sell and make the pseudo dental gear with steep fines and prison time. Girls flashing multicolored metallic grins are regularly featured in teen magazines as braces have become more common in Thailand, transforming the dental gear into a fashion statement. Rather than getting fitted for the real and expensive option, teens have been buying do-it-yourself kits in stores and selecting colored rubber bands to match their outfits or moods. Rasamee Vistaveth, secretary-general of the Consumer Protection Board, said the agency was planning to sign an order Thursday punishing sellers of fake braces with six months in prison or a $1,300 fine. Importers and producers could face up to one year behind bars and a $2,600 fine.

soupcan Jan 26 2006 10:05 AM

Why would this be illegal?

Frayed Knot Jan 26 2006 10:09 AM

Because it's Thailand

TheOldMole Jan 26 2006 10:43 AM

This is a fad here, too -- they're called "grills."

TheOldMole Jan 26 2006 02:36 PM

I guess this fits here, although it's worse than weird: ] More than 20 large sculptures, all of them in bronze, have been taken from museums, sculpture gardens and private collections in and around London in the past year, most in the last six months. The method appears almost laughably simple: the thieves arrive with a van or a truck in the middle of the night, heave the works into the back and drive off, never to be heard from again (at least not so far). The police are stymied. "It's a massive increase in the normal number of thefts of large bronzes," said Detective Sgt. Vernon Rapley, chief of the Metropolitan Police art and antiques squad. Since such works are virtually unsalable — "no one could buy it now and claim that they didn't realize it was stolen," he said of the Moore sculpture — it is most likely that the works are being melted down and sold for scrap. "Sadly, in the criminal world, if you need bronze, you wouldn't go out and buy it — you would steal it," Sergeant Rapley said in an interview. "We're concerned that none of the pieces have been recovered and that we haven't received any information about them. That leads us to think that there's some truth to the rumor that they might be being melted down." [URL=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/arts/design/26bron.html]source[/URL]

ScarletKnight41 Jan 26 2006 06:29 PM

I'm trying to figure out what this teacher was thinking - Class watches '40-year-Old Virgin' movie Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. - Showing the R-rated movie "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" during high school Spanish class this week resulted in suspension for the teacher. Fernando Del Pino was suspended with pay Tuesday for showing the movie to students at Lexington's Tates Creek High School a day earlier, said Lisa Deffendall, spokeswoman for Fayette County Public Schools. Del Pino, who was hired in August, could not be reached for comment. The movie is about a 40-year-old single man whose friends try to help him gain experience in sex. R-rated movies are not to be shown to anyone younger than 17 without a parent or guardian. The movie was rated R for pervasive, explicit and crude sexual content and drug use. Del Pino's suspension letter said his suspension is for up to 20 work days while the incident is investigated. Parents of Tates Creek students must give written permission for their children to watch an R-rated movie at school, according to the school's video policy. Students whose parents object must be given alternative assignments. The policy also states that the videos/movies "must be part of the lesson plan with genuine instruction objectives." Deffendall said the investigation was initiated because "it appears that the Tates Creek policy was not followed." The suspension letter was issued Tuesday, the same day a complaint was reported to the district, she said.

seawolf17 Jan 31 2006 10:05 AM

]A freaky Friday accident left Lindsay Lohan in stitches. The Mean Girls star was rushed to a London hospital last week after she sliced her leg open while breakfasting at the home of Bryan Adams, according to published reports. Lohan had reportedly just stepped out of the shower Friday afternoon, when she lost her grip on a teacup, which smashed to the ground. A shard of the broken cup connected with the actress' shin, leaving a gash that required 10 stitches to close. "She and her friends were preparing breakfast, with eggs and everything, and Lindsay was going up the stairs, carrying a ceramic teacup," Lohan's mother, Dina, told Star magazine. Breakfasting at the home of Bryan Adams? Huh?

Edgy DC Jan 31 2006 10:25 AM

And who wouldn't resort to self-injury to get out of that? BA: "Here's one I recorded with Rod Stewart." LL (to self): "Where's that steak knife?"

Johnny Dickshot Jan 31 2006 10:57 AM

]Former Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown denies conspiring to sell or deal cocaine Published on 31 January 2006 .. Author Anonymous FORMER ROLLERS DENY DRUG DEALING Elsewhere in the courts of pop, former Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown has denied conspiring to sell or deal cocaine. As you'll remember, this all relates to an incident in an Essex car park involving McKeown's former bandmate Patrick McGlynn. He allegedly showed up at said car park last May with sixteen grand in cash. McGlynn claims he was there to buy a car - but the car of the person he was meeting turned out to have rather a lot of cocaine in the boot - sixteen grands worth prosecutors reckon. Police also found a line of coke in McGlynn's car, which they say was free sample ahead of the alleged drugs purchase. The former Roller argues that line was for his personal use, and had no relation to any subsequent planned dealings. As it was, no dealings actually did take place because police moved in. McKeown is implicated in all of this because phone calls and text messages exchanged between the two former bandmates allegedly show that McKeown had set up the meeting between McGlynn and the alleged drugs dealer. But the frontman told a Basildon court yesterday that while he had taken the drug, he did not deal in it: "I have taken it - maybe two or three times a year but I do not have anything to do with supplying cocaine". McGlynn, meanwhile, is also denying all charges. He says that he did not know the man he met that day was a drug dealer, that he met him simply to buy a car, adding that he was "comfortable" financially and had no need to resort to dealing in hard drugs to raise cash. The case is due to continue today.

TheOldMole Jan 31 2006 11:55 AM

Edgy -- ROFL!

metirish Feb 09 2006 10:15 AM

This is a great story, canned food lovers will enjoy. ] Chicken tastes supreme after 50 years in a tin By Nigel Bunyan and Amy Iggulden (Filed: 08/02/2006) It was the height of post-war luxury: a hamper crammed with delicacies, topped by a whole roast chicken preserved in its own jelly and sealed in a tin. The year was 1956 and the hamper was bought by Les and Beryl Lailey for the guests at their wedding reception. By the end of the day, they had polished off the sandwiches, the hams, the cheeses and the luxury shortbread biscuits. All that was left, resplendent in its Buxted packaging, was the chicken. And it remained untouched for 50 years until, finally, Mr Lailey, 73, plucked up the courage to eat it on the couple's golden wedding anniversary. "It was really quite tasty,"he said yesterday at his home in Denton, near Manchester. "Maybe a bit salty, but then I didn't follow the instructions to the letter." Perhaps distracted by a crowd of disbelieving relatives, Mr Lailey, a one-time corporal in the Argyll and Southern Highlanders, had omitted to heat his 50-year-old skinless chicken in the oven for the 10-15 minutes the instructions advised. "I just broke off a leg, smelled it, drained the jelly off it and then bit into it. The flesh was white with a few pinky bits. "Our grandchildren were appalled, begging me not to eat any more, but I knew that if it smelled OK, it wouldn't do me any harm." Mrs Lailey, 70, a retired machinist, declined to taste the 3lb chicken on the ground that she was recovering from flu. Her husband, who recalls buying the couple's wedding day cream cakes "on tick", said he had intended to open the tinned chicken in celebration of the birth of his first child, Lesley, now 49. Lesley and her brothers, Kevin and Ivor, three and six years her junior, all remember a childhood punctuated by "threats" from their father that he would take the chicken out from its cupboard in the kitchen. The tin, produced before "use by" dates were invented, disappeared briefly when the Laileys moved house 18 months ago. But then, to his relief and his family's consternation, Mr Lailey found it behind some beans. "Over the years I've always said I'd eat it, mostly to prove a point about it being OK." Mr Lailey now hopes to sell the empty tin on Ebay. Canned meat typically carries a "use by" date that allows storage for five years. The canning process occurs at temperatures of 120C upwards and is designed to kill Clostridium botulinum, a cause of botulism. "If the canning is done properly, all the microbes that cause food to deteriorate are removed, so the food could last for ever," said Prof John Mitchell, of Nottingham university. Canned Food UK, the representative body for manufacturers, also said canned food could be preserved "indefinitely", as long as there were no dents to the tin. "There is no risk that the food is unsuitable for consumption after the sell-by date as long as the container is intact," said Steve Thomas, the organisation's chairman. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/08/nchick08.xml

Elster88 Feb 21 2006 03:38 PM

[url=http://et.tv.yahoo.com/newslink/13964/]Nick Lachey seeking alimony.[/url] Maybe this isn't so weird. Money's money. I just don't know what other thread to put this in.

ScarletKnight41 Feb 22 2006 06:00 PM

Girl weds dog to ward off 'evil eye' Associated Press NEW DELHI - A 7-year-old girl wed a stray dog as part of a ritual to ward off the "evil eye" on her and her family in eastern India, a news agency reported Wednesday. Shivam Munda's upper teeth appeared before her lower teeth - considered a bad omen by members of the Santhal ethnic group to which she belongs, the Press Trust of India said in a report from Dhanbad, a coal mining town in the eastern state of Bihar. Kundan Munda, a coal mine worker, said his daughter married the dog only to "remove the evil eye," a superstitious belief that some misfortune could befall her and the family, and that she would be free to marry a man later. Friends and family participated in three days of traditional ceremonies and festivities that are part of a Santhal tribal marriage, Munda said, according to the report.

Edgy DC Feb 23 2006 06:46 PM

Life imitates White Shadow episode. (Actually a great story, not a wierd one. The only wierd part is the parallel with the White Shadow.

cooby Feb 23 2006 09:35 PM

Which one do you mean, Edgy?

Edgy DC Feb 23 2006 09:52 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 24 2006 09:14 AM

Well, if you let the video load, and patiently sit through the commercial, you'll get it. Basically, in a storybook tale, the high school basketball coach, in thanking his team's student manager, invites the kid to suit up for the last game of his senior year. You would imagine such a character to be the bookish sort, but he's not only shrimpy and scrawny, but suffers from autism. He's functional, but autistic. The coach's magnanimity doesn't stop there though. The outcome secure with four minutes left, he sends the kid to the scorer's table. The boy being popular with the student body, the gym erupts just from him standing. He checks into the game and his teammates go out of their way to feed him the ball. His first shot is an ugly heave that misses by several feet. Just as everybody's thinking that he's in way over his head, he get's the ball back and hits a three-pointer from the corner. The whole town rises to their feet and explodes. And then he hits another. And another. In four minutes of basketball, the kid puts up twenty points, hitting six straight threes and one shot in which his toe was over the line. The school goes nuts, and just as Disney would script it, he's carried out of the gym on the student body's collective shoulders. Excuse me. Something in my eye.

cooby Feb 23 2006 09:59 PM

That is neat! :) Edit: I emailed it to my daughter, I hope she gets that video and not the following one about the energy crisis or she will wonder if I've flipped

Elster88 Feb 24 2006 04:54 AM

Not that I know anything about autism, but I had no idea that an autistic person would be able to play ball.

ScarletKnight41 Feb 24 2006 07:09 AM

There are degrees of autism - some are severely autistic, while others have milder forms of it.

Willets Point Feb 25 2006 03:24 PM

This is weird only because it's in Dublin not Belfast.

ScarletKnight41 Mar 07 2006 11:11 AM

Remember that Monty Python skit about gangs of little old ladies? Watch out cooby - They're in Pennsylvania! ]75-year-old Pa. woman charged with robbery Associated Press WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. - A 75-year-old woman accused of robbing a bank with an unloaded pistol was arrested after a tow truck driver blocked her in after a short chase, police said. Marilyn Divine of Baldwin said after her arrest that she acted "to help people who are starving to death and nobody cares about them." She didn't specify to whom she was referring. Police said the robber walked up to the National City Bank inside the Shop n' Save supermarket in West Mifflin at about 10:30 a.m. Monday and demanded money from two tellers, brandishing a 9mm handgun. She was wearing a gray sweat suit, a Steelers tassel cap, and had a scarf pulled around her face, police said. A former bank employee chased the woman's car until police took over and arrested her after a short, low-speed chase when the tow truck blocked her path. Police said they recovered all the stolen money, which totaled about $5,000. Divine was in the Allegheny County Jail unable to post bond Monday night on charges including armed robbery and reckless endangerment.

cooby Mar 07 2006 11:21 AM

No true Steeler fan would rob a bank. She must have stolen the hat too

seawolf17 Mar 13 2006 04:39 PM

It's... [url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060313/ap_on_fe_st/beer_on_tap]beer[/url]!

Willets Point Mar 13 2006 04:41 PM

My first thought would be that I'd been specially favored by a just God.

Willets Point Mar 18 2006 06:03 PM

YARRRRRR!!!!

Willets Point Mar 30 2006 10:08 AM

This is the #1 emailed article at Boston.com today: Crazy Cat Terrorizes Connecticut Town. Just how bad does a cat have to be to get a restraining order and have his owner arrested (I'm thinking it would be more effective to arrest the cat).

ScarletKnight41 Apr 05 2006 05:19 PM

[url=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/weird_news/14270386.htm]One Wild Baby Shower![/url] On Edit - here's the story, because the Miami Herald is a registration site - ]3 arrested at Mass. baby shower brawl Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A baby shower erupted into a fight among guests in which one man was shot and several other people, including the seven-months-pregnant guest of honor, were beaten with a stick, police say. Three people were arrested after the brawl, described by police as a "baby shower gone bad." Police said the shooting victim, Aristotle Garcia, got into a fight with a man who is dating his ex-girlfriend. The argument, over whether the woman let their 5-year-old daughter drink beer, escalated and drew in two other people - Jazz Rivas and Juan Velazquez, said Police Lt. Cheryl C. Claprood. When the baby shower's hostess tried to intervene, Rivas began hitting some of the guests, including the 22-year-old mother-to-be, with a large stick, she said. Velazquez fired a gun in the air, then fired it into the crowd, hitting Garcia in the stomach, according to police. Garcia, 26, was in stable condition at Baystate Medical Center. The mother-to-be was treated after the incident Saturday and released. Velazquez, 19, was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, armed assault with intent to murder. He had not yet been arraigned as of Wednesday morning. The man Garcia was initially fighting with, Antonio Santiago, 25, pleaded innocent to similar charges on Tuesday and was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail. Rivas, 22, pleaded innocent to three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault and battery on a pregnant female. His bail was set at $10,000. Click here to find out more!

cooby Apr 18 2006 07:41 AM

I wouldnt care if every celebrity in the world got on a slow boat to China and it somehow got lost, but "Tom to Eat Afterbirth" caught my eye, and it turns out they meant Tom Cruise, not a fowl on a turkey farm... http://www.itv.com/news/entertainment_1776713.html

Frayed Knot Apr 18 2006 09:50 AM

There was a skit that got disallowed by the in-house censors in the early days of SNL (they apparently had SOME standards) where Gilda and a few of the other girls were to discuss eating their placentas after giving birth and saying how it's so much easier it is these days thanks to the introduction of; Placenta Helper Available in supermarkets everywhere. Between that and the 'Triple-Bladed' Razor that they pitched during one of their mock commericials -- three blades because ... you'll believe anything -- their satire is rapidly being over-run by real life.

Edgy DC Apr 18 2006 10:15 AM

I thought I recall seeing the "Placenta Helper" ad.

cooby Apr 18 2006 10:29 AM

I wonder if Tom has actually seen and smelled a placenta in real life? I'll bet he changes his mind. I am beginning to think maybe Katie Holmes is being held against her will by a madman, maybe the authorities ought to check on their living arrangements (shudder)

Willets Point Apr 18 2006 12:25 PM

I saw a documentary on BBC when I was in Ireland 8 years ago about women who cook and eat placentas. It sparked debate over whether a vegetarian could eat placenta since no animal is killed. My humble opinion: that's gross!!!!

cooby Apr 20 2006 12:13 AM

This looks cool http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5341058

ScarletKnight41 Apr 25 2006 04:58 PM

]Bride's dad, brother stabbed at reception Associated Press RAYMOND, Ohio - A bride's stepfather has been charged with stabbing the woman's father and brother in an argument at her wedding reception, authorities said. The dispute began inside the Liberty Township Community Center on Saturday and spilled into the parking lot, where the men each were stabbed several times, Union County Chief Deputy Tom Morgan said. Sheriff's deputies responding to a 911 call arrested Eric D. Adams in his car about two miles away, Morgan said. Adams, 36, of Plain City, was being held Monday in the Tri-County Jail in Mechanicsburg on two counts of felonious assault, a jail officer said. His bond was set at $250,000 on Monday in Marysville Municipal Court, Morgan said. A preliminary hearing was set for May 3. Rick Diamond Sr., 45, and Rick Diamond Jr., 18, both of Raymond, were flown by helicopter to Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus. The elder Diamond was in fair condition Monday and his son was released Sunday, hospital administrator Jonathan Stewart said. It wasn't immediately clear what sparked the dispute. Raymond is 35 miles northwest of Columbus.

ScarletKnight41 Apr 27 2006 03:56 PM

Worst....Field....Trip....EVER!!!!!! ]School sends kids to closed amusement park Associated Press RENO, Nev. - Four bus loads of students from O'Brien Middle School made the four-hour trip to Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, Calif., only to find the amusement park's gates locked Monday. The school-sponsored trip was supposed to reward top students. "It was pretty much a fiasco," said Washoe County School District spokesman Steve Mulvenon. "They ended up wasting a day that those kids could have better spent in class or doing what they were going to do at the park." School officials said the $50 fee will be refunded, and the tour company that arranged the trip has agreed to pay for the next one. "The tour company neglected to check the schedule," Mulvenon said. "It is just a bummer for the kids," said parent Jeff Wood. "Now, they will have to wait another month to go and a lot of the kids might not be able to go then." Principal Scott Grange said the school was even given printed tickets with Monday's date on them. "But shame on us for not checking," he said.

sharpie Apr 27 2006 04:39 PM

My daughter is going on a school trip to 6 Flags tomorrow --- for her physics class.

Willets Point Apr 27 2006 04:59 PM

If only Chevy Chase were there: I'm also reminded of Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy: ]One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said, "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.

ScarletKnight41 Apr 27 2006 04:59 PM

According to [url=http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatadventure/ParkInfo/index.asp]The Six Flags website[/url], Great Adventure is closed tomorrow for a private event. I hope that event is Sharpie's daughter's excursion.

sharpie Apr 27 2006 05:02 PM

I hope so, too. Apparently, it is Physics Day at 6 Flags and physics classes from a number of schools will be there to deal with the physics of rollercoasters. My daughter's group is assigned to the Batman 3 ride. I didn't get no trips like that when I was in school. Then again, I never took physics.

ScarletKnight41 Apr 27 2006 05:11 PM

MK's Chinese class had a field trip to a Chinese Buffet a couple of months ago. I thought that was a pretty non-educational kind of trip, but what do I know?

Elster88 May 09 2006 09:22 AM

[url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/416057p-351553c.html]Waiting to exhale[/url] Breathless Blaine falls 2 minutes short of record BY DEREK ROSE and BILL HUTCHINSON DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Houdini wanna-be David Blaine had to be rescued from a giant aquarium in Manhattan last night after he blacked out while trying to set a world record for breath-holding. The 33-year-old Brooklyn-born magician, who spent a week in the water-filled globe, wasn't fishing for compliments after the disappointing end to the Aquaman adventure. "This is a failure," he told his staff from a stretcher before being rushed to Roosevelt Hospital by ambulance. "This is a total failure." Blaine managed to hold his breath for 7 minutes and 8 seconds while submerged in 2,000 gallons of water and bound in 150 pounds of chains and handcuffs. The death-defying feat mesmerized a huge crowd gathered at Lincoln Center, but didn't come close to the record of 8 minutes and 58 seconds set in 2004 by German Tom Sietas. Two divers had to jump into the 8-foot tank and free Blaine from a chain still attached to his wrist before bringing him to the surface and immediately giving him oxygen.

cooby May 09 2006 09:25 AM

They talked about this on Pardon The Interuption last night, one of the things they wondered was why there was a two hour special on a 9 minute stunt

Frayed Knot May 09 2006 09:37 AM

Of course the only reason they talked about it on PTI was that ESPN/ABC was doing their usual over-the-top cross-promotion stuff. They were even featuring the lead-up to the "event" on SportsCenter as if it was some kind of athletic feat ... and looky here, espn's Stewart Scott turns out to be the host of the show. Whoda thunk it?

Edgy DC May 09 2006 09:47 AM

]one of the things they wondered was why there was a two hour special on a 9 minute stunt Makes you wonder how much time they gave it. Or I'm giving it.

KC May 17 2006 06:43 PM

I can't believe they're still looking and maybe they found him .... http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-05-17-hoffa_x.htm

cooby May 18 2006 06:40 AM

Hoffa's body is an itch they've gotta scratch

MFS62 May 18 2006 09:58 AM

The original story: http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2006/05/16/1582080-sun.html After that story, folks kinda' felt sorry for the poor guy. Then The follow-up story: http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2006/05/17/1584125-sun.html Nice try, fella'. Later

DocTee May 19 2006 11:42 AM

What's the over-under on this marriage? A 19 year old about to come into money marries a 30 year old hairstylist... Danny Almonte has grown up. The former Bronx Little League pitcher whose being two years over the maximum age invalidated his team's Little League World Series run is now a 19-year-old pitching prospect likely to be selected in the baseball amateur draft, scheduled for June 6-7. He's also a recently married man -- and to an older woman. The New York Daily News reported Friday that Almonte married Rosy Perdomo, 30, a Manhattan hair stylist, in a City Hall ceremony last fall. "She's special," Almonte told the Daily News. "My family is happy for me." Since the Little League scandal five years ago, Almonte, a left-hander, has pitched for Monroe High School in New York City. He was selected to play for the East team in the All-American Baseball Game on June 7 in Albuquerque, N.M., and Monroe High was recently ranked seventh in the nation by USA Today and 43rd by Baseball America. As of May 11th, USA Today reported, Almonte was 9-0 with 0.45 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 47 innings. Perdomo told the Daily News that she's known Almonte since his Little League days. "He used to always tell me things and I was like, 'You're a minor ... we'd get in trouble,'" Perdomo told the Daily News. "I really waited for the right person to come along, so I wasn't going to just fool around, especially not with someone younger than me." She told the newspaper the two got closer last year and moved in together in June. "We share a lot ... It's a family here. We have the same friends. We just have a lot in common." If Almonte is not taken in the draft or decides not to go pro, he has a scholarship awaiting him at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, N.M., the newspaper reported.

Willets Point May 19 2006 11:52 AM

No obvious joke about how she lies about her age too?

Willets Point May 21 2006 06:04 PM

Tackiness reaches new lows.

Willets Point May 22 2006 02:20 PM

The wrong Guy.

ScarletKnight41 May 24 2006 06:50 PM

[url=http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/05/hoffa_cupcakes.php]Jimmy Hoffa Cupcakes[/url]

MFS62 May 30 2006 12:43 PM

Baseball weirdness. Do you believe in ghosts? ]Bonds hits No. 715, and the radio goes dead By JANIE McCAULEY, AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The broadcast went dead at the worst of all moments, and thousands of Bay Area fans listening on radio missed Barry Bonds' 715th homer. They could not hear the radio account Sunday because the microphone of play-by-play announcer Dave Flemming stopped working at precisely the wrong time. Flemming had begun the call at the beginning of Bonds' fourth-inning at-bat before his hand-held mike quit during the broadcast on the Giants' flagship station, KNBR. "Three-and-two. Finley runs. The payoff pitch, a swing and a drive to deep cen ..." -- that's all Northern California listeners got when Bonds passed Babe Ruth to move into second place on the career homers list. "We apologize to the listeners on the radio," Giants executive vice president Larry Baer said. "We're as surprised as any of the fans listening. We have no idea what happened. Normally you have two calls of record -- television and radio. Duane Kuiper made a great call on FOX Sports Net and that will be the call of record, the call that goes to the Hall of Fame." The listeners were left with only the loud reaction of the crowd. Flemming's partner, Greg Papa, immediately grabbed another headset and finished the call a short time later -- apologizing for the technical problem. Flemming had no idea initially he'd gone off the air. "I'm disappointed," Flemming said. "What can I do about it now? I made the call. It just didn't go over the air." Flemming still found humor in it all. "If you only heard the rest of the call. It was an unbelievable call," Flemming said. "Too bad we don't have the proof." The station, which certainly had been planning for this moment for months, was left to replay the television call -- and that's what KNBR will have to rely on for years to recap the moment. "The mike just cut out," program director Lee Hammer said, noting he couldn't pinpoint what went wrong. Later

seawolf17 May 30 2006 12:52 PM

Willets Point wrote: The wrong Guy. The clip is really funny. The guy just looks totally lost, and his reaction when he's introduced is priceless. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

metirish May 31 2006 02:55 PM

] Hurt over another woman: Man severs penis to prove his faithfulness 01 June, 2006 KOTA BARU: What happened remains hazy, but a 41-year-old man nearly lost his penis after a clash with his wife over another woman. It is unclear whether the wife delivered the unkind cut or whether the injury was self-inflicted. According to the couple’s eldest son, it was the latter. He said his father mutilated himself to prove he was not unfaithful. The man is recovering at the Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital (HUSM) in Kubang Kerian after an operation to re-attach the organ. HUSM acting director Dr Zaidun Kamari said: "The patient is now recovering in the ward and in stable condition. He would be discharged soon." The incident happened in Kampung Gong Nering in Besut at 10pm on Friday. The man’s wife found an SMS from another woman on his handphone and confronted him. The son, aged 14, said this resulted in a shouting match between his parents. The father said he would prove that he was not unfaithful. This assertion was followed by screams of pain from him. When his father emerged from their room, he was bleeding. The wife drove him to the hospital. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- © Copyright 2006 The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad. All rights reserved. http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/Frontpage/20060530074443/Article/pp_index_html

Elster88 Jun 05 2006 09:51 AM

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060602/ap_on_fe_st/duck_x_ray]Alien found in duck, X-ray to be sold on eBay[/url] CORDELIA, Calif. - The International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia plans to raise funds with an unusual duck X-ray. The bird came in with a broken wing, but when Marie Travers, assistant manager of the center, radiographed the duck, she was stunned to see a very clear image of what appeared to be the face, or head, of an extraterrestrial alien in the bird's stomach. "Marie looked at it and all she could say was 'unbelievable,'" said Karen Benzel, public affairs director for the rescue center, which has been rescuing sick and injured birds for more than three decades. Unfortunately, the duck died quickly and quietly of its injuries. Initial reports from the center claimed the cause of the alien face was never determined, but Benzel said she was still awaiting results of a necropsy. Either way, the center has come up with a way to turn its alien encounter into a fundraiser for the center. It will auction off the X-ray on eBay. The one-of-a-kind image, which measures 17-by-14 inches, will be sold along with a certificate of authenticity. All proceeds will go toward funding the center's rehabilitation programs. The auction begins Sunday.

MFS62 Jun 12 2006 08:19 PM

This is both weird and true. At last night's Tony Awards (what? no thread?), Ian McDiarmid*, won the award for Featured Actor-Play for his performance in the drama "Faith Healer." He was presented the award by actor Josh Lucas (Stealth, the Poseidon Adventure) What's so weird about this? Saturday night, my wife and daughter went to see the play. Who was in the audience a few seats away? Yep, Josh Lucas. And after the show, Josh walked out arm-in-arm with? Kyra Sedgewick, who is the wife of Kevin Bacon. Maybe there's something to that six degrees of Kevin Bacon theory. *= If you don't know him, he played The Emperor in four Star Wars movies. Later

Edgy DC Jun 28 2006 09:20 AM

Boy George Ordered to Sanitation Dept. AP Tue Jun 27, 5:21 PM ET NEW YORK - Boy George, garbage man. The one-time Culture Club singer will do five days of court-ordered community service as an employee of the Department of Sanitation, a spokesman for the city agency confirmed Tuesday. "He will be part of our team," said sanitation spokesman Keith Mellis. "We won't know exactly what he will be doing for several weeks, though." The singer born George O'Dowd, who has struggled with drug problems for years, was ordered to do community service after pleading guilty in March to false reporting of an incident. He called police with a bogus report of a burglary at his lower Manhattan apartment last October, and the responding officers found cocaine inside. O'Dowd, 45, became an '80s icon with his androgynous appearance and vocals on hits like "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Anthony Ferrara threatened the singer with jail time if he failed to complete his five days with "New York's Strongest" before Aug. 28.

MFS62 Jun 28 2006 09:28 AM

He'll be perfect for doing pick-ups in Greenwich Village. Later

MFS62 Jul 02 2006 08:40 PM

]Suit: Wolves Player Watched Porn, Caused Crash Caroline Lowe Reporting (WCCO) Minneapolis On March 30, Minnesota Timberwolves center Eddie Griffin was drunk and masturbating when he crashed his luxury SUV into a parked Suburban outside a store in Minneapolis, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the man whose Suburban was hit in the crash. The WCCO-TV I-TEAM obtained copies of 911 calls and store surveillance video of the incident, along with an accident report the police submitted to the state. Several of the 911 callers that night said Griffin was drunk. One witness said Griffin told him he was watching pornography in a DVD player mounted on the dashboard of his Cadillac Escalade SUV when he struck a Chevy Suburban parked on University Avenue Southeast. The location where Griffin crashed is located a couple miles from the Target Center where Griffin had played with his team several hours earlier. Abed Hassuneh, who is the brother of the victim, said Griffin told him, "That he was masturbating himself going down that street. That's how the accident happened because he was not paying attention. He's paying attention to that video and all of a sudden he's shoveled somebody's car on the top of the sidewalk." Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan ordered an internal affairs investigation of the conduct of the two officers who responded to the scene, after the I-TEAM made Dolan aware of allegations about the incident. Key questions are why Griffin wasn't tested for alcohol and why the officers drove him out of the city to his home in St. Paul. Griffin also received tickets for not having a license and inattentive driving. Griffin's damaged SUV was towed to the Minneapolis impound lot. Dolan told the I-TEAM he expects impartial policing. Dolan also said officers must get permission to leave the city. "Obviously, if somebody is drunk and they are driving we want that dealt with by the police officers of Minneapolis," Dolan said. In the video, Griffin can be heard pleading with witnesses to not call police saying, "I can't go to jail." The video also shows Griffin admitting he is drunk and doesn't have a driver's license. The video shows him struggling for minutes to put on his sweatshirt and offering to buy a car for the man who's SUV he crashed into in front of Santana Foods. Griffin was not available for comment. When he was interviewed by reporters after the crash happened, he said he had dropped his cell phone as he drove. The two officers involved in the incident, Daniel Anderson and Matthew Lindquist, have been with the Minneapolis Police Department since October 2001. The officers remain on duty pending the outcome of the internal investigation. Later

Edgy DC Jul 06 2006 04:04 PM

Meow. Putin kissed boy 'like a kitten' Thursday, July 6, 2006; Posted: 1:07 p.m. EDT (17:07 GMT) MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- Vladimir Putin's decision to stop a small boy as he walked through the Kremlin and kiss his stomach was prompted by a desire to "touch him like a kitten," the Russian president said on Thursday. The five-year-old boy, identified as Nikita Konkin by the press, was clearly stunned by the kiss and speculation over Putin's motivation has run wild in the week since it happened. Curious Internet users propelled the issue to the top of a list of questions put to Putin in an interactive Web cast. ( Watch Putin and the boy -- :45) "People came up and I began talking to them, among them this little boy. He seemed to me very independent, sure of himself and at the same time defenseless so to speak, an innocent boy and a very nice little boy," Putin told the Web cast. "I tell you honestly, I just wanted to touch him like a kitten and that desire of mine ended in that act." The Izvestia daily, which tracked down Nikita, discovered that he had refused to wash after that kiss. "I just liked him and he liked me very much. I want to be president myself," the five-year-old told the paper. Putin was shown by state television chatting to graduates of military academies before he took a walk through one of the Kremlin's courtyards, often full of tourists. He stopped and spoke to Nikita who turned away shyly. "What is your name?" Putin asked, kneeling down in front of the fair-haired boy and holding him by the waist. "Nikita," the clearly shocked boy answered, looking from side to side. Putin then lifted the boy's shirt and kissed him on his stomach. The Russian president then patted the boy on the head and walked off through a crowd of astonished tourists. Watch it yourself, you pervs!

ScarletKnight41 Jul 08 2006 08:15 AM

But can Moses pitch? ]Okla. team gives away biblical bobbleheads Associated Press TULSA, Okla. - He delivered his people from bondage and through 40 years in the wilderness. Now Moses has become a key part of a five-game baseball homestand. The Tulsa Drillers handed out 1,500 Moses bobbleheads on Friday night. The bobblehead, complete with tablets representing the Ten Commandments, was part of a faith and family night sponsored by Oklahoma Wesleyan University and a Christian radio station. "We'll probably draw two kinds of people for the game: the Moses fans and the bobblehead collectors," said Brian Carroll, spokesman for the Double-A ballclub. The biblical bobblehead is a first for the Drillers, Carroll said.

TheOldMole Jul 08 2006 10:55 AM

Just two kinds of people in the world.....

MFS62 Jul 12 2006 11:06 AM

A walking, talking turd. And NO, it isn't Roger Clemens: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/277267_joel12.html Later

Elster88 Jul 12 2006 11:16 AM

Leave Mr. Hanky alone.

ScarletKnight41 Aug 13 2006 02:37 PM

[url=http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/15260898.htm]Mother of the Year[/url]

Valadius Sep 17 2006 12:19 PM

Student finds brief fame as Terracotta Warrior BEIJING (Reuters) - A German art student briefly took up a place among China's famed Terracotta Warriors over the weekend -- only to be discovered, disrobed and sent home. Pablo Wendel snuck into a pit housing around 2,000 ancient lifesize pottery warriors and horses on Saturday afternoon, donned the military costume he had made himself, and took up a position on a small pedestal he had brought along. He stood there, motionless and unblinking, for a couple of minutes until police found him, the Xinhua news agency said. The 26-year-old had his costume confiscated and was sent from Xian, the World Heritage site where the warriors are located, back to the eastern city of Hangzhou, where he studies performance art.

Valadius Sep 17 2006 12:26 PM

Widow rented rotary phone for 42 years CANTON, Ohio - A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now outdated phone. Ester Strogen, 82, of Canton, first leased two black rotary phones — the kind whose round dial is moved manually with your finger — in the 1960s. Back then, the technology was new and owning telephones was unaffordable for most people. Until two months ago, Strogen was still paying AT&T to use the phones — $29.10 a month. Strogen's granddaughters, Melissa Howell and Barb Gordon, ended the arrangement when they discovered the bills. "I'm outraged," Gordon said. "It made me so mad. It's ridiculous. If my own grandmother was doing it, how many other people are?" New Jersey-based Lucent Technologies, a spinoff of AT&T that manages the residential leasing service, said customers were given the choice option to opt out of renting in 1985. The number of customers leasing phones dropped from 40 million nationwide to about 750,000 today, he said. "We will continue to lease sets as long as there is a demand for them," Skalko said. Benefits of leasing include free replacements and the option of switching to newer models, he said. Gordon said she believes the majority of people leasing are elderly and may not realize they are paying thousands of dollars for a telephone. Skalko said bills are clearly marked, and customers can quit their lease any time by returning their phones. Strogen says she's not a big fan of her new push-button phone. "I'd like to have my rotary back," she said. "I like that better."

OlerudOwned Sep 17 2006 12:27 PM

I just find it funny that her name is E. Strogen.

SteveJRogers Sep 17 2006 02:02 PM

="Valadius"] "I'm outraged," Gordon said. "It made me so mad. It's ridiculous. If my own grandmother was doing it, how many other people are?" Strogen says she's not a big fan of her new push-button phone. "I'd like to have my rotary back," she said. "I like that better." Sounds like this is a case of "Now you will have to LISTEN TO ME!" ism where a younger generation tries to create control in their parent's or grandparent's life even if its to the detriment of the older person. Geez, if the woman was comfortable with the rotary, let her still use the rotary. If they can't operate something clearly they don't want it. And it certaintly doesn't need to be a news item. "Elderly Man Refuses To Give Up His Dumont TV in Favor Of Grandson's Wishes To Install DirectTV with a DVDR Recorder... Film At 11" Sounds like the grandkids want to make more of a big deal than this needs to be

Yancy Street Gang Sep 27 2006 02:26 PM

From Rush and Molloy's column in the New York Daily News, a mention of our old friend Dirty Sanchez: ] Porn star's name may ring a 'Bell' Sex education Dustin (Screech) Diamond will be appearing in a way many of his fans hoped never ever to see him. He may have played nerdy eighth-grader Samuel (Screech) Powers in the sitcom "Saved by the Bell." But former TV geek Dustin Diamond can now take his place with Colin Farrell, Tommy Lee and Kid Rock as the star of his very own sex tape. Everyone who remembers Diamond as a lovable putz is in for a shock once they see a 40-minute video in which he engages in a kinky three-way with two women, sources tell us. We can't get too graphic here, but word is that the action includes some bodily functions and an act known as a "Dirty Sanchez." Phoenix-based agent David Hans Schmidt, who has brokered some of Hollywood's biggest celebrity-skin deals, confirms that he's acquired the rights to a tape featuring Diamond. "Just when you think you have seen everything in this business," he tells us, "mankind has raised the bar another notch. Or lowered it." Schmidt is in L.A., shopping the tape to Hustler's Larry Flynt, Vivid's Steven Hirsch and other major distributors of adult video. Now age 29, the 6-foot Diamond is much brawnier than you may remember him. He's a black belt in karate, and, four years ago, he defeated Ron Palillo (Horshack on "Welcome Back, Kotter") on Fox's "Celebrity Boxing 2." Diamond's manager, Roger Paul, said his client has become a successful standup comic and will appear on the ABC sitcom "The Knights of Prosperity." "I haven't seen the tape," Paul told us. "I've heard rumors. Dustin has been trying to escape the Screech typecast. So this may help me get more bookings." In 1996, former "Saved by the Bell" sweetheart Elizabeth Berkley bared all in the Paul Verhoeven-Joe Eszterhas trashterpiece, "Show Girls." The sex vid's working title is "Saved by the Smell." Ewwwww.

MFS62 Sep 27 2006 02:31 PM

Wasn't ex-Saved By the Bell actress Tiffany Amber Thiessen also rumored to have performed in a porn movie/video? Later

metirish Sep 27 2006 02:45 PM

] Ouch! Javelin judge speared through foot Last updated at 09:55am on 26th September 2006 Javelin judge Lia Marie Lourenco clutches her leg and screams in agony after being speared through the foot. Medics desperately tried to calm the judge, who was hit by the javelin during the warm-up for the national championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Lourenco was taken to the hospital and underwent surgery to remove the javelin tip.

Yancy Street Gang Sep 27 2006 02:56 PM

Cooby, you may want to cross javelin judge off the list of possible next jobs.

cooby Sep 27 2006 03:05 PM

cripes, yeah....

metirish Oct 06 2006 02:10 PM

I love this. ] SYDNEY, Australia - A 22-year-old man attempted to drive 310 miles in reverse on a remote Outback highway after his transmission failed, blocking his forward gears, police said Friday. The man was stopped by Western Australia state police on Thursday afternoon after they spotted his car roaring in reverse down the highway at about 40 mph, according to a statement. He was en route to the state capital, Perth, when his transmission failed outside a restaurant in the Outback town of Kalgoorlie, about 300 miles away, according to media reports. Rather than call a mechanic, the man opted to continue driving, in reverse. Police said they stopped the man, whose identity was not immediately released, outside the nearby town of Coolgardie, about 12 miles from where his backward journey began. A breath test for alcohol proved negative, but the man was charged with reckless driving and other traffic offenses, police said. He was ordered to appear before the Coolgardie Magistrates Court on Monday.

Edgy DC Oct 06 2006 02:11 PM

That's a plot line from CHiPs.

cooby Oct 10 2006 12:19 PM

A ladder? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061010/ap_on_re_us/runaway_bride

MFS62 Oct 10 2006 12:31 PM

cooby wrote: A ladder? That entire incident (including what followed) was world-class weird. Taken in that context, a ladder makes perfect sense. Later

Edgy DC Oct 10 2006 12:45 PM

I don't think it was particularly strange. She got scared and flaked, lied about it when caught. I think it happens all the time.

cooby Oct 10 2006 12:47 PM

Maybe they were going to elope and he needed a ladder

MFS62 Oct 10 2006 01:48 PM

This isn't weird. It is sick. And sick isn't a strong enough word. What's with some people? ] Mom allegedly used baby to beat boyfriend 4-week-old was critically injured; woman faces charges ERIE, Pennsylvania - A woman used her 4-week-old baby as a weapon in a domestic dispute, swinging the infant through the air and striking her boyfriend with the child, authorities said. The boy was in serious but stable condition Monday at Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, police said. “Never, never, never. I can never remember anything like this,” District Attorney Bradley Foulk told the Erie Times-News. Chytoria Graham, 27, of Erie, was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and simple assault. She was held Monday in the Erie County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail. The infant, whose name was not released, suffered a fractured skull and some bleeding in the brain, authorities said. His head hit Graham’s boyfriend, the baby’s father, police Lt. Dan Spizarny said. Authorities removed four other children from Graham’s home and placed them with the Erie County Office of Children and Youth, Foulk said. Copyright 2006 The Associated Press Later

Willets Point Oct 10 2006 01:50 PM

Need more posts in this thread so I don't see that javelin photo again.

Rockin' Doc Oct 10 2006 08:59 PM

As unfortunate as the javelin incident was, I find it far less disturbing than some of the other posts in this thread. The last news item regarding a mother using her 4-week old infant as a weapon with which to assault the father, being a case in point. There should be some kind of minimum IQ necessary to reproduce. It's just too damn easy to figure out. Any idiot can reproduce. Unfortunately, for the children involved, it's being a decent parent that's hard.

Willets Point Oct 10 2006 09:05 PM

That is more disturbing, but there isn't a picture of it either.

Rockin' Doc Oct 10 2006 09:31 PM

Thankfully, no. A picture of such a travesty would be too much to take. At least I'm helping to bump the javelin lady further up the page.

DocTee Oct 10 2006 11:38 PM

George Carlin once said this would be the perfect crime-- swinging one guy around by the ankles and using him to beat another to death, since no murder weapon would be found-- Strange --and tragic-- indeed

Willets Point Oct 10 2006 11:40 PM

Shrimp on a treadmill

cooby Oct 18 2006 03:56 PM

this would suck: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061018/od_nm/picasso1_dc&printer=1;_ylt=AkmO5azIXedsWCA3MMF0UWUZ.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-

Willets Point Oct 18 2006 04:02 PM

I tripped over a barrier and almost fell into a painting at the Tate Modern. That would have cost me a pretty penny if I'd actually damaged it. But the barrier was one foot high and silver color that blended the wall & floor so I was a bit chuffed that I couldn't see it.

soupcan Oct 18 2006 04:04 PM

Not so horrible - #1 its insured, #2 you'd be amazed at the way they can repair these things. Once mended even an expert would be hard-pressed to tell that it was ever damaged.

ScarletKnight41 Oct 18 2006 05:43 PM

I love the Mets, but not to this degree - Coffins to bear logos of baseball teams PATRICK WALTERS Associated Press PHILADELPHIA - Many crazed baseball fans have said they would die for a championship. But are they willing to take that devotion to the grave? Major League Baseball and a company that makes funeral products will soon find out just how many fans want to be decked out for all eternity in tribute to their team. Starting next season, fans of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers will be able to have their ashes put in an urn or head six feet under in a casket emblazoned with their team colors and insignia. MLB has entered a licensing agreement with Eternal Image, which hopes to eventually make urns and caskets for all 30 teams. The company also hopes to have similar agreements with NASCAR, the NHL and the NFL, but baseball was the first to sign on. The $11 billion-a-year funeral industry is adding more personal touches, from Harley Davidson-themed caskets to ones featuring the cartoon character Betty Boop. Kurt Soffe, a spokesman for the National Funeral Directors Association, said the baseball products are part of a trend of trying to capture "the life and the passions of the person that has passed away." "More and more families are wanting to have something that respects the personalities," Soffe said. Eternal Image, based in Farmington Hills, Mich., also makes a line of Vatican-themed products. Chief executive Clint Mytych said the company "wanted to break into a sports venue of some kind," and baseball is "the all-American sport." He said he has received at least 1,000 inquiries since June. Susan Goodenow, an MLB spokeswoman, said the league and clubs have received requests for several years for urns and caskets with team logos. "Passionate fans express their love of their team in a number of different ways," Goodenow said. The National Funeral Directors Association is meeting in Philadelphia this week and giving its members a sneak peak of what the baseball urns will look like. Eternal Image says urns for the six teams should be available by opening day 2007, and caskets for those teams should be ready later in the year. The products have not been made yet and the exact cost has not been set. The Phillies urn was the first to be designed. Each urn will feature recognition of the deceased's passionate support, stamped with a message that says "Major League Baseball officially recognizes (person's name) as a lifelong fan of (team)." David Griffin, funeral director at L.J. Griffin Funeral Home in suburban Detroit, said the caskets and urns could be a hot commodity. "Looking at it as a consumer, I was thinking this is some pretty interesting, unique stuff," Griffin said. Nevertheless, funeral homes will have to be careful to not offend clients. "They are a little bit hesitant because of what others might think," Soffe said. The manufacturer also will have to make sure the products aren't too expensive. People who choose cremation, for example, often do so partly because it is cheaper. "I guess it's going to be interesting to see how it's accepted," Griffin said. ON THE NET http://www.eternalimage.net/

cooby Oct 19 2006 02:03 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061019/ap_on_re_us/stingray_stabbing

MFS62 Oct 19 2006 03:14 PM

Jason Giambi is having surgery on his wrist today. The operation will take place in a Doctor's office in the same building into which Giambi's long time friend and past teammate Corey Lidle crashed his plane. Later

TheOldMole Oct 19 2006 05:24 PM

Your very own Virgin Mary on a piece of toast. http://scienceblogs.com/retrospectacle/2006/10/make_your_very_own_virgin_mary_1.php

MFS62 Oct 23 2006 01:48 PM

From today's Danbury CT paper; ]1 dead in blast at New Milford party By Nanci G. Hutson and John Pirro THE NEWS-TIMES New Milford police and fire departments were still at the scene of an explosion on Aspetuck Ridge Road late Sunday afternoon. The early morning explosion killed 22-year-old Sean Caselli, a former state wrestling champion for New Milford High, and left seven others hospitalized with burns and shrapnel wounds. NEW MILFORD -- A 22-year-old local man was killed and seven others injured early Sunday morning in an explosion that erupted after a partygoer at a pig roast tossed a beer keg into a fire barrel. Witnesses said the 3:13 a.m. explosion that killed Sean Caselli reverberated as far as a mile or more away from the Aspetuck Ridge Road festivities. "It was an unbelievable explosion,'' said New Milford High School hockey coach and neighbor Robert Greco, a physician's assistant who rushed to the scene to offer assistance. "It rattled the street.'' Caselli, who lived with his family on North Valley Road about a mile away, died after being struck by a piece of flying metal in the neck, police said. Police said the other victims suffered burns and shrapnel wounds that were not life-threatening. They were taken to New Milford and Danbury hospitals. Police would not release their identities. The party, an annual barbecue and pig roast, was held by Matt Johnson, the operator of a local tree service and the son of former Board of Education chairwoman Alexandra Thomas and her husband, Terry, who own a wilderness camp. Neighbors said Johnson has held similar gatherings in the past, and none have caused a problem. The barbecue was held in a rural area behind the house. Police said all those who attended apparently were in their mid- to late-20s and they had no reason to suspect underage drinking. Neighbors said that the music, provided by local band Fast Ricky, was loud earlier in the night, but they didn't find it disruptive. Billy Babbino, a member of Fast Ricky, said partygoers had set fires in the barrels to keep warm during an evening when temperatures dipped into the 30s. He estimated between 50 and 100 people attended the event. "This is a certain tragedy," said New Milford Police Chief Colin McCormack. "However, nothing I have been apprised of to this point in the investigation...indicates a deliberate act on anyone's part." Police did not release information on who tossed the keg into the fire. Upon hearing the explosion, Greco and his son, John Michael, 25, who had been a guest at the party earlier, headed to the house. Ambulance crews from New Milford, Sherman, Bridgewater and Washington were already performing emergency triage on the victims. Three were taken to Danbury Hospital and four others to New Milford Hospital. Greco quickly learned there had been one fatality, the injury was apparently caused by a piece of metal that pierced Caselli's neck -- and several others had been burned or hit with shrapnel when the keg blew up. Officials at Danbury and New Milford hospitals said late Sunday that all the victims from the explosion had been treated and released. Aspetuck Ridge residents Tom Dragone and his fiance, Connie Smeriglio, said they heard the music earlier in the night and thought it enjoyable. They even recognized a Steve Miller song. But after 3 a.m. the couple "jumped out of bed'' after hearing a loud explosion and the sound of frenetic screaming. Dragone recalled hearing someone say, "Oh my God, what did you do?'' As fire trucks and police arrived, Smeriglio said they heard people yelling that they didn't need fire engines but ambulances. Smeriglio said there were people running through a field across the street and up the road. A couple of them were shouting obscenities into cell phones about what they had just witnessed. Throughout the early morning hours, neighbors said they could hear a state police helicopter circling overhead, using its thermal imaging equipment to check the area and track anyone else who might have been hiding or in need of assistance. "Scary,'' Dragone said. Police blocked off Aspetuck Ridge Road between Sand Road and Gregory Place through much of the day, fielding questions from residents who stopped to find out what happened. "I felt my windows move,'' said Putnam Drive resident Charlene Bohdan. "It was incredible.'' Babbino, who left the party about two hours before the blast, said he'd been awakened from sleep by his worried parents, Bill and Fran, who live on nearby Adams Lane after they heard the explosion. "This is just unbelievable," Babbino said. Wiping sleep from his eyes as television news reporters interviewed him at the road block on Sand Road, Babbino grimaced. "It's crazy that this happened,'' he said, noting that Johnson asked him to play for a similar event a year earlier. "It sounds like a freak accident.'' The incident remains under investigation by local police, state and local fire marshals, and the state police Major Crime Squad. Investigators are asking anyone with information to call the police department's TIPS Line at (860) 355-2000. Later

MFS62 Oct 24 2006 02:43 PM

The Dutch Army has announced that when it participates in international missions it will send Dutch hookers to accompany its soldiers. Even though one of the few bennies of getting your arse shot at on foreign soil is trying out the local hookers, that's one cool idea. Later

cooby Oct 24 2006 04:48 PM

I'm sure the wives of Holland are thrilled

soupcan Oct 25 2006 09:54 AM

Wow. If I knew anyone named 'Hoyt' I know I'd steer clear... BUSTED AGAIN IN A FLASH By TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS October 25, 2006 -- A perverted porn actor who allegedly likes to give unsolicited performances on subway trains was busted yesterday for lewdness, cops said. This makes the second time in less than five months that Kenneth Hoyt was arrested for exposing himself underground. This time Hoyt has been accused of whipping out his prime professional asset on a No. 6 train near Union Square in full view of riders. He was charged with public lewdness. Hoyt, who is a level III sex offender from California, last made headlines in June when he was nabbed for flashing female victims - including underage teens - on the N and R trains. He was arrested after one of those victims remembered the name of his porn Web site, which was printed on his jacket. He was let free without bail after being arraigned. He shares the same last name as alleged sicko chef Dan Hoyt, who was captured on a cellphone camera exposing himself to subway riders earlier this year. They are not related.

Edgy DC Oct 25 2006 10:57 AM

And in response to anybody's next question, no.

cooby Oct 25 2006 10:58 AM

Never even thought of that. Until now...

soupcan Oct 25 2006 11:02 AM

Geez, me neither.

MFS62 Nov 06 2006 10:47 AM

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/naked-man-arrested-for-concealed-weapon/n20061104004409990006?cid=936 Don't know what I can add to that. Later

Valadius Nov 06 2006 11:22 AM

Oh my God. That's unbelievably disturbing.

Rockin' Doc Nov 06 2006 07:25 PM

There are some truly sick individuals in the world.

Edgy DC Nov 26 2006 12:12 PM

The pervs are getting off the New York subway and going bear hunting:

Willets Point Nov 27 2006 08:09 PM

A Chinese fire drill with kidneys.

cooby Nov 27 2006 09:31 PM

I just can't decide if the Molly the Bear storyline or the two rubes stealing Mark Trail's dog, Andy, is the better read. I just can't decide. I know, this goes in a comix thread...

cooby Nov 27 2006 09:35 PM

BTW, Edgy, is that bear-huntin guy one of your kinfolk?

Edgy DC Nov 27 2006 09:43 PM

I've got a lot of odd cousins, but none that I know of who is pasty white and shaves half his moustache. I don't know if that's his first name or his last name.

MFS62 Dec 06 2006 08:44 AM

]Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning.Advertisement American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth, made an emergency landing here after passengers reported smelling struck matches, said Lynne Lowrance, a spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority. The plane landed safely. The FBI, Transportation Safety Administration and airport authority responded to the emergency, Lowrance said. The passengers and five crew members were brought off the plane, together with all the luggage, to go through security checks again. Bomb-sniffing dogs found spent matches. The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal body odor, Lowrance said. The woman lives near Dallas and has a medical condition. The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane. "American has banned her for a long time," Lowrance said. She was not charged but could have been. While it is legal to bring as many as four books of paper safety matches onto an aircraft, it is illegal to strike a match in an airplane, Lowrance said. This brings new meaning to "wind beneath my wings" Later

Edgy DC Dec 14 2006 10:04 PM

Editors go their whole careers hoping for a chance to write a headline like World's tallest man saves lives of two dolphins BEIJING, China (AP) -- The long arms of the world's tallest man reached in and saved two dolphins by pulling out plastic from their stomachs, state media and an aquarium official said Thursday. The dolphins got sick after nibbling on plastic from the edge of their pool at an aquarium in Liaoning province. Attempts to use surgical instruments to remove the plastic failed because the dolphins' stomachs contracted in response to the instruments, the China Daily newspaper reported. Veterinarians then decided to ask for help from Bao Xishun, a 7-feet-9 herdsman from Inner Mongolia with 41.7-inch arms, state media said. Bao, 54, was confirmed last year by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest living man. Chen Lujun, the manager of the Royal Jidi Ocean World aquarium, told The Associated Press that the shape of the dolphins' stomachs made it difficult to push an instrument very far in without hurting the animals. People with shorter arms could not reach the plastic, he said. "When we failed to get the objects out we sought the help of Bao Xishun from Inner Mongolia and he did it successfully yesterday," Chen said. "The two dolphins are in very good condition now." Photographs showed the jaws of one of the dolphins being held back by towels so Bao could reach inside the animal without being bitten. "Some very small plastic pieces are still left in the dolphins' stomachs," Zhu Xiaoling, a local doctor, told Xinhua. "However the dolphins will be able to digest these and are expected to recover soon." Copyright 2006 The Associat

attgig Dec 14 2006 11:35 PM Speak up, sir...You need the extra small condoms?

[url=http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-12-10T042641Z_01_DEL344445_RTRUKOC_0_US-INDIA-CONDOMS-SIZE.xml]reuters[/url] ]NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Condoms designed to meet international size specifications are too big for many Indian men as their penises fall short of what manufacturers had anticipated, an Indian study has found. The Indian Council of Medical Research, a leading state-run center, said its initial findings from a two-year study showed 60 percent of men in the financial capital Mumbai had penises about 2.4 cm (one inch) shorter than those condoms catered for. For a further 30 percent, the difference was at least 5 cm (two inches). A poor fit meant the prophylactics often didn't do the job they were bought for, and led to some tearing or slipping off during use. "One of the reasons for a failure of up to 20 percent (of condoms) is the association of the size of the condom to the erect penis," the council's Dr. Chander Puri told Reuters, adding another reason was couples often put them on in a hurry. Puri said many men in India, which has the world's highest HIV positive caseload, were too shy to ask for condoms. "We need more vending machines for condoms of different sizes so people can pick a condom with confidence that is suited to their needs," he said. The Times of India reported the ICMR survey had studied 1,400 men between 18-50 years of age in cities like Mumbai and New Delhi as well as in rural areas in a report. It entitled its story "Indian men don't measure up." © Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.

MFS62 Dec 15 2006 09:12 AM

]FOND DU LAC, Wis. - Rick Lisko hunts deer with a bow but got his most unusual one driving his truck down his mile-long driveway. The young buck had nub antlers - and seven legs. Lisko said it also had both male and female reproductive organs. "It was definitely a freak of nature," Lisko said. "I guess it's a real rarity." He said he slowed down as the buck and two does ran across the driveway Nov. 22, but the buck ran under the truck and got hit. When he looked at the animal, he noticed three- to four-inch appendages growing from the rear legs. Later, he found a smaller appendage growing from one of the front legs. "It's a pretty weird deer," he said, describing the extra legs as resembling "crab pinchers." "It kind of gives you the creeps when you look at it," he said, but he thought he saw the appendages moving, as if they were functional, before the deer was hit. Warden Doug Bilgo of the state Department of Natural Resources came to Lisko's property near Mud Lake in the town of Osceola to tag the deer. "I have never seen anything like that in all the years that I've been working as a game warden and being a hunter myself," Bilgo said. "It wasn't anything grotesque or ugly or anything. It was just unusual that it would have those little appendages growing out like that." Bilgo took photos and sent information on the animal to DNR wildlife managers. John Hoffman of Eden Meat Market skinned the deer for Lisko, who wasn't going to waste the venison from the animal. "And by the way, I did eat it," Lisko said. "It was tasty." --- Information from: The Reporter, http://www.fdlreporter.com He ate it? Later

ScarletKnight41 Jan 07 2007 10:36 AM

When good mascots go bad - ]Father: Costumed 'Tigger' hit his son Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. - A Walt Disney World employee dressed as the character "Tigger" was accused of hitting a child while posing for a photo, a spokeswoman for the theme park said Saturday. Park officials temporarily suspended Michael J. Fedelem while they investigate the accusations, Disney spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said. "Naturally, physical altercations between cast members and guests are not tolerated," Suarez said. Jerry Monaco of New Hampshire videotaped his son, Jerry Jr., posing with the costumed character at Disney-MGM Studios on Friday and recorded the confrontation, according to a statement from the Orange County Sheriff's Office. The father said Fedelem intentionally hit his son "on or about the head," said sheriff's spokesman Carlos M. Padilla. "The tape only shows a fraction of what happened. Now it's up to us to find out what led up to that." A message left by The Associated Press for Monaco was not immediately returned. A telephone listing for Fedelem could not be located. In 2004 a Walt Disney World employee dressed as Tigger was accused of touching the breast of a 13-year-old girl while she posed with him for a photo. A jury found the man not guilty.

seawolf17 Jan 18 2007 03:32 PM

Look out! [url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070118/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_expensive_tortillas]Tortilla shortage![/url] Stock up!

Nymr83 Jan 18 2007 04:21 PM

good. now when the price of corn goes up Mexican companies will simply be forced to stop buying it since they can't resell it at a profitable price, this will leave more corn for us, and i like corn.