Odd News: September

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo News:

Golfer's swing snags rock, sparks fire in S. Calif IRVINE, Calif. – Forget "Fore!" "Fire!" was the cry of the day for a golfer whose off-target swing sparked a 12-acre blaze in Southern California. The golfer at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine landed a shot in the rough Saturday. On his next swing, his club snagged a rock, causing a spark that lit the rough ablaze and eventually attracted 150 firefighters to the scene. Fire officials say the fire burned through the rough, into vegetation next to the course and over two dry, brushy hillsides. No charges were filed against the golfer, whose name was withheld.

Just remember... it's September somewhere

[Memnoch]

How's this one?

Man found wife and mate on porn DVD May 13, 2009 TAIPEI - A Taiwan carpenter bought a porn DVD only to find secretly taped motel footage of his wife having sex with his friend, whom the husband later stabbed, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The husband, identified only by his surname Lee, discovered the illicit sex on the DVD in 2002. The sexual acts apparently had been recorded using a hidden camera and were on a pornographic DVD, titled Affairs with Others' Wives, which the husband bought from a vendor to watch at home. Lee, who lives in Taoyuan County near Taipei, divorced his wife after viewing the DVD. His friend, a butcher, fled their village. In August 2008, Lee spotted the butcher in Chungli City, returned with a knife and stabbed his former friend in the thigh. The butcher sued Lee for causing bodily harm. Lee sought but was unable to countersue the butcher for adultery, because of a five-year statute of limitations. Prosecutors urged the men to settle the case out of court, but they refused. With the failure to resolve the case, Lee was indicted on Tuesday on a charge of causing bodily harm to another person, the Liberty Times reported. Prosecutors were seeking a sentence of less than six months in prison, which can be converted into a fine. DPA http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/worl...ml?from=smh_ft

[Hindsight]

Calif. Doctor Gets Stuck in Boyfriend's Chimney, Dies

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/articl...c1_lnk3|167723

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Aug. 31) -- A doctor involved in an "on-again, off-again" relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday. Her decomposing body was found there three days later. Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof last Wednesday night, removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue, Bakersfield police Sgt. Mary DeGeare said. While she was trying to break in, the man she was pursuing escaped unnoticed from another exit "to avoid a confrontation," authorities said. Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac from Bakersfield, CA is seen in an undated photo from Facebook. DeGeare said the two were in an "on-again, off-again" relationship. The man's identity was not revealed by police, but the man who resides in the home is William Moodie, 58. "She made an unbelievable error in judgment and nobody understands why, and unfortunately she's passed away," Moodie told The Associated Press. "She had her issues - she had her demons - but I never lost my respect for her." Reached by telephone, Moodie did not dispute the police's characterization of his relationship with Kotarac. He would not comment on the circumstances that led to her death, saying it was more important to focus on the good she did in life. Moodie, who runs an engineering consulting firm, said Kotarac was a superb internist who often provided service and medication free of charge to her patients. Kotarac apparently died in the chimney, but her body was not discovered until a house-sitter noticed a stench and fluids coming from the fireplace Saturday, according to a police statement. The house-sitter and her son investigated with a flashlight and found Kotarac dead, wedged about two feet above the top of the interior fireplace opening. Firefighters spent five hours late Saturday dismantling the chimney and flue from outside the home to extract Kotarac's body, DeGeare said. Officials said Kotarac's office staff reported her missing two days prior when she failed to show for work. Her car and belongings remained near the man's house. A cause of death has not been determined, and an autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday. Foul play is not suspected, though investigators have been looking into the incident as suspicious.

[Bungleau]

The old newspaper adage is "Dog bites man isn't news... man bites dog *is* news". What about "Man bites cop"?

Man bites police over a pet peeve AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Police arrested an 82-year-old man after he bit and kicked officers who had arrived to mediate in a dispute with a neighbor over a domestic pet. The officers arrived at his house in the central Dutch village of Nijkerk to talk to the neighbor when the man was leaving on his bicycle, police said. Asked to identify himself, the man got off his bike and started to kick and bite the officers, police said Thursday. The man was taken to the police station and was released after questioning. (Reporting by Marcel Michelson, editing by Paul Casciato)

[Bungleau]

Hmmm.... might be a trend....

Mayor's aide bites cop over Lisbon traffic dispute LISBON (Reuters) – A top municipal official in Lisbon's Oeiras suburb sank his teeth into a traffic police officer during a discussion over a fine, apparently enraged by the familiar form used by the officer to address him. Police said on Monday Esequiel Lino, an aide to the mayor of Oeiras, had come to the police station to protest his daughter's car being towed away by police. "He started verbally abusing the officers, kicking the desk and was warned several times, but it didn't stop him. He went on and ended up biting one of the officers in the arm, and had to be detained," a police spokeswoman said. The officer had to be treated in a hospital. The Diario de Noticias daily quoted a police source as saying the official had become infuriated when a young policeman, telling him to stop shouting, addressed the 64-year-old using the familiar form of "you," without the honorific "sir." Lino's responsibilities in the mayor's administration include links with the municipal police. (Reporting by Andrei Khalip, editing by Paul Casciato)

Ummm.... ermmm.... nothing to add.

[Hindsight]

Odd/very cool!

Man of Steel Stops a Housing Foreclosure

http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/ar...c4_lnk1|170524

[Hindsight]

5-Year-Old Girl Constantly Sheds Skin Due to Rare Genetic Disorder

http://www.aolhealth.com/2010/09/27/...c3_lnk3|173633

[Timber Loftis]

The Diario de Noticias daily quoted a police source as saying the official had become infuriated when a young policeman, telling him to stop shouting, addressed the 64-year-old using the familiar form of "you," without the honorific "sir."

Usted, Brute'?

[Firestormalpha]

Golden Gate City Mulls Ban on Fast Food Toys

Getting a toy with a fast food children's Happy Meal may not be standard anymore in San Francisco, if city officials have their way. City Supervisor Eric Mar has introduced an ordinance that would ban toys from meals that contain more than 600 calories. full article in the link above

Anyone besides me think this is ridiculous?

[Hindsight]

GPS Directs Man Up a Mountain

http://www.switched.com/2010/09/29/f...c3_lnk1|174486