Odd news... November 08

[Bungleau]

For the American Thanksgiving...

NC carjacking suspect clubbed with frozen turkey RALEIGH, N.C. – Stopped. Cold turkey. North Carolina authorities say a shopper clubbed an alleged carjacker with a frozen turkey as he tried to steal a woman's car in a grocery store parking lot Sunday. Police say 30-year-old Fred Louis Ervin of Raleigh stole money from a gas station before running across the street to a Harris Teeter store in a town just south of Raleigh. Garner police say he began beating Irene Moorman Bailey while stealing her car. Other shoppers came to her rescue, including one who hit Ervin with the turkey. Police did not release the person's name. Despite serious head injuries, Ervin got away in Bailey's car and hit several other cars as he fled. But police arrested him a short time later. He faces several charges including assault inflicting serious injury. Ervin was hospitalized Monday in good condition, a hospital spokeswoman said. He had not yet been assigned a lawyer and was to appear in court Dec. 30.

Betcha that will go over well in the joint...

"Why are you in?"

"An old lady beat me with a turkey."

"What?"

"Well, it *was* frozen..."

"C'mere, sugar lips..."

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

that one's actually funny, for a change

Thanks eyegore!

[Bungleau]

My pleasure, Variol Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while... although perhaps I should lay off the blind jokes for a bit

[Bungleau]

Don't know whether this is odd or sad... yet...

Man accused of stealing teachers' frozen lunches DAYTON, Ohio – A man was accused of breaking into a Dayton preschool and making off with the teachers' frozen lunch entrees. Police said an officer who responded to a burglar alarm at a Miami Valley Child Development location last Saturday noticed a 51-year-old man walking away from the building. The officer reported the suspect was carrying a blue bag around his neck that contained screwdrivers, cutting pliers, a flashlight and several microwave dinners. Other officers arrived at the school and found a screen had been cut, a window near the teacher's lounge was open, and the lounge freezer had been looted. The man was arrested and charged with breaking and entering and possessing criminal tools. ___ Information from: Dayton Daily News, http://www.daytondailynews.com

Hmmmm.... if you're going to do the crime, make sure the loot is worth the time. $10 in frozen dinners isn't, in my book...

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

I would "lean" toward sad.

However, this person may have a mental condition as well. It may not be that he's destitute. Either scenario is sad though..

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Odd News...

Why won't polar bears mate? They're both female TOKYO – Puzzled Japanese zookeepers have cleared up a mystery over a lack of chemistry between a couple of polar bears as both turn out to be female, a Japanese zoo said Wednesday. Tsuyoshi, a four-year-old "male" polar bear, and his 11-year-old female partner, Kurumi, have been living together since June at the Kushiro Municipal Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan. But much to the frustration and puzzlement of zookeepers, the bear couple, on a breeding mission, showed no signs of chemistry, and Tsuyoshi has never gone into rut even during "his" mating period. "Observing his behaviors, we got suspicious as to whether Tsuyoshi was really a male," the zoo said in a statement. The zoo put Tsuyoshi under an anesthetic earlier in the month for a gender checkup, and learned he was a she. "I have mixed feelings," Yoshio Yamaguchi, head of the zoo. Tsuyoshi is very popular at the zoo, and Kyodo News agency said the zoo would not change his name to a female name. Tsuyoshi is a very common Japanese name for boys. Experts say when polar bears are young, it is difficult to determine their gender as their long hair covers reproductive organs. The zoo said it had determined Tsuyoshi was a male three months after his birth.

Just caught my eye... wonder what the impact is on the career of the person who misdiagnosed the gender to begin with?

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

ahh, don't worry! evolution will change her gender to male; as needed!

Edit: boy, I really messed that up!

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Odd News...

Iowa fans cited for restroom sex during Gophs game MINNEAPOLIS – While the Hawkeyes were stomping the Gophers on the Metrodome field last weekend, police said two Iowa fans were having a romp of a different kind in a restroom. Both events, police say, had their share of cheering fans. A 38-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man turned to a handicapped stall for their tryst Saturday evening. On the field, the Hawkeyes were on their way to 55-0 trouncing of the Gophers. In the restroom, a crowd of intoxicated fans gathered to cheer the off-the-field event. Eventually, a security guard tipped off University of Minnesota police. Officers had to interrupt the couple to cite them for indecent conduct, a misdemeanor. Police Chief Greg Hestness said the woman initially gave a false name to officers. She was released to her husband and the man was released to his girlfriend. Both people in the stall were intoxicated. ___ Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com

Okay... makin' whoopie in the restroom during a football game? Kind of kinky.

But when you're *both* cheating on your significant others? I kind of want to see the follow-on conversation, where she/he explains to him/her just why it was that they had to be picked up at the police station...

Sadly, I predict one divorce en route...

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Tech news...

Restaurateur tracks down bill dodgers on Facebook MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian restaurateur left holding a hefty unpaid bill when five young diners bolted used the popular social network website Facebook to track them down -- and they got their just desserts. Peter Leary from seafood restaurant Seagrass on Melbourne's Southbank was fuming when the diners ate their way through the menu, pairing oysters, trout and red emperor with some expensive wines, slipped out for a cigarette -- and never returned. But Leary, left with an unpaid bill of A$520 ($340), remembered one of the diners asking about a former waitress, whom he then contacted and she suggested they check through some contacts on Facebook. "We searched a few names and there in front of us his face came up," Leary told Reuters, referring to one of the diners. "He was pictured with his girlfriend who was the only girl in the group. We also knew where he worked, at a nearby restaurant, which was handy. It'd been clear they were in the trade." Leary contacted the manager of the other restaurant, where both the man and his girlfriend worked, and explained the situation. Within hours the diner returned to apologize and paid the bill -- and left a generous tip for the staff. Leary said the fellow restaurateur called him later to inform him that both the man and his girlfriend had been sacked. "On this occasion I guess you could say that being on Facebook backfired for them," said Leary, who has no intention of taking the matter any further or contacting the police. Facebook, which began in 2004 as a socialising site for students at Harvard University, has seen its growth zoom to 90 million members from 24 million a little over a year ago, overtaking rival MySpace to become the world's largest online social network. ($1=A$1.53) (Writing by Belinda Goldsmith, Editing by Miral Fahmy)

Ah, yes.... the internet breaches the gap to reality once again... I wonder what was most surprising? Being caught, or having your *boss* be the one to let you know you've been caught?