Odd News... February 09

[Bungleau]

Suspect trips over his pants while fleeing police

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Authorities said a burglary suspect was literally caught with his pants down while trying to run away. A deputy responded to an alarm at a convenient store early Tuesday morning and reported seeing a 37-year-old man exiting through a smashed-out front door while carrying several packs of cigarettes.

Deputies said the man tried to flee, but the handfuls of cigarettes prevented him from holding up his pants, which fell down and tripped him before he could make it out of the parking lot.

The man was charged with criminal mischief, burglary, theft and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was being held on $12,000 bail.
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Information from: Pensacola News Journal, http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com
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Ya know, ya try ta cover everything in your getaway plans... who forgot the belt?

[Bungleau]

Man forgets thousands of dollars in toilet

BERLIN (Reuters) – A German businessman lost more than 10,000 euros ($13,000) in a plastic bag after forgetting the cash in a public toilet, authorities said on Thursday.

Hesse state police said the man took the "five-figure" sum with him as he stopped to relieve himself in a motorway service station near Haiger in western Germany. He then drove off.

A police spokesman said it was not clear why the man took half an hour to notice his loss -- by which time the money had gone.

(Reporting by Dave Graham; Editing by Phakamisa Ndzamela)
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I'm sure most of that time was spent trying to figure out how to explain it... before finally settling on the truth. It's always easier that way....

[Bungleau]

You're in big trouble now, Mr. License!

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish police have solved the mystery of a Polish recidivist who clocked up 50 traffic offenses on different addresses and who was never caught, after one officer noticed his name meant driving license in Polish.

An internal police memo cited by Irish papers Thursday said officers taking details of Polish traffic offenders had been mistakenly using "Prawo Jazdy," printed in the top right corner of the driving license, as the holder's name.

"Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving license and not the first and surname on the license," the police memo dated June 2007 said. "It is quite embarrassing to see the system has created Prawo Jazdy as a person with over 50 identities."

A police spokesman declined to comment on the reports.

About 200,000 Polish people flocked to Ireland during the boom years of its "Celtic Tiger" economy but a poll in November indicated a third of them planned to leave due to recession.

(Reporting by Andras Gergely; Editing by Carmel Crimmins and Peter Millership)
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Wonder if any of them paid....?

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

Originally Posted by Bungleau Suspect trips over his pants while fleeing police PENSACOLA, Fla. – Authorities said a burglary suspect was literally caught with his pants down while trying to run away. A deputy responded to an alarm at a convenient store early Tuesday morning and reported seeing a 37-year-old man exiting through a smashed-out front door while carrying several packs of cigarettes. Deputies said the man tried to flee, but the handfuls of cigarettes prevented him from holding up his pants, which fell down and tripped him before he could make it out of the parking lot. The man was charged with criminal mischief, burglary, theft and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was being held on $12,000 bail. ___ Information from: Pensacola News Journal, http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com =================== Ya know, ya try ta cover everything in your getaway plans... who forgot the belt?

call me... something, but I immediately think of those big baggy ass pants,

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

Originally Posted by Bungleau You're in big trouble now, Mr. License! DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish police have solved the mystery of a Polish recidivist who clocked up 50 traffic offenses on different addresses and who was never caught, after one officer noticed his name meant driving license in Polish. An internal police memo cited by Irish papers Thursday said officers taking details of Polish traffic offenders had been mistakenly using "Prawo Jazdy," printed in the top right corner of the driving license, as the holder's name. "Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving license and not the first and surname on the license," the police memo dated June 2007 said. "It is quite embarrassing to see the system has created Prawo Jazdy as a person with over 50 identities." A police spokesman declined to comment on the reports. About 200,000 Polish people flocked to Ireland during the boom years of its "Celtic Tiger" economy but a poll in November indicated a third of them planned to leave due to recession. (Reporting by Andras Gergely; Editing by Carmel Crimmins and Peter Millership) ================== Wonder if any of them paid....?

Oh, that's a good one! ..wonder if they would think my name is Nova Scotia?

[Bungleau]

Cops: Man tries to steal laptop to check Facebook

BRADENTON, Fla. – Sheriff's officers said a 19-year-old man snatched a Starbucks customers laptop after being told he could not use it to check his Facebook account. According to officers, the man then grabbed the customer's laptop and ran out of the coffee shop, located in an outlet mall.

Two people in the parking lot tackled the man and held him there until a mall security guard arrived.

The victim got his laptop back and the man was charged Saturday with robbery by sudden snatching, a felony.
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Information from: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, http://www.herald-trib.com
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Betcha it's going to be a while before he gets to check his FB account again... someone should update his status line for him.

Fluffy is serving 3-5 for stupidity...

[Bungleau]

Florida nips fish pedicures in the bud

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A trendy pedicure with fish that nibble dead skin from the feet has been nipped in the bud. The Florida Board of Cosmetology has banned the procedure, even before it was known to be offered anywhere in the state. The board said salons had been inquiring about its legality and decided to preemptively strike.

The treatment is popular in Asia and has spread to some U.S. cities. A client sticks feet, hands or other body parts in a bowl or pool, and the small fish chow down on soft decaying skin.

Texas, Washington, Massachusetts and New Hampshire have also outlawed the practice. A spokeswoman for the Florida board says there's concern because there's no way to disinfect a pool of fish in between uses.
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Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com
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Too bad.... I betcha was drooling over the idea of being able to put his paws in a giant vat of snack-sized fishies...

[Firestormalpha]

I was gonna ask why they made it illegal, but then I read that last sentence. Don't want to share the pool with someone who has some obscure foot fungus, and chlorinating the water would likely make things somewhat uncomfortable/lethal for the fish.

[Bungleau]

I posted a story on this before here, back before I started doing the Odd News threads.

In Virginia, they changed the water after every person. I guess they weren't too worried about the leftovers... and frankly, the whole "we ban it because you never know, there might be something in it" approach is, IMHO, fueled by FUD... Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. Not reality.

[Firestormalpha]

That and Florida has a love of filing lawsuits that rivals New York and California.