04-17-2002, 08:20 PM | #1 |
Hathor
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----- Driving Students Attack Examiners After Failing ------
PARIS, France - Imagine you have just failed your driving test, perhaps even for the tenth time. You would probably feel embarrassed, angry, and frustrated. Well, some French learner drivers are taking their angst out on the test examiners, threatening them at gunpoint, and often attacking their cars. Jean-Francois Verdier said that "Threats at gunpoint are not rare. Some, frustrated by their failure, burst tires or smash car windows." Hopefully this will all change soon. It's being proposed that potential drivers will have to wait 24 hours after taking the exam to receive results. This way if they fail, they only have themselves to beat up, figuratively speaking. ---------- Want to Impress Your Ex? Commit Arson ---------- MINNESOTA - Police chief John Tuchek desperately wanted to impress his ex-girlfriend in the hopes of winning her back. What's one way to impress someone? Be a hero. Tuchek decided to start a small fire by his ex-girlfriend's apartment and then was going to put it out and rescue her. But plans went awry. He set fire to boxes at the back of the apartment, but the fire engulfed a shop, two historic buildings, and the homes of 10 people. Tuchek reported the fire to firefighters and ran upstairs to save his ex-girlfriend. He now faces nine counts of arson and six counts of criminal damage; Tuchek quit the force before his court appearance. County Sheriff Jim Connolly summed up the events: "You put the fire out, you are a hero and she comes back to you or they see you in a better light. Unfortunately, this fire got out of control and quite a disaster resulted." - Convicted Haitian Military Officer Flees to Disney World - ORLANDO, Florida - If you were a military officer fleeing the country to avoid prison, where would you go? Disney World, of course! No one would find you in the midst of thousands of children and people in costumes, right? Wrong. Just ask Maj. Gen. Jean-Claude Duperval, who was Haiti's second-ranked military officer in 1994 when a murdering rampage took place. In 2000, Duperval was one of 30 people convicted in absentia for their role in numerous military crimes. Apparently, Newsweek reached the military offi- cer at his Florida residence last week where he had been working for Disney World. Duperval declined to confirm the report, saying, "All this is past for me. I have a daughter to educate and I am no longer in public life." Disney spokesman Bill Warren gave conflicting reports, insisting Duperval was an hourly employee and saying the he ended employment in 1997. Sounds a little fishy to us... ------ Burglars Tell on Themselves in Home Videotape ------- CONNECTICUT - More proof that criminals aren't that bright: a group of burglars recently videotaped themselves talking about their next robbery. Additionally, they identified themselves by name and included footage of their actual crimes. An unknown do-gooder got a hold of the tape and gave it to police. Officers estimate the tape explains at least eight burglaries, and a 19-year-old was arrested. Detective Sergeant Michael Madden detailed the incriminating evidence, "On the tape, they identify each other by name and talk about what building they are going to rob next." Police cannot figure out why the suspects taped themselves. And now, neither can the suspects. ---- Farmer Busts His Way Into Limelight With Bra Fence ---- NEW ZEALAND - Bras are being used for a different kind of support by a farmer in New Zealand. John Lee started putting bras on the fence of his farm as a joke, but the 66-year-old says he is now receiving undergarments from all over the world. Passing female motorists have even been known to get out of their cars, strip off their tops and adorn his famous fence with their bras. But thieves raided the bra fence three times in 10 days leaving him virtually bra-less. He is now securing his bras to the fence using rabbit netting. He had 165 undergarments at the last count. "If these ladies keep sending me their bras I feel honor-bound to put them on the fence," Lee concluded. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHILOQUIN, Oregon - Howard Hamer, 63, had just taken off from the airport in the desert town of Chiloquin when his single- engine plane lost power. He decided to attempt an emergency landing northbound on U.S. 97 when a flatbed truck pulled up underneath him. The plane's propeller snagged on the sleeper of the truck while the tail crashed down onto the empty trailer bed. If the plane had actually landed in traffic a serious injury would have surely resulted. As it turned out, no one was hurt, and neither the truck driver nor Hamer was aware the other was even there until the impact.
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04-17-2002, 09:30 PM | #2 |
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O_O... thats weirder than the WAI WAI section of the Tokyo weekly Press
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04-17-2002, 10:20 PM | #3 |
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LOL... very funny... [img]smile.gif[/img]
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