Odd news... November 08

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Odd News...

Nudist group wants clothing-optional polling site LAND O' LAKES, Fla. – A nudist community on Florida's west coast wants to establish the first clothing-optional polling site. The Caliente Resorts, located in Pasco County north of Tampa, has approached election officials about the idea. Nothing in state law would prohibit it, but the supervisor of elections says he is opposed to creating any new precincts before redistricting in 2010.

Guess that will take care of the "no campaign t-shirts" stuff...

[VulcanRider]

But what about temporary tattoos?

[Bungleau]

Also from USA Today...

Victoria's Secret hired students to tout its Pink loungewear on 15 college campuses, collecting old sweats to donate to domestic violence shelters.

It also asked for online votes for students to add their schools to the 33 who have their logos featured on Pink products.

MIT students hacked the voting system, giving themselves millions of votes before Victoria's Secret staffers cut them off

Something about that just made me smile really, really big

[VulcanRider]

MIT students -- they can hack the VS computers, but can't get a date...

[Bungleau]

LOL! Too true... especially not with a VS model

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Odd News...

Ark. woman arrested for huffing asks for can back FORREST CITY, Ark. – Police arrested a woman for public intoxication after she reportedly demanded an officer return the can of compressed air she was inhaling "so she could finish getting high." Officers arrested the 46-year-old woman on Monday after officers received a call about a woman "huffing a can of air" inside a car parked at a Wal-Mart store. Police say the woman was slow to react to questions from officers. When the officer again asked her what she was doing, he said "she wouldn't say anything except that she wanted her can back so she could finish getting high," according to police. The woman was booked on the charge and later released. ___ Information from: Times-Herald, http://www.thnews.com/

Ummmm.... yeah. Guess she had enough to not know she'd had enough...

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Odd News...

Ill. police take aggressive rooster into custody BENTON, Ill. – A rooster played chicken in the wrong town. That's the word from the downstate community of Benton, where police took a rooster into custody after it allegedly confronted a woman and her child. Police Chief Mike O'Neill said the rooster has been bothering people lately, trying to keep them from getting where they want to go. O'Neill said officers had enough on Monday and took the rooster into custody after what he described as a brief scuffle. Nobody was injured and the rooster was thrown in an enclosed area near the police department. There, it lived on chicken feed and water until police located the owner. Chickens aren't allowed to live in Benton and the rooster was turned over to the owner only after he promised to find it a new home in the country.

I guess they found him after all... weren't the police aware that the ROOSTER OF DOOM is immune to local laws?

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Odd News...

Texas cashier tells thief: Shoot me or leave FORT WORTH, Texas – Fort Worth police are looking for a suspect after a holdup man ran up against an uncooperative convenience store clerk in an overnight robbery try. Police spokesman Lt. Paul Henderson said the man walked into a 7-Eleven in west Fort Worth about 3:20 a.m. Monday and demanded the cash from the clerk's register. According to Henderson, the clerk answered, "No. Either shoot me or leave my store." Henderson said the man cursed at the 30-year-old clerk and left on foot. Detectives are checking the store's security cameras for images of the suspect. ___ Information from: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, http://www.star-telegram.com

Ya ever have one of those days? Some idiot tries to rob you and can't even do it right?

Bet he's glad she was on the *other* side of the counter...

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Odd News...

FBI: Airline passenger restrained with duct tape By MARLON A. WALKER, Associated Press Writer RALEIGH, N.C. – An airline crew used duct tape to keep a passenger in her seat because they say she became unruly, fighting flight attendants and grabbing other passengers, forcing the flight to land in North Carolina. Maria Esther Castillo of Oswego, N.Y., is due in court Thursday, charged with resisting arrest and interfering with the operations of a flight crew aboard United Airlines Flight 645, from Puerto Rico to Chicago. Castillo, 45, struck a flight attendant on the buttocks with the back of her hand during Saturday's flight, FBI Special Agent Peter Carricato said in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte. She also stood and fell onto the head of a blind passenger and later started pulling the person's hair, the complaint stated. Ankle cuffs kept slipping off Castillo, so the flight crew and two passengers were forced to use duct tape to keep her in her seat, the complaint states. She calmed as the pilot diverted the flight to Charlotte-Douglass International Airport, but became disruptive again when authorities boarded the plane to remove her, authorities said. Carricato states that a passenger saw Castillo having drinks in an airport bar before boarding. She bought another drink on the plane. Flight attendants stopped serving her alcohol because of her behavior, the complaint states. United spokesman Jeff Kovick said Wednesday that safety is the company's top priority and that it's cooperating with authorities. FBI spokeswoman Amy Thoreson on Wednesday declined to comment on the ongoing investigation. A message left seeking comment wasn't immediately returned by Castillo's attorney, Julia Mimms.

And just think of how much fun it is to pull that duct tape off afterwards.... think the judge will reduce her sentence for "pain served"?

[Bungleau]

From Yahoo Odd News...

Teen compacted in Wis. garbage truck, survives MILWAUKEE – Police in Milwaukee say a teenage boy has survived after being accidentally dumped into the back of a recycling truck and compacted. Police say the 14-year-old ran away from a boot camp-style school for teens Monday and hid in a recycling bin filled with cardboard. The bin was picked up by a Waste Management truck and dumped into the vehicle's rear compactor. Waste Management spokeswoman Lynn Morgan says the truck continued on its collection route, compacting cardboard several times. The boy wasn't discovered until the truck dumped its load at a recycling processing center. He was semiconscious and was taken to a hospital, but police say his injuries aren't life-threatening. ___ Information from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com

Man, oh, man... think about getting compacted not once, but SEVERAL times... and living to tell about it? Hopefully it's a wake-up call...