The most weird or stupid news story you heard today.

[nikki1920]

a locked door and keys placed where he couldn't find them is a great idea...

[AlethiaSi]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071011/...vErg.xglHtiBIF

GREENVILLE, Maine - Thumper, a black Labrador retriever, is getting credit for saving a Greenville man when a fire swept through his home.

Roland Cote said his wife and their 7-year-old grandson were away when the blaze started early Sunday in a converted two-story garage. He said Thumper grabbed him by the arm to wake him, leaving just enough time for him to dial 911 before fleeing the fast-moving fire.
While the dog is the hero, a cat is the bad guy in this story.
Cote said the fire marshal investigator believes the blaze was started when Princess, the family cat, tipped over a kerosene lantern. Cote says he and his pets escaped safely, but he says Princess did get her tail singed by the flames.

[AlethiaSi]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071012/...Zt9sJ7siXtiBIF
[QUOTE][candy-apple red Mustang GT is just a toy, but that didn't stop 3-year-old Jordan Will from taking his battery-operated wheels for a brief ride along a busy stretch of highway. Drivers stopped and neighbors chased down the car until an officer could pull over Jordan and his 2-year-old passenger on Sunday.
"Nothing bad happened, so it's kind of cute now when you look at it," said his father, Doug Will. "But at the time, it wasn't cute at all. It was scary. I was really upset."
The Mustang is decked out with all the extras: a rear spoiler, a premium sound system and chrome wheels.
The boys drove the tricked-out ride through their Omro neighborhood and pulled up to a busy intersection.
"He even obeyed the signs, so that was good. He stopped at the red light and got on the cross walk," said neighbor Jaci Bauer.
Another neighbor, Jason Bauer, panicked when he saw the boys cross over a highway, onto a sidewalk and over a bridge. He gave chase for a few blocks until an officer pulled the boys over.
"By the time we stopped them, they probably made it five or six blocks from home before anyone even noticed they had been wandering around town," Jason Bauer said.
Doug Will had been searching for the boys when he got the call to come get the car.
"He just said, 'We went for a ride, daddy,'" Will said.
All Jordan can do now is sit in the little car. His father has taken away the keys and removed the battery.
Officers said Jordan's dad won't be cited.
Omro is in east-central Wisconsin, about 10 miles west of Oshkosh.
/QUOTE]

[VandalSquirrel]

We live in Eastern Idaho where it's not hard to get a breath of fresh air.

But one local neighborhood can barely breath because of a disgusting stench in the air.

A phantom pooper is taking a squat in the back of one Idaho Falls neighborhood...

http://www.kidk.com/news/local/10405117.html

[ASUADPi]

This is pretty stupid...


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21334238/?GT1=10450

SCRANTON, Pa. - A Scranton woman who admitted shouted profanities at her overflowing toilet within earshot of a neighbor was cited for disorderly conduct, authorities said.

Dawn Herb could face up to 90 days in jail and a fine of up to $300.


But I think this one might take the cake on stupidity

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12784368/

Fuming NYC bride sues florist over flower color
Lawsuit seeks more than $400,000 over color of hydrangeas

NEW YORK - The wedding was lovely, except for the flowers: They were the wrong color.

So says the bride, Elana Glatt, who was so upset that she sued the florist and alleged breach of contract.

[skylark]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

We live in Eastern Idaho where it's not hard to get a breath of fresh air.

But one local neighborhood can barely breath because of a disgusting stench in the air.

A phantom pooper is taking a squat in the back of one Idaho Falls neighborhood...

http://www.kidk.com/news/local/10405117.html

I'm watching the show "Life" right now, and it features a Phantom Pooper. It is probably too recent to be based on the Eastern Idaho story, though. I guess Phantom Pooping is something that afflicts a small but significant portion of the population.

[nikki1920]

ummm...there are easier and legal ways to get attention on a college campus.
she's not the brightest bulb in the pack..

[DaemonSeid]

A woman in Florida made a startling discovery over the weekend when she found her boyfriend stuck in her house’s cat door, News4Jax.com reported.

The girlfriend of Charles Tucker Jr., 33, had reportedly kicked him out of her St. Augustine home. Hours later, she found the man stuck in the small door and called police. When they arrived four minutes later, the man was dead, News4Jax.com reported.

"He's a big guy. I don't even know how he could fit through there," Tucker’s friend, Will Elliot told News4Jax.com. "Probably to get in and unlock the door. They said he had one arm through there and his head was caught in there like he was to reach up and unlock the door because there's no way he could fit through there."

Cops are currently awaiting autopsy results.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311198,00.html

[DaemonSeid]

SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.

Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say "ha ha ha" instead, the Daily Telegraph reported.

One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute.








http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115...ristmasoffbeat

[SWTXBelle]

Santa going "ha ha ha"? Just wrong.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.

I'm pretty sure it would only be offensive to a woman with a dirty conscience.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I'm pretty sure it would only be offensive to a woman with a dirty conscience.

well....you have SOME women who have no problems referring to each other as b!tches and hoes......so.........that may rule the whole conscience thing out.

[VAgirl18]

BRANDYWINE HUNDRED, Del. -- Delaware State Police have arrested a Chester, Penn., man who they said was running naked and drunk on Interstate 95 and caused three accidents.

Police said Ardonas Gilbert, 26, was running along the southbound lanes near Marsh Road at about 10 p.m. Monday. He is charged with two counts of assault and a single count of being drunk on the highway.

Two citizens tried to help Gilbert, but police said he began to assault them.

Police said he then ran back into traffic and caused three accidents when cars tried to avoid hitting him.

No one was seriously injured.

Gilbert is being held at the Howard Young Correctional Institute in Wilmington.

[Mz_Doc]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22007049/

MSNBC News Services
updated 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

KHARTOUM, Sudan - A British teacher has been charged with inciting hatred, insulting religion and showing contempt of religious beliefs after her class named a teddy bear Muhammad, state media said on Wednesday.


I find this a complete overreaction on the part of the Sudanese government and I'm Muslim myself. Children don't know any better and it's not as if she was deliberately trying to insult Islam. Furthermore, they could have easily asked her to renam the bear and explained why and that would have been the end of it. No wonder most of the world thinks we are just violent extremist terrorists...

[nikki1920]

No. It's clearly a violaton of his probation.