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Snow White Jinx Vice Captain
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 Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:35 am
This thread is for all the wierd but true news stories any of us may hear. Quote: Midnight Zamboni Burger RunBOISE, Idaho - Two employees of the city's ice skating rink have been fired for making a midnight fast-food run in a pair of Zambonis. An anonymous tipster reported seeing the two big ice-resurfacing machines chug through a Burger King drive-through and return to the rink around 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 10. The squat, rubber-tired vehicles, which have a top speed of about 5 mph, drove 1 1/2 miles in all. The Zamboni operators, both temporary city employees whose names and ages were not released by Parks and Recreation Department, had to negotiate at least one intersection with a traffic light on their late-night creep from Idaho Ice World. "They were fired immediately," said Parks Department Director Jim Hall. "We're pretty sure it was just the one time. When we interviewed them, they didn't seem to be too concerned about it. I don't think they understood the seriousness of it." Hall said neither the $75,000 Zambonis nor their $10,000 blades appeared damaged, but the city could charge the employees with operating an unlicensed motor vehicle on a public street.
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Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:43 am
So Im looking through a bunch of odd news stories and I find one that happened in the next town over! Quote: La-Z-Boy Saves LifeWALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Now comes another reason to stay put in the La-Z-Boy: A man sitting in his easy chair was shot in the head by his wife, but the sturdy recliner absorbed most of the bullet's force and left him virtually unscathed. The couple had been arguing at home on Sunday evening, said Contra Costa County sheriff's Lt. Charles Skuce. Then Jan Kamp stood behind her seated husband and fired a gun at the back of his head, Skuce said. Because she fired through the recliner, the bullet only slightly wounded Norman Kamp, 57, Skuce said. Norman stood up from his chair, followed his wife into the kitchen and declared, "You shot me," according to authorities. Jan Kamp fired a second shot at her husband, but missed, Skuce said. He retreated to a neighbor's house in the unincorporated Pacheco area of the county, where he called 911. After talking to deputies, Norman Kamp was treated at a hospital and released. Jan Kamp, 58, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and booked at County Jail in Martinez.
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Snow White Jinx Vice Captain
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Snow White Jinx Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:46 am
Quote: Homework RewardGETTYSBURG, Pa. - A woman who admitted smoking marijuana daily with her 13-year-old son to reward him for doing his homework was sentenced to three months in prison. Amanda Lynn Livelsberger, 30, was also given nine months under house arrest and a year on probation Tuesday. Livelsberger pleaded guilty on Sept. 11 to corruption of minors and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia. She admitted that she had been smoking pot with her son since he was 11. I wish my mom would have rewarded me like that. Better she smoke with her son then someone else.
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Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:51 am
Quote: The Dead Dude Did ItSYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Hundreds of Australian drivers have come up with a way to weasel out of tickets: Blame it on a dead guy. More than 200 motorists have avoided parking and speeding fines by accusing either a dead man or an out-of-state resident for their errors, police said Saturday. Under New South Wales state law, if car owners sign a sworn statement that they were not driving the vehicle when an offense was committed, they can avoid paying speed camera fines that arrive by mail and parking tickets left under windshield wipers. A recent government audit of the excuses given in those sworn statements revealed that 238 motorists had blamed one of two people: a dead man and a person living in neighboring South Australia state, Police Superintendent Daryl Donnolly said in a statement. Police say a 53-year-old businessman from South Australia has been unfairly flooded with traffic fines. He believes the scam started after he rented a sports car in Sydney. Some $61,000 of fines have been avoided this way in the past three years, Donnolly said. He said car owners charged with swearing false statements face up to five years' imprisonment if convicted.
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:01 pm
i liked the pot one, it is funny
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