In Detroit, Oregon, a hunter thought he had found a severed human head in an abandoned mining shed and called the police. Deputy Larry Taylor realized it was just the head of a mannequin when he noticed a price sticker on the forehead.
A California officer charged the driver of a white Mazda with DUI after driving down Pacific Coast Highway with the upper half of a traffic light pole laying across its hood. When Fonteno asked the drunk driver about the pole, he responded: "It came with the car when I bought it."
The driver of an armored truck in Edmonton, Alberta appeared to be signaling for help as he repeatedly swung his door open. After six police cruisers chased and stopped the truck, it turned out, the driver had simply tried to fan fresh air into the cabin after the other guard had passed gas.
In Boynton, Florida, Michael Harrison and Kevin Carter were arrested and charged with armed robbery and murder in their attempt to raise money to attend the police academy.
Stockholm, Sweden - Customs officers in Stockholm, Sweden arrested a woman who had tried to smuggle 75 live snakes in her bra. The officers became suspicious when they noticed how the woman kept scratching her chest.
A California officer charged the driver of a white Mazda with DUI after driving down Pacific Coast Highway with the upper half of a traffic light pole laying across its hood. When Fonteno asked the drunk driver about the pole, he responded: "It came with the car when I bought it."
The driver of an armored truck in Edmonton, Alberta appeared to be signaling for help as he repeatedly swung his door open. After six police cruisers chased and stopped the truck, it turned out, the driver had simply tried to fan fresh air into the cabin after the other guard had passed gas.
In Boynton, Florida, Michael Harrison and Kevin Carter were arrested and charged with armed robbery and murder in their attempt to raise money to attend the police academy.
Stockholm, Sweden - Customs officers in Stockholm, Sweden arrested a woman who had tried to smuggle 75 live snakes in her bra. The officers became suspicious when they noticed how the woman kept scratching her chest.
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In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death.
In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but Is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.
Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers. The sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times.
The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time... Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.
In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.
In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act.
In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.
In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but Is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.
Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers. The sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times.
The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time... Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.
In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.
In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act.
In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.
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STRIP CLUBS SHOCK - Magistrates May Act On Indecent Shows (Daily Mirror).
AUDIENCE TRIED TO SPOIL PLAY - But St. Chad's Players Succeeded (Sunderland Echo).
A FARMER'S WIFE IS BEST SHOT (Glasgow Evening Citizen).
NUDIST NABBED - Unclothed Man Who Admits Brandishing Pistol Is Charged With Carrying Concealed Weapon (Providence Journal).
MAGNATE USED TO REMOVE NAIL IN STOMACH (Los Angeles Times).
PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM - Special Committee To Sit On Bed Bug (Liverpool Echo).
PIPELINE RAPTURED (Ghanaian Times).
UNDERTAKER'S FAILURE - Let Down By Customers (Yorkshire paper).
CHANNEL SWIM ATTEMPT - Boston Girl's Arrival in Liverpool (Liverpool Echo).
POLICE FOUND SAFE UNDER BLANKET (Gloucestershire Echo).
AUDIENCE TRIED TO SPOIL PLAY - But St. Chad's Players Succeeded (Sunderland Echo).
A FARMER'S WIFE IS BEST SHOT (Glasgow Evening Citizen).
NUDIST NABBED - Unclothed Man Who Admits Brandishing Pistol Is Charged With Carrying Concealed Weapon (Providence Journal).
MAGNATE USED TO REMOVE NAIL IN STOMACH (Los Angeles Times).
PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM - Special Committee To Sit On Bed Bug (Liverpool Echo).
PIPELINE RAPTURED (Ghanaian Times).
UNDERTAKER'S FAILURE - Let Down By Customers (Yorkshire paper).
CHANNEL SWIM ATTEMPT - Boston Girl's Arrival in Liverpool (Liverpool Echo).
POLICE FOUND SAFE UNDER BLANKET (Gloucestershire Echo).
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Apollonia - Patron Saint of toothaches.
Fiacre - Patron Saint of venereal disease and taxi drivers.
Gengulf - Patron Saint of unhappy marriages.
Vitus - Patron Saint of comedians and mental illness.
Matthew - Patron Saint of accountants.
Bernardino of Siena - Patron Saint of advertising executives.
Luke - Patron Saint of butchers.
Marin de Porres - Patron Saint of hairdressers.
Joseph of Arimathea - Patron Saint of grave diggers and funeral directors.
Bernard of Clairvaux - Patron Saint of beekeepers.
Sebastian - Patron Saint of neighborhood watch.
Fiacre - Patron Saint of venereal disease and taxi drivers.
Gengulf - Patron Saint of unhappy marriages.
Vitus - Patron Saint of comedians and mental illness.
Matthew - Patron Saint of accountants.
Bernardino of Siena - Patron Saint of advertising executives.
Luke - Patron Saint of butchers.
Marin de Porres - Patron Saint of hairdressers.
Joseph of Arimathea - Patron Saint of grave diggers and funeral directors.
Bernard of Clairvaux - Patron Saint of beekeepers.
Sebastian - Patron Saint of neighborhood watch.
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In 1981 the Manchester Guardian convinced readers that scientists at Britain's research labs in Pershore had "developed a machine to control the weather." The article said that "Britain will gain the immediate benefit of long summers, with rainfall only at night, and the Continent will have whatever Pershore decides to send it." Readers were also assured that the scientists would ensure that it snowed every Christmas in Britain.
In 2000 the British Daily Mail reported that Esporta Health Clubs had designed a new line of socks to help people lose weight. Named "FatSox," these socks could actually suck body fat out of sweating feet and promised to "banish fat forever." As a person's body heat rose and their blood vessels dilated, the socks would draw "excess lipid from the body through the sweat." After having sweated out the fat, the wearer could then simply remove the socks and wash them, and the fat, away.
A huge party was thrown at Jeff Koon's New York Studio in 1998 to honor the memory of the late, great American artist Nat Tate, the troubled abstract expressionist who ruined 99 percent of his own work before jumping to his death from the Staten Island ferry. At the party David Bowie read selections from William Boyd's soon-to-be released biography of Tate, "Nat Tate: An American Artist, 1928-1960." Critics in the audience murmured comments about Tate's work as they enjoyed their drinks. The only problem was that Tate never really existed - he was the satirical creation of William Boyd. Bowie, Boyd, and Boyd's publisher were the only ones in on the joke.
In March 1860 many people throughout London received the following invitation: "Tower of LondonAdmit Bearer and Friend to view annual ceremony of Washing the White Lions on Sunday, April 1, 1860. Admittance only at White Gate. It is particularly requested that no gratuities be given to wardens or attendants." By noon on April 1 a large crowd had reportedly gathered outside the tower. But of course, lions hadn't been kept in the tower for centuries, particularly not white lions. The crowd gradually snuck away disappointed.
In 2000 the British Daily Mail reported that Esporta Health Clubs had designed a new line of socks to help people lose weight. Named "FatSox," these socks could actually suck body fat out of sweating feet and promised to "banish fat forever." As a person's body heat rose and their blood vessels dilated, the socks would draw "excess lipid from the body through the sweat." After having sweated out the fat, the wearer could then simply remove the socks and wash them, and the fat, away.
A huge party was thrown at Jeff Koon's New York Studio in 1998 to honor the memory of the late, great American artist Nat Tate, the troubled abstract expressionist who ruined 99 percent of his own work before jumping to his death from the Staten Island ferry. At the party David Bowie read selections from William Boyd's soon-to-be released biography of Tate, "Nat Tate: An American Artist, 1928-1960." Critics in the audience murmured comments about Tate's work as they enjoyed their drinks. The only problem was that Tate never really existed - he was the satirical creation of William Boyd. Bowie, Boyd, and Boyd's publisher were the only ones in on the joke.
In March 1860 many people throughout London received the following invitation: "Tower of LondonAdmit Bearer and Friend to view annual ceremony of Washing the White Lions on Sunday, April 1, 1860. Admittance only at White Gate. It is particularly requested that no gratuities be given to wardens or attendants." By noon on April 1 a large crowd had reportedly gathered outside the tower. But of course, lions hadn't been kept in the tower for centuries, particularly not white lions. The crowd gradually snuck away disappointed.
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Melba toast is named after Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931).
Elvis' favorite collectibles were official badges. He collected police badges in almost every city he performed in.
Duran Duran took their name from a mad scientists in the movie Barbarella.
The world's largest disco was held at the Buffalo Convention Centre, New York, 1979. 13,000 danced a place into the Guinness Book of World Records.
In August 1983, Peter Stewart of Birmingham, UK set a world record by disco dancing for 408 hours.
The Beatles song "Martha My Dear" was written by Paul Mc-Cartney about his sheepdog Martha.
The harmonica is the world's best-selling music instrument.
Themes from movies Unforgiven, A Perfect World, The Bridges of Madison County, and Absolute Power were all written by Clint Eastwood.
The only guy without a beard in ZZTOP surname (last name) is Beard.
The Carpenters signature song, We've Only Just Begun, was originally part of a television commercial for a California bank.
Elvis' favorite collectibles were official badges. He collected police badges in almost every city he performed in.
Duran Duran took their name from a mad scientists in the movie Barbarella.
The world's largest disco was held at the Buffalo Convention Centre, New York, 1979. 13,000 danced a place into the Guinness Book of World Records.
In August 1983, Peter Stewart of Birmingham, UK set a world record by disco dancing for 408 hours.
The Beatles song "Martha My Dear" was written by Paul Mc-Cartney about his sheepdog Martha.
The harmonica is the world's best-selling music instrument.
Themes from movies Unforgiven, A Perfect World, The Bridges of Madison County, and Absolute Power were all written by Clint Eastwood.
The only guy without a beard in ZZTOP surname (last name) is Beard.
The Carpenters signature song, We've Only Just Begun, was originally part of a television commercial for a California bank.
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April is . . . . . National Anxiety Month, National Welding Month, Uh-Huh Month
April 1 is . . . . . One Cent Day
April 3 is . . . . . Tweed Day
April 4 is . . . . . Tell-A-Lie Day
April 7 is . . . . . No Housework Day
April 9 is . . . . . Name Yourself Day
April 11 is . . . . Eight-Track Tape Day
April 13 is . . . . Blame Somebody Else Day
April 15 is . . . . Rubber Eraser Day
April 16 is . . . . National Eggs Benedict Day
April 17 is . . . . National Cheeseball Day
April 18 is . . . . International Jugglers Day
April 23 is . . . . World Laboratory Animal Day
April 24 is . . . . National Pigs In A Blanket Day
April 28 is . . . . Kiss-Your-Mate Day
April 29 is . . . . National Shrimp Scampi Day
April 1 is . . . . . One Cent Day
April 3 is . . . . . Tweed Day
April 4 is . . . . . Tell-A-Lie Day
April 7 is . . . . . No Housework Day
April 9 is . . . . . Name Yourself Day
April 11 is . . . . Eight-Track Tape Day
April 13 is . . . . Blame Somebody Else Day
April 15 is . . . . Rubber Eraser Day
April 16 is . . . . National Eggs Benedict Day
April 17 is . . . . National Cheeseball Day
April 18 is . . . . International Jugglers Day
April 23 is . . . . World Laboratory Animal Day
April 24 is . . . . National Pigs In A Blanket Day
April 28 is . . . . Kiss-Your-Mate Day
April 29 is . . . . National Shrimp Scampi Day
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[These are real acts of stupidity by people, courtesy of netscape.com]
A man in California was driving in the carpool lane when he was pulled over for driving alone. The man argued that he was not alone, he had three frozen cadavers in the back of his van, and they should be counted as passengers. The
police officer did not agree, and wrote the man a ticket.
In Texas there is a company called "Guns for Hire" that stages gunfights for westerns and such things. One day they received a call from a woman who mistakenly thought that she could hire them to kill her husband. Needless to say, she received a hefty jail sentence.
A robber entered a convenience store in Oklahoma and demanded all the money in the cash register. However, when he decided there wasn't enough money, he tied up the clerk and began to man the cash register himself. He was still there three hours later when police came to arrest him.
A parachuting instructor was excited because his wife had just bought him a camera to wear while jumping so that he could tape the experience. On the way up to jump, he was so excited that he put new film in, checked the battery, and made sure the camera was secure on his helmet. He had an amazing jump - but he forgot to put on his parachute.
Police in a small Kentucky town spent hours attempting to talk a gunman out of a standoff situation. After seven hours the police became impatient and shot tear gas into the house.
They realized that the gunman was standing beside them only when he began to yell toward the home, "Please just give yourself up and come out with your hands up."
A man entered a fast-food restaurant and explained that he
was robbing them. He pulled out a gun and put a bag over his
head as a mask. Only then did he realize he had forgotten to
cut eyeholes in the makeshift mask. He fell to the ground, where employees made a citizens' arrest.
A man in California was driving in the carpool lane when he was pulled over for driving alone. The man argued that he was not alone, he had three frozen cadavers in the back of his van, and they should be counted as passengers. The
police officer did not agree, and wrote the man a ticket.
In Texas there is a company called "Guns for Hire" that stages gunfights for westerns and such things. One day they received a call from a woman who mistakenly thought that she could hire them to kill her husband. Needless to say, she received a hefty jail sentence.
A robber entered a convenience store in Oklahoma and demanded all the money in the cash register. However, when he decided there wasn't enough money, he tied up the clerk and began to man the cash register himself. He was still there three hours later when police came to arrest him.
A parachuting instructor was excited because his wife had just bought him a camera to wear while jumping so that he could tape the experience. On the way up to jump, he was so excited that he put new film in, checked the battery, and made sure the camera was secure on his helmet. He had an amazing jump - but he forgot to put on his parachute.
Police in a small Kentucky town spent hours attempting to talk a gunman out of a standoff situation. After seven hours the police became impatient and shot tear gas into the house.
They realized that the gunman was standing beside them only when he began to yell toward the home, "Please just give yourself up and come out with your hands up."
A man entered a fast-food restaurant and explained that he
was robbing them. He pulled out a gun and put a bag over his
head as a mask. Only then did he realize he had forgotten to
cut eyeholes in the makeshift mask. He fell to the ground, where employees made a citizens' arrest.
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"Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax."
- English scientist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, 1899
"Television won't matter in your lifetime or mine."
- Radio Times editor Rex Lambert, 1936
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
- Ken Olson, president, chairman, and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"By 2000, the machines will be producing so much that everyone in the U.S. will, in effect, be independently wealthy.
- Time Magazine, 1966
"An impractical sort of fad, and has no place in the serious job of postal transportation."
- Second Assistant U.S. Postmaster General Paul Henderson on airmail, 1922
"It's a bad joke that won't last. Not with winter coming."
- Fashion designer CoCo Chanel on miniskirts, 1966
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927
"You ought to go back to driving a truck."
- Concert manager, firing Elvis Presley in 1954
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
- Decca Recording Co., rejecting the Beatles, 1962
"It doesn't matter what he does, he will never amount to anything."
- Albert Einstein's teacher to his father, 1895
- English scientist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, 1899
"Television won't matter in your lifetime or mine."
- Radio Times editor Rex Lambert, 1936
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
- Ken Olson, president, chairman, and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"By 2000, the machines will be producing so much that everyone in the U.S. will, in effect, be independently wealthy.
- Time Magazine, 1966
"An impractical sort of fad, and has no place in the serious job of postal transportation."
- Second Assistant U.S. Postmaster General Paul Henderson on airmail, 1922
"It's a bad joke that won't last. Not with winter coming."
- Fashion designer CoCo Chanel on miniskirts, 1966
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927
"You ought to go back to driving a truck."
- Concert manager, firing Elvis Presley in 1954
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
- Decca Recording Co., rejecting the Beatles, 1962
"It doesn't matter what he does, he will never amount to anything."
- Albert Einstein's teacher to his father, 1895
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Fabien Pretou, standing at 6ft, 2 inches tall, towered over his 3ft, 1 inch bride Natalie Lucius at their 1990 wedding in Seysinnet-Pariset, France.
Harry Stevens, 103, married his 84-year-old cousin, Thelma Lucas, at a Wisconsin retirement home in 1984.
In 1871, Captain Martin van Buren Bates married Anna Hanen Swan in London. She was 7ft 5 1/2 inches tall and he stood at 7ft 2 1/2 inches.
When Ruth and Kevin Kimber married in 1990, she was 93 and he was 28.
In 1863, American dwarf Charles S. Stratton married Lavinia Warren. He was 2ft, 10in tall and she was 2ft 8 in. In 1884, the widowed Lavinia married Count Primo Magri who was two inches shorter than her first husband.
In 1995, following a courtship that lasted several months, 100-year-old Samuel Bukoro married 12-year-old Nyamihanda in Uganda.
In 1994, 26-year-old Anna Nicole Smith tied the knot with 89-year-old millionaire J. Howard Marshall. She was attracted by his "kindness."
Harry Stevens, 103, married his 84-year-old cousin, Thelma Lucas, at a Wisconsin retirement home in 1984.
In 1871, Captain Martin van Buren Bates married Anna Hanen Swan in London. She was 7ft 5 1/2 inches tall and he stood at 7ft 2 1/2 inches.
When Ruth and Kevin Kimber married in 1990, she was 93 and he was 28.
In 1863, American dwarf Charles S. Stratton married Lavinia Warren. He was 2ft, 10in tall and she was 2ft 8 in. In 1884, the widowed Lavinia married Count Primo Magri who was two inches shorter than her first husband.
In 1995, following a courtship that lasted several months, 100-year-old Samuel Bukoro married 12-year-old Nyamihanda in Uganda.
In 1994, 26-year-old Anna Nicole Smith tied the knot with 89-year-old millionaire J. Howard Marshall. She was attracted by his "kindness."
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