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Archive for 2007/10


Office worker accidentally shoots himself in both legs

FORT WORTH — A 47-year-old man was shot in both legs when he accidentally discharged a handgun while sitting in his cubicle at an insurance office, police said.

(Full story here.)
This story reminds me of a song by Frank Gallop called “The Ballad of Irving”
“Well, finally Irving got three slugs in the belly.
It was right outside […]

Prickly prank puts players in potential peril (video)

A football field in Tawas, Michigan has been sabotaged with thousands of toothpicks.
Ouch!

Don’t look for me today

I’m just popping in to say that I won’t be back here today. In a short while, I’ll be leaving with Daughter Number Two and Daughter Number Three to take Daughter Number Two back to school.
Perhaps something annoying interesting will happen on the trip today and I can complain write about it tomorrow.

Woman Charged in ‘Internet Revenge’ Case

Some people get mad and decide they’re going to get even and, in fact, just get stupid and then they get caught.
WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) - A 34-year-old woman has been charged with using the Internet to try to get revenge on an old boyfriend by breaking up his marriage. Pilar Stofega has been charged with […]

Man who had sex with bike in court

Okay, I’ll be honest here. I have rather mixed feelings about this article. On the one hand, what happens between a consenting adult and his bicycle in the privacy of their own home should be nobody’s business, but on the other hand, … a bicycle?
Maybe this guy should move to L.A. I doubt this story […]

Funny cartoons

Time for another dose of silly cartoons.
I hope someone is enjoying these as much as I did.

Man charged with shoplifting maxi pads

I really have to wonder what this guy’s motivation was for swiping Maxi pads from a local store. What, his wife / girlfriend sent him after them and he wasn’t secure enough in his manhood to take them through the checkout?
I grew up with three sisters. I’ve been married twice, once for two years and […]

More of Sis’s pics

I mentioned in a post the other day that my sister had emailed me a bunch of pictures and cartoons. Well, here, for your viewing pleasure, are a couple more of them.

I have removed the image that was here because at the time of posting I did not realize the cartoonist normally charged a fee […]

Another La. Town Bans Saggy Pants

You know those kids who walk around with their pants falling down and the top half of their boxer shorts hanging out? I don’t understand why today’s young people see that as a “good” thing to do.
I wonder how many of them realize that this fad got started in state prisons because inmates pretty much […]