Chuck’s Hand-Picked Overnight Weird News for Wednesday
Oprah's mom fights the power
So a high-end fashion shop in Waukesha, Wis., sued Vernita Lee in July for being $150k in arrears, and now Lee has fired back with a countersuit because it's not her problem. Y'see, in 2002, the store had sued Lee for $174k, which Lee apparently paid back, and as part of the settlement, the store agreed not to give her any more credit. Well, she talked them into it again in 2004, and here we are, and so she should get four years' worth of clothes for free, plus attorney fees, plus a bonus payment of 2x the finance-charge part of her bill. Journal Sentinel
Comments 'oprahs_mom'
It's good to be a British prisoner
The Wymott prison in Lancashire ordered that all prisoners be addressed as "Mr." followed by the surname, to ensure that guards demonstrate respect for prisoners. No such reciprocal order to prisoners was issued, but in any event, it's highly unlikely that prisoners would comply, anyway. Daily Telegraph
Comments 'mister_prisoner'
It's at least one of the mothers of all bank runs
These photos show the huge throngs in Harare, Zimbabwe, flocking to withdraw money after the gov't upped the maximum that customers could take out, to Z$20,000. (Yes, you recall correctly: Zimbabwe has the world's worst inflation [currently, about 11 million percent), and the old maximum for withdrawal [Z$1,000] was barely the price of a newspaper.) Daily Mail (London)
Comments 'zimbabwe_banks'
Your Daily Losers
"For 60 years, happy diners at the now-shuttered Homestead tacked dollar bills to the walls, dated and inscribed with a line or two to mark the occasion." The Homestead's been closed for a year, but totally preserved inside to maintain its re-sale value, so last week in nearby Bakersfield, Calif., 10 of these distinct bills surfaced when a guy paid a court fine with 'em. Since everybody in town knew exactly where those bills had come from, police knew the Homestead had been burglarized and arrested the guy and his four accomplices. Plus, one of the perps still had distinctive Homestead wall thumbtacks stuck to the bottoms of his shoes. Los Angeles Times
Comments 'homestead_burglars'
People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
Bert Allen III filed a request for a restraining order against Univ. of New Hampshire police, who have barred him from campus simply because he was distributing flyers explicitly seeking a "trophy wife." And what a trophy Allen is, himself! (Turns out soliciting anything on campus requires permission, which he didn't have.) WMUR-TV (Manchester)
Comments 'bert_allen'
And another guy with a worse sex life
Mr. Akiro Hino, 51, was arrested in Tokyo after being caught with a fishing rod, reeling in women's underwear from an apartment balcony below (and for the 500 pieces found when police searched his place). Agence France-Presse via Yahoo
Comments 'akiro_hino'
Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Renee Bowman, 43, in Calvert County, Md., who was charged with . . ah, it really doesn't matter what she was charged with, does it? CNN
Comments 'renee_bowman'
Eyewitness News
[news videos goin' around]
Evidently, there's a problem with wild monkeys menacing the customers at a Lucknow, India, train station. Solution: Paint a man up like a monkey, wearing a long curly tail, and have him patrol the station by hopping around in a four-point stance. Seriously. BBC News /// ad-free version on LiveLeak
Comments 'lucknow_monkey'
More Things to Worry About on Wednesday
Spanning the globe (again today!) to find medical conditions you couldn't even dream of: In India's Uttar Pradesh state, a 13-yr-old girl (Bonus: first name is Twinkle) spontaneously bleeds a lot, just through her pores (due to some sort of platelet disorder, they think, but secondary diagnosis by the locals is, of course, demons) . . . . . Sounds Like a Joke: The local council in Bristol, England, ordered residents on gov't assistance to leave their outside sheds unlocked so that thieves won't damage the shed when they steal from ya . . . . . Here's your periodic x-ray of someone with a seriously-foreign object inside his body (in this case, a knife stuck five inches into his skull). Today's Newsrangers: Ron Welch, Bruce Leiserowitz, Peter Hine, Kevin Dean
Comments 'worry_081001'
So a high-end fashion shop in Waukesha, Wis., sued Vernita Lee in July for being $150k in arrears, and now Lee has fired back with a countersuit because it's not her problem. Y'see, in 2002, the store had sued Lee for $174k, which Lee apparently paid back, and as part of the settlement, the store agreed not to give her any more credit. Well, she talked them into it again in 2004, and here we are, and so she should get four years' worth of clothes for free, plus attorney fees, plus a bonus payment of 2x the finance-charge part of her bill. Journal Sentinel
Comments 'oprahs_mom'
It's good to be a British prisoner
The Wymott prison in Lancashire ordered that all prisoners be addressed as "Mr." followed by the surname, to ensure that guards demonstrate respect for prisoners. No such reciprocal order to prisoners was issued, but in any event, it's highly unlikely that prisoners would comply, anyway. Daily Telegraph
Comments 'mister_prisoner'
It's at least one of the mothers of all bank runs
These photos show the huge throngs in Harare, Zimbabwe, flocking to withdraw money after the gov't upped the maximum that customers could take out, to Z$20,000. (Yes, you recall correctly: Zimbabwe has the world's worst inflation [currently, about 11 million percent), and the old maximum for withdrawal [Z$1,000] was barely the price of a newspaper.) Daily Mail (London)
Comments 'zimbabwe_banks'
Your Daily Losers
"For 60 years, happy diners at the now-shuttered Homestead tacked dollar bills to the walls, dated and inscribed with a line or two to mark the occasion." The Homestead's been closed for a year, but totally preserved inside to maintain its re-sale value, so last week in nearby Bakersfield, Calif., 10 of these distinct bills surfaced when a guy paid a court fine with 'em. Since everybody in town knew exactly where those bills had come from, police knew the Homestead had been burglarized and arrested the guy and his four accomplices. Plus, one of the perps still had distinctive Homestead wall thumbtacks stuck to the bottoms of his shoes. Los Angeles Times
Comments 'homestead_burglars'
People Whose Sex Lives Are Worse Than Yours
Bert Allen III filed a request for a restraining order against Univ. of New Hampshire police, who have barred him from campus simply because he was distributing flyers explicitly seeking a "trophy wife." And what a trophy Allen is, himself! (Turns out soliciting anything on campus requires permission, which he didn't have.) WMUR-TV (Manchester)
Comments 'bert_allen'
And another guy with a worse sex life
Mr. Akiro Hino, 51, was arrested in Tokyo after being caught with a fishing rod, reeling in women's underwear from an apartment balcony below (and for the 500 pieces found when police searched his place). Agence France-Presse via Yahoo
Comments 'akiro_hino'
Your Daily Jury Duty
[no fair examining the evidence; verdict must be based on mugshot only]
Renee Bowman, 43, in Calvert County, Md., who was charged with . . ah, it really doesn't matter what she was charged with, does it? CNN
Comments 'renee_bowman'
Eyewitness News
[news videos goin' around]
Evidently, there's a problem with wild monkeys menacing the customers at a Lucknow, India, train station. Solution: Paint a man up like a monkey, wearing a long curly tail, and have him patrol the station by hopping around in a four-point stance. Seriously. BBC News /// ad-free version on LiveLeak
Comments 'lucknow_monkey'
More Things to Worry About on Wednesday
Spanning the globe (again today!) to find medical conditions you couldn't even dream of: In India's Uttar Pradesh state, a 13-yr-old girl (Bonus: first name is Twinkle) spontaneously bleeds a lot, just through her pores (due to some sort of platelet disorder, they think, but secondary diagnosis by the locals is, of course, demons) . . . . . Sounds Like a Joke: The local council in Bristol, England, ordered residents on gov't assistance to leave their outside sheds unlocked so that thieves won't damage the shed when they steal from ya . . . . . Here's your periodic x-ray of someone with a seriously-foreign object inside his body (in this case, a knife stuck five inches into his skull). Today's Newsrangers: Ron Welch, Bruce Leiserowitz, Peter Hine, Kevin Dean
Comments 'worry_081001'
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