News of the Weird / Plus, June 8, 2015
News of the Weird / Plus
June 8, 2015 (Part 1) [weird stuff that made me excited (frightened) (ROTFL) (appalled) last week, some of which will appear in News of the Weird soon] [Part 1 on Monday, Part 2 on Tuesday]
A teacher at Encinal High in the San Francisco Bay area got into a spot of trouble for [ed.: channeling Soupy Sales?] offering extra credit to students who would look through their parents’ drawers for vibrators and such and make selfies while holding them. KPIX-TV (San Francisco)
Fallout from Ferguson, Mo., Continues (in the sense that Third-World-type small towns in the St. Louis suburbs are rising to exposure): In Wellston, Mo., a few miles to the south, a city councilwoman, trying to shield her drug-running son, arranged for the firing of all 23 of the town’s cops and turning policing over to a neighboring jurisdiction. That happened after one of the cops arrested the councilwoman for defacing a firearm serial number. LEOAffairs
Doctors in Lima, Peru, removed an inch-long, month-long-nesting worm from a teenager’s eye (ingeniously luring the worm out with basil). Sky.com (London)
Two schoolboys in a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia, donned balaclavas and stormed a classroom--to heist the teacher’s grade book (which they were certain contained bad news). Reuters
How drunk was Logan Shaulis in Somerset, Pa.? So drunk he thought it was plausible to park in the middle of state Route 601, put out road flares, and demand license and registration from any driver that passed. [ed.: but still, drunk or not, that’s pretty good attention-to-detail, no?] Associated Press via WGN-TV
The California state gov’t has become a lot like Apple and MasterCard, to name the top-shelf players--pennies (in fees) here, pennies there, and pretty soon, you’re talking big bucks. So when you get a traffic ticket in, say, San Luis Obispo, the fine might be $85, but with all the local, county, state, and special district funding fees, it costs almost $500 to pay off the ticket. Seriously. (This is on purpose because California used to have such a disastrous budget shortfall.) San Luis Obispo Tribune
Best Headline: [from Australia’s NT News in Darwin] Women Aged Under 40 Banned From Northern Territory Man’s Farm After He Threatened Backpacker With A Knife And Forced One To Watch Him Masturbate
And speaking of masturbateurs, this one in Portland, Ore., so annoyed passersby by enjoying himself in a portable toilet (with the door open) that the passersby tipped it over, causing not only a rough landing but . . inside spillage. KPTV
June 8, 2015 (Part 1) [weird stuff that made me excited (frightened) (ROTFL) (appalled) last week, some of which will appear in News of the Weird soon] [Part 1 on Monday, Part 2 on Tuesday]
A teacher at Encinal High in the San Francisco Bay area got into a spot of trouble for [ed.: channeling Soupy Sales?] offering extra credit to students who would look through their parents’ drawers for vibrators and such and make selfies while holding them. KPIX-TV (San Francisco)
Fallout from Ferguson, Mo., Continues (in the sense that Third-World-type small towns in the St. Louis suburbs are rising to exposure): In Wellston, Mo., a few miles to the south, a city councilwoman, trying to shield her drug-running son, arranged for the firing of all 23 of the town’s cops and turning policing over to a neighboring jurisdiction. That happened after one of the cops arrested the councilwoman for defacing a firearm serial number. LEOAffairs
Doctors in Lima, Peru, removed an inch-long, month-long-nesting worm from a teenager’s eye (ingeniously luring the worm out with basil). Sky.com (London)
Two schoolboys in a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia, donned balaclavas and stormed a classroom--to heist the teacher’s grade book (which they were certain contained bad news). Reuters
How drunk was Logan Shaulis in Somerset, Pa.? So drunk he thought it was plausible to park in the middle of state Route 601, put out road flares, and demand license and registration from any driver that passed. [ed.: but still, drunk or not, that’s pretty good attention-to-detail, no?] Associated Press via WGN-TV
The California state gov’t has become a lot like Apple and MasterCard, to name the top-shelf players--pennies (in fees) here, pennies there, and pretty soon, you’re talking big bucks. So when you get a traffic ticket in, say, San Luis Obispo, the fine might be $85, but with all the local, county, state, and special district funding fees, it costs almost $500 to pay off the ticket. Seriously. (This is on purpose because California used to have such a disastrous budget shortfall.) San Luis Obispo Tribune
Best Headline: [from Australia’s NT News in Darwin] Women Aged Under 40 Banned From Northern Territory Man’s Farm After He Threatened Backpacker With A Knife And Forced One To Watch Him Masturbate
And speaking of masturbateurs, this one in Portland, Ore., so annoyed passersby by enjoying himself in a portable toilet (with the door open) that the passersby tipped it over, causing not only a rough landing but . . inside spillage. KPTV
Comments
That might be one reason my cousin still won't truck in Mexafornia. BTW, what's $500 in pesos this week?
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 06/08/15 at 11:29 AM
Vib selfies- I think this is both terrible and hilarious depending on whether or not your own kid is in that class.
Councilwoman mommy- I'm pretty sure some of that stuff she did is illegal. Anybody care?
Parked on a highway- He wanted to run a sobriety checkpoint thinking no one would breathalyze him then.
Ports john jack off- Instant Karma!
Councilwoman mommy- I'm pretty sure some of that stuff she did is illegal. Anybody care?
Parked on a highway- He wanted to run a sobriety checkpoint thinking no one would breathalyze him then.
Ports john jack off- Instant Karma!
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 06/08/15 at 03:59 PM
If California gets any more corrupt it´ll be like living in Greece.
Posted by F.U.D. on 06/08/15 at 04:26 PM
I do believe they surpassed us long, long ago.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 06/08/15 at 11:56 PM
Didn't we just do this?
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 06/08/15 at 11:57 PM
Soapy Sales revisited: The event caused quite a stir on TV morals as I recall. We could not watch TV on school nights. I think the teacher in question had bad intentions in mind with his extra credit project.
Traffic Tickets: Got one in Coral gables FL last year a very upscale community adjoining Miami. Cost of the ticket was not bad but extra fees, taxes, special assessments and surcharges doubled the price.
Masturbator's: The guy in Australia has social issues, perhaps some role playing sheep would help.
The Porta-a- John weeny whacker guy, appropriate, swift, justice by concerned citizens. I hope it landed door down.
Traffic Tickets: Got one in Coral gables FL last year a very upscale community adjoining Miami. Cost of the ticket was not bad but extra fees, taxes, special assessments and surcharges doubled the price.
Masturbator's: The guy in Australia has social issues, perhaps some role playing sheep would help.
The Porta-a- John weeny whacker guy, appropriate, swift, justice by concerned citizens. I hope it landed door down.
Posted by Gator Guy on 06/09/15 at 08:14 PM
The story I read said the people who flipped the port a John flipped it door down on purpose so the offender could not get away before police arrived. Gotta love that vigilante justice!
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 06/10/15 at 07:08 AM
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