THE CONTINUING CRISIS A rider on the New York City subway employed a novel way of protecting his personal space on Feb. 7, Fox News reported. The seated passenger removed a bottle of ketchup from his bag and squirted a squiggly perimeter on the floor around his seat, apparently hoping to keep fellow straphangers away. Twitter erupted with funny comments after one user posted … [Read more...] about News of the Weird: Trapped in a sewer, catty lawsuit, and more
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News of the Weird: You won’t guess what Serena Swindle did, and more
OOPS Juan Zamora, 63, of Kissimmee, Florida, needed directions on Feb. 8 and flashed his headlights at a Marion County Sheriff's squad car to ask for help, the Ocala Star-Banner reported. Deputy Calvin Batts obliged, but during the conversation, he noticed Zamora smelled like alcohol and was unsteady on his feet, according to the arrest report. Zamora then resisted Batts' … [Read more...] about News of the Weird: You won’t guess what Serena Swindle did, and more
News of the Weird: Don’t let a squirrel house-sit, cosplaying as Mom, and more
QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENT Four Amish men pleaded guilty in Gladwin County (Michigan) District Court on Jan. 8 to charges stemming from an earlier incident in Beaverton Township. According to the Midland Daily News, deputies from the Gladwin County Sheriff's office responded on Dec. 29 to a call from a concerned motorist who observed the four men tossing empty beer cans from the … [Read more...] about News of the Weird: Don’t let a squirrel house-sit, cosplaying as Mom, and more
News of the Weird: Ewe needs a bra, Christmas gift gone wrong, and chicken vs. pig
TRUE LOVE Kelly McGraw, 37, of Portsmouth, England, and her husband, James, 40, have enjoyed playing pranks on each other throughout their 24-year marriage. But before Christmas, as James was plotting a way to get back at Kelly for a "dodgy" haircut she'd given him, he came up with a gloriously permanent idea: He had his thigh tattooed with a less-than-flattering photo of … [Read more...] about News of the Weird: Ewe needs a bra, Christmas gift gone wrong, and chicken vs. pig
News of the Weird: A serial doorbell licker, inexplicable bologna, PokeWeddings, and more
PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US Asparagus is healthy and delicious. But for 63-year-old Jemima Packington of Bath, England, the columnar vegetable is much more: Packington is an asparamancer, a person who can foretell the future by tossing the spears into the air and seeing how they land. "When I cast the asparagus, it creates patterns, and it is the patterns I interpret," … [Read more...] about News of the Weird: A serial doorbell licker, inexplicable bologna, PokeWeddings, and more