Weird News

Man gives officer a pizza his mind
Corbin, Ky. --------------------- Police in southern Kentucky say they got a surprise delivery after charging a man with shoplifting ------ five pizzas showed up at the station.
                                               Officers say 29-year-old Michael Harp asked to make a call on his cellphone while being booked in Corbin.  A short time later, police say, a pizza delivery driver showed up to deliver to "Officer Wilson," the name of the officer who arrested Harp.
                                               Police say they linked the call to Harp by tracking his cellphone number.  He now faces additional chargers including theft of identity, theft by deception and impersonating a police officer.

Scaredy cats call 9-1-1 for backup
Deland, Fla. ------------------- A cat is heading back home after spending time in quarantine following an attack on its central Flordia owners that prompted a 9-1-1 call.
                                              Police says the Russian blue cat named Kush went berserk inside a Deland home, scratching owners Teresa and James Gregory on their arms and legs.  The couple retreated to a bedroom and called 9-1-1.
                                             Kush was taken to an animal shelter for 10 days.  The Daytona News-Journal reports Kush was well-behaved during the quarantine.  Deland animal control officer Michelle Relander says the  Gregorys had been leaning toward giving the cat up, but changed their minds.

Blowtorch vs. spider ends as expected
Seattle ------------------------- A man who used a can of spray paint and a lighter as a makeshift blowtorch to kill a spider in his laundry room started a blaze that caused $60,000 worth of damage, Seattle fire officials said.
                                            The man and his mother got out of the house, and no injuries were reported in the fire that broke out in the West Seattle home, said Kyle Moore, a spokesman for the Seattle Fire Department.
                                            Moore said the man used the spray paint and lighter as "a self-made blowtorch to kill in the laundry room" of a rental house.

Passive-aggressive fruit carver faces charges
Bantam, Conn. ------------- A 49-year-old Connecticut man faces threatening charges after a woman told police he stabbed a watermelon in a passive-aggressive manner.
                                           The Register Citizen of Torrington reports Carmine Cervellino of Thomaston was arraigned on chargers of threatening and disorderly conduct.  He was released after posting a $500 bond.
                                          Police say the woman had gone to police to report finding drugs, including marijuana, in Cervellino's tool box.  He was not arrested.
                                         They say she later returned home to find the watermelon on the counter with a butcher's knife in it.  She reported that Cervellino then entered the room and began carving the watermelon.  She called the incident passive-aggressive and menacing.

F. Y. I.

Color Coded
Chilean poet Pablo Neruda always wrote in green ink because he believed it was the color of hope.

Celebrate This
Today July 22nd, is Hammock Day.

No Kidding
Seventy percent of red meat eaten world-wide is goat meat.

Still on the Books
In Everett, Washington, it is illegal to display a hypnotized person in a store window.

Quotable
by  Frank A. Clark, American politician (1860-1936)
"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."

High Rise
The Eiffel Tower gets about 6 inches taller in the heat of summer.

F. Y. I.

Celebrate This
Today July 15th, is Gummi Worm Day.  The popular candy was first created by the German company Trolli in 1981.

Nose for Numbers
Experts can estimate a lion's age by the color of its nose, which darkens from pink to black the older it gets.

Table Tidbits
Papaya seeds can be ground and used as a substitute for black pepper. 

Quotable
by  Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter, novelist and poet
"The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world." 

Still on the Books
In Houston, Texas, it is illegal to sell Limburger cheese on Sunday.

Safety Dance
Spiny lobsters migrate from rough waters to the safety of a reef by forming "conga lines" on the ocean floor.

Kennections

                              All five correct answers have something in common.
                              Can you figure what it is?

1.  To honor a dictator, the Russian city of Volgograd was renamed what between 1925 and 1961?

2.  What Newbery-winning 1991 children's book by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is named for Marty Preston's pet beagle?

3.  In 1960, Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia went barefoot while winning what men's Olympic event in 2 hours, 15 minutes?

4.  From the name of a Chicago park at the 1893 World's Fair, what new word was coined for a carnival's center avenue of attractions?

5.  "The history book on the shelf" was "always repeating itself" when what ABBA hit was named the all-time best Eurovision song in 2005?

Bonus :  What's the "Kennection" between all five answers?



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Answers :   1. Stalingrad
                  2. Shiloh
                  3. Marathon
                  4. Midway
                  5. Waterloo
                 Bonus :  All are famous battles in history.
 
                         

Kennections

                             All five correct answers have something in common.
                             Can you figure out what it is?

1.  The late Graham Chapman played "Arthur, King of the Britons" in what 1975 comedy classic?

2.  What Disney character becomes the "Great Prince of the Forest" after his mate gives birth to twin fawns?

3.  Glenn Close earned her fourth Oscar nomination for playing the obsessive Alex Forrest in what 1987 thriller?

4.  What 2010 Lewis Carroll adaptation was director Tim Burton's highest-grossing movie ever?

5.  In what movie does Michael Jordan lead his unusual basketball team to victory over the Monstars?

Bonus :  What's the "Kennection" between all five answers?



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Answers :   1. Monty Python and The Holy Grail
                  2. Bambi
                  3. Fatal Attraction
                  4. Alice in Wonderland
                  5. Space Jam
                 Bonus :  All are movies featuring rabbits

N.Y.'s response: Meat our match

                              Queensbury, N.Y. --------
                               Some car owners are raising a stink after driving a road littered with meat in upstate New York.
                               Dozens of chunks of meat were on the road in front of a mall Thursday in Queensbury, the Post-Star of Glens Falls reported on the meat mystery in the town about 60 miles north of Albany.
                              Police believe meat fell off a truck that might have been heading from a farm or slaughterhouse to a rendering plant, but no one has come forward to claim it.
                              The state Department of Transportation cleaned the meat up, but driver James Teele and other motorists were still dealing with the aftermath later on.
                              Local car washes were busy with motorists trying to obliterate the meat smell.  As many as 35 drivers flocked to Hoffman Car Wash, which started asking them to hose off their cars in a self-sewrvice area before going through the automatic wash, manager Matt Phillips said.

Drivers stop dead in tracks

                              Artists in older times often painted skulls or sculpted skeletons to remind the masses that they're mortal.
                              Something like that sort of happened on Friday July 11th, by accident, about noon, on a busy road in Bucks County, when a corpse fell out of a coroner's office van, laid out for all to see.
                              "Just when I thought I've seen everything.  That's a dead body on a stretcher that launched out of the back of a coroner's vehicle in Feasterville," eyewitness Jerry Bradley wrote on his Facebook page after snapping a photo.
                              The body, according to Bradley's photo, appeared to be wrapped in a blanket, still strapped to a gurney in the middle of Street Road with cars all around it.
                              According to Michael Edwards, a spokesman for Bucks County, the driver immediately  knew that a "rear door mechanical malfunction had taken place during the transport of a deceased individual" and immediately returned to thescene to return the deceased to the vehicle, with the help of a bystander.
                              The county did not identify the deceased and it was not clear yesterday whether family members were notified of the accident.
                              "Care was taken to respect the deceased individual in this instance.  The Bucks County Coroner's Office deeply regrets this incident and will take steps to ensure that it is not repeated in the future."
                              Bradley, the eyewitness who snapped the photo, could not be reached for comment.

Just can't stop the music that's in my pants

                              For the most part, my smartphone and I get along smartly.
                              It takes and receives my phone calls, checks my email, displays my photos and reminds me about appointments, many of which I'd just as soon forget.
                             And I keep learning new things it can do.
                             Recently, for instance, I pressed an icon on the screen that displays text messages I didn't know were there.  Apparently, I was supposed to have met my wife for dinner somewhere on April 11.
                             But now I've discovered a whole new feature or my smartphone:  It plays music.
                             Whether I want it to or not.
                             This discovery happens the other day when my wife says, "Your pants are making music."
                             "I love it when you talk dirty," I reply.
                             "No, I mean, there"s music coming out of your pants pocket.  You must have made a butt call with your phone."
                             I pull the phone out of my pocket and, sure enough, "Home on the Range" is coming out of its tiny little speaker.
                             So I press the home button to stop it.  It does not stop it.
                             What it does is display a photo of some guy named Cowboy Joe.  I have no idea who Cowboy Joe is, or how he got into my pants, but I definitely want to get rid of him.
                             "Just turn off the phone," my wife suggests.
                             I turn off the phone.  But not Cowboy Joe.  He keeps singing about deer and antelope playing.  I turn the phone back on, which makes Joe sing even louder.
                             At this point, I do what I always do when faced with electronic devices that have multiple buttons.  I start pressing all of them.  None of them stop the music, but one of the buttons connects me with Siri, who asks how she can help me.
                             "How can I get rid of this music," I shout.
                             I have to shout to be heard over Cowboy Joe's warbling about the skies not being cloudy all day.
                             "I'm sorry," Siri says, "I didn't get that."
                             While this conversation takes place, my wife is on her tablet searching for instructions.
                             "Stop the music," I shout again.
                             "I'm sorry, I didn't .................."
                             "I said stop the music, you stupid twit," I yell.
                             "Did you just call me a twit?" my wife yells.
                             "Not you, her."
                             "Well, don't call her names, either."
                             Finally, my wife finds a site that informs us there's no "off button for whatever started the music, only a pause button.
                             Which means we have not necessarily heard the last of Cowboy Joe.
                              But if he ever starts singing in my pants again, the words Cowboy Joe hears are going to be a lot worse than discouraging.

Saving Bucks Tips to Save on Fuel

                              When a light turns green, do you accelerate gradually or do you gun it?  Is your trunk full of junk?  Do you keep your air filter clean?
                               If you're looking to reduce your fuel costs, answers to these questions matter.
                               Recently, the $aving Bucks crew ventured out to the AAA Car Care Center in Willow Grove, where manager Richard Santiago shared a few ways you can alter your driving and car-maintenance habits to save a few dollars.
                               Santiago's advice on changing driving habits so you can conserve gas:

• At a light?  Don't rev your engine; you're using up gas.  Accelerate gradually.
• Coming to a stop sign or a red light?  If you let go of the gas pedal earlier and coast rather than brake at the last minute, you'll save gas.
• Is your trunk full of junk?  Get it out and pack only necessary items.  For every 100 pounds you add to your car, you lose 1 percent to 2 percent of fuel efficiency.  If you eliminate 100 pounds, you can save 6 cents per gallon of gas.
• Don't drive so fast.  For every 5 mph you knock off your speedometer, you reduce fuel consumption by 7 percent.  If you're driving 60 mph and slow to 55, you'll save yourself 27 cents a gallon.
• If you're not in the car driving, don't leave it running.  Every two minutes you leave the car idling, you'll lose 1 cent per gallon.              

                            A few more tips that can save you money:

• Maintain the vehicle.  Simple checks and routine maintenance can help prevent costly repairs and, most important, a headache, when you're supposed to be enjoying yourself.
• Check those tires.  You can improve your gas mileage by up to 3.3 percent simply by keeping your tires inflated to the right pressure.  Tread Depth-Bridgestone has tested tread depth and verified a low tread depth saves you money by increasing fuel economy by up to 4 percent.  Make sure your tires are wearing evenly.  Poor wheel alignment forces the vehicle to work harder and can reduce gas mileage by as much as 10 percent.
• Change your oil.  Make sure you get the oil changed as recommended in the owner's manual or by your dealer.  A buildup of oil deposits and sludgy oil can decrease the performance of the engine, which, in turn, leads to higher fuel consumption.  Also, without proper lubrication, more friction between the engine parts would occur, which would affect gas mileage.  And make sure you're using the recommended grade of motor oil; this can improve gas mileage by 1 percent to 2 percent.
• Check your fluids, belts and hoses.  This can help prevent a costly repair that not only harms your pocket, it reduces your enjoyment if a problem occurs while you're on vacation.
• Get a tuneup.  Replacing spark plugs and servicing the fuel system can improve mileage by 4 percent and save you up to 15 cents a gallon.
• Replace the air filter.  Simply by replacing your air filter, you can improve gas mileage by as much as 10 percent.  Recent studies show that as much as 25 percent of all cars on the road could use a new air filter.

                         These tips, provided by AAA's Santiago, will certainly help my family save bucks.
                         I hope they'll help you, too!

F. Y. I.

Quotable
by  Hafiz, Persian poet and mystic (1324 A.D.--1391 A.D.)
"The words you speak become the house you live in."

Still on the Books
In Anniston, Alabama, wearing blue jeans on Noble Street is prohibited.

By the Numbers
A single cow yields about 90 glasses of milk per day or about 200,000 glasses of milk per lifetime.

Substantive Change
Sea cucumbers can change from a liquid to a solid because collagen in their skin is capable of both excreting and absorbing water.

Celebrate This
Today July 8th, is SCUD Day, a day to Savor the Comic and Unplug the Drama.

Shades of Blue
 Early American colonists made gray paint out of blueberries by boiling them in milk.

Weird News

Someone call Locks of Love
Kodiak, Alaska --------- If you've seen a lot of longhaired men on Alaska's Kodiak Island, this might be the reason.
                                       A new study finds the city of Kodiak has the priciest men's haircut in the nation, on average, at $26.67 a cut.  The national average is $13.95.  The figure is in a state Labor Department report comparing cost of living data for more than 300 cities.

Great fall too much, Humpty Dumpty to be rebuilt
Salem, Ore. ------------- The nursery rhyme proved right: Humpty Dumpty couldn't be put together again.
                                      But the owner of an Oregon tourist attraction vows to build Humpty anew.  Last weekend, two men planning a photograph jumped on the wall where the statue of rebar, cement, sand and plaster had sat for 40 years.
                                      And, you know how it goes: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
                                      Sculptor Roger Tofte said Humpty was in too many pieces to fix, but the two men offered to pay for a new one.  He said it will take a month to build.

Pig threatens kids walking through Maine woods
Oakland, Maine ------- Police in this Maine town are looking for a pig that threatened two children were walking through the woods.
                                      Capt. Rick Stubbert said the children were walking along a trail in the wooded area between the local middle school and the high school about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday when the pig confronted them "screaming at the kids and chasing them."
                                       Officers, including animal control, responded to the pig was real, they didn't find the animal.

Pilot buys pizzas for stranded passingers
Cheyenne, Wyo. -------- Faced with potentially hungry ------ and grumpy ------- passengers, a Frontier Airlines pilot treated them to pizza when storms diverted a Denver-bound flight to Cheyenne, where the plane was stuck for a couple of hours.
                                       Cheyenne Domino's Pizza manager Andrew Ritchie said he got a call about 10 p.m. Monday just as he was about to send employees home.  Ritchie said pilot Gerhard Bradner told him he needed to feed 160 people ------ fast.
                                        Ritchie said his crew delivered about 35 pizzas to the airport, where the driver handed the food off to flight attendants.

Pennsylvania man's draft notice was 102 years late
Kennerdell, Pa. --------- A Pennsylvania woman said her late father received notice to register for the nation's military draft ----- 102 years too late.
                                       Martha Weaver, now in her 80s, said the Selective Service System notice arrived last Saturday in Rockland Township, Venango County.  The notice warns that failure to register is "punishable by a fine and imprisonment."  Her father, who would have turned 18 in 1912, died in 1992.
                                       Weaver suspects the confusion was spawned by the incorrect birth date on the form, which lists the birth year as 1994.

Grandmom succeeds where 2 cops fail

                              Something was weird about the young guy Pam Krewson saw sitting at McDonald's, at Broad and Arch streets in Philadelphia.  He had a woman's pocketbook under his arm.
                              Maybe he's holding it for a girlfriend, Krewson thought as she bought her coffee.  But then she saw him leave, carrying an oblong ladies' wallet.
                              Suspicious, she inspected the booth where he'd been sitting.  Shoved into the seat crevice was the pocketbook, empty.
                               "Oh, no, you didn't," said Krewson, 60.  She thought about the times she'd lost her own pocketbook and how miserable it had been to cancel credit cards, replace keys, earn back the dollars that had gone missing.  So she grabbed the pocketbook and her coffee and followed the man, who was walking north on Broad.
                             She trailed him from across the street while she puzzled over what to do.  Relieved, she noticed two uniformed Philadelphia police officers heading toward her.
                             "I said, 'Excuse me, that man over there has a wallet that isn't his!" recalls Krewson, a grandmother who works as a clerk for the Department of Human Services.  "I showed them the empty pocketbook and told them how the man had it in McDonald's."
                             The officers -------- she didn't get their badge numbers but says they were youngish white males ----- told her they were off-duty and didn't have their radios with them.
                             So there was nothing they could do, they told her.  They advised her to do nothing, too, because the man might be dangerous.
                             "They wouldn't even accompany me, for moral support.  I mean, they had guns and bulletproof vests!" says Krewson.  Her own son is a police officer, married to a detective, so she knows that bulky-vest look when she sees it. 
                             Disgusted, she ignored their advice and confronted the perp at Broad and Vine streets.
                             "I might've been scared if he was 6-foot-5 and weighed 250," says Krewson, who describes herself as "a person who gets involved when something happens."  But he was about her height ----5-foot-4 ----- skinny and toothless.
                             "I held up the pocketbook and said,'Yo, pal, does this look familiar?" says Krewson.  "He immediately said, 'I went to your house to return it, but no one was home!'  I said, 'Really?  What address?' Of course, he had no answer.  I told him to hand over the wallet."
                            He obliged but asked Krewson to first remove three things he'd tucked in the wallet: his library card, driver's license and  ----- wait for it ----- his probation officer's business card.
                            "I gave him back the library card and the license but I kept the probation card.  I said, I'm keeping this, pal!  And I'm sure you'll be hearing from your probation officer.'"
                            And then they parted ways, which must've been one awkward goodbye.
                            Back at work, Krewson examined the wallet's innards and found credit, debit and insurancecards and a passport issued to someone named Ariane Burke-Finucan.  She looked up her number and called her.
                            Burke-Finucan was home, in Fairmount, with her son Owen, 4.  She'd taken off work because her pocketbook ----- which had held her keys ------ had gone missing the day before while she lunched in Sister Cities Park on Logan Square.  She'd canceled her bank cards and was at that moment having the locks changed on her house.
                            "I screamed when Pam told me she had my purse," says Burke-Finucan.  "I felt like I had my identity back."
                            An hour later, she and Owen met Krewson at LOVE Park, where Krewson was waiting with the wallet ----- and a balloon for Owen.
                            "She was so courageous!" says Burke-Finucan, 34, who moved with her husband and son from Pittsburg to Philly two years ago and works at the Philadelphia Education Fund.  "I wanted to give her something for her trouble, but she said I should pay it forward."
                            Later, she sent Krewson thank-you flowers and chocolate-covered strawberries.  The card read, "To my favorite Philadelphian."
                            Obviously, Krewson took a risk when she confronted the perp, which the Philadelphia police don't suggest we do, says spokesman Lt. John Sanford.
                            "We advise you to call 9-1-1 instead," he says, because the perp may be armed.
                            That's why, he says, it was wise for the uniformed officers not to confront the perp themselves, since they'd be unable to radio for backup if things got hairy.

F. Y. I.

Celebrate This
Today June 24th, is Pralines Day

Still on the Books
In Rhode Island, any marriage where either of the parties is an idiot or a lunatic is null and void.

Feats of Flight
A Boeing 747 is made up of six million parts.

Quotable 
by  Bob Marley, musician (1945-1981)
"The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you.  You just got to find the ones worth suffering for."

Big Bite
An elephant's tooth can weigh as much as 12 pounds.

Nuts about Chocolate
Chocolate producers globally use about 20 percent of the world's peanut crops and 40 percent of all of almonds grown every year.

The Month of July

• July 01 : Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day
•   "   02  : I Forgot Day
•   "   03  : Stay Out of the Sun Day
•   "   04  : National Country Music Day
•   "   05  : Work-a-holics Day
•   "   06  : National Fried Chicken Day
•   "   07  : National Strawberry Sundae Day
•   "   08  : Video Games Day
•   "   09  : National Sugar Cookie Day
•   "   10  : Teddy Bear Picnic Day
•   "   11  : Cheer up the Lonely Day
•   "   12  : Different Colored Eyes Day
•   "   13  : Embrace Your Geekiness Day
•   "   14  : Pandemonium Day
•   "   15  : Tapioca Pudding Day
•   "   16  : National Nude Day
•   "   17  : Yellow Pig Day
•   "   18  : National Caviar Day
•   "   19  : National Raspberry Cake Day
•   "   20  : Moon Day
•   "   21  : National Junk Food Day
•   "   22  : Ratcatcher's Day
•   "   23  : National Hot Dog Day
•   "   24  : Cousins Day
•   "   25  : Culinarians Day
•   "   26  : Aunt and Uncle Day
•   "   27  : Parent's Day
•   "   28  : National Milk Chocolate Day
•   "   29  : National Lasagna Day
•   "   30  : National Cheesecake Day
•   "   31  : Mutt's Day

Kennections

                             All five correct answers have something in common.
                             Can you figure out what it is?

1.  McDonald's salads include the romaine and iceberg varieties of what vegetable?

2. What surname is shared by rapper Andre 3000 of OutKast and a U.S. Army private once played by Goldie Hawn?

3. According to the biblical books of Deuteronomy and Matthew, "man shall not live by" what "alone"?

4. What term describes a golfer so good that his or her handicap is zero?

5. In 1968, Mr. R. D. Trebilcox won a car for suggesting what name for Milwaukee's new NBA franchise?

Bonus : What's the "Kennection" between all five answers?



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Answers :    1. Lettuce
                    2. Benjamin
                    3. Bread
                    4. Scratch
                    5. Bucks
                    Bonus : All are slang terms for money.

F. Y. I.

Still on the Books
In Westminster, Colorado, it is against the law to get lost between 9 p.M. and 4 a.m.

Ladybug Lore
According to superstition, if a young girl catches a ladybug and then releases it, her future husband will come from the direction in which it flies away.

True HeadTurner
Unlike most other whales, the beluga has a flexible neck that enables it to turn its head in all directions.

Before Fame
Hugh Jackman was once a boys' gym teacher at a school in England.

Quotable
by  Henry James, American-born English essayist and author (1843-1916)
"Summer afternoon --------- summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."

Table Tidbits
Watermelons, which are 92 percent water, were used as canteens by early explorers.

Complete the Titles of These Perry Como Hits

1.  Till the _______________              A) Only Girl in the World
2.  You're Just ____________             B) Stars Get in Your Eyes
3.  Papa _________________             C) of Love
4.  Forever _______________            D) Adorable
5.  It's ___________________            E) Chasing Rainbows
6.  Don't Let the ___________             F) End of Time
7.  If You Were the _________            G) Love
8.  "A"----You're ___________           H) in Love
9.  You Must Have Been _____            I) Impossible
10. Prisoner _______________           J) Loves Mambo
11. No Other _______________         K) a Beautiful Baby
12. I'm Always _____________          L) and Ever



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Answers :  1. - F  ; 2. - H  ; 3. - J  ; 4. - L  ; 5. - I  ; 6. - B  ; 7. - A  ; 8. - D  ; 9. - K  ; 10. - C  ; 11. - G  ; 12. - E

Jokes

There's the Rub
A couple was celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary with friends when a genie appeared and said, "I will grant each of you one wish."
"I want to travel the world," said the wife.  Poof ! ------ she was showered with plane tickets.
Seeing his wife's wish granted, the husband said, "I want a wife 30 years younger."  Poof ----- he was 90.

In the Bullpen
Two major league pitchers wondered if baseball was played in heaven.  They eventually agreed that whoever died first would let the other know.  A few months later, one died and as promised returned .  "The good news is that, yes, baseball is played in heaven,"  the spirit told his fellow pitcher.  "The bad news is that you're slated to pitch next Thursday."

Trading Up
A woman rushed into a police station with her neighbor to report her husband was missing.  The police asked for a description.
"He's 30, 6'5", with curly blond hair, an athletic build, and a great sense of humor,"  she replied.
"What?" her neighbor said.  "Your husband's 5'3", bald, fat, and crabby."
"OK," the wife shrugged.  "But who wants him back?"

A La Carte
Sally and Michael dated for five years yet not once did he bring up marriage.
"You've waited long enough," Sally's mother said.  "Next time you're out, drop a hint."
On Saturday night, they went to a Chinese restaurant.  Looking at the menu, Michael asked, "How do you want your rice?"
Without hesitation, Sally replied.
"Thrown."