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.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
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.
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.
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