2008 Woodie Awards
Through the Looking glass: A collection of weird and off-beat news from around the world...
Mike Pingree ; KRT
Issue date: 2/15/06 Section: News
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DANGER!? I SCOFF AT DANGER! FZZZZZT!
A man in Bellmead, Texas, decided to steal valuable copper wire while it was still attached to high-voltage transformers at an electrical substation, despite posted warnings that such a thing might be dangerous. His next of kin have been notified.
HURRY! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, HURRY! AIEEEE!
A construction worker in Wisconsin discovered that a dog sitting on the railroad tracks for more than two hours was frozen to the tracks by his testicles.
With less than ten minutes before a train was scheduled to go through, the animal control officer freed the dog by yanking him up by the tail, much to his dismay.
OH, HI YOUR HONOR, I WAS JUST, UH, USING THE MENS ROOM
After being found guilty of drunken driving and ordered not to drink alcohol during his six months of probation, a man in Jackson, Mo., promptly went to a nearby restaurant and bar and had a few. Alas, the judge who sentenced him came into that very same place for lunch and spotted him. Probation revoked.
IS IT GETTING WARM IN HERE, OR IS IT JUST ME?
A man from Finland was barred from neighboring Norway because he was arrested 98 times for vagrancy, drunkenness and being a public nuisance. But he snuck back into the country yet again and was soon arrested on a public bus in downtown Bergen, heavily intoxicated and wearing only his undershorts.
Police who are familiar with him say he tends to remove more and more of his clothes as his blood-alcohol level gets higher.
AND THEY'LL NEVER CATCH ON, DUDE
Though he has been told repeatedly that the prison telephones are monitored, a murder suspect in a Florida lockup phoned a friend from jail and told him he was faking insanity so he would be found not competent to stand trial.
"I ain't no rookie when it comes to this, brother," he said. The guards, of course, heard everything.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN TOO.... NOW STEP OUT OF THE CAR
A few days after police in South Elmsall, England, arrested him for driving without a license _ his tenth motor vehicle conviction _ a man was back driving through town once again. He was arrested for the eleventh time when he waved at the officers who recognized him.
FUNNY, YOU DON'T SOUND LIKE DAVE
A man who stole a car from a pizza deliveryman in Des Moines, Iowa, called his buddy to brag about it. Unfortunately, he accidentally dialed an undercover policeman. His arrest was swift
A man in Bellmead, Texas, decided to steal valuable copper wire while it was still attached to high-voltage transformers at an electrical substation, despite posted warnings that such a thing might be dangerous. His next of kin have been notified.
HURRY! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, HURRY! AIEEEE!
A construction worker in Wisconsin discovered that a dog sitting on the railroad tracks for more than two hours was frozen to the tracks by his testicles.
With less than ten minutes before a train was scheduled to go through, the animal control officer freed the dog by yanking him up by the tail, much to his dismay.
OH, HI YOUR HONOR, I WAS JUST, UH, USING THE MENS ROOM
After being found guilty of drunken driving and ordered not to drink alcohol during his six months of probation, a man in Jackson, Mo., promptly went to a nearby restaurant and bar and had a few. Alas, the judge who sentenced him came into that very same place for lunch and spotted him. Probation revoked.
IS IT GETTING WARM IN HERE, OR IS IT JUST ME?
A man from Finland was barred from neighboring Norway because he was arrested 98 times for vagrancy, drunkenness and being a public nuisance. But he snuck back into the country yet again and was soon arrested on a public bus in downtown Bergen, heavily intoxicated and wearing only his undershorts.
Police who are familiar with him say he tends to remove more and more of his clothes as his blood-alcohol level gets higher.
AND THEY'LL NEVER CATCH ON, DUDE
Though he has been told repeatedly that the prison telephones are monitored, a murder suspect in a Florida lockup phoned a friend from jail and told him he was faking insanity so he would be found not competent to stand trial.
"I ain't no rookie when it comes to this, brother," he said. The guards, of course, heard everything.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN TOO.... NOW STEP OUT OF THE CAR
A few days after police in South Elmsall, England, arrested him for driving without a license _ his tenth motor vehicle conviction _ a man was back driving through town once again. He was arrested for the eleventh time when he waved at the officers who recognized him.
FUNNY, YOU DON'T SOUND LIKE DAVE
A man who stole a car from a pizza deliveryman in Des Moines, Iowa, called his buddy to brag about it. Unfortunately, he accidentally dialed an undercover policeman. His arrest was swift