2008 Woodie Awards
Through the Looking glass : A collection of weird and off-beat news from around the world...
Mike Pingree ; KRT
Issue date: 2/22/06 Section: News
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COME ON, IT WILL BE FUN BOR THE BOTH OF US
Prosecutors have charged a Council Bluffs, Iowa, man with kidnapping his own wife, and are accusing him of writing up a "Contract of Wifely Expectations" to reinforce his dominion over her. In it, he afforded her an opportunity to win "Good Behavior Days" for obeying his wishes. One of the provisions stated, "You will be naked within 20 minutes of the kids being in bed."
I KNOW IT WAS AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE
Poachers bulldozed tons of dirt into a lake in Elk, Poland, leaving thousands of fish floundering in just a few inches of water. They then gathered up the fish and fled. Police were alerted when fishermen reported the lake missing.
NOTHING CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG ... KA-BOOOOOM!
A Colorado couple filled a balloon with acetylene, a highly explosive gas used in welding, and put it on the back seat of their car to bring it home and blow it up at a Super Bowl celebration. Unfortunately, it exploded prematurely in their car. Police said it was "amazing that these people weren't killed."
YOU BOYS ARE COMING WITH ME!
The wife of the police chief of Lonoke, Ark., is accused of checking two prisoners out of the jail and taking them to a hotel to have sex.
MIND IF I JOIN YOU GUYS? HEY, COME BACK!
A 6-mile swimming race in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Australia had to be cancelled when a 9-foot-long shark started swimming along with the contestants. Boats picked up the frightened swimmers and chased the shark away.
OH DARLING, I DON'T CARE WHERE WE ARE! TAKE ME!
A couple in their 30s stripped naked and began having sex in broad daylight on a bench across from the office of the mayor of Bariloche, Argentina. A crowd was cheering them on when the police showed up. One official said they were "otherwise two respectable citizens" who were overcome with an uncontrollable urge to have sex in public.
THIS `DOZER BELONG TO YOU, SIR?
Three men stole a bulldozer from a construction site in Phelan, Calif. Police became suspicious when they spotted it at the home of one of the thieves.
OLD HABITS DIE HARD
A man in Limerick Township, Pa., was charged with giving cocaine to a 17-year-old prostitute he allegedly hired from an escort service and who subsequently died in his home. Four days after he made bail, he was arrested for, once again, calling an escort service and soliciting a prostitute.
NO WONDER THE RENT WAS SO CHEAP
A landlord in Parker Bay, Fla., set up hidden cameras in the bedrooms and bathrooms of two dozen female tenants so he could videotape them naked over a period of years. He set up an elaborate system with wires buried under the ground, but was caught when a man noticed the wires coming up into a shed. He opened the door and saw a TV monitor focused in on a bathroom.
Prosecutors have charged a Council Bluffs, Iowa, man with kidnapping his own wife, and are accusing him of writing up a "Contract of Wifely Expectations" to reinforce his dominion over her. In it, he afforded her an opportunity to win "Good Behavior Days" for obeying his wishes. One of the provisions stated, "You will be naked within 20 minutes of the kids being in bed."
I KNOW IT WAS AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE
Poachers bulldozed tons of dirt into a lake in Elk, Poland, leaving thousands of fish floundering in just a few inches of water. They then gathered up the fish and fled. Police were alerted when fishermen reported the lake missing.
NOTHING CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG ... KA-BOOOOOM!
A Colorado couple filled a balloon with acetylene, a highly explosive gas used in welding, and put it on the back seat of their car to bring it home and blow it up at a Super Bowl celebration. Unfortunately, it exploded prematurely in their car. Police said it was "amazing that these people weren't killed."
YOU BOYS ARE COMING WITH ME!
The wife of the police chief of Lonoke, Ark., is accused of checking two prisoners out of the jail and taking them to a hotel to have sex.
MIND IF I JOIN YOU GUYS? HEY, COME BACK!
A 6-mile swimming race in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Australia had to be cancelled when a 9-foot-long shark started swimming along with the contestants. Boats picked up the frightened swimmers and chased the shark away.
OH DARLING, I DON'T CARE WHERE WE ARE! TAKE ME!
A couple in their 30s stripped naked and began having sex in broad daylight on a bench across from the office of the mayor of Bariloche, Argentina. A crowd was cheering them on when the police showed up. One official said they were "otherwise two respectable citizens" who were overcome with an uncontrollable urge to have sex in public.
THIS `DOZER BELONG TO YOU, SIR?
Three men stole a bulldozer from a construction site in Phelan, Calif. Police became suspicious when they spotted it at the home of one of the thieves.
OLD HABITS DIE HARD
A man in Limerick Township, Pa., was charged with giving cocaine to a 17-year-old prostitute he allegedly hired from an escort service and who subsequently died in his home. Four days after he made bail, he was arrested for, once again, calling an escort service and soliciting a prostitute.
NO WONDER THE RENT WAS SO CHEAP
A landlord in Parker Bay, Fla., set up hidden cameras in the bedrooms and bathrooms of two dozen female tenants so he could videotape them naked over a period of years. He set up an elaborate system with wires buried under the ground, but was caught when a man noticed the wires coming up into a shed. He opened the door and saw a TV monitor focused in on a bathroom.