2008 Woodie Awards
Through the looking glass
A collection of weird and off-beat news from around the world.
Mike Pingree (MCT)
Issue date: 4/11/07 Section: Opinion
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WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW HER
YOU LOVE HER?
A woman broke her boyfriend's heart when she moved from Prijedor to Mostar in Bosnia and took a job as a waitress. In an effort to get her to come back home, he told her that Mostar was a dangerous place, and set off five bombs in less than a week near her restaurant to prove his point. It worked. She has moved back home and has said that she will marry him when he gets out of jail next year.
HEY CHIEF, I THINK WE'VE GOT A PRETTY
GOOD CLUE HERE
A group of young burglars broke into some condominiums in Orange County, Fla., then later videotaped themselves with the stolen property. But, a few days later, they stole a car and left the incriminating video in the vehicle when they abandoned it.
I'M AS SURPRISED AS YOU ARE, OFFICER
Police in Athens, Tenn., caught a woman dragging a small safe down the road. She told them that she stole it from her boyfriend who came down to the police station and foolishly opened it up. The cops looked inside and found two pistols with the serial numbers filed off and eight grams of crack cocaine. They arrested him.
PANTIES JUST MAKE ME FEEL SO HAPPY
A man was arrested for stealing women's underwear from the laundry rooms of apartment complexes in Pullman, Wash. Police say they recovered more than 100 pounds of bras and panties from the man's home and car. He told detectives that he "had an addiction that he could not break."
UM, DID YOU SAY, `MOST OF IT?'
Police in Edinburgh, Scotland, report that there are more than 100 fistfights every month mostly late at night on weekends outside the busiest bars in the city. Chief Inspector Willy Wills said, "Most of it is due to people drinking too much."
SHE'S DEAD? PERHAPS I WAS MISTAKEN
A judge in Australia was charged with speeding, after his car was tracked by a radar-camera. In court, he said he had loaned the vehicle to a woman friend from America. The story fell apart when it was discovered that the woman had died three years earlier.
YOU LOVE HER?
A woman broke her boyfriend's heart when she moved from Prijedor to Mostar in Bosnia and took a job as a waitress. In an effort to get her to come back home, he told her that Mostar was a dangerous place, and set off five bombs in less than a week near her restaurant to prove his point. It worked. She has moved back home and has said that she will marry him when he gets out of jail next year.
HEY CHIEF, I THINK WE'VE GOT A PRETTY
GOOD CLUE HERE
A group of young burglars broke into some condominiums in Orange County, Fla., then later videotaped themselves with the stolen property. But, a few days later, they stole a car and left the incriminating video in the vehicle when they abandoned it.
I'M AS SURPRISED AS YOU ARE, OFFICER
Police in Athens, Tenn., caught a woman dragging a small safe down the road. She told them that she stole it from her boyfriend who came down to the police station and foolishly opened it up. The cops looked inside and found two pistols with the serial numbers filed off and eight grams of crack cocaine. They arrested him.
PANTIES JUST MAKE ME FEEL SO HAPPY
A man was arrested for stealing women's underwear from the laundry rooms of apartment complexes in Pullman, Wash. Police say they recovered more than 100 pounds of bras and panties from the man's home and car. He told detectives that he "had an addiction that he could not break."
UM, DID YOU SAY, `MOST OF IT?'
Police in Edinburgh, Scotland, report that there are more than 100 fistfights every month mostly late at night on weekends outside the busiest bars in the city. Chief Inspector Willy Wills said, "Most of it is due to people drinking too much."
SHE'S DEAD? PERHAPS I WAS MISTAKEN
A judge in Australia was charged with speeding, after his car was tracked by a radar-camera. In court, he said he had loaned the vehicle to a woman friend from America. The story fell apart when it was discovered that the woman had died three years earlier.
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