2008 Woodie Awards
Through the Looking Glass
McClatchy-Tribune News
Mike Pingree
Issue date: 11/14/07 Section: Life
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BUT OFFICER, THEY VIOLATED MY RIGHTS
A man and his wife returned to their Montgomery, Ala., home to discover that a burglar had broken and vandalized the place, emptying drawers, knocking over cabinets, smashing things and throwing their belongings all over the place. While they were agonizing over this, the burglar walked back into the house wearing the man's hat. The homeowner pulled a gun and forced the man to clean the place up. The burglar later complained to police that the man had put him on clean-up duty. The officer laughed at him and said he was lucky the guy didn't shoot him.
NO, SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME, BUT I FEEL I KNOW HER
In an effort to break up her ex-boyfriend's marriage, a Connecticut woman posted a phony profile of the man's wife on an adult Web site. She told police she did it "to be vindictive, knowing that the profile would create marital problems." Her former beau became aware of the scam when strange men began calling the house, asking for his wife.
LET'S SEE, WHERE TO BEGIN
A man in Monticello, N.Y., was arrested for driving the wrong way down a divided highway, drunk, with an open container of beer in an uninsured, uninspected car, with license plates belonging to another vehicle, not wearing a seatbelt and with an unsecured 2-year-old child in the back seat.
GO AHEAD, LADIES, I DARE YOU
After the bars and strip joints in El Alto, Bolivia, were shut down, local prostitutes threatened to protest by marching naked in the streets.
HEY, ONE DRINK CAN'T HURT
An alcoholic who hadn't had a drink for 16 months, suddenly fell off the wagon at a Wal-Mart in Mukwonago, Wis., and swilled down seven bottles of spiked lemonade in the liquor aisle. He told police, "I just couldn't control myself."
YES, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
Police, investigating drug trafficking being conducted in an apartment in Paceville, Malta, had their suspicions confirmed when a man answered the door wearing only a T-shirt and holding a bar of cannabis resin in his hand.
SHE'S KNOWN AS THE TOUGHEST WOMAN ALIVE
A barmaid at the Premier Hotel in Pinjarra, Australia, was arrested for baring her breasts and crushing beer cans between them.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
A man, falsely claiming to have kidnapped her daughter, called a woman in Washington and tricked her into engaging in phone sex with him. They were on the phone for about 15 minutes before the woman got wise.
YOU DO KNOW YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, RIGHT?
Even though he had snuck into the country 12 years ago, an illegal alien from Mexico approached a deputy sheriff outside the courthouse in Pittsburgh to ask about his drunk driving arrest. He admitted that he had no driver's license or green card, and, in fact, he had already been deported.
A man and his wife returned to their Montgomery, Ala., home to discover that a burglar had broken and vandalized the place, emptying drawers, knocking over cabinets, smashing things and throwing their belongings all over the place. While they were agonizing over this, the burglar walked back into the house wearing the man's hat. The homeowner pulled a gun and forced the man to clean the place up. The burglar later complained to police that the man had put him on clean-up duty. The officer laughed at him and said he was lucky the guy didn't shoot him.
NO, SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME, BUT I FEEL I KNOW HER
In an effort to break up her ex-boyfriend's marriage, a Connecticut woman posted a phony profile of the man's wife on an adult Web site. She told police she did it "to be vindictive, knowing that the profile would create marital problems." Her former beau became aware of the scam when strange men began calling the house, asking for his wife.
LET'S SEE, WHERE TO BEGIN
A man in Monticello, N.Y., was arrested for driving the wrong way down a divided highway, drunk, with an open container of beer in an uninsured, uninspected car, with license plates belonging to another vehicle, not wearing a seatbelt and with an unsecured 2-year-old child in the back seat.
GO AHEAD, LADIES, I DARE YOU
After the bars and strip joints in El Alto, Bolivia, were shut down, local prostitutes threatened to protest by marching naked in the streets.
HEY, ONE DRINK CAN'T HURT
An alcoholic who hadn't had a drink for 16 months, suddenly fell off the wagon at a Wal-Mart in Mukwonago, Wis., and swilled down seven bottles of spiked lemonade in the liquor aisle. He told police, "I just couldn't control myself."
YES, HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
Police, investigating drug trafficking being conducted in an apartment in Paceville, Malta, had their suspicions confirmed when a man answered the door wearing only a T-shirt and holding a bar of cannabis resin in his hand.
SHE'S KNOWN AS THE TOUGHEST WOMAN ALIVE
A barmaid at the Premier Hotel in Pinjarra, Australia, was arrested for baring her breasts and crushing beer cans between them.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
A man, falsely claiming to have kidnapped her daughter, called a woman in Washington and tricked her into engaging in phone sex with him. They were on the phone for about 15 minutes before the woman got wise.
YOU DO KNOW YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, RIGHT?
Even though he had snuck into the country 12 years ago, an illegal alien from Mexico approached a deputy sheriff outside the courthouse in Pittsburgh to ask about his drunk driving arrest. He admitted that he had no driver's license or green card, and, in fact, he had already been deported.
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