2008 Woodie Awards
Through the Looking Glass
Heather Vandever
Issue date: 8/27/08 Section: Life
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A man called the police emergency number from a Florida casino to report that a slot machine stole his money. Alcohol may have been a factor.Whack! Slam! Whap!...Ouch, That Really Hurts!
After what police called an "ongoing feud," five women between the ages of 16 and 47 got into a major brawl at a Socus, N.Y. apartment building during which one of the ladies bit another on the breast. They were all arrested for Rioting in the Second Degree.
So, Can I Expect Your Check by the End of the Week?
More than a little peeved that his tenants were behind in the rent, a New Castle county, Del., landlord got into his Hummer and crashed it into their residence at 2:30 in the morning.
Wheeeee! Top of the World!...Aieeeee! Crash!
A 14-year-old boy did a bit of skateboarding on the roof of his high school gym in Mission Viejo, Calif., thinking it would be safe as long as he stayed away from the edges. However, he failed to account for the glass skylight in the middle, and plunged 40 feet to the floor below. He is OK.
Hey, Long Time No See.
An old man was arrested for drunk driving in Kullavik, Sweden. The cops cited him, confiscated his license and car keys and drove him home to Kungsbacka. Once inside, he got his spare key and had a cabbie drive him back to his vehicle. But the cabbie called the cops because the guy was still drunk, and they came and arrested him again.
So at Least Some Good Came of It.
A man in Fardal, Norway, tried to get rid of the wasps that had nested in a woodpile beside his garage by spraying lighter fluid on them and lighting a match. The resulting blaze burned down his garage with his car inside. Itdid kill the wasps though.
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