8-foot Alligator vs. Police

Today an 8-foot alligator held up highway traffic in San Antonio, Texas. The police that arrived on the scene didn't know what to do with the alligator. They tried to scare it off the road with their sirens, but that didn't work. So the next logical step was - to do what any guy would do - throw things at it. The police threw orange traffic cones at the alligator. Which also did not work, the alligator just bit the cones - and the patrol car's bumper. Finally the police led the alligator off the road and into a drainage ditch with a lasso and a metal pole.

Did they really think that hitting a EIGHT FOOT alligator with soft plastic traffic cones would work? That is funny, I wish that there was a video to go with the article.

Here is the story:
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bizarre&id=5258236

Watch Out Superman! Scientists Discover 'Kryptonite'

I read the title and I sincerely thought, you cannot be serious...but oh they are. A mineral recently discovered in Serbia has the same composition as kryptonite...you know, the one that makes superman not so super anymore? While the material is not a perfect match, its chemical breakdown is strikingly similar.

The material is white, powdery and not radioactive, lacking the glowing green crystals found in the Superman comics. It will be formally named Jadarite when it is described in the European Journal of Mineralogy later this year

If they found Kryptonite, you KNOW Superman is going to be discovered.

So Maybe I Won't Win the World Record After All

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LIFELONG_LEARNER?SITE=PAGRE&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-04-27-04-23-00

When 95-year-old Nola Ochs graduates next month, she will be the world's oldest college graduate. The record Ochs will break, according to Guinness World Records, belongs to Mozelle Richardson, who at age 90 in 2004 received a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma.

Ochs did not plan to break records. She started taking classes at a community college in 1972; a class here and there over the years, until she was close to having enough hours for an undergraduate degree.

Last fall, Ochs moved the 100 miles from her farm to an apartment at Fort Hays State University to complete the final 30 hours to get a general studies degree with an emphasis on history.

With her white hair pulled into a bun, Nola Ochs walks purposely down hallways to classes with her books in a cloth tote bag. Students nod and smile; she is described as witty, charming and down to earth.

"I don't dwell on my age” Ochs says. “It might limit what I can do but as long as I have my mind and health, it's just a number."

"We should all be so lucky and do such amazing things. Her achievement challenges us all to reach for our own goals and dreams," said Tom Nelson, chief operating officer of the American Association of Retired Persons.

I truly thought I was gonna be the oldest person to ever earn their degree. Maybe I should shoot for both...the college degree AND an entry in the Guinness Book. :o)

Teen 'bored' by not enough classes will graduate college in a year

A 19-year-old suburban Detroit resident is on track to graduate from The University of Michigan after just a year of study. Nicole Matisse will graduate with a bachelor's degree in psychology.

As a student at Lahser High School, Matisse had exhausted the curriculum by her junior year. Between the exams she passed on eight advanced placement courses and the eight classes she took at Oakland Community College, she had amassed enough credits to enter the university last fall as a junior.

"When I got to U-M, I only took 19 credits, and I was bored and craved more credits," she told The Detroit News for a Wednesday story. "So even when I took 27 credits this semester, I felt I could have added even more."

"She's taking in one semester the course load that most people take in two," Wessel Walker, her academic adviser said. "She is one determined young lady."

Matisse's next step is to start as a first-year student at the Wayne State University law school in Detroit.

Who in their right mind would want to take that many course and not be sick of it? lol







Story: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bizarre&id=5243332

Cheese Closes Roadway for Nine Hours

In Chicago this morning, a tractor-trailer swerved across the Chicago Skyway to avoid hitting a car. The truck spun out, turned over, broke in two. The contents of the truck spilled all over the road and closed the road for nine hours. The truck was carrying mozzarella cheese, which then covered the road and the surrounding area. Crews worked for hours and hours cleaning up cheese, some of it spilled from it's packaging and it had to be picked up by hand. The weather was pretty warm today. I bet that smelled great, mmmmm hot asphalt and cheeese. Though it could be worse, ever smell blue cheese? Imagine tons of warm blue cheese baking on a high way, gross.

Here's the story:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bizarre&id=5237098

Man Shot at Firefighters Who Refused to Rescue His Cat

Personally, I am a cat person. In my later years I will probably turn into the crazy old cat lady. However, I don't know that I would go as far as shooting firefighters because they wouldn't get my cat out of a tree, for a reason...

Jeffrey Francis Cullen, 59, of Kingman, reported a tree fire on Aug. 17. Once the three-person crew arrived, Cullen told them he wanted his cat rescued from the tree.
Hualapai Valley Fire Department spokeswoman Sandy Edwards said a battalion chief told Cullen to call animal control or to wait for the cat to get hungry and come down.
The response apparently angered Cullen, who retrieved a small handgun from his home and came out shooting.

Thankfully no one had been shot. Apparenly Cullen admitted after his arrest that he had been drinking. This nice act lead him to a sentence of spending 5 months in jail. I love cats, but man, settle down. Cats have sharp nails, if they can get up the tree, they certaily can get down it once they are ready...at least in my experience

High Flyin' Granny

NEW MELLE, Mo.- Emma Hanner, a 78-year old grandmother of five, suffered only minor injuries Thursday when she was forced to make an emergency landing...in her airplane.

Mrs. Hanner, who has flown a couple of times a week for nearly four decades, recently moved to Denver from North Carolina to be closer to her children and said she was ferrying the plane to her new home when "it just quit." She does however plan to have it repaired in Missouri and continue the flight, if her family will let her.

Daughter Carol Hanner said the family won't ground her, at least not yet. "We will wait for the official findings before we have that family discussion," she said.

Thankfully this woman was not critically injured in this incident; but what happened to Bridge, Canasta, or knitting as a hobby for old people? It’s scary enough when they try to drive a car…but fly a plane…?

Story: http://www.mercurynews.com/weirdnews/ci_5714901

Man accused of drunken lawnmower driving

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bizarre&id=5216900

A West Monroe man is free on bond after an arrest for driving while intoxicated on a lawnmower. Larry Minniefield, 48, got arrested on one count of driving while intoxicated and driving an unsafe vehicle, which was a lawnmower.

Deputies were working another complaint Friday night when they noticed Minniefield drive by on a John Deere lawnmower. A short time later, deputies noticed him drive by on the lawnmower again, and that he appeared to be intoxicated and driving in the middle of the road.


He was arrested and deputies returned the lawnmower to Minniefield's mother. Minniefield was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center and posted $650 bond.

This reminds me of my neighbor, he drives every day during the summer to his mothers down the street on his yellow lawnmower.

What would you do if you saw a guy driving a lawnmower down the middle of the road?

Swimming for 9 Weeks - with Piranhas

Martin Strel swam 3,272 miles in 9 weeks to set a world record for distance swimming. He endored exhaustion, nausea, dizziness, sunburn, delirium, - and piranhas swimming down the Amazion River. Strel i s 52 years old and has already set three world records. He suffered second-degree sun burns, swollen eyes, larvae infections, and abrasions from his wet suit on the first couple of days he was swimming. At that point you would have to be insane to keep swimming. But all that didn't stop Strel. He then ran into piranhas that eat flesh, toothpick fish that suck blood, and bull sharks - and that didn't stop him either. He swam for NINE WEEKS, that's 3 months straight. This story just got stranger and stranger the more I read, but the most bizarre thing is that somehow this guy managed to survive.

Here's the story:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bizarre&id=5191704

New York Cheating Survey

A survey has recently been taken in New York, from "Men's Health" and "Women's Health" magazine and they involves opinions of both male and female respondents. The topic is cheating and the survey shoots out the differences in attitude towards monogamous relationships.

The survey has concluded that when it comes to cheating, or the definiton of cheating, the answers can be very ambiguous. What one cosiders cheating, another may consider just friendly behavior or harmless flirting.
Women don't blame cheating for the main cause of a past break-up while men blame over half of all break-ups on cheating. Men also are half as likely to admit to cheating on their significant other.

The truth is that men and women are two very different creatures. Most men are not sensitive and most women are extremely sentimental. Women makes all the rules, but the rules only apply to the men, not for both parties. Therefore, we have a double standard leading to mass confusion and poor interpretations of terms associated with relationships.

this article may be found at: http://www.davesdaily.com/interesting/women-men-cheating.htm

Crocodile Chomps Off Zoo Worker's Arm

When I was little I had always wanted to be a veterinarian. To this day I would still love to take care of exotic animals if given the chance so I can one day own a mountain lion...and I will. However, one species I would be afraid of handling would be crocs. I love reptiles, but not ones who see me as food.

A zoo worker had his forearm reattached Thursday, April 12th after his colleagues recovered the severed limb from the mouth of a 440-pound Nile crocodile, an official said. The croc had severed Chang Po-yu's forearm when he tried to remove a tranquilizer dart from the reptile's hide. Apparently Chang did not notice that the croc was no longer feeling the effects of the tranquilizer when he reached in to remove the dart.

Zoo officials shot a few bullets (which didn't hit the croc) to stun the reptile in order to drop Chang's forearm. Before I would reach into a cage with anything that is huge with nice sharp teeth, I would make sure that this thing was dopped up enough to not even notice me. Being a vet at a zoo has its ups and downs, and I think from now on this vet is going to be a lot more careful arounc crocodiles. Crikey...

Another reason that revenge is a dish best served cold

A Byron, MN man, who was charged with distributing sexually vulgar stickers, has been sentenced to four months in jail after pleading guilty to a felony harassment charge.

62 year old Thomas Carl Tiedeman, appeared in Dodge County District Court on March 21, and was also ordered to serve five years probation, perform 32 hours of community service and pay a $100 fine.

The stickers featured a photo of his ex-girlfriend, and included her name, phone number and address, along with the phrase "call me now for the best," according to the criminal complaint.

The Kasson, MN Police Department received reports in September that someone was placing the stickers on vehicles and buildings in Kasson.

On Sept. 28, Kasson police searched Tiedeman's home and found the photo used on the stickers. Tiedeman admitted to police that he had printed about 20 stickers and placed them on random vehicles.

So, if you and your significant other decide to part ways, I'd opt for writing bad things about them in the bathroom stall rather than printing them on stickers and then wallpapering the community with it.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LEWD_STICKERS?SITE=PAGRE&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-04-13-19-42-38

Sheriff writes himself a ticket

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bizarre&id=5193548

Kocken issued himself a ticket March 27 for an unsafe lane change, three weeks after he rear-ended a suspected speeder as the driver slowed down to turn.

"As sheriff, I'm held to the highest standard in law enforcement. How can I hold officers accountable if I don't hold myself accountable?" he said. "I'm satisfied I'm doing the right thing."

After he mentioned that it kept brothering him, he wrote himself a $160.80 ticket.

The 52-year-old sheriff told investigators he was trailing a vehicle to determine its speed when he had to swerve to avoid a snowblower wheel in his lane. He moved into the other driver's lane and hit the car when the driver slowed.

The ticket marks the second citation in seven months that a state law enforcement officer assessed to himself. In September, Chief Dick Knoebel of the Kewaskum police department wrote himself a $235 ticket for passing a stopped school bus.

Would you write yourself a citation?

Man Dreams Up a Phone Number, Then Marrys Girl

A man from England had a dream about a phone number. David Brown, who is 24, had dream about a phone number, so the following morning he sent a text message to the number out of curiosity to see if anyone responded. The message that he sent said, "Did I meet you last night?"

At first, the respondent was a little sketchy on the message but the two met and started dating. Michelle Kitson, age 22, can't believe that they fell in love and got married. Just as if was all a dream!

So, if you are having a hard time finding a date, pay attention to your dreams for any digits, because it may lead to your lifelong companion.

this site is at: http://www.davesdaily.com/out.php?id=26299&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fs%2Fnm%2F20070409%2Fod_nm%2Fbritain_text_dc%3B_ylt%3DAjOE76_ppsmtVwKpq05jfJMSH9EA

Bird's rescuer gets rescued himself

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/4686418.html


The Coast Guard rescued an east Montgomery County man with a helicopter Tuesday evening after he scaled a 60-foot pine tree to retrieve his beloved pet bird — Geronimo.

William Hart, 35, chased his $2,000 white cockatoo into the tree after it escaped its cage Tuesday. Before the Coast Guard helicopter finally retrieved him about 7:45 p.m., Hart could be seen standing on a limb holding the bird under his shirt and smoking a cigarette.

Porter firefighters first responded to the scene at about 5 p.m. In all, about 30 to 40 Montgomery County sheriff's deputies and firefighters from Porter and The Woodlands converged on the tree, but recent rains made the ground too wet to back a ladder truck close enough to reach Hart.

Authorities then called in Houston Police Department's water rescue team, which tried to reach the man with a rope, but it was not long enough. As daylight began to fade, the decision was made to call in the Coast Guard from Galveston.

The helicopter took Hart to Williams Airport off Porter Lane, less than a mile from the site of the rescue. Apart from a few scratches and a bite on his finger where the frightened bird nipped him, Hart was unscathed and relieved to be back on solid ground.

Cradling the shaking bird in his arms, he said he was surprised by all the fuss, but had no regrets, explaining "He's my baby. I'd do it again."

Normally it costs about $7,000 for an hour, and this rescue took about an hour and half, however, Hart will not be billed because it was an actual rescue.

DUI Driver Gets Another At His Hearing

A man from York, Pennsylvania gets today's moron of the state award. Paul H. Zeigler, 45, of Glen Rock showed up to his DUI preliminary hearing somewhat tuned up. The police noticed that he appeared intoxicated and he failed a breathalyzer test. His Blood Alcohol Content test came up twice the legal limit.

Go Paul, It's Five O'Clock somewhere!

As future advice, if one enjoys drinking alcohol in large amounts or on a daily basis, please Drink Responsibly. This includes, drinking after, and not before driving under the influence preliminary hearings.

This article is at: http://www.davesdaily.com/out.php?id=26109&url=http%3A%2F%2Fapnews.myway.com%2Farticle%2F20070403%2FD8O8RT0O0.html

Roadkill Café, No Joke

So Fergus Drennan is an environmentalist who firmly believes in living off the land. But he takes this idea to an unusual extreme – he eats roadkill. He believes that packaging for food is wasteful, understandable. He believes that transporting food pollutes the air, also reasonable. Sustain yourself through natural resources, a noble goal. But to eat something wild that has been lying on the hot pavement for a day is not understandable, reasonable, or noble. That is insanity.

I think the best part is that he teaches seminars on how to live off the land and eat dead animals you find and many scout troops have contacted him. Does he also teach them along what roads have the best kill? How to fight off the circling hawks? What if the animal is half decomposed and covered in flies? Gross.

Here is the story:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bizarre&id=5176066

There is also a link for one of his recipes: Pan Braised Squirrels

World's tallest man marries woman 2 feet shorter than him

Ah love, it makes anything feel possible doesn't it? For example, marrying someone who holds the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest person when you're not that tall yourself. The world's tallest man has married a woman who is more than 2 feet shorter than him, a Chinese newspaper reported.

Bao Xishun, a 7-foot-9 herdsman from Inner Mongolia, married 5-foot-6 saleswoman Xia Shujian several days ago. Bao's 28-year-old bride is half his age and hailed from his hometown of Chifeng even though marriage advertisements were sent around the world.

In my opinion, I think the woman he married went for him after hearing about how he helped save dolphins by shoving his long arms down their mouths to retrieve plastics from the doplins' stomachs. That certainly makes him worth the climb, don't you think?