Cherry-Busting, Sister-Scamming, Sushi-Knife-Stabbing
More Things to Worry About
from News of the Weird Daily
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Three California foreclosure scammers were busted after convincing some people that all they had to do to keep the banks away was to declare their homes sovereign nations. KNSD-TV (San Diego)
Suspicions confirmed: Two economists show that when state gov't revenue drops by 1 percent, traffic-ticket-writing goes up the next year by 30 percent. Charlotte Observer
Bernard Madoff's scam, by the way, also took down his own sister for $3m (which is one reason he was mailing her all the jewelry that almost got his bail revoked). New York Post
Australia's Queensland Rail said, yes, we refunded to passengers in one serious crash, but not another, because in that second one, the crash occurred late in the ride, when it was almost over, so those people got their money's worth. Courier-Mail (Brisbane)
The Fletcher family complained about poor service at the Manor Restaurant in Britain, but management decided to fight back, pointing out that its surveillance video on the family's table showed they were actually having a jolly ol' time. (The Fletchers: You . . had us . . under . . surveillance?) Daily Telegraph
He and his brother were confirmed momma's boys until he was 48 yrs old, and then he won big in the Lottery, and Momma got sick, and he actually went out on a date, and he lost his cherry, and now he'll walk the aisle. The Sun
An Aussie man accidentally shot himself in the thigh with his own speargun, missing both his femoral artery and his crown jewels by the tiniest of margins. Sunshine Coast Daily via Ninemsn.com
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Your Daily Loser
He is/was 22 yrs old, and in the course of robbing a restaurant in Paris, he snatched the tray holding waiters' tips. Unfortunately for him, it was a sushi restaurant, and one of the outraged waiters was holding a fish-paring knife, and the robber was sculpted to death. Daily Mail (London)
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Editor's Note
In last week's story of God-oriented writer Neale Donald Walsch [WeirdUniverse, 1-7-2009], I might have, y'know, made fun of his crass, tacky attempt to avoid responsibility for lying about whether a heartwarming story he stole had actually happened to him, personally. You should know, however, that some folks more educated than us have decided that there is a disorder called "cryptomnesia," aka "inadvertent plagiarism" ("remembering" things that never happened to you). I am so ashamed of having made fun of these helplessly afflicted victims and so encouraged to know that such a large percentage of what I thought was "lying" was not "lying" at all but just a grave, unfortunate mental condition! Wikipedia entry
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Today's Newsrangers: Pete Randall, Kathryn Wood, Sandy Pearlman
from News of the Weird Daily
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Three California foreclosure scammers were busted after convincing some people that all they had to do to keep the banks away was to declare their homes sovereign nations. KNSD-TV (San Diego)
Suspicions confirmed: Two economists show that when state gov't revenue drops by 1 percent, traffic-ticket-writing goes up the next year by 30 percent. Charlotte Observer
Bernard Madoff's scam, by the way, also took down his own sister for $3m (which is one reason he was mailing her all the jewelry that almost got his bail revoked). New York Post
Australia's Queensland Rail said, yes, we refunded to passengers in one serious crash, but not another, because in that second one, the crash occurred late in the ride, when it was almost over, so those people got their money's worth. Courier-Mail (Brisbane)
The Fletcher family complained about poor service at the Manor Restaurant in Britain, but management decided to fight back, pointing out that its surveillance video on the family's table showed they were actually having a jolly ol' time. (The Fletchers: You . . had us . . under . . surveillance?) Daily Telegraph
He and his brother were confirmed momma's boys until he was 48 yrs old, and then he won big in the Lottery, and Momma got sick, and he actually went out on a date, and he lost his cherry, and now he'll walk the aisle. The Sun
An Aussie man accidentally shot himself in the thigh with his own speargun, missing both his femoral artery and his crown jewels by the tiniest of margins. Sunshine Coast Daily via Ninemsn.com
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Your Daily Loser
He is/was 22 yrs old, and in the course of robbing a restaurant in Paris, he snatched the tray holding waiters' tips. Unfortunately for him, it was a sushi restaurant, and one of the outraged waiters was holding a fish-paring knife, and the robber was sculpted to death. Daily Mail (London)
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Editor's Note
In last week's story of God-oriented writer Neale Donald Walsch [WeirdUniverse, 1-7-2009], I might have, y'know, made fun of his crass, tacky attempt to avoid responsibility for lying about whether a heartwarming story he stole had actually happened to him, personally. You should know, however, that some folks more educated than us have decided that there is a disorder called "cryptomnesia," aka "inadvertent plagiarism" ("remembering" things that never happened to you). I am so ashamed of having made fun of these helplessly afflicted victims and so encouraged to know that such a large percentage of what I thought was "lying" was not "lying" at all but just a grave, unfortunate mental condition! Wikipedia entry
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Today's Newsrangers: Pete Randall, Kathryn Wood, Sandy Pearlman
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