As older brothers, we certainly don’t want to discourage fraternal obedience, but sometimes you’ve just got to say no to your older brother. For example, if he asks you to swallow an ounce of cocaine he’s hiding in his buttocks, you should refuse. Case in point: 20 year old Wayne Joshua Mitchell died last month…
After 77 years of marriage, including a short separation a decade ago, a 99 year old Italian man, Antonio C, has finally found the excuse he’s been waiting for to divorce his wife. Recently, while going through some drawers, Antonio found letters his wife had written to a lover in the 1940s. Confronted with the…
One would think that educators running a special needs classroom would be seasoned at dealing with different behavioral issues. Recently, staff at Mercer County Intermediate School in Harrodsburg, Kentucky proved otherwise, placing 9 year old Christopher Baker inside a duffel bag after he misbehaved in class. Baker, a 4th grader with autism, ha apparently been…
Wilfredo Rodena has had a lot of quiet time to think. 22 years into a 25 year sentence for armed kidnapping he thinks he may have found a way to make “one houndred dollarys”. Rodena recently filed suit alleging his civil rights were violated by his defense attorney, “I don’t know my lawyer’s name”, who…
When Dr. Fred Ravens of Reading, MA purchased the house next to his office from the family of an elderly woman, he knew the walls were filled with memories. He didn’t know that they were also filled with cash. When the crew he hired began to knock down walls, cash began flying out- $2500 in…
Tip: Throwing your half-naked mistress out the window is not an effective strategy for keeping your infidelity from being discovered. Buenos Aires (Agencies): A woman suffered various injuries and traumas after falling from the second floor window of a building located in the Argentine province of Salta. The injured person, identified as Yesica Tarifa, 23,…
One would think it would be rather simple to count the toes on an elephant. For many years the answer has been 5. But recently John Hutchinson published a paper declaring the answer to be 6. What we learned reading How The Elephant Got Its Sixth Toe: Elephants have a sixth toe which is hidden…
LaDondrell Montgomery had an airtight alibi for his whereabouts during a December 13,2009 armed robbery. He was in prison for another crime. Unfortunately, neither prosecutor, nor defense attorney, nor even the defendant realized this. As a result, Montgomery was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for a crime he could not have committed. Shortly…
Fear Factor went off the air in 2006 due to poor ratings, and for some reason or other, a cadre of fans pined for its return. The show, emblematic of much of what is lacking in modern culture, will soon make its return to NBC. The network is desperate for a hit, and Matt Kunitz,…
In 1989, for a brief run,Disney uncharacteristically let its hair down. A musical review produced for Comedy Warehouse, one of the late Pleasure Island’s night clubs, called Forbidden Disney, viciously poked fun at Disney itself. According to DeScope Michael Eisner gave Walt Disney Imagineering this assignment: “Create a show for the Comedy Warehouse. It should…