You Bastards, Get Off My Lawn

Wow. That’s quite the neighbour who would kill someone for messing up his lawn. Joshua Funches was walking his puppy, the puppy ended up peeing on Charles J. Clements’s lawn, Clements came out with a pistol and yelled at Funches and then shot him. I know it’s good to take pride in one’s home, but …

"I’m Not Going To Jail And You Can’t Make Me!" "Oh Yeah? Betcha I Can!"

What is up with people shoplifting with their kids? We had the doctor and his wife, the chick stealing the ‘101 ways to be a great mom’ book while her kids watched, and now, we have a mom who wouldn’t mind making her getaway without her kid. Luckily, a quick-thinking customer grabbed the kid and …

Have You Ever Felt The Uncontrolable Urge To Stab Someone With A Toothpick?

In “So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish,” Wonko the Sane said the reason he went mad was because he read the instructions on a box of toothpicks. He felt it was enough to drive one insane that people needed instructions for such an item. I think he would go even madder if he …

English As She Is Mangled On Chinese Signs

Wow. Usually, translations are mangled but decipherable after giggling, but some of these mangled English translations in Chinese are completely hopeless. Cash-recycling? What’s Jew’s ear juice? How did a sausage become an enema? But I do like “The little grass is sleeping. Do not disturb.” I also had to laugh that Racist Park got mentioned …

Shave And A Hair Cut, Boom Boom

You know the other day when I talked about dog hair oil booms, and I didn’t think hair could be shipped across the border? Well, I have been officially proven wrong. There’s a hair-dresser in Guelph that is doing just that, and she’s shipping the clippings to the very charity I was talking about. Trix …

When They Have The Lunch, Will Crow Be On The Menu?

It wouldn’t be that newsworthy that the U.S. Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service had to cancel an annual lunch and ceremony because they were busy dealing with the giant oil spill…until you realize that the luncheon was to celebrate the safety record of offshore drilling. Wooops. Looks like that lunch needed to be canceled anyway. …

2 People, 1 Guitar

Here’s something for the musicians in the crowd. I’m not sure about you, but for me this is the kind of stuff that makes me feel like I should consider giving up and trying something else…and I can’t even play the guitar! I can’t imagine how people who can feel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evh0plIXZEs I’m not sure who …

Talk Softly And Carry An Empty Bag

It appears to be robbery story day around here. Now that we’ve discussedhowandhow notto eat your note, it’s time for our next lesson. that lesson is simple. Speak up, lest your attempt fail as did that ofCarlie McDuffie. The incident happened at approximately 10:38 a.m. at the Family Dollar, 2120 Saxon Blvd. The clerk told …

Pac-Man Vs. A Police Search

Earlier today Carin postedthe story of Lois Harvey, the woman who tried to cover up her involvement in an attempted bank heist by chowing down on the hold-up note. Well, never one to be outdone at least sometimes, I’ve found another case of somebody doing the same thing, but apparently with more success. John H. …