Hey, I’ll bet if clown intruders infiltrated your house, you’d try to blast them with your shotgun too. Shot-up stuff can be fixed or replaced. But if the clowns get you, it’s curtains. As reported by the Hudson Star-Observer, a Roberts,Wisconsin man was not about to take any chances ……
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Geniuses Don’t Rob Convenience Stores
You’re never going to get rich robbing convenience stores, especially this way. In hindsight, it’s funny. In all other sights, it’s just dumb. Risking getting killed for what’s in a 7-Eleven till? Here’s the skinny, from the San Diego Union-Tribune: The 20-something suspect entered the 7-Eleven on Gateway Drive near…
Sure, You Can Get Chinese Food In Some Jails, But Not With …
Everyone – okay almost everyone – knows that Chinese food comes in those little cardboard containers with the little wire handle. So what was Mr. Edward Ridley of Cordele, Georgia thinking when he tried to smuggle some pot to an inmate in Chinese food in a styrofoam container? Needless to…
No Way This Bird Is Worth $15,000. Judge?
When is a $15,000 cockatoo not worth $15,000 (12,000 euros)? When it doesn’t fly right, of course. And how would a judge make that call? By watching it fly, naturally. Per The Scotsman: A cockatoo has been made to fly in front of an Austrian judge to try to identify…
Get High, Get Mauled By Bear, Get Workers’ Compensation?
Lots of people have a cup of coffee before work. Some weed before work? Not so many. Among those that do so indulge, at least on the day in question, is Mr. Brock Hopkins. Based on the title of the post, you can probably see where this is going. Dude…
The Things People Do On Trampolines
How could a 55-year-old man get arrested for playing on a trampoline? Here’s how, as reported by stv.tv. As [his neighbor] looked out of her window, she saw James Burden stark naked with a cigarette in one hand and his genitals in the other. Falkirk Sheriff Court heard the gobsmacked…
Standing Tall, or Being Boneheaded?
So this young lady (19 years old) in Georgia was busted for passing a stopped school bus. She claims she didn’t see it because her view was blocked by 2 trucks. The judge didn’t buy it, and, per the Atlanta Journal Constitution, sentenced her to … ..write 2,500 times, “I…
Not So Legal Juice …
Times are tough. Some folks can’t even pay their electric bill. Reuters reports the case of man who went about getting his juice in an unusual and very dangerous way. The 36-year old man from Sibbesse in Lower Saxony concocted the plan to steal electricity after the power company cut…
Streakers Get What’s Coming To Them
Yes sir. These streakers were in for a real surprise when they ran into a police officer while streaking through a neighborhood in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. And they got what was coming to them, which was … nothing! As it should have been with this truly victimless crime. Per The…
A Man Who Takes His Wii A Little Too Seriously
Lots of folks take their gaming seriously. But this? From the Colorado Springs Police Blotter: May 6, 2010, Time: 5:04:00 PM, Title: Assault Officers were dispatched to Astrozon and Powers for a disturbance with a bat and a gun. When Officer Paladino arrived on scene the suspect, James Williams, ran…