Just when you thought you’d heard them all… Check out this excuse for speeding, as reported in The Local: A woman from southern Sweden has lost her bid to have a speeding fine overturned on the grounds that she was suffering from diarrhea at the time of the offence. The…
Does it really matter how many tolls we’re talking about? [2,362!] Or how much money is involved? [$558,000]. Apparently it does, per a court in China, which is now reconsidering its life sentence. As reported by xinhuanet.com: A court in central China’s Henan Province said Friday it would retry a…
Maybe you would feel otherwise, but despite receiving 77 parking tickets in less than 6 months – all “unearned” – Illinois resident Tom Feddor would not dream of giving up his “0” license plate. His grandfather got it in 1971, and it’s been in the family ever since. So why…
Let’s say you really want to emigrate to Canada. How far would you go? These folks took it to another level. You won’t believe the disguises they used. To see for yourself, and read more, click here.
If you don’t follow Legal Juice on Twitter (@LegalJuice), you missed this, and the occasional story that The Juice thinks is time-sensitive (not timeless, like The Juice’s other posts.) Judge orders that Defendant have duct tape over his mouth for his next court appearance. Really. http://goo.gl/KD5fX And don’t worry about…
This should be the worst thing that happens when people disagree with their elected representatives. As reported at www.scotsman.com: Scotland Office minister David Mundell was hit by a pie as he arrived at a private reception yesterday. Mr Mundell, the only Tory MP in Scotland, was in St Andrews, Fife,…
No way this job can be that lucrative. From The Hamilton [Ontario] Spectator police blotter: Jan. 2 – Four men collecting empty beer bottles get into a fight at 10 p.m. in what police say could have been a “turf war” over the lucrative job. A 40-year-old man is stabbed…
It was a bad day for Hamilton County, Ohio’s finest, but not nearly as bad as it was for John Harmon. Mr. Harmon, a diabetic, was suffering from low blood sugar when a police officer noticed he was driving erratically. So, after the police pulled him over, officers smashed Mr.…
Yes, April S. Uwanawich (is The Juice the only one who reads this name and thinks “You Want A Witch?”), was born on 7/7/77. And she is a fortune-teller in Pennsylvania. Just one small problem – it’s against the law. As reported in The Pottstown Mercury: A person is guilty…
It boils down to this: If you want to tax paranormal practitioners in Romania, prepare to become a four-legged animal – if you’re lucky. So maybe that’s an oversimplification, but not by much. As reported by The Independent: Everyone curses the tax man, but Romanian witches angry about having to…