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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
Here is why it is important to be very careful about who
you leave your kids with. Unless, of course, you're look-
ing to have them sold, and even then you could probably
do better than this Louisiana woman.
The details of how Donna Greenwell came to be in custody of
the 5-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl is sketchy. Her
attorney said the children's mother had requested that she
take care of the kids (for whatever reason). What is clear
is that Greenwell could not take care of them. But why give
them to the state or up for adoption when you can sell
them?
What is the going rate for a preschool-age boy and girl you
might ask? That would be $175 and a cockatoo. That's a bird
for those of you with a dirty mind.
Investigators said Greenwell called Paul J. Romero, 46,
and Brandy Lynn Romero, 27, early last year after seeing a
flyer they posted offering a cockatoo for sale, and offered
to deliver the children for about $2,000. When the Romeros
said they could not afford that, a deal was stuck for the
bird, valued at $1,500, plus cash.
Steve Sikich, Greenwell's attorney, said, "It was a really
clumsy attempt at an adoption proceeding."
A judge called it two criminal counts of a sale of a minor.
Greenwell was sentenced to 15 months of hard labor on each
of two counts.
No word on who got custody of the cockatoo.
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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In September 1992, robbers in Las Vegas held up a van
thought to contain gambling chips, only to find that it
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In 1998, a guard was caught smuggling a wad of money in
his underpants out of a bank in Atlanta when a tiny
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trousers.
In 1998, a would-be Texas grocery store robber went to the
trouble of disguising his face with a balaclava but forgot
to remove from his breast pocket a laminated badge which
bore his name, place of employment and position within the
company - an oversight spotted by at least a dozen
witnesses.
A 1975 raid on the Royal Bank of Scotland in Rothesay
degenerated into farce when, on the way in, the three
would-be raiders got stuck in the bank's revolving doors
and had to be helped free by the staff. Undeterred, they
returned a few minutes later and announced that it was a
robbery. The staff thought it was a practical joke and
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and twisted his ankle on landing, the other two made their
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ESLOV, Sweden - Police in Sweden said a man walked into a
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had purchased from a dealer. Eslov police said the 26-year-
old man told police he was a frequent user of marijuana
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feel like his TV was talking to him and his girlfriend was
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> READER COMMENTS <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Hey Lewis! The parent with the baby boy that was crawling
soon after birth. You think he was going for one of the
girl babies? I bet he's TZ's kid!! I was like that boy in
as much as I was so surprised at being born I couldn't
speak for 18 months! -H.R.
They sent the poor woman back to the hospital because she
wasn't dead yet? What ? The hospital gets a second chance
to do the job right? If the poor woman lives through the
second hospital visit perhaps the third time will be the
charm. -Lee
Hello Lewis: Some in Canada used to say that US beer was
"piss water". Most beer in the US is made by Busch or
Miller and it is indeed watery compared to Canadian Beer;
although I have always preferred the flavor of US beer.
I have heard that there was once a law here in the US that
made US beer this way and is still a tradition. Perhaps
this law still exists in many states. -JT
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