OH Yeah...Well, Take THAT Martha Stewart
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
What would you do if the fuel pump in your Ford van wasn't
working? Probably call a tow truck. Do you know why? Because
you're not from Washington. People in Washington don't waste
time and money on things like tow trucks just because their
vehicles don't run. They take matters into their own hands.
Take these three creative problem-solvers, for example.
Two men and a women were having trouble keeping their Ford
Econoline van running. So filling a bucket (a bucket, mind
you) with gasoline, they removed the engine cowling between
the two front seats of the van and used a water bottle to
transfer gas from the bucket directly into the carburetor
in order to keep the engine running as they drove to a shop.
Using this Jerry-rigged system they actually made a good bit
of progress before the van decided to die on Kamber Road in
Bellevue.
Not being ones to admit defeat they tried to start the van
again. Unfortunately, by this time, the van was full of gas
fumes. The resulting explosion engulfed the entire vehicle
in flames.
Witnesses told police the woman jumped out the back of the
van and fell to the ground on fire, and the van rolled over
her leg. The two men jumped out in flames and ran toward
the gas station on the corner desperate to get their fires
out.
Firefighters were able to get the van fire out within minutes
and medics took the three victims to the hospital. They are
still there.
The van still isn't running.
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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-------- Man wears unwashed jeans for 15 months --------
EDMONTON, Alberta - The jeans a University of Alberta
student wore daily for 15 months without washing them
tested normal for bacteria levels at the end of the
experiment. In Edmonton, student Josh Le, 20, told
Postmedia News he bought the denim jeans in September
2009 and wore them daily -- and sometimes slept in
them -- until last December. He said he used paper
towels and napkins to dab away food spills and maintained
his normal personal hygiene routine during the 15 months.
Every two weeks, he said he put the jeans in a freezer
overnight and there never was a trace of odor. At the
conclusion of the experiment, he and assistant human
ecology Professor Rachel McQueen ran tests on the pants
and found bacteria levels were the same as any other
samples, the report said.
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--------- Texas man sets record for golf rounds ---------
DALLAS - A Texas man says he has attained his goal of
setting a world record by playing 600 rounds of golf in
one year. Richard Lewis set out to last year to get his
name in the Guinness Book of Records by playing up to
56 holes of golf a day, WFAA-TV, Dallas/Fort Worth,
reported. "These feet have walked 4,000 miles," Lewis,
who refused to use a golf cart for his record attempt,
said. "I'm addicted; what can I say?" "If nobody knew
about this, I would be just as satisfied, because I know
I did it and no one else in the whole wide world has ever
done it," he said. "That is special to me." Lewis, 64,
admits his obsession with the sport led to two divorces,
but that the golf course is the place that makes him
happiest. "You have to be a little over the edge to do
this," Lewis concedes. The Guinness Book of Records
required Lewis to sign in and out with golf pros to prove
he had completed each round. In the end he played 611
rounds of golf, 11 more than he expected. His average
score per round was 78.5.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> READER COMMENTS <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Hi, Lewis, Your "Bizarre Holidays" section lists January 27
as "Thomas Crapper Day". Your readers may wish to know that
Thomas Crapper proudly inscribed his name on the world-
changing device that he invented and produced in the 19th
Century, the flush toilet. He thus added to the English
language a noun, a verb and an adjective; albeit ones that
you won't find in the dictionary. -vh
[And proved, once and for all, that the Brits are full of
crap. P.S. He didn't invent the flush toilet, but he did
sell a hell of a lot of them.]
First the prostitutes in Amsterdam are getting hit with an
income tax and now Romanian witches are being taxed. What
is the poor service industry to do, how will it ever end?
Lewis, in your first article you stated that Illinois in-
creased its taxes 66%. Is this an INCREASE in addition to
current taxes, or a misprint?
[I wish it was a misprint. It has gone from 3 to 5 percent.]
Lewis, I soooooooooo love your column. This one was really
good because it was a little bit longer. Keep up the good
work. -Shelley W
[I college I was in love with a girl named Shelley. You don't
happen to have six toes on your right foot, do you???]
Raising taxes forever isn't the solution. Europe tried it
and created economic collapse. You can only tax to a certain
level until it starts to collapse the economy. Imagine the
government took 100% of your money once you hit the top tax
bracket of 60,000 dollars. Then the upper middle class after
making their 60,000 would just sit on their butts. -John
[The tax code used to be like that in the United States.
Ronald Reagan said that the reason he get into politics was
because the government took all of his money from making
movies.]
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