Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

There are a lot of weird and bizarre world records, from the stupid; like the most T-shirts worn at once (245), or the fastest individual 1 mile run wearing swim fins (7 minutes 56 seconds), to the disgusting; like the most body piercings in one session (3,100) or the heaviest weight pulled with eye sockets (907 pounds).

And then there is the dangerous; like the longest time being buried alive.

No official record has been set yet (perhaps because it is so dangerous), but if there were a record holder it would probably be 24-year-old Janaka Basnayake of Sri Lanka. At least he would have held it for a little while, because the stunt killed him.

Police said Basnayake buried himself with the help of family and friends in a trench sealed with wood and soil about 10 feet deep.

Basnayake's mother said her son had enjoyed performing unusual acts since his childhood. The local newspaper quoted her as saying that her son had been buried alive on two previous occasions - for two and a half hours and six hours.

His last attempt would have been a personal best.

Basnayake was buried at around 9:30 a.m. When he was brought to the surface at 4 p.m., he was unconscious and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

So I guess in hindsight it was hardly worth bringing him
up at all.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Even More Bizarre March Holidays --*
March 21 is Fragrance Day
March 22 is National Goof-off Day
March 23 is National Organize Your Home Office Day and National Chip and Dip Day
March 24 is National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
March 25 is Pecan Day and Waffle Day
March 26 is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day and Spinach Festival Day
March 27 is National "Joe" Day
March 28 is Something On A Stick Day
March 29 is Festival Of Smoke and Mirrors Day
March 30 is I Am In Control Day
March 31 is Bunsen Burner Day and National Clams On The Half Shell Day

*-- Defendant's pants fall down in court --*
CLEVELAND - An Ohio judge ordered a public defender to hold up his client's pants so he could be sworn in to plead guilty. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Brendan Sheehan ordered Jeffrey Dodson, 51, who had spent 72 days in jail awaiting trial and was not allowed a belt for his court appearance, to raise his right hand to be sworn in and the handcuffs he was wearing forced him to lift both hands, allowing his pants to fall to the floor, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported Monday. Sheehan ordered the public defender to hold up his client's plants and Dodson pleaded guilty to pandering charges. Dodson is scheduled to be sentenced this week.

*-- Zamboni driver charged with driving drunk --*
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. - Police in Minnesota said a man seen erratically driving a Zamboni at an ice rink had a blood-alcohol content of 0.32 percent. The Apple Valley city attorney's office said police were called to the Hayes Ice Arena shortly after 8 p.m. Jan. 30 on a report of a man erratically driving the ice-smoothing machine and hitting the boards while resurfacing the ice between youth games, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Monday. The driver, Joel Bruss, 34, told officers he had been drinking at his home earlier in the evening and had driven himself to the ice rink. He agreed to a urine test around 10 p.m. and was found to have a blood-alcohol content of 0.32 percent, four times the legal limit for driving, police said. Bruss has now been charged with four counts of drunken driving and is due to appear in court April 19. He has prior drunken driving convictions from 2002 and 1999, court records show.

*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Lewis, follow the $$! WHO would be hurt by utilizing hemp products? YOU are using logic and politics trumps logic and common sense. -corky
[Who would be hurt? Anybody making money in any industry that would lose part of their market to hemp products, so, a LOT of people. But my question is, why not just incorporate hemp into your business? If a corn grower would lose business to hemp, why not just ADD hemp to your crop rotation?]

They know it would be easy to hide drug species in with the industrial stuff. -Jim
[From what I understand hemp would cross-pollinate with marijuana and render it impotent. Does anybody know enough about either pot or agriculture to confirm this?]

Lewis, If the powers that be only tried smoking a little hemp, they'd learn the difference very quickly. But then, as you suggested, since the "powers that be" are really big business, the cotton industry will never let it happen. -Manta1

Meanwhile, back in the states, thousands of children languish in orphanages or in foster care hoping for someone to come along and love then and hold them close. Yet, well to do people are getting on planes and flying to China to adopt babies. Our children don't deserve that chance? -Maygyver
[Maybe for the same reason people will pay a thousand dollars for a Papillon (or a Chinese Crested, anyone?) while there are thousands of perfectly lovable mutts which can be had for free at the local pound or rescue.]

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