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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
Icicles are dangerous. Anybody can tell you that. They can
damage your house. They can drop down from the edge of
your roof and puncture your skull! They can throw exciting
parties when you're not around and drink all of your booze.
Okay, that last one is unlikely, but nobody hates icicles
more than one Kentucky man who risked everything in his
crusade against the clinging, frozen menace.
Not content to simply knock them down with a broom or a
shovel, this unnamed homeowner terminated the icicles menace
threatening his house with extreme prejudice. Extreme pre-
judice and a blow torch.
I think you can guess how this story turns out. Firefighters
were called to the home to find smoke pouring from the roof
of the home. They were able to extinguished the blaze, but
not before the roof and attic, as well as a new addition to
the home, were heavily damaged.
The homeowner told fire officials he was worried family
members might be injured by icicles hanging from the roof
of his home, so he used a blowtorch to melt them...and then
promptly left home to run errands.
"He was concerned about the icicles and the ice causing
damage to his home and/or anybody walking under it - his
kids or anyone - if they fall," said Lt. Col. Rick Harrison.
"Obviously, you want to remove them as safely as you can.
Breaking them off is what most people do. Choosing to use a
torch to melt them, in hindsight, he probably agrees is not
the best idea."
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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+--------------- Bizarre Presidential Facts ---------------+
Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president, saved 77 people
from drowning as a lifeguard in his youth at a riverside
beach near Dixon, Illinois.
20th president of the United States James Garfield could
write Greek with one hand while writing Latin with the
other.
Abe Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States,
carried letters, bills, and notes in his notorious black,
top-hat.
First U.S. president George Washington rejected a movement
among army officers to make him king of the United States.
William Taft, 27th president of the United States, weighed
more than 300 pounds and had a special over-sized bathtub
installed in the White House.
The 38th president of the United States, Gerald Ford turned
down offers to play professional football for the Green
Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions.
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-------------- 'Dead' woman returns to life --------------
CALI, Colombia - A woman thought to be dead was sent back
to a hospital in Colombia after workers at a funeral parlor
noticed she was breathing and moving, the hospital says.
Noelia Serna, 45, was transported to the funeral home hours
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---------- Ad seeks sinners for Lent confessions ----------
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Catholic leaders in Connecticut said
they are trying to fill confessionals during Lent by
taking out billboards seeking sinners wanting to shake
their guilt. Bishop William Lori of the Bridgeport Diocese
said he took out a full-sized billboard urging Catholics
to take advantage of the extended confessional hours being
offered every Tuesday until the end of Lent, WFSB-TV,
Bridgeport, reported Thursday. "I wouldn't call it
commercializing. It's evangelizing. The church has always
used whatever media to get the message out and it's a great
message," Lori said. The bishop said many people are wary
of confession. "They get scared. It's hard to admit our
sins. Sometimes people wonder what the reaction will be on
the other side of the screen, but it's really about love,
mercy, compassion," he said.
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Lewis, not only did my son walk at 5 months, he was crawling
at birth! The nurses had to put him in an isolette because
they caught him pulling himself up on the corner of those
boxes the put babies in. The lad cut a molar at 10 weeks,
yet never said a single word til he was 2. Not even, "Mom"
or "no." Every child is weird in its own way, I suppose.
[That reminds me of the Saturday Night Live routine where
a pregnant woman gives birth to a fully grown Will Ferrell.]
Go you one better - my mother was allergic to the dandruff
in her eyelashes. 2-3 times a week, she had to shampoo them
with Ivory soap (doesn't make the eyes burn). -MaryL
[Your mother only washes her face 2-3 times a week? I think
I know what the problem is...]
Will we ever invade America? With what, our butterknives?
Have you guys forgotten we choose not to bear arms? Anyway,
heck no! We love America, and we even forgive you for GWB.
It's true we like beer, usually our own, and it's also true
that Moosehead is a crime, even here. But before the pro-
liferation of microbreweries, we Canadians used to say that
American beer was like making love in a Canadian canoe:
fucking close to water. -Mike, Toronto
Lewis, the real reason Canada won't invade the USA is because
they think their country and way of life is much better than
the American way of life. They have a higher standard of
living, treat their elderly better and have a better health
care system and much more. -Richard
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