Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

Okay, I have a little father-of-the-year contest for you to vote on. I found two stories while cruising around and could not decide which was more bizarre. So you can decide for me.

The first involves a father in California who was arrested for throwing his crying 7-year-old son into the water from a sightseeing cruise boat.

The man, his girlfriend and two sons from a previous marriage went on the Sunday afternoon cruise when he began arguing with his girlfriend and his 7-year-old son. When the boy began crying after a few corrective smacks Dad told him he needed to toughen up then threw him into the water five feet below.

Not surprisingly, authorities said the man appeared to have been drinking.

This Florida dad, on the other hand, reserved his abuse for somebody else's kid. Like any careful parent this man did not want his son getting into street fights, so he organized a bare-knuckle fight between his son and another boy in his own backyard. When his son lost the 6-foot-5-inch, 220-lb. dad took matters into his own hands, clocking the 16-year-old in the head, knocking him to the ground and continuing to beat him.

Best of all, the entire incident was caught on video! I'm sure the man was hoping to immortalize his son's victory on the field, or lawn rather, of battle, but what he succeeded in doing was to provide concrete evidence of child abuse for the police.

He faces charges of aggravated battery, child abuse, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

So, who would you vote for?

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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CALOUNDRA, Australia - An Australian man says he accidentally threw out $50,000 worth of his wife's gold jewelry recently in an attempt to fool any would-be robbers. The Queensland man -- who gave only his first name, Geoffrey -- hid the family's gold collection in garbage bags after his GPS navigation system and keys were recently stolen, The Courier-Mail in Brisbane reported in its Tuesday edition. "I had this great idea to split the gold into three rubbish bags so if the thieves did come in they're not going to find it," Geoffrey said. The valuable trash bags, however, ended up in the local landfill last week when the man's children cleaned house in anticipation of an upcoming move. The Sunshine Coast Regional Council said that while it sympathizes with the family's loss, searching the landfill, which takes in about 1,400 tons of waste each week, would be next to impossible. "To locate the lost items, this decaying compacted waste would need to be systemically excavated and sorted mechanically by the contractor," a council spokesman said.

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I do not recall the initial post on baring the breasts but in reading the letters I am surprised that no one mentioned the danger of sunburn to the nipples. However, the solution to both the bare nipple and sunburn problem is simple, 'pasties'.
[Thanks for the tip!]

Lewis, It is a proven fact that men who stare at breasts lower their blood-pressure and stress levels. I only ogle at them for health purposes. If women begin to go topless, we could drop "heart attacks as the #1 killer" down to 5th or 6th place! Let us squeeze them like a stress balls all day might drop heart attacks off the radar all together. -Gene
[I investigated this very claim a couple years ago in BN and it turned out there is no proven reduction in high blood pressure from looking at boobs. On the other hand it certainly couldn't hurt!]

That woman should be taken out back and shot! That article made me ill! The damage she did to her son, not to mention the hamster, will affect him for the rest of his life. And, it certainly will not force him to get better grades. That is not punishment; it's genuine child abuse. She is one disgusting example of a loving parent. Did she never hear of grounding her child, or setting stricter study times? -Penny
[Since when does a time-out have the same 'impact' as hammering the family pet to death?]

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