Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

I personally find it disturbing that we need these kinds of things, but apparently this happens enough that they are necessary.

It seems a baby-napping was prevented by one California hospital's baby sensor. A woman disguised in scrubs was caught trying to steal a newborn girl from the hospital in a tote bag after sensors attached to the baby alerted employees, police said.

Grisel Ramirez, 48, was arrested Monday at Garden Grove Medical Center after a hospital staffer stopped her from leaving with the baby.

Ramirez is accused of posing as a nurse who came into the room of the baby's mother and told her to take a shower before a doctor came to examine her. Once the baby's mother was out of the room, Ramirez allegedly put the newborn in a purple tie-dyed tote bag and tried to carry her out of the ward.

"An alarm went off when the baby crossed an imaginary line in the hospital that set off a sensor," police said.

Many hospital wards have security systems where patients, such as newborns or those with Alzheimer's disease, are tagged with an electronic sensor, usually in a bracelet or anklet, that sets off an alarm when the patient leaves a certain perimeter.

The baby was only in the bag for a short period of time. She wasn't harmed and is back in the care of her mother.

No motive was reported for the attempted baby-snatching.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Even More Bizarre August Holidays --*
August 21 is National Spumoni Day
August 22 is Be An Angel Day
August 23 is National Spongecake Day
August 24 is Knife Day
August 25 is Kiss-And-Make-Up Day
August 26 is National Cherry Popsicle Day
August 27 is Petroleum Day
August 28 is World Sauntering Day
August 29 is More Herbs, Less Salt Day
August 30 is National Toasted Marshmallow Day
August 31 is National Trail Mix Day

*-- Woman swallows butter knife --*
ATLANTA - A 30-year-old Atlanta woman is OK after accidentally swallowing a butter knife, doctors said. The woman was apparently demonstrating to a friend that she no longer had a gag reflex because of her history with bulimia, the New York Daily News reported. During her exhibition, she laughed and accidentally swallowed the knife, New England Journal of Medicine said. She was rushed to the hospital where doctors performed a surgery to remove the knife from her body. Drs. Aida Venado and Sarah Prebil said doctors were able to remove the knife without damaging the woman's throat or stomach. However, her husband later revealed the woman had swallowed a knife four years ago and she was then transferred to a psychiatric unit, the doctors said. The Los Angeles Times reported that most instances of people swallowing foreign objects are not life-threatening, citing an Emedicine.com article. "After reaching the stomach, a foreign body has greater than a 90 percent chance of passage," the article states. Although, the article said there are about 1,500 deaths a year from ingesting foreign bodies.

*-- Woman spends summer as mermaid --*
PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon woman who has been seen swimming in public pools while dressed as a mermaid said she is living out a childhood fantasy. Pauline Long, 56, said she wanted to be a mermaid as a child and she decided to spend this summer swimming in Portland pools while wearing her homemade fins, which were inspired by a woman she met a few years ago, KGW, Portland, reported Monday. Long, who said she is part of a 23-strong group known as The Northwest Mermaids, said she knows she isn't a real mermaid, but her 6-year-old self would be proud. "I obviously know the difference but it's just fun. It's freedom," she said. "If you don't do it as a child, why not do it as an adult? Who says that you can't?"

*-- READER COMMENTS
Every day is presidential joke day, unfortunately (not like you didn't hear this already). -Scott

Unenforcable law, something like prostitution. Legalize it and tax it. Sell the stuff in 12 pack containers in the 7-11s of the world. Nice little tax stamp on the bottom. I think I'll run for president. I have some ideas on balancing the budget too that doesn't include taxing the middle class or giving the wealthy huge tax breaks for not creating jobs, ha, ha. -catt
[You're ahead of your time, catt, but probably not by much. I recently read that American medicine kills about 780,000 people each year. That is legal drugs either mis-prescribed, over-dosed or as the result of other side effects, medical malpractice, infections and unnecessary procedures. That means illegal drugs are probably safer that going to your doctor! Statistically, anyway.]

Oh please! This broad didn't know she was pregnant must be somewhat retarded. Even if there were "no side effects, no morning sickness or anything" what about not having a period all those months? What about her stomach getting larger, unless she's so obese the added weight was not noticeable? This story makes no sense.

McDonalds appealed that hot coffee lawsuit and it was reversed. The woman got free dry cleaning of the clothes she was wearing. There was no huge money settlement.

I encourage your reader Chris to see the HBO documentary Hot Coffee. it's about frivolous lawsuits and discusses in detail the McDonalds Coffee lawsuit he brings up - I used to agree with him, after seeing this - no way - she deserved MORE! ANd in the end, she didn't get too much - the lawyers got most of the settlement.
[If the woman was badly burned by coffee that was too hot, where does personal responsibility come in?]

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