Saturday, January 18, 2014
Greetings fellow Bizarros:Now here is a story about a 37-year-old Santa Cruz, California woman who was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a man wearing only boxer shorts was spotted clinging to her SUV's roof rack.
Completely understandable.
Several people called police to report the man. He was standing on the running board of a silver Toyota Highlander with his hands on its roof rack, witnesses said.
Officers caught up with the woman, Sonja Helena Landis, at the Skypark dog park. Apparently she and the man knew each other. Landis, who was in the dog park, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
While bizarre, all of this makes a certain kind of sense. What does not make sense is that the man in his underwear, clinging to the exterior of a vehicle cruising down the road, was NOT arrested. You would think, if anybody was under the influence of alcohol it would be the naked guy hanging onto a car.
Of course, he wasn't operating the vehicle, so I guess it was legal.
Bizarrely,
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Email Lewis*-- Man walks for 5 1/2 months from Missouri to San Diego --*IMPERIAL, Mo. - A Missouri man who took a nearly six-month stroll from his hometown to San Diego said he was inspired by the movie "Forrest Gump." Anthony Lambing, 28, of Imperial said he was watching the 1994 film "for the 22nd or 23rd time" when he became intrigued by the titular character's three-year run back and forth across the United States, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday. "It had been in my mind for a long time," Lambing said. "I liked road trips, and I was a daydreamer." However, Lambing said he decided against running. "I got realistic; I said, I couldn't do that much work," he said. "But walking it would take about six months and was more realistic." Lambing said his research into people who performed similar feats indicated it would take him about six months to walk from Imperial to San Diego, but he set out in August 2011 and arrived in San Diego only 5 1/2 months later. Lambing said he took a cue from "Forrest Gump" and decided to walk just for the sake of walking. "I didn't want to plug a cause. ... Like Forrest Gump said, he just felt like running; I just felt like walking," he said. Lambing said a friend met him in San Diego and they caught a flight home. "Five-and-a-half months to walk out there and 6 hours to fly back," he said.
*- Manual transmission leaves carjackers on foot -*SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Three men who attempted to steal a Massachusetts delivery driver's car found their getaway impeded by the manual transmission, police said. Springfield police said the driver was stopped to drop off an order around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday when he was approached by three men, one of whom was armed with a knife, the Republican, Springfield, reported Thursday. Sgt. John Delaney said the robbers took the food intended for the delivery and the driver's car keys. "The trio jumped into his car and attempted to steal it, but not one of them knew how to drive a stick-shift car," he said. Delaney said the men argued for a short time before fleeing on foot with the food.
*-- READER COMMENTS --*Lewis. I just moved to New York and have never heard anything about this ride. I'm going to have to look it up and give it a try! Thank you! -Patti J
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If you want to rest your bare ass on the same seats where homeless people piss through their pants, please write back and let us know how it goes!]
Lewis, In the local Long Island newspaper there was a story concerning conch. I went on to the site to post a comment that the Italians call it scungilli. After I used that word it was flagged by the built in spell check. When I looked to see the alternatives I found that the second word on the suggested list is...wait for it...cunnilingus! -Tom
420 is associated with recreational marijuana because it is the date (April 20) of the annual Hash Bash in Ann Arbor, MI.
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OR...is the annual Hash Bash in Ann Arbor, MI on April 20 because of marijuana's mysterious association with the number 420?]
Personally I think the mile marker 419.99 would be a greater draw for thieves since it is so unique. -Ted
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Statistically it is still 420. Is a .01 differential statistically significant? Any actuaries please write in and let us know.]
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