Saturday, August 31, 2013

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

She is your one and only sister. You own flesh and blood. Family. There is nothing you won't do for family. That is why Paul Fudacz, Jr. of Ohio agreed to go under the knife to donate one of his kidneys to his dying sister. It is just about as close as you can come to giving up your life without actually dying for your family.

That is until the hospital throws the organ out in the trash.

Surgeons at the University of Toledo Medical Center removed Paul's kidney to give it to his sister, however a nurse threw it away as she discarded the contents of a slush machine before the operation was over.

Doctors tried to "resuscitate the organ" for a couple hours but ultimately weren't able to do so.

Now, the Fudacz family is suing the hospital where it all happened.

You would think that law suit would be a slam dunk, but the hospital found another donor for the sister and covered her traveling costs so she could undergo the surgery in Colorado, so now they want the lawsuit dismissed.

The doctor who performed the surgery still works at the medical center, but the two nurses responsible for tossing the kidney no longer work there.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Mother, daughter get prison for online romance scam --*
DENVER - A Colorado mother and daughter were sentenced to prison for an Internet scam that tricked victims into sending money to people they thought were U.S. soldiers. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers says Karen Vasseur and her daughter, Tracy, both Brighton residents, defrauded their victims of at least $1 million, KCNC-TV, Denver, reported Friday. They targeted women looking for romance on online dating sites. "Not only did this mother-daughter duo break the law, they broke hearts worldwide," Suthers said in a statement. "It is fitting that they received stiff sentences for their unconscionable crimes committed in the name of love and the United States military." Tracy Vasseur received a 15-year sentence Monday, ABC News reported. Her mother was sentenced to 12 years in July. Suthers said at least 374 people in 40 countries were cheated. They got involved in online relationships with people they believed to be U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan and would then be asked to send money so their boyfriends could travel to meet them or for satellite phones. Investigators say they do not yet know who the women were working for or how they became involved in the scheme. Most of the money was wired to Nigeria, although some went to other countries, including Britain, Ecuador, the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere in the United States.


* Lawnmower rider charged with drunken driving *
MITCHELL, Ontario - Police in Ontario said a man arrested on a drunken driving charge was found driving a riding lawnmower down the middle of a street. Authorities said an off-duty officer spotted the 64-year-old man, whose name was not released, driving a John Deere riding mower down the center of a public road in Mitchell, OMI Agency reported Thursday. The man was showing signs of impairment and failed two breath tests administered by on-duty officers summoned to the scene by the off-duty officer, police said. The man is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 30 on charges including impaired driving and driving while disqualified.


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
The woman who attacked the people in the Chinese restaurant? I bet she was back in 3 hours.. doing it again. -Corky

Lewis, Wonderful newsletter and I look forward to reading it twice a week. But you've done the naked man doing bizarre stuff enough. It's so common it's not even worth a scanning over, let alone bizarre. OTOH, keep the naked ladies stories coming. -Kent

"The woman slapped an officer trying to contact her in the arm"? He should have been a man and contacted her in the face. -Andrew
[Yep, that's good police work there, Lou.]

Lewis, in response to your motorcycle article, fans of yours should watch Lizard Lick Towing or Operation Repo, both on available on Tru TV. -Jim
[And none of which is true, ironically.]

About that woman who went on a rampage in the Chinese restaurant... the Seattle Police should consider adding assault and hate crime charges, for what she subjected the restaurant's guests to. After she has served her time, she should then be sent back to wherever her ancestors came from, since she obviously doesn't like it here. I think it's time that these intolerant people start getting a dose of their own medicine.
[Do Chinese people even eat in Chinese restaurants? I am not a big fan of so-called American "Chinese" food, but on the rare occasions I go into one I rarely see Chinese people eating in there...mostly because what they serve is not authentic Chinese good.]

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