Bizarre News - January 29, 2014

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

Two or three years ago there was the story of the guy who burned his house down while trying to burn a squirrel's nest out of his gutters. Then there was the guy who burned his house down trying to thaw the frozen water pipes in his crawl space with a blow torch.

But this family set their Alabama home on fire when they tried to burn off toilet paper stuck in a tree.

Cheryl Crausewell said they were cleaning their home after it was toilet-papered as part of a teen prank. Unable to get rid of pesky pieces on a tree's branches, she lit once piece of paper with a lighter in hopes that it would burn off.

But she said the wind blew the flaming piece into the yard and set the grass ablaze.

"It just popped out into a little patch and we tried to put it out and it just kept going," she said.

There were no injuries reported but the home was destroyed. On the plus side the toilet paper was no longer a problem.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Man gets jail time for tearing down brother's home with forklift --*
ETNE, Norway - A Norwegian man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for demolishing his brother's home with a forklift, official said. The incident happened last summer in the village of Etne, TheLocal.no reported Friday. Sturla Vik-Vestly, a lawyer for the victim, told TheLocal.no the man decided to demolish his older brother's home after hearing rumors that he planned to knock down an older house on the family property that the younger brother believed he had a right to live in. "His way of reacting was totally crazy," Vik-Vestly said. "You don't tear down a house because you hear some rumors." The older brother and his 16-year-old son were in the house when the suspect began tearing down walls with the forklift, Vik-Vestly said. Along with the jail time, the younger brother has been ordered to pay $164,000 in damages to his older brother, and received a five-year driving ban for drunken driving while fleeing the scene.


*-- Satanic group 'very happy' with support for Okla. state house statue --*
OKLAHOMA CITY - A Satanic group based in New York said it has been surprised by the support it's received for a statue the group wants to place at the Oklahoma state Capitol. The Satanic Temple of New York caused a stir this month when it proposed a 7-foot-tall statue of Satan and two children be placed alongside a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Oklahoma state Capitol, The Oklahoman reported. The group contends if the the Christian monument is allowed to remain in place, other monuments such as the satanic statue should also be allowed. The group said it has received a lot of support, much of it from Christians. "It's really the best I could hope for. The response has been remarkable, amazing," group spokesman Lucien Greave told the newspaper. "I couldn't have hoped for this magnitude of positive response, but I'm really moved by it. I'm happy and encouraged by people. We're getting emails from people who are Christians who feel comfortable reaching out to us and supporting it. "They are starting to look past the labels to see what we're actually doing and what we actually stand for. I am surprised, but I'm very happily surprised," Greaves said. "We've gotten a flood of emails from more Oklahomans who stand behind this project and are willing to support it -- sign a petition, sign a waiver, you know, help establish our standing or help in any way they can."


*-- READER COMMENTS --*
Hey Lewis! The only two states to legalize marijuana will be playing in the Super Bowl! Coincidence? I think not. I think it's a message from God saying, "Stop thinking that one of my plant creations is evil. I know that I screwed up royally with humans. Humans were a big mistake. Plants are pretty. I like them." -Jody
[I'm sure that is just what God would sound like.]

I did an STD exam on a young man with three very large testicles, so it is possible. Shocked the hell out of me. Bet he thought it was funny too. By the way, the tests were negative. I think he came in to get a reaction. -catt
[You two were married a year later and the rest is history, right catt?]

I hope I never have to deal with that woman in New York who stole that cat. She sure sounds like someone who thinks they know better than everyone else and that they are never wrong about anything no matter what the facts are. Or as me and my friends would call her, a BITCH! -Dave
[Hey! There is no reason to start calling women names, especially for such trivial reason...since almost all women are like that.]

Lewis, I have been to the Bull Shed Bar & Grill in Bakersfield and have never seen anything strange written on my bill. The funny thing about that place is the radio ads...you know what they are saying, but it sounds like something else. -Chris

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