Saturday, August 27, 2011

Greetings fellow Bizarros:

There is parenting, and then there is Georgia parenting. Police have arrested a Georgia woman who they say forced her son to kill his pet hamster with a hammer as punishment for earning a bad grade.

Meriwether County sheriff said that the 12-year-old boy told his teacher about the killing. The teacher reported it to the Division of Family and Child Services, who contacted police.

The pet's death allegedly took place at the family's Warm Springs home.

Police said the 38-year-old mother faces one charge each of animal cruelty, child cruelty and battery.

There is no word on whether the 12-year-old's grades improved, however the family cat is nervously awaiting the results of the child's next math quiz.

Bizarrely,
Lewis

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*-- Man shares 70-year-old beef with neighbors --*
ESKILSTUNA, Sweden - A Swedish man said he hosted a meal for his neighbors and served beef that had been placed in a glass jar by his family more than 70 years ago. Eskil Carlsson said the beef was placed in a jar during food shortages in 1939 or 1940 by his wife's family and they decided to keep it in case "the bad times returned," The Local reported Wednesday. "I came into the picture after about 10 years. By then the family had developed (so much) respect for the jar, that it had stayed sealed. We talked about it from time to time and it became like a member of the family," he said. Carlsson said he decided it was time to open the jar after his wife's recent death. "I figured that 70 years was enough and that it would be a catastrophe if it started to leak and was thus destroyed. So I decided to make a bit an occasion and invited the neighbors for the opening," he said. "We did our homework and consulted the authorities about what might happen and they said there shouldn't be a problem." He said the first bite went to his cat. "The cat got the first taste and when it survived, we all had a taste," he said. "It didn't smell much. It didn't smell bad anyway. It was as if it had been meat from this week. I shouldn't exaggerate though, it was no delicacy," Carlsson said.

*-- Burglar uses semi to steal sex toy --*
AMHERST, Ohio - Authorities in Ohio said they are searching for a man accused of stealing a semi truck and crashing it into an adult store to steal an $800 sex toy. Detective Tony Kovacs of the Lorain County Sheriff's Department said the thief took the truck Sunday night from JT Container Recycling in Elyria and drove it about a half hour's distance to the AdultMart in Amherst, WJW-TV, Cleveland, reported Thursday. The burglar "used it to back into the AdultMart, smashing the glass door of the store and ran inside to steal a sex toy basically," Kovacs said. The detective said the $800 sex toy is "basically the lower half of a female body." He said the thief then drove the truck back to JT Container Recycling, where he fled on foot after being spotted by a deputy. John Tirbaso, owner of JT Container Recycling, said the thief did several thousands of dollars worth of damage to the truck and the fence around his business.

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Joliet IL is even more bizarre than it sounds. According to the Herald News, the city council is trying to cut back on costs. One proposal on the table is to ELIMINATE the animal control officer that deals with wildlife - the same person who is bringing in 3 skunks a day! -Colleen in Joliet
[I guess people will just have to start trapping their own skunks!]

Thanks to an enterprising young woman in the City of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, it is legal for females over the the age of majority to go topless in public. The case went all the way to the supreme court but was based similarly to the argument put forth by the ladies of Asheville.

Lewis - I must agree that laws that ban even flat-chested women from being topless in public while fat guys with man-boobs are allowed to be shirtless in public make no sense. C'mon ladies! Protest now! Show the world your large American breasts with no shame! --Dan
[Apparently I've started something here.]

I can tell you, Lewis, that not all us women are uncomfortable baring our breasts in public. Personally, I don't understand what the big deal is about them...sure, men find them attractive, but I think that is mainly because we feel the need to keep them covered. It's the fact that they can't see them that makes them want to. -Erica

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