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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
Is it over-exposure to violence in the media? Maybe too many
Steven Seagal movies? Drugs? Or is it just that some people
are complete idiots? Whatever the reason there is just no
excuse for hitting a man standing on the side of the express-
way and driving two miles with him lodged in your windshield.
This call out goes to Rhode Island where a motorist driving
past a fender-bender struck three men standing on the side
of a highway.
State police said the three men were standing on the side of
Interstate 95 to check for damage following an earlier, un-
related crash. Christopher Swiridowsky, 30, of Providence,
drove into the trio and one of them, Jose Flores, 24, became
trapped in Swiridowsky's windshield and remained lodged there
for nearly two miles.
Swiridowsky stopped only because someone was following him.
He fled on foot and was later found hiding in his home.
Fortunately, Flores survived, although he has two broken
legs and a broken arm, and one of the other men also suffered
serious injuries.
Swiridowsky was charged with leaving the scene of an accident.
Hopefully he will be charged with reckless endangerment, or
driving without a brain, or something similar later.
As a surprise to no one, he was ordered to stay in jail for
violating bail from another case.
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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+------------ Bizarre Facts on Monster Movies -------------+
Boris Karloff, who starred as Frankenstein, had to wear 22-
pound size 24 boots. He also donned two pairs of pants with
steel struts shoved in them, and a double-thickness quilted
suit.
Karloff's facial makeup was one-sixteenth of an inch thick,
and the bolts on the side of his neck left long-term scars.
Bette Davis wanted the part of Mrs. Frankenstein, but was
turned down because she was "too aggressive."
Among the lighting tricks in the classic film Dracula: Twin
pencil-spotlights were shined in Bela Lugosi's eyes to give
Count Dracula his legendary hypnotic stare.
The Castle Dracula and Carfax Abbey sets were so expensive
to build that Universal Pictures kept and reused them. You
can spot them in numerous Universal films of the '30s.
In Boris Karloff's second big monster flick The Mummy, he
had to be wrapped every day in linen and gauze, and was
covered with mud.
Lou Chaney, Jr.'s werewolf makeup in The Wolf Man took five
hours to apply every day.
The werewolf costume was actually made of yak hair.
***
--------- Man, 78, has 241 piercings on his body ---------
APSELY, England - Guinness World Records said a 78-year-
old British man with 241 piercings on his body has been
certified as a world record holder. John Lynch of Apsely,
England, is listed as having more piercings than anyone
else in the world in the 2010 Guinness Book of World
Records, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday. Lynch, a
retired bank manager, said he got his first piercing in
his 40s upon leaving the bank and followed it up with
hundreds of piercings and tattoos. "I never thought about
breaking the record. I've always just done it because I
like it but it is quite an achievement," he said. "I was
actually a few short so had 20 or so popped into my arms
to up the numbers and if somebody beats me I could always
find space for a few more."
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------- 14 pythons, 10 lizards taped to man's body --------
KRISTIANSAND, Norway - Norwegian customs officials said
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pants. The officials in the town of Kristiansand said they
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rolled up in socks and taped to his torso and the lizards
were in small boxes taped to his legs. "He told us he was
crazy about reptiles," customs spokeswomen Helge Brelid
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charges, did not specify whether the animals were for his
own collection or if he was planning to sell them.
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-------- Fla. officials made prank sex-line calls ---------
DELAND, Fla. - Officials in Volusia County, Fla., confirm-
ed an Arkansas phone sex operator complained about prank
calls from a county government line. Dave Byron, a Volusia
County spokesman, said the woman reported receiving multi-
ple phone calls to her hotline from a number identified
by officials as an outgoing trunk line for the Thomas C.
Kelly Administration Center, the Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-
Journal reported. Byron said the report could be a hoax,
but the professional demeanor of the complainant led
officials to believe her story. A county e-mail said
officials were unable to determine which phone the calls
came from or which employee was responsible for the pranks.
County officials and the woman declined to give specific
details about the calls. Byron said no investigation is
being pursued due to the costly nature of such an under-
taking, but officials will look further into the issue if
complaints about prank calls persist.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> READER COMMENTS <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Lewis, check out this story about the Swedes! "Stockholm,
Sweden has a stray rabbit problem. Thousands of furballs
have taken up residence in the center of the city. The
Swedes have unique ways to deal with rabbits though. They
are shooting them and burning them to heat the city's homes.
Nearly 10,000 have been rounded up in last two years."
[I can only guess that they don't have a version of PETA in
Sweden.]
So, at some point a while back I stopped getting Laff a Day
and Bizarre News, and honestly was just too lazy to find
your website so I could start getting it again. But with
your recent server crash, the backup you used brought me
back into the fold. Hopefully, I don't stop getting the
emails again, because I'll probably be too lazy to find your
website again. But still, glad to have you guys back in my
inbox. -Sam
I guess Germans have proven if you want to increase patronage
at your bordello, offer clientel cheap floozies.
[That's basic economics.]
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