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I wonder how many shots the dogs need to get after their bits.

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Woman's Lighter Sparks Blaze at NM Pumps

Published: 7/21/07, 3:05 AM EDT

 

LA PLATA, N.M. (AP) - A 19-year-old woman caught fire after she was fiddling with a cigarette lighter as she pumped gas, authorities said.

 

Brianna Sanchez was at a Sun Dial gas station with her boyfriend Friday night when the incident occurred, said Sgt. Jackie Budd, a spokesman with the San Juan County Sheriff's Office.

 

Budd called the incident a "freak accident" and said there was no reason to believe otherwise.

 

He said witnesses reported the woman was casually pumping gas and that she had a lighter in her hand. That's when flames shot out of the gas tank.

 

The woman and the immediate area caught fire. A person at the scene put out the blaze with a fire extinguisher.

 

Sanchez was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center with burns to her face and upper torso. Budd didn't know the extent of her injuries.

 

freak accident - what about stupid thing to do?

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I think they meant to say an "accident committed by a freak"....... :biggrin:

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Where did this women did not read, "This flammable liquid." :biggrin: I really hope she will be alright.

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Woman Faces Charges for Kissing Painting

AP

Posted: 2007-07-21 14:57:41

MARSEILLE, France (AP) - A woman has been arrested on suspicion of kissing a painting by American artist Cy Twombly and smudging the bone-white canvas with her lipstick, French judicial officials said Saturday.

 

Police said they arrested the woman after she kissed the work on Thursday. She is to be tried in a court in the southern city of Avignon on Aug. 16 for "damage to a work of art," judicial officials said.

 

The painting, which is worth an estimated $2 million, was on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Avignon. It is part of an exhibition slated to run at the museum through Sept. 30. Officials did not provide further details on the painting.

 

Twombly is known for his abstract paintings combining painting and drawing techniques, repetitive lines and the use of graffiti, letters and words.

 

Born in Lexington, Va., in 1928, Twombly has lived in Italy for nearly a half- century. He won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale in 2001.

 

 

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Kiss her museum pass goodbye!

 

If the painting was one with graffiti on it (see article), maybe she though she should add to the painting? (On second thought, nah, she probably just nuts.)

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292 911 Calls Land Florida Man in Jail

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Posted: 2007-07-25 18:04:48

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - A man charged with dialing 911 to chat with dispatchers nearly 300 times in the last month remained in jail Wednesday. Cheveon Alonzo Ford, 21, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with making obscene and harassing telephone calls.

 

He told authorities he began calling 911 because "I have no minutes on my phone and 911 is a free call," the Escambia County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

 

Ford was being held on a $50,000 bond Wednesday afternoon.

 

Officers used GPS coordinates from Ford's cell phone to track his location to the west Pensacola home where he was arrested, the Pensacola News Journal Reported.

 

"His phone service had been cut off and 911 was the only number he could dial from the phone," said Bob Boschen, communication chief for Escambia County.

 

Boschen said many of Ford's 292 calls were sexual in nature.

 

"When he would call and a male dispatcher would answer, he would hang up," he said. "Our policy says that if a caller is belligerent in nature we have to get enough information to process the call and then we can disconnect," he said.

 

Ford never asked dispatchers for help or indicated he was in trouble.

 

Information from: Pensacola News Journal, http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com

 

 

 

:) What an imbecile!......and LOOK Unicorn_Hunter.....another person from Florida.. :eek:

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Bus Driver Fired for 38,000 Text Messages

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Posted: 2007-07-26 12:56:39

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A Polish bus driver has been fired for sending 38,000 text messages on his company cell phone in a losing effort to win contest jackpot, a spokesman said Thursday.

 

Leszek Wojcik, a bus driver in the northwestern Polish city of Slupsk, ran up a tab of some 94,000 zlotys ($34,000) with his text messages while trying to win a 100,000-zloty ($36,000) SMS contest that ended June 30, Slupsk city transport spokesman Hubert Boba told The Associated Press.

 

Boba said a city bus drivers' monthly company phone bill is supposed to be limited to 15 zlotys ($5).

 

Wojcik sent an average of 1,200 SMS text messages a day, each costing 2.40 zlotys ($0.86), on his work cell phone.

 

Wojcik told TVN24 television he wanted to buy a second car with his possible winnings.

 

"Now I'm without work," he said.

 

 

 

Brilliant!.... :)

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Now that one's a standout in a pretty remarkable (remarkably dense) field.

 

Did he spend $34,000 trying to win $36,000 or was he expecting the bus company to pick up the tab?

 

And was he texting while driving? :)

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Man Burns Down Trailer in Online Feud

By ANGELA K. BROWN,AP

Posted: 2007-07-26 17:51:32

ELM MOTT, Texas (July 26) - A Navy man who got mad when someone mocked him as a "nerd" over the Internet climbed into his car and drove 1,300 miles from Virginia to Texas to teach the other guy a lesson.

 

As he made his way toward Texas, Fire Controlman 2nd Class Petty Officer Russell Tavares posted photos online showing the welcome signs at several states' borders, as if to prove to his Internet friends that he meant business.

 

When he finally arrived, Tavares burned the guy's trailer down.

 

This week, Tavares, 27, was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading no contest to arson and admitting he set the blaze.

 

"I didn't think anybody was stupid enough to try to kill anybody over an Internet fight," said John G. Anderson, 59, who suffered smoke inhalation while trying to put out the 2005 blaze that caused $50,000 in damage to his trailer and computer equipment.

 

The feud started when Anderson, who runs a haunted house near Waco, joined a picture-sharing Web site and posted his artwork and political views. After he blocked some people from his page because of insults and foul language, they retaliated by making obscene digitally altered pictures of him, he said.

 

Anderson, who went by the screen name "Johnny Darkness," traded barbs with Tavares, aka "PyroDice."

 

Investigators say Tavares boiled over when Anderson called him a nerd and posted a digitally altered photo making Tavares look like a skinny boy in high-water pants, holding a gun and a laptop under a "Revenge of the Nerds" sign.

 

Tavares obtained Anderson's real name and hometown from Anderson's Web page about his Museum of Horrors Haunted House.

 

Tavares took leave from his post as a weapons systems operator at the AEGIS Training and Readiness Center in Dahlgren, Va., and started driving. Investigators say he told them he planned to point a shotgun at Anderson and shoot his computer.

 

Instead, when he got to Elm Mott - after posting one last photo of a "Welcome to Texas" sign - Tavares threw a piece of gasoline-soaked plastic foam into the back of Anderson's mobile home and lit a flare, authorities say.

 

Tavares' attorney, Susan Kelly Johnston, said his trip to the Waco area was a last-minute decision during a cross-country trip to visit his parents in Arizona. She said he never intended to hurt Anderson and did not think he was in the trailer when he set the fire.

 

James Pack, an investigator with the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, caught up with Tavares after talking to people in several states and Spain who had been involved in the online feud. Tavares' cell phone records showed he was in the Waco area at the time of the fire, Pack said.

 

Tavares told investigators that Anderson had spread computer viruses and insulted his online friends for too long, Pack said.

 

"He lost everything - all over an Internet squabble," the investigator said.

 

Tavares was discharged last year from the Navy, where he earned several medals - including the pistol expert and rifle expert medals - in his nine-year career, said Navy spokesman Mike McLellan.

 

Tavares would not let the feud go even at his sentencing. According to Pack, Tavares took cell-phone photos of Anderson in the courtroom while the judge was hearing another case. Authorities ordered the photos erased.

 

Anderson, an ex-Marine who served in Vietnam, said he continues to be harassed online, has been startled by people knocking on his window late at night and found bullet holes in a door to his business.

 

He said he is convinced the harassment is related to the Internet feud and plans to spend $30,000 on more fencing topped with barbed wire.

 

"Before this happened, the rule was: Nobody messes with the haunted house guy," Anderson said.

 

Sheesh! I better take Youbroughtheryouriker's advice and stop the Van Roy jokes!.. :)

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[sheesh! I better take Youbroughtheryouriker's advice and stop the Van Roy jokes!.. :eek:

 

That's right, just keep laughing...

Oh PLEASE don't burn my trailer down, Van Roy!!!...... :)

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Woman accidentally shoots self during handgun class

AP

Posted: 2007-08-01 00:09:05

FORT SPRING, W.Va. (AP) - A woman taking an advanced handgun class accidentally shot herself during a training session.

 

Michelle S. Cox, 50, of Alexandria, Va., shot herself in her upper left thigh with a 9mm semiautomatic handgun. Cox was taken to a local hospital after last week's accident at a gun range in Fort Spring. Her condition was not immediately available but Greenbrier County sheriff's Deputy Lt. B. E. Hosey said the injury was not life-threatening.

 

Hosey said Cox had pointed the gun at her body and had her finger on the trigger, a violation of several safety rules. But he said the shooting was accidental and no charges will be filed.

 

 

She must have been asleep during the introductory and intermediate courses.......... :)

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Woman accidentally shoots self during handgun class

AP

Posted: 2007-08-01 00:09:05

FORT SPRING, W.Va. (AP) - A woman taking an advanced handgun class accidentally shot herself during a training session.

 

Michelle S. Cox, 50, of Alexandria, Va., shot herself in her upper left thigh with a 9mm semiautomatic handgun. Cox was taken to a local hospital after last week's accident at a gun range in Fort Spring. Her condition was not immediately available but Greenbrier County sheriff's Deputy Lt. B. E. Hosey said the injury was not life-threatening.

 

Hosey said Cox had pointed the gun at her body and had her finger on the trigger, a violation of several safety rules. But he said the shooting was accidental and no charges will be filed.

 

 

She must have been asleep during the introductory and intermediate courses.......... :)

I'm thinking that she just wasn't paying good enough attention in class.

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I heard that this woman wouldn't pay attention in class, thought she was a big shot, was considered to be of small caliber, and was an immense bore.

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Convenience Store Turns Tables on Robber

AP

Posted: 2007-08-09 05:20:02

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A robber's clumsy pursuit of cash left him staring at the barrel of his own shotgun after he set it on the convenience store counter and the clerk snatched it up, officials said.

 

A surveillance video captured the man in sunglasses and a hooded sweat shirt, stuffing money from the register into his pockets and leaving his gun unattended early Tuesday.

 

That's when Quail Street News clerk Hafiz Alam grabbed the weapon by the barrel, quickly turned it around and pointed it at the man, who dashed out.

 

Seconds later, the robber rushed back into the store and leaped over the counter. Alam and the suspect, 22-year-old Justin Walker, struggled over the gun off-camera, authorities said.

 

The gun went off, but neither man was injured.

 

The robber drove off, but not before a truck driver took down his license plate number.

 

Police said they tracked the suspect to an Albany apartment, where they launched tear gas inside and got him to surrender. He was arrested and charged with robbery.

 

:yahoo:

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Woman Calls Police About 'Fake' Cocaine

AP

Posted: 2007-08-13 16:34:22

ROCHELLE, Ga. (AP) - A woman was arrested after she called police to help "get her money back" after she was unhappy with the crack cocaine she purchased.

 

Juanita Marie Jones, 53, called Rochelle Police late Thursday night after she purchased what she thought was a $20 piece of crack cocaine, according to police reports.

 

She told officers she broke the rock into three pieces and smoked one, only to discover the drugs were "fake."

 

She took Officer Joel Quinn and Deputy John Shedd of the Wilcox County Sheriff's Office into her kitchen and showed them the drugs, police said.

 

She was promptly arrested on charges of possession of cocaine

 

:) :yahoo: :)

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Woman Calls Police About 'Fake' Cocaine

AP

Posted: 2007-08-13 16:34:22

ROCHELLE, Ga. (AP) - A woman was arrested after she called police to help "get her money back" after she was unhappy with the crack cocaine she purchased.

 

Juanita Marie Jones, 53, called Rochelle Police late Thursday night after she purchased what she thought was a $20 piece of crack cocaine, according to police reports.

 

She told officers she broke the rock into three pieces and smoked one, only to discover the drugs were "fake."

 

She took Officer Joel Quinn and Deputy John Shedd of the Wilcox County Sheriff's Office into her kitchen and showed them the drugs, police said.

 

She was promptly arrested on charges of possession of cocaine

 

:) :) :)

I heard about this one. She's dumber than I give her credit for. :yahoo:

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Man Tells Deputies He's Mad At God

 

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL -- Deputies arrested a man accused of driving his car into a church. He reportedly told authorities he's angry at God.

 

According to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, 23-year-old Thomas Kyle Nursey drove his car into St. Anastasia Catholic Church on A1A South Tuesday morning.

 

Nursery told deputies that he crashed his car into their door because he was mad at God.

 

The door and north wall of the church are damaged.

 

Deputies are not sure what the estimated damage is yet.

 

So now he'll have a record (and higher insurance rates - if he can get insurance) to go with whatever he was already mad about.

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Karaoke Singer Attacked for Choosing Coldplay

Posted Aug 10th 2007 2:45PM by David Sprague

Filed under: News, Humor, Holy Hell

 

As inveterate pacifists, we can think of precious few situations in which violence is a proper cause of action. That said, we have to tip our hat to a brave, unidentified woman who reacted with proper vigor when confronted with two such situations at once -- those being exposure to Coldplay's music and having to endure third-rate karaoke singing.

 

The gal -- described only as "a little hippie girl" -- went ballistic when a patron at a Seattle saloon broke into his version of 'Yellow,' screaming "Oh, no, not that song ... I can't stand that song!" Having had much the same reaction ourselves every time we've heard the version put forth by Chris Martin's posse, we're not surprised to hear that she followed up her interjection by leaping onto the bar's stage to pummel the hapless singer until cops were called to break up the melee.

 

Thankfully, no serious injuries resulted from the fracas, but we can't help but hope that some good can come of it -- like the recording of a public service announcement warning "Friends don't let friends karaoke to Coldplay."

 

 

Well......at least she had a good reason........ :yahoo:

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Man Arrested After Trying to Rob a Nun

AP

Posted: 2007-08-15 16:08:14

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A would-be thief came up empty-handed after trying to rob a nun who had taken a vow of poverty. Madison police arrested the man later in the day. They gave the following account:

 

The man broke into the 61-year-old Catholic nun's home shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday. When she told him she had no money, he forced her to drive him around in her car for almost an hour in search of money.

 

As they drove, the robber apologized "to the victim and wonders if he's going to be forgiven by her and the Catholic Church," police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.

 

The two did not stop at a bank or cash machine because the Sinsinawa Dominican sister continued to tell the man she did not have any money or access to any.

 

Eventually, the man gave up and had the nun drop him off on Madison's south side. She then drove to the Catholic school where she works and called police.

 

"It was a very traumatic experience for sister, and we're grateful she is just fine and we're grateful that the person has been apprehended," said Monsignor Thomas Baxter, pastor at St. Joseph Catholic Church, where the nun is director of religious education. "She was extraordinary this morning."

 

Police arrested the 41-year-old Madison man later Tuesday on a probation violation and tentative charges of kidnapping, burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia. He has not yet been formally charged.

 

 

What an idiot! It doesn't take a genius to figure out that nuns don't usually have a lot of cash....

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Man Asks Officer Wearing Badge for Meth

AP

Posted: 2007-08-17 20:42:45

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A man hoping to score some meth asked the wrong person for the drug. The Eugene police vice narcotics unit had searched an apartment on Monday night and were questioning the tenant when a man came by and asked to buy drugs, Sgt. Jerry Webber said.

 

As detectives stood around with their badges hanging from their necks and latex gloves on their hands, the man asked the tenant, "Can you hook me up?" Webber said.

 

The tenant was seated on the couch with handcuffs around his wrists. A detective was writing him a citation.

 

The tenant said, "I don't think I can help you," Webber recalled, but the visitor persisted. He then allegedly turned to a detective and asked him for meth.

 

The detective told the visitor, James Wilkinson, 34, of Eugene, he was under arrest for attempted possession of methamphetamine.

 

Wilkinson tried to run, but officers grabbed him, Webber said.

 

They found a small amount of marijuana in his possession, Webber said.

 

Officers cited the tenant, Gary Puckett, 58, for possessing meth and for endangering the welfare of a 15-year-old girl who was in the apartment.

 

They also arrested a man who walked into the apartment carrying seven baggies of meth, Webber said.

 

A fourth man showed up at the apartment carrying an illegal butterfly knife, Webber said. He told police he had come to tell Puckett not to sell drugs to his girlfriend. He left with a citation for carrying a concealed weapon.

 

After that, police stopped answering the door, Webber said.

 

 

:) :yahoo: :)

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Man Asks Officer Wearing Badge for Meth

AP

Posted: 2007-08-17 20:42:45

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - A man hoping to score some meth asked the wrong person for the drug. The Eugene police vice narcotics unit had searched an apartment on Monday night and were questioning the tenant when a man came by and asked to buy drugs, Sgt. Jerry Webber said.

 

As detectives stood around with their badges hanging from their necks and latex gloves on their hands, the man asked the tenant, "Can you hook me up?" Webber said.

 

The tenant was seated on the couch with handcuffs around his wrists. A detective was writing him a citation.

 

The tenant said, "I don't think I can help you," Webber recalled, but the visitor persisted. He then allegedly turned to a detective and asked him for meth.

 

The detective told the visitor, James Wilkinson, 34, of Eugene, he was under arrest for attempted possession of methamphetamine.

 

Wilkinson tried to run, but officers grabbed him, Webber said.

 

They found a small amount of marijuana in his possession, Webber said.

 

Officers cited the tenant, Gary Puckett, 58, for possessing meth and for endangering the welfare of a 15-year-old girl who was in the apartment.

 

They also arrested a man who walked into the apartment carrying seven baggies of meth, Webber said.

 

A fourth man showed up at the apartment carrying an illegal butterfly knife, Webber said. He told police he had come to tell Puckett not to sell drugs to his girlfriend. He left with a citation for carrying a concealed weapon.

 

After that, police stopped answering the door, Webber said.

 

 

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

"After that, police stopped answering the door, Webber said."

 

Was that because the police had no more jail space, or because the police were all in hysterics? :rofl:

 

 

Man Arrested After Trying to Rob a Nun

AP

Posted: 2007-08-15 16:08:14

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A would-be thief came up empty-handed after trying to rob a nun who had taken a vow of poverty. Madison police arrested the man later in the day. They gave the following account:

 

The man broke into the 61-year-old Catholic nun's home shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday. When she told him she had no money, he forced her to drive him around in her car for almost an hour in search of money.

 

As they drove, the robber apologized "to the victim and wonders if he's going to be forgiven by her and the Catholic Church," police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.

 

The two did not stop at a bank or cash machine because the Sinsinawa Dominican sister continued to tell the man she did not have any money or access to any.

 

Eventually, the man gave up and had the nun drop him off on Madison's south side. She then drove to the Catholic school where she works and called police.

 

"It was a very traumatic experience for sister, and we're grateful she is just fine and we're grateful that the person has been apprehended," said Monsignor Thomas Baxter, pastor at St. Joseph Catholic Church, where the nun is director of religious education. "She was extraordinary this morning."

 

Police arrested the 41-year-old Madison man later Tuesday on a probation violation and tentative charges of kidnapping, burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia. He has not yet been formally charged.

 

 

What an idiot! It doesn't take a genius to figure out that nuns don't usually have a lot of cash....

Not only did she not "have a lot of cash," she had ... nun.

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Man accused of twice robbing Subway, apologizing both times

AP

Posted: 2007-08-21 11:06:26

VERNON, Conn. (AP) - A man who apologized after robbing a Subway at gunpoint returned a week later for more money and again said he was sorry, police said.

 

During the first robbery, on Aug. 13, the robber apologized to the clerk, saying, "Sorry, I have to do this," and taking $600, police said.

 

A week later, he returned and ordered a clerk to empty the cash register. Then he thanked the clerk and again said he was sorry before fleeing.

 

Vernon police officers quickly spotted the getaway car and arrested Michael Monseglio, 28.

 

In his car they said they found cash taken from Subway, a tire iron, a mask and a blue sweat shirt. Police said they also found drug paraphernalia and heroin.

 

 

I love these guys that go back to same place they just robbed...... :roflmao:

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PART 1:

Eyeless driver arrested in the U.K.

Posted Sep 6th 2006 4:05PM by Damon Lavrinc

Filed under: Etc., Safety

 

There are plenty of friends out there. Some are closer than family and others are mere acquaintances. For Omed Aziz, his friend was willing to risk his life, Aziz's life and a few other late night motorists in an effort to give Aziz a piece of his world back.

 

Omed Aziz lost both of his eyes during an explosion in Iraq. He also left behind a few digits from his hands, most of his hearing and now suffers from severe tremors in his legs. With that in mind, you could image the Oldbury police's surprise when they found Aziz driving a Peugeot in the wrong lane, while taking direction from his friend in the passenger seat.

 

Although legally blind and certainly impaired, the police reported that Aziz masterfully made his way around a few corners and a roundabout, before crossing into oncoming traffic.

 

Aziz now holds the distinction of being the first blind motorist ever convicted of reckless driving in the U.K., while his co-pilot is awaiting trial for aiding and abetting dangerous driving.

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PART 2:

Lesson unlearned, blind Estonian busted behind the wheel again

Posted Aug 13th 2007 4:34PM by Alex Nunez

Filed under: Etc., Euro, Driving

 

The Estonian driver who was arrested for driving while blind a week or so ago is back in the news. He's been caught behind the wheel again, intoxicated and taking driving directions from three passengers. The police aren't happy and are looking to take away his car and throw him in the clink for a month. As foolish as his quest for sightless driving is, his dumb friends really take the cake. It's bad enough riding in a car with a drunk at the controls, but when said drunk is also blind -- literally -- it's just a multiple Darwin Award waiting to happen. Not this time, though, but this Estonian and his cohorts seem like the types to keep trying until they achieve success. Mazel tov, boys. Maybe the third Reuters "Oddly Enough" piece will be the charm.

 

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

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Man arrested after getting stuck in chimney

AP

Posted: 2007-08-26 22:50:22

WEST COVINA, Calif. (AP) - A man was arrested on suspicion of burglary Saturday after he got stuck in a chimney.

 

The suspect was found lodged about half way down the residential chimney after the homeowner heard a noise early in the morning, police Sgt. Dario Aldecoa said.

 

"The homeowner ... looked up and saw a man stuck in there," Aldecoa said.

 

Aldecoa described the suspect as a 32-year-old man from La Puente. Fire crews were unable to pull him free, so they had to dismantle a "substantial" portion of the chimney, Aldecoa said.

 

"He was pretty well stuck in there," Aldecoa said.

 

The man was jailed after he failed to post $20,000 bond.

 

 

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