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A study says there is a connection between drinking black coffee and sadistic, psychopathic
tendencies.
***Not that I’m going to give up black coffee.
Los Angeles may soon dedicate a street called Obama Boulevard.
***Actually, it’ll be a toll road that requires change.
In Sedro-Woolley, Washington, Lino Silva was driving down the road when he saw what he
thought was a large tree root.
Turns out it was a dead, 16-foot-long python!
Silva said it had apparently been run over by a car.
So he and a buddy hauled the huge snake to a friend's house and did what probably most
of us would have done.
They skinned it!
Said they learned how by watching the Discovery Channel!
Lino now plans to call a taxidermist so he can preserve the skin and use it to make a
jacket or a vest.
Awesome!
Down at the Lake County jail in Florida, 32-year-old inmate Larry Stone made a phone call that
would typically cost about $20, but it didn't go through.
The charge was supposed to be refunded to his inmate account.
But when Larry checked his balance he discovered his account now had more money than before
the call.
So he thought he'd test his luck again and made another call and hung up.
Once again, more money magically appeared.
So he then repeated the little exercise 77 times, exploiting the glitch that was mistakenly
depositing credits into inmate trust accounts for each incomplete phone call.
After four hours of this, Larry had accumulated more than $1,250 -- enough money to bond out
of jail!
So he paid his bond and walked out.
But his new found freedom didn't last long.
News of the bug floated to other inmates, who began to spend inordinate amounts of time
on the phone.
But soon the jail officers caught wind of what was going on and put a stop to it.
Nevertheless, the glitch affected about 256 jail inmate accounts and lasted 24 hours.
Now the software error has been fixed and accounts restored to their pre-glitch totals.
And just a few hours after his release, Mr. Stone turned himself in to authorities, saying
he knew they were looking for him.
He now faces additional charges of scheming with intent to defraud and grand theft.
More inmates will likely be charged as well.
***Fool me once, shame on you... but fool me 77 times...
The latest numbers show that in America our pets are getting fatter.
But interestingly, the pets are actually thinner in the states where the people are the fattest.
***Obviously, that’s because there are no leftovers in those states.
A study says forgetting things is not only normal, it can make people smarter.
That must be why I always forget I'm a genius.
A city in northern Taiwan is trying the Midas touch to persuade reluctant residents to clean
up after their dogs by offering a chance to win gold bars to anyone handing in bags of
doggy doo!
Starting from August 1, dog owners and other residents of New Taipei City can hand in dog
poop to government cleaning teams in exchange for tickets to a drawing.
First prize is three gold ingots worth about $2,100!
***I dunno.
Twenty-one-hundred dollars... or don’t pick up poop.
That’s a tough call.
A study says the average wedding guest last year spent $888 on each ceremony.
***No wonder fewer and fewer people believe in marriage nowadays – they can’t afford
to attend the ceremonies!
Matthew Perry's L.A. home is up for sale -- yours for only $13.5 million.
***Yep...
“Friends” in high places.
In Victorville, California, deputies and witnesses were left dumbfounded after a motorcyclist
rear-ended a minivan and landed in the back seat unscathed.
Meanwhile, the driver of the van continued making his turn and pulled into his own driveway
nearby, completely unaware that he had a new passenger!
Police spokeswoman Karen Hunt said, "We're calling this one a non-injury collision with
a twist."
It seems the driver of the minivan slowed down to turn make a left turn.
The motorcyclist following behind him didn't stop in time and crashed into the rear of
the van, shattering the van's window.
By then, the minivan driver had already committed to the turn and pulled onto his driveway less
than half a block away.
As he turned around, the man discovered the shocked motorcyclist behind him.
And while there was severe damage to the motorcycle and back of the minivan, amazingly neither
of the men required any medical attention.
***Although you have to wonder if maybe the van driver needs a checkup if he didn’t
see, hear, or feel someone crash through the back window.
Engineers in Boise did an amazing thing.
They transplanted a 10-story tall 100-year-old sequoia tree to its new location a couple
of blocks away.
***Traffic in the area was murder.
Not because of the slow-moving tractor trailer hauling the tree but because of the long line
of squirrels having to relocate by crossing the road.
A California man has visited Disneyland 2,000 days in a row.
***So far he has only been able to get onto five rides – the rest of the time was spent
waiting in line.
Facebook is in talks with Hollywood studios about producing scripted, TV-quality shows,
with an aim of launching original programing by late summer.
***They plan on creating their own version of the TV show “Friends” – but none
of the cast will actually know each other in real life.
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