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Twins Pull a Fast one in Court
Gabriella, a lawyer in Italy was busy defending a client when she was called in to work as a relief judge. Instead of bowing out, she sent her identical twin sister Patrizia to stand in for her as defense attorney. The problem is that her twin is not a lawyer! The client, who was charged for Patrizia’s services, filed a lawsuit. Both Gabriella and Patrizia have been charged with fraud.
Firemen Called to Save Tree Branch
Residents of Hampshire, England called the RSPCA to rescue an iguana they spotted up in a tree. A fireman climbed 25 feet into the tree before he could see that the iguana was, in fact, a bright green tree branch.
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Colin Horwood, animal rescue advisor for Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: “The branch bore a striking resemblance to an iguana when seen from the ground.
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“I have never seen anything like it.
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“We take all animal rescues seriously but in this case it was a good intent false alarm.”
Dolphins Try to Save Dying Comrade
Scientists from the Cetacean Research Institute in Japan observed a groups of about 20 dolphins supporting one dolphin who appeared injured. They kept the dying dolphin near the surface where it could breathe. After about an hour, the weak dolphin sank under the water.
Doctor Park Kyum-Joon, researcher at the Cetacean Research Institute,saying, “It’s the world’s first observation of dolphins’ trying to save their fellow dolphin from dying, and it’s the world’s first filming of a dolphin dying at sea in natural circumstances.”
Woman Dressed as Cow Charge with Disorderly Conduct
32-year-old Michele Allen was arrested Saturday night in Middletown, Ohio for disorderly conduct. Residents had reported she was blocking traffic and scaring children -while wearing a cow costume. She was told to go home, but police encountered her later that smelling of alcohol. She pleaded guilty on Monday, still wearing the cow costume, and was sentenced to a month in jail.
Saginaw Home Sells for $1.75 on eBay
An abandoned home in Saginaw, Michigan was put up for auction on eBay. Eight bids later, Joanne Smith of Chicago purchased the house for $1.75. Smith is also liable for back taxes and a clean up bill, which will drive the cost to around $850. Smith has never been to Saginaw.
Elephants in the Lobby
Believe it or not, an elephant in the lobby of this hotel is not a rare event! The Mfuwe Lodge in the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia was built on a path the local elephants take to find wild mangoes. They begin coming through in November for about six weeks while the mangoes are ripe. When the lodge was built, no one realized the elephants used that route.
Candidate Punches TV Host
Chuvit Kamolvisit, a candidate for governor of Bangkok, Thailand didn’t like the questions he was asked in a live TV interview. He punched and kicked the host, Visarn Dilokwanich, who filed a complaint with the police. Kamolvisit, a former body builder, is sometimes referred to as Bangkok’s massage parlor king. Kamolvisit admitted he was guilty and would be glad to pay the fine.
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“It might be haunted or sumthin.”
What do you expect from someone who’d by a property sight unseen.
posted by BassMan on 10-3-2008 at 9:29 am
A cow costume mugshot…you just can’t make up stories better than that.
posted by Jennings on 10-3-2008 at 9:55 am
Michele Allen was summarily dismissed from her job at Chick-Fil-A. As she was escorted from the restaurant, in slurred speeched, she yelled “all I wanted to do was tell them to eat more chikin.”
posted by Tom on 10-3-2008 at 8:38 pm
The problem with that house in Saginaw isn’t ghosts, it’s location, location, location! First of all, Saginaw, where I was born and lived until just a few years ago, is a terrible city. Extremely high crime rates for one thing, and few neighborhoods have houses worth more than $40,000. Very few. For comparison, Saginaw Township, bordering on the city, has many neighborhoods where the base price is $200,000, and other surrounding townships have homes worth a million dollars or more. No person in his or her right mind would want to live in that city.
But beyond the fact that even the “best” neighborhoods in Saginaw are utter crap, the neighborhood that particular house is in is one of the worst.
I’ve been annoyed these last few days with the coverage of this story; news services and reporters, mostly people who have never been to Scaginaw, as it is often non-affectionately called by its residents, seem absolutely amazed (and a bit envious?) that someone could land such an “amazing” deal. If they knew the area, they wouldn’t be amazed at all–this would be a non-story. Houses in that area are routinely abandoned, occupied by squatters and drug-dealers, and are frequently home to meth labs.
That woman wasted her $1.75 (and whatever else she sinks into that piece of junk). The house, and most of the houses surrounding it, is worth ZERO.
posted by Michigan Mom on 10-4-2008 at 9:02 am
Why would you try to “rescue” an iguana in a tree? I am pretty sure they know how to climb trees. Just like cats in trees.
Have you ever seen a “cat skeleton” in a tree. It’ll come down.
posted by Kevin on 10-6-2008 at 8:47 am