470 Feet of Extension Cord Leads to Arrest

23-year-old Asher Woodworth was arrested in Bennington, Vermont while trying to steal the giant pepper off the roof of the local Chili’s Restaurant. Three women who were acting as lookouts were also arrested. Police seized a hacksaw, power drill, and 470 feet of extension cords that were stretched over a parking lot, across the street, and plugged in at a Home Depot store. The four had been at the job for hours, and had once left to go get more extension cords. Apparently the group was not familiar with cordless power tools.

Snake with a Foot Found

A 16-inch snake was killed at a home in China and then found to have a foot growing out of its body! 66-year-old Dean Qiongxiu said she awoke to find the reptile clinging to a wall in her bedroom. She killed the snake with a shoe and when she saw the clawed foot, she put the body in alcohol to preserve it. It was taken to the Life Sciences Department at China’s West Normal University in Nanchang for study.

They Removed the Scar Tissue and Read “Hamburger”

John Manley of Wilmington, North Carolina suffered frequent pneumonia and coughing spells for over a year before the real culprit was found. There was a jagged inch-long piece of plastic lodged in his left lung. It turned out to be part of a utensil from Wendy’s Hamburgers. Manley was referred to a specialist at Duke University Medical Center for removal of the object, which was difficult because of the scar tissue that had formed around it. As the team worked, they uncovered letters that spelled out “hamburger”.  Manley thinks he probably inhaled the plastic when he gulped a drink. He now drinks with a straw.

First Clown in Space

Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte is paying $35 million to catch a ride to the International Space Station on a Russian spacecraft later this month. Cirque du Soleil founder Laliberte calls himself “the first clown in space.” He plans to brings red noses for everyone on the space station and says he will wake the astronauts by tickling them.  Laliberte will also use his trip to raise awareness of world drinking water issues.

107-Year-Old Woman is Looking for 23rd Husband

107-year-old Wok Kundor has been married to her 22nd husband for years, but is now afraid he might leave her. 37-year-old Mohammed Boor Che Musa is currently in a drug rehabilitation program in Kuala Lumpur. Kundor is afraid he may be able to ind a younger wife and not come back to their small village in the Terengganu state of Malaysia.

If so, Wok has her eyes set on a 50-year-old man, but hopes it does not come to that.

“I realize that I am an aged woman. I don’t have the body nor am I a young woman who can attract anyone,” she told the newspaper.

Her current husband, however, told a newspaper that he still loves her.

New World Record Tallest Man

The Guinness Book of World Records has certified that 27-year-old Sultan Kosen from Turkey is the world’s tallest man. Kosen is eight feet and one inch tall! His height is due to pituitary gigantism caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland. What does Kosen want to do with his new fame? First, he wants to find a car he can fit into, and he wants to get married if he can find the right girl.

Dog Crashes Car into Cafe

A dog named Wilco was left in a car in Cromwell, New Zealand while his owner went into a liquor store to pick up some beer. The unnamed man left the motor running, and Wilco jumped on the gear shift, which sent the vehicle crashing through the window of the nearby Fusee Rouge cafe.

“A lady from Mitre 10 ran through the doors and said ‘did you know that your dog’s just driven through the cafe doors’. So yeah, we popped out there and it was definitely right, it was sitting in the driver’s seat,” says Terry Fox, store manager.

Wilco and his owner were let go with a warning.