Archived brainless wonders for Nov 2006
Mankind has created spectacular works of art, engineered incredibly tall buildings, designed impressive supercomputers, lived in outerspace, discovered cures for nasty diseases. As a whole, nothing can compare to human intelligence, but sometimes humans, well, you know...
Polish worker sleeps at wrong house
Nov 8 2006 - aclickapick.com - Ananova.com
A man from Scunthorpe rolled over in his bed to discover a Polish workman in place of his wife.
Graham Handley's wife Linda had gone into their eight-year-old son Adam's room because he was having trouble sleeping. She had nodded...
Girl swallows toothbrush
Nov 10 2006 - aclickapick.com - Ananova.com
A Romanian teenager may need surgery after she swallowed her toothbrush.
The 15-year-old girl, named only as Adreea V from Falticeni, in Suceava county, went to A&E saying she had accidentally swallowed the tootbrush.
However,...
Suspect shoots self in groin
Nov 15 2006 - Associated press
A botched kidnapping ended with one of the assailants shooting himself in the groin, Wichita police said. The man had just stuck the gun back into his waistband when it fired, shooting him in the left testicle.
He cringed, causing the gun to...
Man accused of having sex with dead deer
Nov 15 2006 - Duluth News Tribune
Prosecution of a case involving alleged sexual contact with a dead deer may hinge on the legal definition of the word "animal."
Bryan James Hathaway, 20, of Superior, Wis., faces a misdemeanor charge of sexual gratification with...
Heavyweight cow flattens farmer
Nov 16 2006 - Reuters
It took 25 firefighters, his wife and a son to roll Lulu the cow off Austrian farmer Leopold Zeilinger after she fell on him.
When Zeilinger discovered the 1,764-pound cow was too sick to stand up for milking, he used a winch to suspend her...
US cemetery worker, 80, charged over grave-rage incident
Nov 17 2006 - AFP
An 80-year-old New York cemetery worker has been charged with using a rake as an offensive weapon after allegedly beating a man who caught him urinating on a relative's grave, prosecutors said.
The full details of the alleged incident were...
Clumsy New Zealand policeman stuns himself
Nov 17 2006 - AFP
A clumsy New Zealand policeman attending a domestic dispute accidentally shot himself and a teenager with a stun gun before pepper-spraying an innocent woman, reports said.
The constable was loading his weapon when he accidentally blasted himself...
Free Viagra spices up small town life
Nov 20 2006 - Reuters
The mayor of a small Brazilian town has begun handing out free Viagra, spicing up the sex lives of dozens of elderly men and their partners.
"Since we started the free distribution of sexual stimulants, our elderly population changed....
Fugitive seeking love online gets nabbed
Nov 21 2006 - Reuters
A fugitive wanted for a double homicide in Arkansas was arrested on the weekend in Wisconsin after he posted his name, picture and address on an online dating Web site, police said on Monday.
Calvin A. Bennett, 26, has been charged with two...
Buddhist monk cuts off penis and renounces refix
Nov 22 2006 - Reuters
A Thai Buddhist monk cut off his penis with a machete because he had an erection during meditation and declined to have it reattached, saying he had renounced all earthly cares, a doctor and a newspaper said on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old monk,...
Drunken bus driver asks to continue school run
Nov 22 2006 - Reuters
A bus driver who was 13 times over the legal alcohol limit while driving a bus load of schoolchildren had a simple request for police who arrested him for drunken driving, an Australian court heard Wednesday.
"Can I finish my run, at least...
Midnight Zamboni run prompts firings
Nov 22 2006 - Associated press
Two employees of the city's ice skating rink have been fired for making a midnight fast-food run in a pair of Zambonis. An anonymous tipster reported seeing the two big ice-resurfacing machines chug through a Burger King drive-through and return to...
Would-be robber didn't notice police officer in line
Nov 22 2006 - Associated press
A masked gunman walked into a gas station and demanded money, apparently not noticing that the line at the counter included a uniformed police officer.
L.J. Scott, a member of the Police Department's armed robbery task force, told the would-be...
Would-be robber didn't notice police officer in line
Nov 22 2006 - Associated press
A masked gunman walked into a gas station and demanded money, apparently not noticing that the line at the counter included a uniformed police officer.
L.J. Scott, a member of the Police Department's armed robbery task force, told the would-be...
Man gets 3 years for tossing son's puppy from 5th floor
Nov 22 2006 - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
A judge sentenced a man to three years in prison Wednesday for hurling his son's 8-week-old black Labrador puppy off a fifth-story balcony to its death.
In hopes that Josper Sanon will gain some perspective on "how helpless these little...
German police get their phoney US Highway Patrolman
Nov 23 2006 - Reuters
German traffic police were shocked to see a California Highway Patrol car cruising along the motorway, driven by a man dressed as an authentic American cop, authorities said on Thursday.
But they recovered sufficiently to book the 35-year-old...
Canadian man on trial for putting baby in freezer
Nov 24 2006 - Reuters
A Canadian man who could not figure out how to deal with his girlfriend's feverish 10-month-old daughter put the baby into a freezer to cool her down, a local newspaper reported on Friday.
Derrick Hardy faces charges of criminal negligence...
Deputies: Woman Shot Step-Brother To 'Prove Herself'
Nov 24 2006 - News4Jax.com
One day after a 36-year-old Jacksonville man was shot to death in a Flagler Estates home, St. Johns County detectives said his step-sister pulled the trigger in order to "prove herself."Melissa Zink, 30, was arrested Thursday after James Rose...
Minden dentist arrested after confronting construction crew
Nov 24 2006 - Associated press
A Minden dentist faces assault and battery charges for allegedly confronting a construction crew with boxing gloves and a heavy chain.
Douglas Moss, 42, was released on his own recognizance earlier this week after appearing...
PETA mistakenly targets Alaska church
Nov 25 2006 - Associated press
The pastor at Anchorage First Free Methodist Church was mystified. Why was the activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals chastising him? No animals are harmed in the church's holiday nativity display. In fact, animals aren't used...
Female Suspects Hail A Cab From L.I. Burglary
Nov 25 2006 - CBS/AP
Nassau County police have arrested two women who decided to take a taxi after they robbed a Long Island home.
Officials say the burglars broke into a house in East Norwich through a back window early Thanksgiving morning. Police say the thieves...
Man drives into subway tunnel by mistake
Nov 27 2006 - Associated press
A driver took a wrong turn and headed down a subway tunnel in Portugal's second-largest city Monday.
The driver, who was alone in his vehicle and was said to be in his fifties, veered down a ramp set aside for emergency vehicles during...
Police tell bungling crook to get a new career
Nov 27 2006 - Reuters
Irish police have told a man dubbed Ireland's dumbest crook to give up his disastrous criminal career before it gets the better of him.
The unnamed man in his 30s has been arrested three times and each heist has brought him closer to the...
$20 USC-Clemson bet led to killing, police say
Nov 27 2006 - Charlotte Observer
A South Carolina Gamecocks fan fatally shot a friend over a $20 bet on a weekend football game, authorities said.
James Walter Quick watched the South Carolina-Clemson game Saturday at his friend's house in Lexington, S.C., about 100 miles...
'Pregnant' man's antics leave South African court stone cold
Nov 27 2006 - AFP
A young South African has been fined by a local court for playing hooky from work and trying to cover it with a fake gynaecologist's certificate attesting he was pregnant and needed a week off.
A magistrate's court in Vereeniging,...
Colombian cabbie rolls armed robber over embankment
Nov 27 2006 - AFP
A Colombian taxi driver got the better of an armed robber by rolling his cab over an embankment -- with the assailant still inside.
The driver, whom police identified as Isidro, 66, suffered a stab wound from the would-be thief, 16, who...
Marijuana advocate plans to roll world's biggest joint
Nov 27 2006 - AFP
A medical marijuana user plans to see in the New Year on an all-time high -- by rolling the world's biggest joint.
Los Angeles resident Brett Stone said he aims to usher in 2007 by building a .91-meter (three-foot) cigarette using around...
Driver tries to swallow keys, bites cop
Nov 28 2006 - Associated press
A Russian man whom police stopped for allegedly driving drunk tried to swallow his keys then bit an officer as the officer tried to retrieve them, a Russian news agency reported Tuesday.
The man, who was stopped overnight near Kemerovo, about...
Father hangs onto roof pursuing German car thief
Nov 28 2006 - Reuters
A father of two in Germany stunned authorities when he chased down an auto thief by car, leapt onto the roof of the stolen vehicle and then phoned through instructions to police as the crook sped off with him.
Police in the western town of...
Norwegian security guards catch toddler thief
Nov 29 2006 - Reuters
Security guards have caught a three-year-old boy who was helping his mother -- by trying to steal clothes from a shop in the Norwegian capital, Oslo.
The boy was trying to carry a plastic bag out of the store to his mother who was waiting outside...
Man allegedly tries to put wife in oven
Nov 30 2006 - Associated press
A man has been arrested after allegedly trying to force his estranged wife into an oven on Thanksgiving in front of their five children.
Martin Luther Jackson, 31, of Decatur, has been charged with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, cruelty...