Archived brainless wonders for Jul 2007
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...
Drunk takes a free bike ride on car roof
Jul 3 2007 - Reuters
Police officers in the Dutch city of Alkmaar were surprised to see a car passing by with a man sitting on a bicycle on its roof.
The driver and his wife, when stopped by the police, said they heard a noise while waiting at a traffic light,...
Car 'Drifts' Off Parking Deck
Jul 4 2007 - WXIA-TV Atlanta
Atlanta police are still trying to figure out what caused a car to plunge six stories out of a parking deck in Midtown, with the driver still inside early Wednesday morning.
Police said the 23-year-old driver behind the wheel of the car was...
Blinded by love, man stabbed in eye by girlfriend
Jul 5 2007 - Reuters
A Hong Kong woman who blinded her boyfriend in one eye in a fight six years ago has been jailed for jabbing a chopstick into his other eye, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Last November, Po Shiu-fong, 58, accused long-time boyfriend Kwok...
Russian plane returns after drunken brawl on board
Jul 13 2007 - Reuters
A Russian plane flying from St Petersburg in Russia to Doloman in Turkey had to turn back midflight after a drunken brawl over a young woman spun out of control, police said in a statement on Friday.
Three young Russians boarded the plane drunk...
Paratroopers mistakenly land at prison
Jul 14 2007 - AP
A unit of 25 military paratroopers landed inside the perimeter of a state prison, but not to quell a riot or attempt some movie-script breakout. They just goofed.
The paratroopers, armed with exercise rifles that shoot rubber bullets, landed...
Pilot forgets to lower landing gear
Jul 15 2007 - AP
A pilot ran through the usual steps of getting ready to land his small plane, except for one little thing — he forgot to lower his landing gear.
Without wheels, Thomas Lepsch's Beechcraft Bonanza skidded a few hundred feet down the...
Pair with horse, 7 dogs in home arrested
Jul 17 2007 - AP
Authorities removed a miniature horse and seven dogs from a home strewn with feces and rotting produce and charged the owners with endangering their 12-year-old child, officials said Tuesday.
Joe Silva and Nichole Surkala's house was so...
Woman shoots cop with taser at his home
Jul 17 2007 - AP
A police officer was shot with his own Taser by a woman visiting his home, authorities said. Officer Charles Jeffers told investigators he'd stopped to use the restroom at his home Sunday night while on his way to investigate a burglary. He let a...
Teens allegedly taunt hippos and survive
Jul 18 2007 - AP
The Kansas City Zoo plans to press charges against two teenage boys who allegedly climbed into the hippo exhibit and threw rocks at the two-ton mammals, zoo officials said.
A 14-year-old witness spotted the boys Monday as the hippos were becoming...
Once, twice, three times arrested
Jul 24 2007 - AP
A central New York man hit the criminal justice trifecta, three arrests in three hours. Kevin Rich, 40, was charged early Sunday morning with soliciting money from people and loitering.
A little more than an hour later he was charged with disorderly...
7-Year-Old Swallows Dental Apparatus
Jul 27 2007 - Local6.com
The family of a 7-year-old boy in Sanford who was rushed to an emergency room after he accidentally swallowed his "grill" --
or decorative metal mouth piece -- is concerned because the apparatus remains in his stomach. PHOTOS: X-Ray...
Three Guys Try to Steal ATM
Jul 28 2007 - Todays TMJ4.com
This will go in the books under "dumb criminals." Three men bust into a convenience store in an attempt to haul away the ATM. Their plan didn't go so well.
It was all caught on tape. The Citgo gas station's surveillance cameras...
Gecko hunt ends in death fall
Jul 29 2007 - AAP
A 21-year-old man who was out in the middle of the night hunting geckos to feed a pet snake has died after falling 45m down a disused sewer shaft in Sydney.
The Daceyville man's body was recovered this morning from the former sewerage outlet...