Archived brainless wonders for Jun 2008
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...
Dutch man injures posterior in mooning accident
Jun 3 2008 - AP
Utrecht police say a 21-year-old Dutch man is recovering after a "mooning" that went horribly wrong.
A police statement says the man and two others had run down a street in Utrecht with their pants pulled down in the back "for...
Man orders father murdered to get his job
Jun 3 2008 - Reuters
An Indian man, frustrated at failing to find employment, ordered the murder of his father to get his government job, a day before the victim was to retire, police said on Tuesday.
The man, arrested from a village in the impoverished eastern...
Texas justice of the peace sued over paddlings
Jun 4 2008 - AP
A family sued a justice of the peace Wednesday, complaining that he ordered a man to paddle his teenage stepdaughter in the courtroom and threatened to convict her of truancy if he didn't.
The lawsuit filed by Mary Vasquez and her husband,...
Man sets blaze while trying to kill pesky bees
Jun 5 2008 - AP
Joshua Mullen just wanted to kill the bees swarming around his utility shed. When Mullen, 26, walked away from the gasoline-soaked towels he was using, he heard a "whoosh" and turned around to see the shed in flames that spread to his rented...
Woman sues Victoria's Secret claiming thong injury
Jun 20 2008 - Reuters
A woman who says she was hurt by her thong panties when a metal clip flew off and hit her in the eye has sued Victoria's Secret, saying in a TV interview on Thursday that the injury caused her "excruciating pain."
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