brainless wonders
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...
Archived brainless wonders for Feb 2007
Swans found living in city apartment
Feb 1 2007 - Reuters
An elderly Swedish woman has taken animal protection too far by sheltering 11 full grown swans in her small, city center apartment, police said on Thursday.
She said she had been looking after the birds in her 25 square meter (270 sq ft) apartment...
Man accused of setting bike path traps
Feb 2 2007 - AP
A 62-year-old man is suspected of stringing wires at neck level across a popular bike path, as well as scattering nails, broken glass and rocks across the trail in a series of traps set because he wanted to protect the environment, police said.[read the complete brainless article]
Teen gets frostbite after barefoot run
Feb 6 2007 - AP
A teenager who wanted to continue the family tradition of running around the garden barefoot during halftime of the Super Bowl game has learned a painful lesson.
It was 17 below zero at halftime Sunday in this city about 30 miles northwest...
Mom allegedly leaves kids in car to tan
Feb 9 2007 - AP
Sheboygan police arrested a woman after she allegedly left her two children in a freezing car for 20 minutes while she went tanning.
The 27-year-old woman was arrested after two people spotted the children, ages 23 months and 10 years, in the...
Smitten at 70, Japan woman on trial for stalking
Feb 12 2007 - Reuters Life!
A 70-year-old Japanese woman has gone on trial for bombarding a 79-year-old man with over 200 love letters, repeatedly cleaning his family tombstone and breaking a stalking ban, media reported over the weekend.
Prosecutors told a court in Ibaraki...
Man allegedly fakes kidnap to hide crash
Feb 13 2007 - AP
A man who allegedly faked his own kidnapping to keep his wife from finding out he crashed her new car could face criminal charges, police said.
Jorge Alberto Mejia, 35, told police two kidnappers held him up at gunpoint at a San Rafael bar...
Connecticut man busted twice for drugs
Feb 13 2007 - AP
A Danbury man's plans to bail himself out after a drug bust went more than a bit awry over the weekend. State police said that a small safe that Nakia Davis, 32, had his aunt bring in to the Southbury barracks not only contained $5,000 in cash for...
Fla. police find ATM in backseat of car
Feb 13 2007 - UPI
During a routine arrest of two suspected burglars in Florida, police were shocked to discover a stolen automated teller machine in the back of the duo's car.
When Jacksonville Beach police arrested John Kiedroski and Damien Shain Lee Saturday,...
Vodka-fuelled fisherman wrestles with shark
Feb 16 2007 - Reuters
A fisherman fuelled by vodka caught a 1.3-metre (4-foot) shark and wrestled it onto a jetty on Australia's south coast, suffering only small tear marks in his trousers, media reports said on Friday.
Phillip Kerkhof, 41, caught the...
Eek!: Men flee after seeing 'giant rat'
Feb 16 2007 - AP
A furry, uninvited guest had manly men at an Iron Range tire shop shrieking and hopping on desks. "It was pretty humorous," said conservation officer Dan Starr, who filed a report on the critter's break-in. "Here were these big, burly...
Sex in fast lane halts traffic on road
Feb 18 2007 - Reuters
Israeli police investigating why a car was blocking traffic in the fast lane of a major highway Sunday found a couple inside having sex.
A police spokesman said the female driver and her male passenger gave in to their passions without pulling...
Argentine smuggles cocaine in chocolate cookies
Feb 20 2007 - Reuters
Chilean police arrested an Argentine woman allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine to Spain hidden in chocolate-coated alfajores -- cookies popular in the southern nations of South America.
Alicia Arce, 29, was detained at Santiago airport on Monday...
Dead dad earns pension from the freezer
Feb 21 2007 - Reuters
An Italian is suspected of hiding his dead father in a freezer for two years so he could keep collecting the old man's pension.
Gaetano Sivieri confessed to police this week he had stashed his father's body in an underground garage...
Sword-Wielding Man Confronts Neighbor After Hearing Woman's Cries on Porn Film
Feb 21 2007 - AP
A sword-wielding Wisconsin man broke into his neighbor's apartment thinking he was chivalrous after hearing the cries of a woman he thought was in peril — but instead, she was in porn.
James Van Iveren was in his Oconomowoc apartment...
Woman allegedly shoots at tailgater
Feb 23 2007 - AP
A woman who told authorities she was fed up with tailgaters pulled out a gun and shot at the tires of a pickup that got too close, police said. Officials believe the bullet missed the pickup, and no one was hurt.
Bernadette Headd, 39, was in...
Janitor spends weekend in courthouse
Feb 27 2007 - AP
Think you had a boring weekend? Talk to Harold Jones. The 32-year-old janitor spent two and a half days without food, water or access to a bathroom after he was accidentally locked in a secure room at an upstate courthouse.
Jones was mopping...
Teacher cuts pupil's tongue with scissors
Feb 28 2007 - Reuters
A Milan teacher cut a unruly 7-year-old pupil's tongue with scissors to silence him, police and school officials said on Tuesday.
The child, of North African origin, needed to go to hospital for five stitches to close the wound.
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