Archived brainless wonders for Aug 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...
Man cuts off hand for Hindu goddess offering
Aug 1 2007 - Reuters
A 23-year-old Nepali man cut off his right hand after morning prayers and offered it to Kali, the Hindu goddess of power, the Annapurna Post local daily said on Wednesday.
Rajesh Tajpuria, who runs a drug store in the southeastern town of Rangeli,...
Catholic dean on leave after YouTube outburst
Aug 1 2007 - Reuters
A Roman Catholic priest who unleashed a torrent of expletives and racist abuse against skateboarders outside his Australian cathedral, only to have the outburst filmed and placed on YouTube, has been put on leave.
The Reverend Monsignor Geoff...
Woman kept dead husband by bed for a year
Aug 2 2007 - Reuters
A woman in Mexico City kept the body of her dead husband by her bedside for a year until neighbors, disturbed by the smell, called the police.
Police broke down Mercedes Velarde's door on Tuesday and found the putrefied body of her husband...
Armless man gets 5 years for driving
Aug 3 2007 - AP
A man with no arms and one leg who wouldn't stop driving despite a long list of traffic violations was sentenced to five years in prison Friday on felony driving and drug charges.
Michael Francis Wiley, 40, also was sentenced to 15 years...
Chicken and rice ends Indian thief's toilet trauma
Aug 5 2007 - Reuters
Dozens of bananas failed to do the trick but an Indian thief has finally produced a gold necklace he had snatched and then swallowed after police fed him a hearty meal of chicken, rice and local bread.
Sheikh Mohsin, 35, grabbed the 45,000-rupee...
Wienermobile gets parking ticket
Aug 10 2007 - AP
A parking ticket topped the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile after it was left parked illegally on a downtown Chicago thoroughfare.
The 27-foot fiberglass sausage was ticketed Thursday morning after its driver parked it on Michigan Avenue and left...
Woman sets fire to ex-husband's penis
Aug 22 2007 - Reuters
A woman set fire to her ex-husband's penis as he sat naked watching television and drinking vodka, Moscow police said Wednesday.
Asked if the man would make a full recovery, a police spokeswoman said it was "difficult to predict."