Archived brainless wonders for Oct 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...
Truck gets stuck under Lindsay Street bridge
Oct 1 2007 - News-Record.com
The driver of a tractor trailer found herself jammed up underneath a railroad bridge on East Lindsay Street Monday morning.
Stella Trent was driving eastbound just after 10 a.m. when she attempted to drive under the bridge, according to Greensboro...
Deputy busts pair in jail parking lot
Oct 2 2007 - AP
Deputy Dave Wagner had just finished booking a suspect at the Marion County Jail Tuesday when he heard a radio report that a stolen pickup truck had been spotted in northeast Salem. He decided to check it out. He didn't go far.
In the jail's...
Shock burns cable thief beyond recognition
Oct 8 2007 - Reuters
A thief in Germany was charred beyond recognition by a 10,000 volt electric shock when he tried to steal a live copper cable, authorities said Monday.
Police in the western city of Duisburg found the 32-year-old man's blackened remains...
Man asks boy for urine sample at mall
Oct 11 2007 - AP
A man who was apparently worried about a random drug test asked an 11-year-old boy at a mall for a urine sample.
White Plains Police say Marcos Delacruz, 42, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. He was arrested several hours...
Tipsy driver alerts police by mistake
Oct 18 2007 - Reuters
An Austrian motorist too drunk to change a tire phoned a police emergency number by mistake instead of the breakdown service and wound up losing his license, police said on Thursday.
"He mixed up emergency service numbers," a police...
Well, you don't see something like this every day
Oct 24 2007 - Reuters
An Australian barmaid has been fined for crushing beer cans between her bare breasts while an off-duty colleague has been fined for hanging spoons from her friend's nipples, police said Wednesday.
Police in Western Australia said the 31-year...
Oops! Drivers sink into wet concrete
Oct 25 2007 - AP
As many as 10 vehicles drove around barriers and onto freshly poured concrete on a busy thoroughfare during rush hour. Two got stuck, Mequon police said Thursday. "Once someone goes around the barricade and busts through the tape, others follow,"...
Burglars-in-a-box nabbed after Canada robberies
Oct 26 2007 - Reuters
Two men and a woman who used an ordinary cardboard box to break into over 200 Toronto area fast-food joints were caught by lucky timing, police said on Friday.
The trio arrived at their target with an oversized cardboard box, which they propped...