Strange But True Stories

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2009-05-29T15:36:00.001+01:00

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eat my shorts

2009-03-02T17:28:00.002+00:00

The council in Houston, Texas obviously didn't feel there was much crime for the local police to investigate. So one of it's members decided that it would be a good idea if they picked on the more unsavory parts of town.

A shop called "condoms & more" was the target. They sent in the vice squad to find any evidence of criminal activity they could, but came away empty handed.
Undeterred the council went to the city's public health department, who visited the shop & found edible panties & chocolate breast's. The shop was then ordered by the council to dispose of all the edible articles they possessed as they didn't have a licence to sell food.

The cold shoulder

2009-03-02T17:17:00.002+00:00

If you are said to "give someone the cold shoulder" you are trying to tell someone that you do not want their company anymore.

This phrase came from medieval France, if a chateaux guest was served cold beef or mutton instead of hot, it was a hint that they had over stayed their welcome.

School is great?

2009-03-02T17:07:00.003+00:00

Children at school will be surprised to find that the word school doesn't mean the daily boredom of of the classroom.

It comes from the Greek work "schole" which means leisure.

Computer Jargon

2009-03-02T16:45:00.002+00:00

Scientists who baffle the public with their own jargon when talking about their specialised subjects.

Might feel a little embarrassed when they find out that the word "jargon" comes from the old French word "gargon" the twittering noises that birds make.

Stick em up

2009-03-02T16:03:00.003+00:00

A young country & western fan was charged with the crime of trying to rob a bank while dressed as a cowboy.

After parking his truck (he called Trigger)outside the bank, the young man walked up to the counter, pulled a gun from his cowboy holster & shouted "This is a stick up"
Unfortunately for the young man the bank staff found this to be hilarious.
As the embarrassed man ran from the bank he was heard to shout "Giddyup" & "Yee Haa"

Just shoot me

2009-03-02T15:52:00.003+00:00

Fate can be horrible at times. An Italian kitchen worker decided to end it all after becoming convinced that his wife no longer loved him.

He decided to shoot himself in the head with his fathers world war 2 gun, he was just about to pull the trigger when his wife burst in & begged him to put the gun down.
After alot of shouting, arguing & reassurances from his wife that she still loved him he realised she was telling the truth. He threw the gun down & ran over to hug his wife.
Unfortunately, as the gun hit the floor it went off, killing his wife.

Up Up and away

2009-03-02T15:45:00.004+00:00

A man in LA made the headline news when he decided to go for a flight in his garden chair. After tying the chair to the bumper of his car, The man tied several helium filled balloons to the chair.

Thinking that he would stop rising at around 30 feet, he untied the chair from the car.
A pilot approaching LA airport radioed in that he had spotted a man in what looked like a garden chair at 16,000 feet. The man was towed down by helicopter & charged.

Mad as a dog

2009-03-02T14:13:00.001+00:00

In the United States an insurance company came under fire for refusing to insure any more dogs of the pit bull breed.

Things reached such a point that the head of the Pit Bull Owners Association went on to record to the state that this was nothing more than "dog racism".