Sir_Winston54
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So much of the news today frightens us, angers us, disgusts us, sickens us, or makes us wonder if we really even want to be here... So here are a few little news tidbits that maybe will give us a smile, a chuckle, or a hearty soul-renewing laugh.
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Sheriff deputies in Cayuga County, NY, say Donald Ross stole golf balls, tee markers, ball washers and numerous other items from the Owasco Country Club. Authorities believe Ross took the equipment over a period of three years and set up a three hole golf course on a property he shares with his twin brother.
The golf course manager says, at first, he thought kids were stealing the equipment.
"A bench would be gone one day, a couple of tee markers another day, sometimes ball makers. I would report them every time to the sheriff's department, so they kept a record of it too. But as far as knowing who was doing it, I had no idea,” said Lou Agosta, Owasco Country Club.
Ross is charged with Criminal Possession of Stolen Property. Authorities say he faces additional charges.
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The Little Falls Police Department responded to a call that a large SpongeBob was missing from the top of the Burger King Restaurant. In place of SpongeBob was a ransom note stating in part, “We have SpongeBob. Give us 10 crabby patties, fries and milk shakes,” signed Plankton. The note also warned “Patrick is next.”
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Hungary's Blonde Women's Movement turned to violence after protesting outside parliament. They took their protest to a bar called Blondy and when they were asked to move on by management, things got ugly. Bar manager Laszlo Bolyocki said: "When we tried to get rid of the protestors they turned violent, and threw cakes and eggs at the windows and urged their blonde sisters working here to go on strike." Blonde Women's Movement founder Krisztina Timar, 29, said: "This bar was using dumb blonde jokes to promote itself. It's thanks to stunts like this that people look down on us and we have much worse chances of getting a job." The “movement” is attempting to have blonde jokes banned in Hungary.
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WATERLOO, Iowa - A woman called police to report that her dealer sold her bad drugs. The woman made the call from a coin-operated laundry and told police a drug dealer sold her crack cocaine that was possibly fake. By the time police arrived, she apparently changed her mind about filing the complaint and was gone.
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At The Dungeon, Israel's first sado-masochistic restaurant, customers who complain about the food are locked in a cage and whipped, according to Esquire.
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We've all seen things discarded along the road, but have you ever seen a house there? Actually it's the three-bedroom, two-bath second floor of a house near I-75 in Florida that has people puzzled. It's been there for a month. "We've been trying to figure out what the hell is going on out there," said Lisa Power, records manager for the Temple Terrace Police Department. There's nothing to connect the structure with whoever owns it.
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All three wives of a 67-year-old Iranian man have taken overdoses in an unsuccessful triple suicide attempt after the youngest wife bought an expensive pair of boots. "My two other wives were very jealous after my 27-year-old wife bought a pair of boots for $450," the husband was quoted by Reuters. "After they had an argument about the price, they all attempted suicide together," he added. All three of the women are now hospitalized in stable condition.
No comment. Just ........ no comment. On any of them.
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Sheriff deputies in Cayuga County, NY, say Donald Ross stole golf balls, tee markers, ball washers and numerous other items from the Owasco Country Club. Authorities believe Ross took the equipment over a period of three years and set up a three hole golf course on a property he shares with his twin brother.
The golf course manager says, at first, he thought kids were stealing the equipment.
"A bench would be gone one day, a couple of tee markers another day, sometimes ball makers. I would report them every time to the sheriff's department, so they kept a record of it too. But as far as knowing who was doing it, I had no idea,” said Lou Agosta, Owasco Country Club.
Ross is charged with Criminal Possession of Stolen Property. Authorities say he faces additional charges.
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The Little Falls Police Department responded to a call that a large SpongeBob was missing from the top of the Burger King Restaurant. In place of SpongeBob was a ransom note stating in part, “We have SpongeBob. Give us 10 crabby patties, fries and milk shakes,” signed Plankton. The note also warned “Patrick is next.”
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Hungary's Blonde Women's Movement turned to violence after protesting outside parliament. They took their protest to a bar called Blondy and when they were asked to move on by management, things got ugly. Bar manager Laszlo Bolyocki said: "When we tried to get rid of the protestors they turned violent, and threw cakes and eggs at the windows and urged their blonde sisters working here to go on strike." Blonde Women's Movement founder Krisztina Timar, 29, said: "This bar was using dumb blonde jokes to promote itself. It's thanks to stunts like this that people look down on us and we have much worse chances of getting a job." The “movement” is attempting to have blonde jokes banned in Hungary.
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WATERLOO, Iowa - A woman called police to report that her dealer sold her bad drugs. The woman made the call from a coin-operated laundry and told police a drug dealer sold her crack cocaine that was possibly fake. By the time police arrived, she apparently changed her mind about filing the complaint and was gone.
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At The Dungeon, Israel's first sado-masochistic restaurant, customers who complain about the food are locked in a cage and whipped, according to Esquire.
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We've all seen things discarded along the road, but have you ever seen a house there? Actually it's the three-bedroom, two-bath second floor of a house near I-75 in Florida that has people puzzled. It's been there for a month. "We've been trying to figure out what the hell is going on out there," said Lisa Power, records manager for the Temple Terrace Police Department. There's nothing to connect the structure with whoever owns it.
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All three wives of a 67-year-old Iranian man have taken overdoses in an unsuccessful triple suicide attempt after the youngest wife bought an expensive pair of boots. "My two other wives were very jealous after my 27-year-old wife bought a pair of boots for $450," the husband was quoted by Reuters. "After they had an argument about the price, they all attempted suicide together," he added. All three of the women are now hospitalized in stable condition.
No comment. Just ........ no comment. On any of them.
