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**broken_rebel** · 09-01-2006, 04:06 PM

What a great tip.

Quote:

Cindy Kienow's story might as well be a Hollywood movie. For eight years, she has worked as a bartender in a Kansas Applebee's — coming in six days a week. Until last weekend, the best tip she ever received was $230.

That was outdone when a customer who comes in to the restaurant a couple times a month gave her a $10,000 tip for a $26 bill.

"We were just talking and having fun and then he just ate and ran his card and wrote it down for me," Kienow, 35, said. "He showed it to me and said that he wanted to make sure that I knew that he meant to leave it for me and he knew what he was writing down."

Kienow said she was shocked and speechless. The customer, who she wants to remain anonymous, told her that she deserves it and that she should buy something nice with the money.

The receipt has still not cleared as Kienow said that measures are being taken to protect her and the customer.

Now that she is $10,000 richer, Kienow is not sure how she will spend all of it but plans to help pay for her father's knee surgery and attend a bachlorette party in Las Vegas this November.

"We're going to have a lot of fun with that money," she said. "And there's a jeep I have my eye on."

The Cinderella story has inspired a small media frenzy, turning Kienow into something of a celebrity.

"It's been really crazy," she said. "I've had to hide out in my house."

Source

wolfblade · 09-09-2006, 03:16 AM

And I put up another driving related article.

Quote:

Auto-eroticism undoes driver

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - A Slovak driver who crashed into a bus shocked rescuers who found him unconscious and half naked with a vacuum pump on his penis.

Police said the 42-year-old man, driving an old Citroen in the Slovak town of Levice, had ignored a "give way" sign.

"It's very likely he had auto-sex while driving, it is a matter of investigation. After the accident he was found lying in the seat, his pants were off and it (the pump) was placed on his penis," police officer Peter Polak told Reuters.

"I've never seen anything like this, nor have my colleagues," he added.

The man was taken to hospital with head injuries.

Ghetto Fabalus · 09-09-2006, 04:31 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. - A nurse returning from work discovered an intruder armed with a hammer in her home and strangled him with her bare hands, police said.

Susan Kuhnhausen, 51, then ran to a neighbor's house Wednesday night to report the intruder, identified as Edward Dalton Haffey, 59.

Homicide detectives said they have determined it was self-defense. They said a prosecutor is investigating but that they do not expect the case to go to a grand jury.

Police say there was no obvious sign of forced entry at the house when Kuhnhausen, an emergency room nurse at Providence Portland Medical Center, got home from work shortly after 6 p.m.

Haffey, a convicted felon with a long police record, was dead when police arrived.

"Everyone that I've talked to says 'Hurray for Susan,' said neighbor Annie Warnock, who called 911.

Under Oregon law people can use reasonable deadly force when defending themselves against an intruder or burglar in their homes.

"You didn't need to calm her," Warnock said. "She's an emergency room nurse. She's used to dealing with crisis."

Kuhnhausen was treated and released for minor injuries at Providence.

Haffey, about 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, had convictions including conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, robbery, drug charges and possession of burglary tools.

Neighbors said Kuhnhausen's size — 5-foot-7 and 260 pounds — may have given her an advantage.

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source

Impressive feat. Yay for exterminating shitheads. She should make it her new profession. *would hire her...*

Squeefest · 09-12-2006, 10:53 PM

What it feels like to run 350 miles.. nonstop!

MILE 0 (October 12, 2005, 2:00 P.M., San Francisco): A couple of years ago, I ran 262 miles—ten marathons back-to-back. So the first fifty miles isn't a big deal. I run marathons for warm-up.

Mile 100: Starting to feel the pain.

Mile 140: I burn through my first pair of custom-made shoes. The soreness starts in the quads, the calves, the torso. It's a dull pain, but it can erupt into a cramp without warning. Especially the calves, which feel like they're being beaten with a mallet.

Mile 200: By now it's been two nights without sleep. I'm pretty strung out. But when you run all night, at sunup you regroup.

Mile 210: My second pair of shoes toast. My ability to reason is impaired. I start detaching from my physical body.

Mile 300: Third night without sleep. Really delirious, swerving into the road, people honking. At 2:00 A.M., I fell asleep for thirty, forty-five seconds, but I didn't stop. Have you ever read Where the Wild Things Are? Well, I started hallucinating that the possums and raccoons on the roadside were morphing into those creatures. My crew poured ice over my head.

Mile 305: The pain is so intense, I start yelling out loud. I'm run¬ning down this deserted road, screaming. Then the comedy of it strikes me and I start laughing uncontrollably. When I stop laughing, I start screaming again. Which would make me laugh. I must have looked like a madman.

Mile 310: It's just a death march. I tune out the mileage and focus on putting one foot in front of the other. I'm not running; I'm shuffling. On to my fourth pair of shoes.

Mile 340: Something kicks in. I start running a six-minute pace. I am possessed. I'm not even there; I am hovering above. I don't feel anything. I'm literally floating.

Mile 350 (October 15, 10:44 P.M., Stanford, California): Total elation. Body weight down six pounds. Calories burned: forty thousand. Within minutes, I go into hypothermia. They put me in a mummy bag. All I remember is someone shoveling spoonfuls of hummus in my mouth. The next recollection I have is waking up the next morning.

------------------------------------

Interesting, yes?

I actually read this a while ago and had saved it to my computer. So I don't know where the original article is, sorry.

Apryl · 09-13-2006, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfblade

Woman crashes when teaching dog to drive

BEIJING - A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.

No injuries were reported although both vehicles were slightly damaged, it said.

The woman, identified only be her surname, Li, said her dog "was fond of crouching on the steering wheel and often watched her drive," according to Xinhua.

"She thought she would let the dog 'have a try' while she operated the accelerator and brake," the report said. "They did not make it far before crashing into an oncoming car."

Xinhua did not say what kind of dog or vehicles were involved but Li paid for repairs.

That's not surprising to me at all. No offense, but a large portion of the chinese women populus where I live couldn't drive a Barbie Car to save mankind.

Oh, and the Chinese men, too.

hollydolly · 09-16-2006, 08:12 AM

http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/...&cvqh=itn_goat

Quote:

Murder Suspect: Goat Turned Into Corpse
By Associated Press
Fri Sep 15, 3:41 PM

LAGOS, Nigeria - A Nigerian murder suspect accused of killing his brother with an axe told police investigators he actually attacked a goat, which was only later magically transformed into his sibling's corpse, officials said Thursday.

The man, whose name wasn't released, offered police his explanation after his arrest on Tuesday in the death of his brother the previous day at Isseluku village in southern Nigeria.

"He said that the goats were on his farm and he tried to chase them away. When one wouldn't move, he attacked it with an axe. He said it then turned into his brother," Police Commissioner Udom Ekpoudom told the Associated Press.

Murder suspects in Nigeria, where many people believe in black magic, sometimes claim spirits tricked them into killing. In 2001, eight people were burned to death after one person in their group was accused of making a bystander's penis magically disappear.

To me, that last paragraph is just... disturbing.

Apryl · 09-17-2006, 08:21 PM

Holly, that's like the best one so far. That's hilarious. Thanks for posting. <3

**Miles D** · 09-17-2006, 09:38 PM

Can we say bad hair day?

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14853950/?GT1=8506

Quote:

Originally Posted by Associated Press

When bad hairpieces attack!
Lawsuit claims ill-fitting, mismatched toupee led to man’s heart attack
The Associated Press

Updated: 3:40 p.m. CT Sept 15, 2006
MILFORD, Conn. - A man who claims he had a heart attack during a dispute over an ill-fitting hairpiece that didn't match his hair color is suing the wig shop.

Paul Lewis claims he suffered a heart attack after refusing to pay for the hairpiece that was not only the wrong size but also the wrong color. He is seeking more than $15,000 in damages.

Lewis filed a counter lawsuit in Superior Court after Paula's Wig Boutique of Orange filed a small claims action seeking $1,200 in payment for the hairpiece.

Lewis claims he fell ill in December 2004 after Paula Wood, the owner of the wig shop, threatened to call police because he refused to pay, according to court records.

Lewis told the Connecticut Post that Wood sold him the hairpiece in a darkened room and he didn't realize it was the wrong color until later. He said he put a stop payment on a check he issued to the shop.

Wood said she has no idea why Lewis suffered a heart attack over the incident and added that he was so happy with the hairpiece when he left the shop that he "hugged me and thanked me."

She added that her shop is brightly lit and Lewis left with the hairpiece during the day.

*Dawn* · 09-21-2006, 08:09 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14626186/

Quote:

Looks like Michael Jackson has taken a liking to the wee folk of Ireland.

The “Thriller” singer, who left the U.S. for the Mideast following his acquittal on sex charges, has been spending time on the Emerald Isle recently, and is looking into buying an estate there — possibly a castle — according to reports.

What’s more, he’s supposedly interested in opening up a leprechaun-inspired theme park.

“Michael is deadly serious about this idea,” a source told Ireland’s Daily Mirror. “He loves the whole idea of leprechauns and the magic and myths of Ireland. It would cost around 500 million Euros [about $635 million] to do. He’s always wanted to open his own theme park and he thinks Ireland is the perfect place and it will all be built around the leprechaun theme.”

... Ok then. *hides*

Robinwyn · 09-26-2006, 02:42 PM

Teddy bear is responsible for 2,500 deaths.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15004927/?GT1=8506

Quote:

MILFORD, N.H. - A teddy bear has been implicated in 2,500 deaths. Of trout, that is. State officials say a teddy bear dropped into a pool at a Fish and Game Department hatchery earlier this month clogged a drain. The clog blocked the flow of oxygen to the pool and suffocated the fish.

Hatcheries supervisor Robert Fawcett said the bear — a Paddington Bear dressed in yellow raincoat and hat — is believed to be the first stuffed bear to cause fatalities at the facility.

"We've had pipes get clogged, but it's usually with more naturally occurring things like a frog or even a dead muskrat," he said. "This one turned out to be a teddy bear, and we don't know how it got there."

The deaths prompted Fawcett to release a written warning: "RELEASE OF ANY TEDDY BEARS into the fish hatchery water IS NOT PERMITTED."

He said it's not known who dropped the bear, but urged anyone whose bear ends up in a hatchery pool to find a worker to remove it. "They might save your teddy bear, and keep it from becoming a killer," he said.

"It's kind of a cute little teddy bear and people wouldn't think that a cute little teddy bear would be able to kill fish."

© 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

09-09-2006, 04:31 PM	#453 (permalink)
Ghetto Fabalus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a field of... no wait, a hollow... in a stranger's... GRR THEY'VE ALL BEEN TAKEN! I'll settle for Minnesota, I guess. Age: 23 Posts: 932 Points: 613.65 Bank: 179,309.59 Total Points: 179,923.24 Donate	Nurse throttles intruder PORTLAND, Ore. - A nurse returning from work discovered an intruder armed with a hammer in her home and strangled him with her bare hands, police said. Susan Kuhnhausen, 51, then ran to a neighbor's house Wednesday night to report the intruder, identified as Edward Dalton Haffey, 59. Homicide detectives said they have determined it was self-defense. They said a prosecutor is investigating but that they do not expect the case to go to a grand jury. Police say there was no obvious sign of forced entry at the house when Kuhnhausen, an emergency room nurse at Providence Portland Medical Center, got home from work shortly after 6 p.m. Haffey, a convicted felon with a long police record, was dead when police arrived. "Everyone that I've talked to says 'Hurray for Susan,' said neighbor Annie Warnock, who called 911. Under Oregon law people can use reasonable deadly force when defending themselves against an intruder or burglar in their homes. "You didn't need to calm her," Warnock said. "She's an emergency room nurse. She's used to dealing with crisis." Kuhnhausen was treated and released for minor injuries at Providence. Haffey, about 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, had convictions including conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, robbery, drug charges and possession of burglary tools. Neighbors said Kuhnhausen's size — 5-foot-7 and 260 pounds — may have given her an advantage. --- source Impressive feat. Yay for exterminating shitheads. She should make it her new profession. would hire her...

09-12-2006, 10:53 PM	#454 (permalink)
Squeefest Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 71 Points: 1,644.41 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 1,644.41 Donate	What it feels like to run 350 miles.. nonstop! MILE 0 (October 12, 2005, 2:00 P.M., San Francisco): A couple of years ago, I ran 262 miles—ten marathons back-to-back. So the first fifty miles isn't a big deal. I run marathons for warm-up. Mile 100: Starting to feel the pain. Mile 140: I burn through my first pair of custom-made shoes. The soreness starts in the quads, the calves, the torso. It's a dull pain, but it can erupt into a cramp without warning. Especially the calves, which feel like they're being beaten with a mallet. Mile 200: By now it's been two nights without sleep. I'm pretty strung out. But when you run all night, at sunup you regroup. Mile 210: My second pair of shoes toast. My ability to reason is impaired. I start detaching from my physical body. Mile 300: Third night without sleep. Really delirious, swerving into the road, people honking. At 2:00 A.M., I fell asleep for thirty, forty-five seconds, but I didn't stop. Have you ever read Where the Wild Things Are? Well, I started hallucinating that the possums and raccoons on the roadside were morphing into those creatures. My crew poured ice over my head. Mile 305: The pain is so intense, I start yelling out loud. I'm run¬ning down this deserted road, screaming. Then the comedy of it strikes me and I start laughing uncontrollably. When I stop laughing, I start screaming again. Which would make me laugh. I must have looked like a madman. Mile 310: It's just a death march. I tune out the mileage and focus on putting one foot in front of the other. I'm not running; I'm shuffling. On to my fourth pair of shoes. Mile 340: Something kicks in. I start running a six-minute pace. I am possessed. I'm not even there; I am hovering above. I don't feel anything. I'm literally floating. Mile 350 (October 15, 10:44 P.M., Stanford, California): Total elation. Body weight down six pounds. Calories burned: forty thousand. Within minutes, I go into hypothermia. They put me in a mummy bag. All I remember is someone shoveling spoonfuls of hummus in my mouth. The next recollection I have is waking up the next morning. ------------------------------------ Interesting, yes? I actually read this a while ago and had saved it to my computer. So I don't know where the original article is, sorry. __________________ "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." -Oscar Wilde

09-17-2006, 08:21 PM	#457 (permalink)
Apryl FROGS FTW Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Edmonton, AB. Age: 21 Posts: 3,210 Points: 756.91 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 756.92 Donate	Holly, that's like the best one so far. That's hilarious. Thanks for posting. <3 __________________ ...i can't breathe...

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