The
man went out on a limb to transport the illicit drug, but when a
police dog sniffed the car he was travelling in, it detected the
white powder prompting cops to search him.
Of
course, the man denied it was his dope, but under the circumstances
he doesn't have a leg to stand on.
And
thus begins another look at the weird and wacky world we live in.
In
Massachusetts, 14 employees of a pharmacy were indicted for
defrauding the federal government by filling bogus prescriptions.
The
owner, who was in on the scam, told his staff not to use any
obviously false names and only use ones that seem plausible.
Apparently,
the employees did not get the memo.
These
people fell a little short of genius status when they used names like
Coco Puff, Harry Potter, Baby Jesus, all of the Baldwin brothers, and
my personal favourite, Hugh Jass.
This
next one is just criminal in its stupidity. A five-year-old boy was
mauled by a pitbull named Mickey and has had to endure numerous
operations to repair the damage done by the beast.
There
was public outrage over the incident – but not for the little boy.
For some reason that only someone with an IQ lower than a container
of yogurt can understand, more than 75,000 people signed a petition
to keep Mickey from being euthanized.
Did
I mention this was criminally stupid? While the young lad has to
endure countless medical procedures, his mom had to quit her job to
stay home and care for him and is struggling to pay for the
necessities of life let alone the mounting medical bills. Thanks to
the petition signers, Mickey is living a life of luxury in a 'no
kill' shelter where he will be looked after for the rest of his days.
Hmmm,
it would appear cats and dogs are not he only ones that should be
spayed or neutered.
A
small accident in downtown Phoenix between a city bus and a dumptruck
drew a large of gawkers who wanted to see what was going on.
A
man then burst from the nearby bushes and flashed the crowd before
taking off.
Witness
said that was also a 'small' incident.
The
Belly Button Biodiversity project at North Carolina State University
has begun examining the "faunal differences" in the
microbial ecosystems of our navels, to better understand of the
organisms crawling around inside us.
They
believe the naval of an 85-year-old man differs from that of a
five-year-old boy.
I
have have never conducted such a study myself, but I already know
there is a difference: the 85-year-old naval is wrinkly, the
five-year-old one isn't. The five year old is also more likely to
have dirt in their belly button.
Speaking
of universities, A team from Britain's University of Nottingham and
Queen Mary University of London found cows make two distinctly
different sounds to their calves, depending on whether the calves are
nearby or farther away. The team said it spent 10 months digitally
recording cow noises, then a year analyzing them.
Why?
How will this research will benefit the human race? I bet if you ask
any rancher, anywhere in the world they will tell you the same thing
these brainiacs spent almost two years researching.
In
other news, some universities have officially run out of interesting
things to study.
And
finally, a criminal mastermind in Connecticut entered a convenience
store and handed the clerk a note demanding money.
He
then pulled his hand out of his pocket and pointed his finger at the
clerk – while his hand was in his pocket he was trying to pretend
it was a gun.
The
clerk then grabbed the masked man's finger and threatened to break it
if he did not get out there. The thief took off without any loot.
I
wonder if the bad guy has ever considered applying for university
research grant. He seems qualified.
Copyright 2015, Darren Handschuh
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