Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Jay Leno’s Anti-Helium
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Rugby Player Had Opponent’s Tooth Buried in Forehead
BRISBANE, Australia (July 16) - An Australian rugby league player competed for 15 weeks without knowing an opponent’s tooth was buried in his forehead.
Former National Rugby League prop Ben Czislowski, now playing with Brisbane club Wynnum, had a clash of heads with Tweed Heads forward Matt Austin during a match on April 1, the Australian Associated Press reported Tuesday.
He had the wound stitched up but afterward suffered an eye infection and complained of shooting pains in his head and of feeling lethargic.
A visit to his doctor last week revealed the tooth still imbedded in his head.
“I can laugh about it now, but the doctor told me it could have been serious with teeth carrying germs,” said Czislowski, who kept the tooth as a souvenir.
“I’ve got the tooth at home, sitting on the bedside table,” he said. “If he (Austin) wants it back he can have it. I’m keeping it at the moment as proof that it actually happened.”
(Source)
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Brothers get Double Sticked in Bull Run
MADRID, Spain (July 14) - A bull that broke from the pack seriously gored two American brothers, catching one on each of its horns during the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona, where both were recovering Friday in the hospital.
Lawrence and Michael Lenahan, natives of Westlake, Ohio, were gored simultaneously by the bull , which also injured 11 other people Thursday. It was the worst day for injuries in the nine-day festival.
“I started yelling at my brother to show him I was bleeding everywhere but he showed me he was bleeding everywhere,” said Lawrence Lenahan, a 26-year-old Air Force captain from Hermosa Beach, Calif., in a telephone interview from his hospital bed.
He was gored in the buttocks, while Michael Lenahan, 23, of Philadelphia, was injured in his leg and was recovering well from surgery at the same hospital.
Michael Lenahan had recently overcome testicular cancer that had spread to his abdomen and the brothers were celebrating.
“He decided he wanted to live life to the fullest. He said once a year I’ll do something exciting. And he did,” said their father, Larry Lenahan of Westlake, Ohio.
“I decided to take life by the horns,” said Michael Lenahan, who had been diagnosed in March 2006.
(Source)
Friday, July 13, 2007
Pizza Hut Waitress Gets $10,000 Tip
(July 13) — It was just a typical day on the job at the Pizza Hut in Angola, Ind., for 20-year-old Jessica Osborne when out of the blue, she received a gift that would change her life: a $10,000 tip from one of her customers.
“When I opened it up, I just — I thought maybe I read too many zeros and I lost my breath,” Osborne said on “Good Morning America.” “It was amazing.”
The tip of a lifetime came from a family of regular customers. Every Friday, Becky and her family, who asked that their last name not be used, come in and order the same thing: a Meatlovers pizza, half pepperoni, half black olives and mushrooms.
Becky said Osborne always came to the table with a smile on her face.
“She was sweet and bright and cheerful and never complained,” Becky said. “She was just a sweet waitress.”
(Source)
Thursday, July 12, 2007
The World’s Oldest Car
The world’s oldest working car is set to go under the hammer - and it’s expected to fetch up to $ 2 million. The steam-powered, four-seater motor was originally made by the French manufacturers De Dion, Bouton et Trépardoux in 1884.
Built in France, it came out a year before Germans Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz built their first experimental gas-powered cars. And according to auctioneers Gooding and Company, the four-wheeled car, which was nicknamed ‘La Marquise’, has had only three owners since.
It takes about half an hour to build up enough steam to drive - but once running, its top speed is a whopping 38 miles per hour.
Gooding and Company founder David Gooding said: “Out of all the remarkable automobiles I’ve had the pleasure to consign, the De Dion Bouton is one of the most historically important automobiles to come to auction in a very long time.” The company estimates the car’s value at between 800,000 and
It will be auctioned on August 19 in Pebble Beach, California, USA.
Monday, July 09, 2007
Man Robs Bank Dressed as Tree
Just as the Citizen Bank branch opened Saturday morning, a man walked in with leafy boughs duct-taped to his head and torso, and robbed the place.
"He really went out on a limb," police Sgt. Ernie Goodno said Sunday.
Police said the leafy man didn't saying anything about having a weapon, just demanded cash, and was given an undisclosed amount.
Source
Friday, July 06, 2007
Ex-Firefighter in Bikini Accepts Plea Deal
MASON, Ohio (July 6) - A man who was arrested in a park wearing a woman’s wig and a bikini accepted a plea deal that dropped a charge of public indecency.
Steven S. Cole, a former volunteer firefighter , on Thursday pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and disorderly conduct.
Municipal Court Judge George Parker sentenced Cole to attend a mandatory driver intervention program and placed him on two years’ probation. Cole was ordered to stay out of the city’s public parks during that time and pay a $250 fine.
Parker also suspended Cole’s driving privileges for six months, except for work, counseling sessions, family appointments and visits with his probation officer.
Police arrested Cole on April 4 in his truck as he was leaving Heritage Oak Park in this Cincinnati suburb after parents complained about a man dressed in women’s clothing.
Police said they found an open, half-empty bottle of beer in the truck, along with a gym bag containing wigs, bikinis, silver go-go boots and other women’s garments.
(Source)