TINY MINDS

Archive for June, 2006

OMAHA, Neb. — Talk about a pot belly!

Police in Omaha, Neb., report finding a man’s pot stash hidden in a roll of stomach fat. Officers said they stopped the 5 foot 8 inch , 250-pound man because his car was blocking traffic.

According to authorities, when an officer smelled marijuana in the car, he searched the man and found a baggie of the illegal weed.

The man was ticketed on suspicion of possessing less than an ounce of marijuana and obstructing traffic.

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How do you say “I’ll cut ya!” in Manderin?

BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese woman has been charged with accidentally killing her husband with a sword after he refused to make her dinner, the Shanghai Daily said on Tuesday.

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Suspicious metallic cynlinders indeed…

TOKYO (Reuters) – Police in southern Japan closed off
roads, evacuated residents and even brought in a bomb squad after
spotting a suspicious box in a police station, only to find out it was
a six-pack of beer.

Police in Iizuka City in Fukuoka took precautions after discovering
the box, wrapped in newspaper and sealed with adhesive tape, on the
counter of a police station Friday afternoon, a police spokesman said.

A bomb squad was rushed to the scene after an X-ray scan showed
metallic cylinders inside the box. A local television station broadcast
the incident live using helicopters, he said.

No word on how they got the helicopters into the police station. Alas, all was well:

But police found out the true contents after a woman, having seen the TV report, contacted them saying that she had left the cans of beer Friday morning in return for receiving advice on home security.

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More detail on the Montclair man with the front yard gold rush:

Frontyard Treasure? Just the Shaft

Montclair man thought he’d find gold under his lawn, but the city shut down his mining operation.

Enrique Mora was convinced that his neatly trimmed lawn in a Montclair cul-de-sac topped a modern-day mother lode — so two weeks ago, he started digging for gold.

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This had bad idea written all over it from the start.  I bet the old tired idea of proposing at a restaurant on bended knee is starting to look good about now.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A marriage-minded man ran naked through his Michigan neighborhood, trying to show his hesitant girlfriend that taking risks is important.

However, he got more than he bargained for when he ended up being chased and shot at.

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