Archive for May, 2007

Alcohol, rowdy college students and a 2600 pound giraffe. A truly bad combination.

Drunk students learn lesson from peeved giraffe

1.3-ton animal attacks three Lithuanians after they climb into his cage

VILNIUS, Lithuania – Climbing into a giraffe’s cage at the local zoo seemed a good idea after a few drinks. But the prank went wrong when the 1.3-ton animal flew into a rage and attacked the three student trespassers at a zoo in Lithuania on Monday night.

Ruta Greiciute, a 22-year-old student at Kaunas Technology University, was hospitalized with a broken collar bone and nose after the 9-year-old male giraffe, named Solut, attacked her.

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“I don’t know what they were thinking. They couldn’t have been thinking much.”   I guess that pretty much sums it up.

Vandalized elevator fights back

Looks like an open and shut case after doors lock up, preventing escape

OSLO, Norway – Two young Norwegian vandals overlooked a small but crucial detail when they started smashing up a train station elevator: They were inside it.

And the elevator at the Lillestroem Train Station, north of Oslo, appeared to be the vengeful sort, sealing its doors and holding the two for the police.

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This one would make Ms Crow happy.

Visitors told: Bring own toilet paper

WALKERSVILLE, Md. – Bring your own toilet paper if you’re visiting a park in Walkersville. Last week, vandals set some paper on fire in a men’s bathroom at the Walkersville Community Park.

On Monday, Town Manager Gloria Long Rollins announced that all paper products have been removed from bathrooms at the town’s four parks.

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Who can blame the guy for wanting some good smokes before being strung up, but hair dye?

Cigars, hair dye for Saddam’s final days

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The U.S. military bought Cuban cigars and hair dye for deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein while he was held before his execution because they were “mission essential,” a military investigation heard Tuesday.

Looks like someone is still going to strike out with Ms. Hottie.

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Our friend in Iran has screwed up big time  — the nerve of this guy, to be friendly to his old teacher.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been accused of indecency after he publicly embraced and kissed on the hand an elderly woman who used to be his schoolteacher.

At a ceremony on Tuesday ahead of Iranian teachers’ day, Mr Ahmadinejad was photographed and filmed by state media stooping to kiss the woman’s hand and then clasping her arms in an embrace.

The ultra-conservative Hezbollah newspaper, which is not related to the group in Lebanon of the same name, criticised him on the front page.

“The Muslim Iranian people have no recollection of such acts contrary to sharia law during Islamic rule [since the 1979 revolution],” it said.

“This type of indecency progressively has grave consequences, like violating religious and sacred values.”

The elderly woman, who was not named, wore thick gloves along with a headscarf and long black coat, meaning that Mr Ahmadinejad avoided any skin contact.

But his action raised eyebrows because according to sharia law, it is forbidden for a man to have any physical contact with a woman to whom he is not related.

This guy is a liberal, compared to the other dudes in power in Iran? Stunning.

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