Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Stupidity knows no boundaries
In a bizarre and twisted turn of events, a man in Australia was electrocuted during what appears to have been an attempt to steal copper wiring from a west Melbourne power substation.
The story is somewhat reminicent of a similar story here in the states where an Ohio man apparently died doing the [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Doused himself with gasoline, charged police.
A man who poured gasoline on himself and charged a police officer burst into flames after being hit with a Taser, police in Australia said Tuesday.
“He was carrying a lighter and pouring himself with petrol,” said Inspector Bill Munnee with the West Australian Police. “We don’t know if the lighter [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Rain of Terror.
A veteran news reporter for ABC news was cornered by an angry mob at a protest in Jerusalem this past Saturday as she covered the protest.
Anne Barker was in Jerusalem, Israel to report on protests that were going on over a carpark that was built accommodate the increasing number of tourists visiting [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
DIY Circumcision turns out to be a bad decision.
A young man in the UK learned the hard way that it’s better to leave some things to the pros.
Like performing procedures on your most prized organs. The man had tried to give himself a circumcision using a pair of nail clippers. He ended up being rushed [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
iPhone ShmiPhone.
A London man was skiing on the the mountains of Switzerland was when the snow gave way and he fell into a deep crevasse. After falling around 70 feet down, David Fitzherbert was wedged between two rocks because of the Blackberry phone he had stuff in his chest pocket.
David broke his jaw, smashed his [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
If it feels good, do it.
A marijuana-smoking mail carrier in York, England burned thousands of letters that he didn’t feel like delivering, according to police.
They say that Neil Goddard, 32, had $13,000 worth of marijuana plants growing in his home and allegedly smoked so much of it that he was unable to complete his [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Hot time gets a little too hot.
A fire broke out in Auberge 1082, a swinger’s club in Montreal, Canada, sending guests running out into the streets with minimal clothing and towels to escape the smoke and fire.
There were 10 people, three employees and seven guests, that were in the building at the time.
Five of the [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Woke up pale, rested and ready.
An 84-year-old Polish woman woke up in a morgue after a doctor delcared her dead.
After the doctor’s declaration, she was taken to the morgue, where one of the workers saw her body bag in the morgue moving, police said.
“He called a doctor who noted the woman’s vital functions had returned.” [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Those metro commutes can be a real killer.
An inquest revealed that a passenger on a London Double-Decker bus was dead for six hours before anyone realized he was deceased.
Pawel Modzelewski, 25, died on the night bus, but was still on the bus when it pulled into the garage overnight and was still in his seat [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
American tourist Chad Vance was taken for the ride of his life when he jumped on the train in South Australia on May 28th. He jumped on as the fast-moving train was leaving, and held on in a small unprotected stairwell.
“I was worried I wasn’t going to survive,” said Vance. The 19 year-old Alaskan held [...]