Archive for BEST OF 2024 – JUST PLAIN WEIRD

GOLF COURSE WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH FRESH CLOTHES IF YOU POOP YOURSELF ON THE COURSE – Dec 9

According to Golf Digest, there’s a public golf course in Ohio with a special service. If you should have an accident in your pants while you are out on the links at Sable Creek Golf Course in Hartville, Ohio, they will bring out fresh clothes. They posted a note that says, “It happens, If you have an accident and need ‘wipes, underwear, fresh shorts’… we got you covered. Give us a call and we will discretely get these items to you.” They include the phone number to call. According to the comments section in Golf Digest, this is not an unusual occurrence.
* Although if you have them on speed dial, you might want to consider taking up another sport.
* I thought this is why you always keep a good supply of golf towels in your bag.
* Whatever happened to “go before you leave the house”?
* Is that what they call an explosion shot?
* Instead of calling out “fore!” do you call out “two!”?
* “How was your golf game this morning?” “Crappy!”
* And that’s the straight poop from Hartville, Ohio.

SPANISH KIDS ARE TURNING INTO WEREWOLVES – Dec 5

Spanish infants are developing “werewolf syndrome” due to their parents taking a popular over-the-counter hair-loss remedy. The Navarra Pharmacovigilance Center has reported 11 cases of hypertrichosis — commonly known as “werewolf syndrome” — in babies throughout Spain and has found that the topical drug Minoxidil was used by their caregivers. Infants who developed hypertrichosis grew tufty hair across their back, legs and face. In extreme cases, the syndrome can make their appearance resemble a Wookiee from “Star Wars.” (* I would have gone with ‘Ewok” here, given the size of the children). Investigators believe that the minoxidil cream being used by the infants’ parents is absorbed by the babies either topically or orally. In every case in Spain, the babies’ unwanted hair receded when the parent or caregiver stopped using the minoxidil.
* Many children with werewolf syndrome have gone on to success in school. Several have been voted School Mascot.
* On the bright side, they’ve been bonding great with the family dogs.
* And new in Spain just in time for Christmas: Baby’s First Shaving Kit.
* Sorry, parents. You have kids, you’ll be tearing your hair out. That’s just how it works.
* Nice to see there’s SOMEPLACE in the world where minoxidil actually grows hair.

CHINESE PIZZA HUT OFFERS FROG PIZZA – Nov 25

A Pizza Hut franchise in China is serving deep-fried frogs on top of their pies. The thick-crust pizza features a red sauce base under a bed of parsley with a whole deep-fried crunchy-coated bullfrog on top. Two halves of hard-boiled egg with black olives appear as the “eyes” of the frog. The topping is only available for a limited time.
* So jump on it while you can.
* A frog on top of a Pizza Hut Pizza. What a horrible thing to do, to the frog.
* And you thought picking bones out of trout was tedious.
* It’s the only pizza that delivers itself to your table.
* At least it’s not pineapple, because that’s disgusting.

MAN LIVED UNDER 93-YEAR-OLD WOMAN’S HOUSE FOR SIX MONTHS – Nov 13

A naked man was arrested by police after he was found hiding in a crawl space beneath a 93-year-old woman’s house in El Sereno, California. Issac Betancourt, 27, is believed to have been living underneath the home for nearly six months. Police said that the extraction took hours and countless resources, including police dogs and tear gas (* He finally agreed to come out when they told him the election was over). Ricardo Silva, the son-in-law of the homeowner, said they heard strange noises for weeks on end, but assumed that it was a wild animal. They called police once the noises became impossible to ignore. The crawl space was barely 2 feet tall and spanned across the bottom of the house with three different entryways. The family is planning to board up the crawl space as soon as possible.
* Get that HGTV guy Scott McGillivray to come in and remodel that crawl space, turn it into a rental for a college student or something.
* What are they arresting him for? Felony hibernation?
* No, he didn’t HAVE to be naked, but, y’know – California.
* When they drove him down to the police station, he asked if he could ride in the trunk.
* He should be able to stand up straight in a few weeks.

MAN ARRESTED FOR SNIFFING SHOES – Oct 21

A man in northern Greece has received a suspended one-month prison sentence for repeatedly sneaking onto his neighbors’ properties to smell their shoes. The man was arrested before dawn on Oct. 8 in the small town of Sindos, after a neighbor found the defendant in his front yard sniffing his family’s shoes, which had been left outdoors to air. The 28-year-old Greek man told the court that he was unable to explain his behavior, which, he said, had caused him great embarrassment. There had been at least three similar incidents in the past six months, despite neighbors having asked the defendant’s family to get him to stop.
* He’s Greek, He’s attracted to Feeta cheese.
* Stinky shoes left outside overnight to air. Plus they keep the raccoons away.
* What an idiot. He could have a job for life working at a bowling alley at the shoe rental, and no one would be the wiser.
* I say, never judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes, and then sniffed them silly.

TRIMMING TREES WITH DYNAMITE – Sept 26

How do you trim your tree branches? With a chain saw? With a branch lopper? In Denmark, they use dynamite. To cut down tree branches that were at risk of falling and injuring park visitors, workers in Copenhagen, Denmark, use small charges of dynamite to blow the branches the hell off the tree. A biologist for the Danish Nature Agency said the breaks left by the controlled explosions result in a much more natural appearance, similar to lightning striking a tree, as opposed to leaving a scar from a chainsaw.
* And dynamite is so much more fun.
* So they have rednecks in Denmark, too.
* And I suppose the Danes will tell you there’s no beer involved.
* Sycamore? (BOOM!) Syca-less.
* It must also help reduce the squirrel population, you think?

HOSPITAL LOSES MAN’S SKULL DURING BRAIN SURGERY – Aug 20

A man is suing Atlanta’s Emory Hospital after they lost a piece of his skull during brain surgery. Back in September 2022, Fernando Cluster was operated on for a brain bleed. A portion of his skull about the size of a saucer was removed to relieve pressure. When the time came to replace the bone, the hospital couldn’t find it. On top of that, he was charged nearly $150,000 for medical expenses directly related to the hospital’s error – including $19,000 for the synthetic skull implant that was used when his own bone was lost. Cluster is now suing Emory over the extra medical expenses, in addition to the emotional pain and suffering caused by the incident.
* How much pain and suffering? He flipped his lid!
* Cluster insists that heads will roll.
* Did they check the cafeteria? If it looked like a saucer, maybe it got mixed in with the lunch tray during surgery.
* He must be out of his head with worry.

MOLASSES TRUCK COLLIDES WITH MANURE TRUCK – Aug 12

Two trucks collided on Interstate 84, east of Jerome, Idaho. One truck was hauling molasses and the other was hauling manure. The molasses truck plowed into the rear end of the manure truck, which came to rest in the center median and caught fire. About 1,000 pounds of molasses was spilled onto the highway. One passenger in the manure truck was hospitalizes with injuries.
* Ugh. Sweet ‘n’ sour.
* Collision of the year.
* When I first read this story, I thought it was a load of crap.
* An entire truckload of burning manure, and no marshmallows.

BURGER KING: A WHOPPER FULL OF BLOOD – July 31

A New York mother was horrified to discover the Burger King kids’ meal she ordered for her daughter was splattered with blood. Tiffany Floyd took her 4-year-old to the fast food drive-through in Getzville, NY. After leaving as they were eating, her daughter said, “Mom, I don’t want ketchup.” Mrs. Floyd looked and saw blood all over her daughter’s hamburger, all over the wrapper, inside the bag, and blood on the toys. She instantly told her to spit out the food. She had eaten some fries and a bit of her hamburger. And then Mrs. Floyd looked and there was blood on her own meal, too. Floyd immediately called the Burger King where the manager, Dan, informed her that a cook had cut his hand and he was bleeding, and that he was so sorry, and if she came back, he would refund her. (* Which really sounds more than fair.) She also called her daughter’s pediatrician, who said she would have to wait 30 days to get her daughter’s blood tested to see if she contracted any disease. And then she should get her blood work done every so often for a year to see if something comes up. Mrs. Floyd said the manager wouldn’t tell her who the injured employee was. “If they just make him go and get tested, my daughter would not have to get pricked,” she said.
* Too bad the manager IS one.
* All part of the new Vital Fluid Fridays promotion at Burger King.
* “Burger King: Have it your way – now with more iron.”
* How do you want your burger cooked – well-done, rare or clotted?

FARMER FINDS SPACE JUNK IN HIS FIELD – May 16

A farmer in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, discovered a 7-foot long, 3-foot wide, 80-pound heap of twisted, burnt metal out in one of his fields. Noticing the multiple layers of charred composite fibres, he suspected it was space debris. (*’cause many Canadian farmers hold degrees in Astrophysics Engineering.) A group of astronomy professors heard about the case and investigated and agreed that it was space debris from a SpaceX rocket that was launched back in February. Large chunks of metal from space have recently been found in Australia and Washington state, and one smashed through the roof on a house in Florida. So far, Space X hasn’t come to claim the debris from Sawchuk. Farmer Sawchuk said he’s going to try and sell the space remnant, and put the money toward building a hockey rink for his town.
* Seriously? Is a lot of that 80-pounds pure gold?
* He did notice that the corn in that field was growing exceptionally tall, and he can hear it talking.
* And here I can get fined $200 if I don’t pick up my dog’s poop. It doesn’t seem fair.
* Wasn’t this an episode of Outer Range?