Category Archives: Weird

Hug A Muslim

…for Rudolf:

A Jersey Evening Post journalist is making a late bid to reach the top of the charts this Christmas by dressing as a reindeer and urging the nation to “hug a Muslim”.

In the video, Lewis, who has no previous musical experience, sings: “Turn to the person next to you now and give them a hug. Muslim, Hindu, Christian or Jew

Wacky Headline Contest

Let’s have a vote. Which is more surreal:

Wisconsin Man Runs Over, Eats Seven-Legged Transgendered Deer,” or “World’s Tallest Man Saves Plastic Eating Dolphins“?

Boy, the copy editors must have had a blast with those.

That last one is kind of ambiguous. I think that “plastic eating” should be hyphenated. As written, one could interpret it as the man was saving plastic while it was eating dolphins, or that he was saving plastic while he was eating dolphins. Neither of which is the actual story.

I used to have an hilarious book of journalism bloopers, including miswritten headlines. The book’s title was “Milk Drinkers Turn To Powder.” It included the classic from the Jimmy Carter era, on one of his speeches: “More Mush From The Wimp.”

Necrobestiality?

Is having amorous relations with a deceased ungulate a crime? Should it be?

The lawyer of a man accused of carnal activity with a dead deer says no, at least to the first question (registration may be required).

Hathaway called it a dead deer, Boughner said, not a carcass.

Hey, No One Claimed He Was A Good One

The burglar that was strangled by a nurse in her home a few days ago was a hit man.

…after an investigation, police now say the intruder Kuhnhausen strangled was apparently a hit man hired by her estranged husband — Michael James Kuhnhausen Sr. — to kill her.

The 58-year-old husband was taken into custody Thursday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder. He was ordered held on $500,000 bail.

Haffey had worked as a custodian under Kuhnhausen at an adult video store, according an affidavit filed by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office.

Guess his new profession didn’t work out all that well. Gotta hate when the wacker becomes the wackee. And as for the husband, just goes to show what happens when you go for the low bid.