Category Archives: Weird

Note To Self

Do not use a live 40-mm round as a paperweight:

Part of a teacher’s hand was blown off when a 40 millimeter round the instructor used as a paperweight on his desk exploded in his classroom.

Robert Colla struck the round with an object Tuesday afternoon while teaching 20 to 25 students at the Ventura Adult Education Center.

What was the class, training to become the village idiot?

[Update the next evening]

Another note to self: do not use a 40 mm round as a flyswatter.

At Least It’s Not A Barking Spider

A Dutch family is being taxed for a barking doorbell:

”Last year it was a huge effort to convince the inspector that we didn’t have a dog, and now it’s happened again,” Gerrit Bruintjes was quoted as saying by RTL Nieuws.

In the Netherlands, dog owners are required to pay the ”hondenbelasting,” an infamous annual tax that is frequently evaded.

Actually, I think that “barkingspider” would be a great blog name. Or as a plural, a band name.

At Least It’s Not A Barking Spider

A Dutch family is being taxed for a barking doorbell:

”Last year it was a huge effort to convince the inspector that we didn’t have a dog, and now it’s happened again,” Gerrit Bruintjes was quoted as saying by RTL Nieuws.

In the Netherlands, dog owners are required to pay the ”hondenbelasting,” an infamous annual tax that is frequently evaded.

Actually, I think that “barkingspider” would be a great blog name. Or as a plural, a band name.

At Least It’s Not A Barking Spider

A Dutch family is being taxed for a barking doorbell:

”Last year it was a huge effort to convince the inspector that we didn’t have a dog, and now it’s happened again,” Gerrit Bruintjes was quoted as saying by RTL Nieuws.

In the Netherlands, dog owners are required to pay the ”hondenbelasting,” an infamous annual tax that is frequently evaded.

Actually, I think that “barkingspider” would be a great blog name. Or as a plural, a band name.

Was Alcohol Involved?

This guy had to be either severely over, or undermedicated:

Fik, 33, cut off his own p3nis during a Northwest Side rampage Wednesday morning. When confronted by police, Fik hurled several knives and his severed organ at the officers, police said. Officers stunned him with a Taser and took him into custody.

Let the japery commence!