JUST ABOVE SUNSET offers, in special arrangement with Andrew J. Hewett and his site WEIRD, BIZARRE and UNUSUAL (chewednews.com), the best of the weird, bizarre and unusual. As noted at his site, Andrew publishes, via e-mail, a growing archive of true events compiled from a variety of sources, covering “every conceivable subject.” You can submit your own favorite “strange story” – including a verifiable source, of course. He’s sent over 1,200 of these out to the distribution list, and you too can sign up to be on the list. Here’s the latest. Visit his site for more, and the archives.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 –
THREE QUICK COMIC QUOTES
(1) “He’s so old that when he orders a three-minute egg, they ask for the money up front.” ~ comic Milton Berle (2) “I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything till noon. That’s when it’s time for my nap.” ~ comic Bob Hope (3) “The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.” ~ comic Saki quotes.
HE FEATHERED HIS FANNY WITH FOWL
Police in Baltimore, Maryland, noticed Thomas Waddell. That’s because his baggy britches were making motions in many directions, all at once. Before he could be questioned, however, a bird flew out from inside his waste band and escaped, causing Waddell to be strip searched. That action, in turn, produced 20 more birds, 5 already dead. (These homing pigeons, worth several hundred dollars, belonged to Waddell’s neighbor.)
HE WAS GOOD TO THE LAST DROP
Dr. Cecil Jacobson’s fertility clinic in Alexandria, Virginia, was doing a flourishing business, until he was arrested and tried by a federal jury on many counts of fraud. One thing Dr. Jacobson was found guilty of was throwing away sperm provided by patients and donors, and then used his very own sperm to attempt pregnancy with virtually all of his mothers-to-be patients. Assistant US Attorney Randy Bellows said Jacobson had “fathered” more than 70 children.
Sunday, November 8, 2009 –
TELEVISION’S ‘MR. ED’ COULD’VE MADE THIS A MÉNAGE A TRIOS
According to The Dallas Morning News, November 5, 2009, South Carolina resident Rowell Veered had been arrested for making love, to the love of his life, Sugar. All because, Barbara Kenly, owner of the Lazy B Stables, was able to video tape Mr. Veered sneaking into her barn, where he often made passionate love to her 21-year-old horse. (Heck, Sugar, at age 21, could’ve whined “No!”)
SOME OF THESE FIVE THOUGHTS MAY NEED MULTIPLE READINGS?
(1)”To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.” ~ Confucius (2) “The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger (3) “At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.” ~ Aristotle (4) “As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.” ~ George Orwell (5) “Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us!” ~ Richard Bach
MONEY LEFT HER SPEECHLESS
During Christmas 1972 in Australia, Marie Hefferman, 13, developed laryngitis and lost her voice. After several weeks, her parents had a doctor take X-rays, but they showed nothing, and, for the next 12 years, Marie uttered not another word. That is until 1984, when Marie was 25. That’s when she became choked and coughed up an Australian silver threepenny bit. It had lain horizontally between her vocal chords, preventing their vibration. Looking back, Marie’s mother remembered a jar of coins being knocked over near a bowl of Christmas pudding, back in December of 1972.
Thursday, November 5, 2009 –
FLAME THROWERS IN REVERSE
It is estimated, between 1870 and 1890, one-in-eight of Ireland’s population was hooked on ether (CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3) drinking. Since ether turns from liquid to vapor at body temperature, drinkers would first drink ice-cold water. Then, immediately after drinking the ether, they would drink more cold water. Belching immediately after was also very important. Otherwise, the explosive vapors could cause a heart attack. At the same time, those who belched too close to an open flame would suffer a worse fate. The flame would race back down their throats while combusting, before exploding.
PERHAPS WE COULD ALL LEARN SOMETHING FROM TED TURNER?
Three great quotes from billionaire Ted Turner: (1) “If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect.” (2) “Being a billionaire or being a millionaire or being broke – and I’ve been all three at one time or another – it doesn’t make that much difference.” (3) “Life is like a B-grade movie. You don’t want to leave in the middle of it, but you don’t want to see it again.” (4) “All my life people have said that I wasn’t going to make it.” (5) “I know what I’m having ‘em put on my tombstone: ‘I have nothing more to say’.”
WELL… APPARENTLY SHE’S NOT JEWISH?
In July of 1989, Julia Schumansky, 64, of Hartsville, Tennessee, noticed a knot sticking out from her left buttock. Fearing cancer, she went for x-rays, which showed a 4-inch pork chop bone buried inside her bottom. Doctors surmised Ms. Schumansky, standing just over 5-feet tall, weighing 217 pounds, may not have felt the initial penetration, back when she sat on it?
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