tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54514112011-11-27T16:06:29.614-08:00We have met the Golgafrinchans, and they are us.Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comBlogger241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-91593354367552418722007-09-07T14:59:00.001-07:002007-09-07T15:01:36.464-07:00They stole his quarter pounder! So, like any good citizen, he reported it to the police.<br /><br />Too bad it was a <a href="http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070907/D8RGSHO80.html">quarter pound of POT</a> that they stole.<br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/dumb+criminals" rel="tag">dumb+criminals</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-9159335436755241872?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-57494477152193593542007-09-02T20:06:00.001-07:002007-09-02T20:06:58.493-07:00David Hasselhoff! Singing "Hooked On A Feeling"! With LOTS of feeling!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x20v9F-sWHQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x20v9F-sWHQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-5749447715219359354?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-51407209369499113122007-09-02T19:26:00.000-07:002007-09-02T19:29:56.060-07:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">'Cause, yeah, you know that's going to do the trick!</span><br /><br /></span><h2 style="font-family: georgia;" class="SubHead"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14027459/detail.html"><i><i>Man Claims Legal System Has Taken Everything</i></i></a></span></h2><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><blockquote style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">He recently got out of jail after being convicted of being a habitual motor vehicle offender. He's also been arrested on charges including criminal mischief, resisting arrest and assault.He said because of the arrests, and his jail time, he has lost his kids, his house, his truck, his license and had trouble holding a job.</span></blockquote><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">REALLY?! I am utterly shocked.<br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/dumb+criminals" rel="tag">dumb+criminals</a></span><br /><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-5140720936949911312?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-10184523295110994732007-09-01T20:31:00.000-07:002007-09-01T20:33:30.442-07:00Did you know that boot-sector computer viruses were started by a teenager looking to prank his friends in school?<br /><br /><a href="http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070901/D8RCGG800.html">With friends like this, who needs enemies</a>?!<br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/dumb+teens" rel="tag">dumb+teens</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/computer+viruses" rel="tag">computer+viruses</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-1018452329511099473?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-88480430185124264042007-08-30T19:04:00.000-07:002007-08-30T19:06:21.736-07:00...then yes, let's allow the 5 year old to drive! Nothing could go wrong there, could there?!<br /><a href="http://www.theindychannel.com/news/14011324/detail.html"><br />Indiana woman allows 5 year old to drive</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">According to a probable cause affidavit, she admitted taking the prescription painkiller Percocet and vodka."(Schnobrich) informed the officer that she took Perocet not for pain control ... but she took it when the children acted up," Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Pat Harrington said.</span><br /></blockquote><br />Oh yes, good plan.<br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/dumb+parents" rel="tag">dumb+parents</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-8848043018512426404?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-81520208706091567472007-08-30T13:21:00.000-07:002007-08-30T13:22:59.265-07:00What's the best way to steal from a convenience store?<br /><br /><a href="http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070830/D8RB9MLO0.html">Apparently, get naked and do the hula</a>!<br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/dumb+criminals" rel="tag">dumb+criminals</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-8152020870609156747?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-30698167105277465912007-08-30T05:22:00.000-07:002007-08-30T05:25:12.077-07:00Faye Murrell spent 9 months teaching her cat how to eat at the table with a fork and chopsticks. Yes, they strap on, but the fact that the cat is willing to use them is quite something.<br /><br />Apparently this is a pretty old story (I wonder if the cat is even still alive?!) but it has found new life thanks to the wonders of the internets.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/mediaplayer.swf" flashvars="file=/2007/06/cat-with-fork.flv&displayheight=321&amp;image=/2007/06/cat-with-fork.jpg" loop="false" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="425" height="345" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/animals" rel="tag">animals</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-3069816710527746591?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-65537775067577372872007-08-29T16:39:00.000-07:002007-08-29T16:41:39.256-07:00<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lj3iNxZ8Dww"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lj3iNxZ8Dww" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/dumb+teens" rel="tag">dumb+teens</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-6553777506757737287?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-82428297693448284392007-08-29T08:45:00.000-07:002007-08-30T05:26:10.365-07:00<span id="article"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Sans-serif;"><span style=";font-size:85%;color:black;" ><span id="article"><span id="intelliTXT">Amarendra Nath Ghosh of New Dehli, India got in trouble years ago for bank scams, but managed to get himself to Germany. However, he was going to get extradited to India to stand trial. So, he did what any smart guy does to try and avoid justice.<br /><br />He swallowed a knife.<br /><br /><a href="http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070829/D8RAED600.html">He's really on the cutting edge of criminal activity, I guess. </a><br /><br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tags/dumb+criminals" rel="tag">dumb+criminals</a></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-8242829769344828439?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1088542746078409752004-06-29T13:59:00.000-07:002004-06-29T14:04:12.493-07:00<strong>And we wonder why today's youth tend to be out of control...</strong> <br /> <br />MACON, Ga. (AP) - A 31 year old mother pelted a poor 17 year old girl dressed as the Chuck E Cheese rat with pizza because she "wasn't paying enough attention to her child", according to the local police <br /> <br /><a href="http://apnews.myway.com//article/20040629/D83GT7780.html">Well, your brat may not have gotten enough attention, but you sure will, ma'am... </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-108854274607840975?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1088301946218482972004-06-26T19:05:00.000-07:002004-06-26T19:07:54.710-07:00<strong>Note to would-be murders - line up your accessories before you do the deed</strong> <br /> <br />Step 1: Buy your body disposal garbage bags <br />Step 2: Murder your victim <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/06/26/bloody.suspect.ap/index.html">Somebody forgot to read the manual...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-108830194621848297?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1088285010990356752004-06-26T14:23:00.000-07:002004-06-26T14:26:32.813-07:00<strong>Yes, we're <em>trying</em> to get our kid beat up on the playground...</strong> <br /> <br />PAMPA, Texas (AP) - A Texas couple are proud parents to a 2 year old named "ESPN" (pronounced "espen"), named for the sports channel. What's really scary is, there is at least one other "Espn" and an "Espen" elsewhere in the USA. <br /> <br /><a href="http://apnews.myway.com//article/20040626/D83ETVF00.html">Don't change the kid, just the channel!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-108828501099035675?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1088218260007187652004-06-25T19:51:00.000-07:002004-06-25T19:58:06.900-07:00<strong>Origin of the term "Blind Justice"?</strong> <br /> <br />Oklahoma, City (Reuters) - An OK state judge is being accused of finding entirely too much pleasure in his work...or at least, during work... <br /> <br />(Thanks to my friend Sara at EA for today's post title!) <br /> <br /><a href="http://news.myway.com/odd/article/id/411233|oddlyenough|06-24-2004::16:26|reuters.html">Judge accused of pumping during work - and not tires</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-108821826000718765?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1058198785993172762003-07-14T09:06:00.000-07:002003-07-14T09:08:19.870-07:00<strong>Note to robbers - always ask for cash!</strong> <br /> <br />RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Crime doesn't pay, especially if a robber demands a ransom be paid to his own bank account. <br /> <br /><a href="http://news.myway.com/odd/article/id/340219|oddlyenough|07-14-2003::10:06|reuters.html">Yes sir, please bring my arrest warrant to....</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-105819878599317276?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1057843856740196442003-07-10T06:30:00.000-07:002003-07-10T06:30:56.680-07:00<strong>He might as well have walked out with them on his arm!</strong> <br /> <br />Idiot - A would-be shoplifter in Tulsa, OK took the time to take 12 security tags off of clothing he was trying to steal but then... <br /> <br /><a href="http://apnews.myway.com//article/20030710/D7S6LQK00.html">Bzzz, bzzz, bzzz! </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-105784385674019644?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1057676056502959242003-07-08T07:54:00.000-07:002003-07-08T07:54:16.506-07:00<strong>If you outlaw hand guns, only outlaws will have hand guns....</strong> <br /> <br />Joel Peterson, 30, of Wisconsin, attempted to hold up a pharmacy with the time-honored tradition of pointing his finger like a gun. Trouble was, the idiot forgot to stick his hand in his pocket to conceal its true nature.... <br /> <br /><a href="http://news.findlaw.com/court_tv/s/20030701/01jul2003153422.html">Failed robbery 101</a> <br /><a href="http://www.wcco.com/apwisconsin/WI--FakeArmedRobber-kn/resources_news_html">Additional</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-105767605650295924?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1056747665852931682003-06-27T14:01:00.000-07:002003-06-27T14:01:05.780-07:00<strong>Chimneys. Not just for Santa anymore.</strong> <br /> <br />NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man became wedged in the chimney of an Italian family restaurant in Queens, New York, for almost three hours during an early Friday break-in, police and the owners said. <br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/06/27/offbeat.chimney.reut/index.html">Come out with your hands up...if you can!</a> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-105674766585293168?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1056161576401221752003-06-20T19:12:00.000-07:002003-06-20T19:12:56.433-07:00<strong>From the "Thank you for saving us the expense of a trial" files....</strong> <br /> <br />San Francisco Chronicle - "After going on a "mini-rampage" outside a busy Fremont supermarket, a 21-year-old purse-snatching suspect bled to death when he slashed an artery while breaking into a nearby apartment, police said Tuesday." <br /> <br /><a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/14/BA83837.DTL">A close runner-up for the Darwin Award....</a> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-105616157640122175?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1056069729944601372003-06-19T17:42:00.000-07:002003-06-19T17:42:35.433-07:00<strong>Talk about a swelled head.....</strong> <br /> <br /><em>"A Northamptonshire man who was fascinated with explosives blew himself up after putting a home-made pipe bomb in his mouth and lighting the fuse, an inquest has heard."</em> <br /> <br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/northamptonshire/3007751.stm">I think we found this year's Darwin Award winner!</a> <br /> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-105606972994460137?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1055715646869024072003-06-15T15:20:00.000-07:002003-06-15T15:20:46.746-07:00<strong>Come back, Nessie, come back! </strong> <br /> <br />Two years after casting a spell to scare off the Loch Ness Monster, also known as "Nessie", sorcerer Kevin Carlyon performed another incantation on Friday, trying to bring her back. His original spell was intended to protect Nessie from visiting scientist, Jan Sundberg, but now that Sundberg is gone, he figures it's safe for Nessie to return. <br /> <br /><a href="http://news.myway.com/odd/article/id/332963|oddlyenough|06-13-2003::12:27|reuters.html">"Let Nessie be free, may her spirit be free, so may it be." <br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-105571564686902407?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1055616681012762382003-06-14T11:51:00.000-07:002003-06-14T11:53:23.753-07:00<strong>Talk about "stealing" an interview! </strong> <br /> <br /><em>OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A note to all job seekers: you know that your employment interview did not go well when your prospective boss calls the police in to arrest you.</em> <br /> <br /><a href="http://news.myway.com/odd/article/id/332098|oddlyenough|06-10-2003::12:26|reuters.html">Stealing one day, interviewing the next....</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-105561668101276238?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1055559326729846792003-06-13T19:55:00.000-07:002003-06-13T19:56:35.163-07:00<strong><em>You don't have anything better to do with your time than to try and arrest the real cops?</em></strong> <br /> <br /><strong>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A man impersonating a police officer was arrested after he tried to pull over a motorist -- who turned out to be a real cop.</strong> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Police-Impersonation.html.">Not the brightest bulb in the box, is he?</a> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-105555932672984679?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1055558913853727942003-06-13T19:48:00.000-07:002003-06-13T19:48:33.853-07:00This is a second test post. Hang on, I'll get this done sooner or later.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-105555891385372794?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451411.post-1054764161841872942003-06-04T15:02:00.000-07:002003-06-04T15:02:41.866-07:00This is a test post.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5451411-105476416184187294?l=golgafrinchans.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835000810958783854noreply@blogger.com