A 19-year-old Scottish teen who had been nagged to clean his room really cleaned up. The BBC reports Ryan Kitching finally tidied his room recently -- after much prodding from his mother -- and in doing so, he dug up a winning lottery ticket, worth some £53,000 -- or more than $83,000. Ironically, the teen almost threw the ticket away after he found it; just to be safe, he checked it while on a shopping run with his mom. Despite his windfall, Kitching still has no plans to leave home. "I still get my tea cooked here," he quipped.
DMV cameras aren't known for taking the most flattering pictures, so a 26-year-old man apparently decided to go to great lengths to take a truly awful license picture. Adam Bard from British Columbia, Canada shaved the left half his head, and the opposite half of his beard, taking time to document the process every silly step of the way. Bard then uploaded his pics a few days ago on the photo-sharing site Reddit. "They deliberately said nothing," Bard said of the DMV workers who went through with the snap, "then [they] broke down and asked me if I just did it for the photo. Some chuckles, no problems."
Monday, March 5, 2012
How Anthony Kiedis of RHCP really broke his foot
Earlier this year, the Red Hot Chili Peppers had to postpone their U.S. tour due to lead singer Anthony Kiedis needing to undergo surgery to repair multiple foot injuries. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Kiedis explained how he injured himself. “There’s this weird bone that’s kind of in the ball of your foot, which I had broken in two on our Stadium Arcadium tour from jumping off of [drummer] Chad [Smith]’s drums night after night,” revealed Kiedis. “It never healed. It finally reached a breaking point on tour in 2011 while I was sprinting after [bassist] Flea in a heated game of toilet tag, and something snapped in my foot.”
For those of you unaware of the toilet tag game, Keidis said that “it’s like tag, but if you get caught, you have to put your arm up, and someone can free you by flushing your arm.”
In other Chili Peppers news, the band will kick off its tour to promote the recent album "I’m With You" on March 29 at St. Pete Times Forum in St. Petersburg, FL.
5/4 Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
5/5 Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
5/11 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
For those of you unaware of the toilet tag game, Keidis said that “it’s like tag, but if you get caught, you have to put your arm up, and someone can free you by flushing your arm.”
In other Chili Peppers news, the band will kick off its tour to promote the recent album "I’m With You" on March 29 at St. Pete Times Forum in St. Petersburg, FL.
5/4 Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
5/5 Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
5/11 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
Friday, March 2, 2012
What the Hell Theater
Help! I'm Invisible!
Police in Winder, Georgia have reported a 28-year-old man called 911 with a unique emergency: he says he turned invisible. The suspect -- who in fact was perfectly visible to emergency crews -- reportedly wanted a ride to the hospital on February 17 so he could "get more medications," notes BarrowPatch. EMTs told deputies they'd responded to the man's residence at least four times in the past few weeks; he was warned he'd be arrested if he misused the emergency number again. The reportedly invisible man had prior arrests for criminal trespass and -- wait for it -- failure to appear in court.
F-U Autocorrect!
Millions of texters have fallen victim to cellphone auto-correction software, but that technological quirk turned serious on Wednesday, when an accidentally corrected message led to schools in Hall County, Florida being locked down. The sender shot off the message, "gunna be at west hall today," but the word "gunna" was auto-corrected to "gunman." To make matters worse, the text was accidentally sent to the wrong person, and that random recipient alerted the authorities. As a result, cops told administrators at West Hall high and middle schools to go on lockdown, reports the Gainsville Times. Hall Superintendent Will Schofield said even though the situation turned out to be a false alarm, it proved the system worked.
Police in Winder, Georgia have reported a 28-year-old man called 911 with a unique emergency: he says he turned invisible. The suspect -- who in fact was perfectly visible to emergency crews -- reportedly wanted a ride to the hospital on February 17 so he could "get more medications," notes BarrowPatch. EMTs told deputies they'd responded to the man's residence at least four times in the past few weeks; he was warned he'd be arrested if he misused the emergency number again. The reportedly invisible man had prior arrests for criminal trespass and -- wait for it -- failure to appear in court.
F-U Autocorrect!
Millions of texters have fallen victim to cellphone auto-correction software, but that technological quirk turned serious on Wednesday, when an accidentally corrected message led to schools in Hall County, Florida being locked down. The sender shot off the message, "gunna be at west hall today," but the word "gunna" was auto-corrected to "gunman." To make matters worse, the text was accidentally sent to the wrong person, and that random recipient alerted the authorities. As a result, cops told administrators at West Hall high and middle schools to go on lockdown, reports the Gainsville Times. Hall Superintendent Will Schofield said even though the situation turned out to be a false alarm, it proved the system worked.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
What the hell
Florida police investigating the robbery of a convenience store by a man in a motorized wheelchair found the suspect stuck in sand behind the store as he allegedly tried to make a getaway. John Champion, 22, was arrested by Chiefland police on charges of armed robbery and aggravated battery. Champion, armed with a knife, had allegedly demanded money, the newspaper reports, but got into a scuffle with the clerk, who stabbed him three times in the leg before she was overpowered. Champion then allegedly fled with a 12-pack of beer and a roll of electrical tape, police say. The Sun reports that when officers found Champion behind the store he was sitting in his wheelchair drinking a Bud Light Lime. Read more HERE
A woman in China has been living with a thermometer inside her lung -- for an incredible 44 years. Doctors in China's Hunan province discovered the 2-inch-long medical device in her left lung during a routine checkup. The patient, who is only identified as Liu, accidentally swallowed the thermometer when she was 12 years old, and her family couldn't afford the medical care it would take to remove it.
Sounds painful, but it hasn't caused the woman any discomfort -- that is, until now. Her doctors worry that if the thermometer breaks, the mercury inside it could cause serious damage inside the woman's body. It's not yet clear how doctors will remove the thermometer. Read more HERE
A woman in China has been living with a thermometer inside her lung -- for an incredible 44 years. Doctors in China's Hunan province discovered the 2-inch-long medical device in her left lung during a routine checkup. The patient, who is only identified as Liu, accidentally swallowed the thermometer when she was 12 years old, and her family couldn't afford the medical care it would take to remove it.
Sounds painful, but it hasn't caused the woman any discomfort -- that is, until now. Her doctors worry that if the thermometer breaks, the mercury inside it could cause serious damage inside the woman's body. It's not yet clear how doctors will remove the thermometer. Read more HERE
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
What the Hell Theater
Police in Florida arrested a 40-year-old man on Saturday after he allegedly destroyed a 16-year-old girl's car during a spontaneous monster truck rally. Fort Meyers resident Norman Nowling was among the thousands of festival attendees who traveled to Punta Gorda over the weekend to celebrate the Red Neck Yacht Club's Swamp Cabbage Weekend. The annual gathering features live music, camping, ATV attractions and the "largest mud party in the state." Around 5 a.m., authorities received a call from an unnamed teenage girl, claiming that someone crushed her car... According to press release, "Security then said a large white camouflaged van with five-foot wheels showed up and the crowd again said it was okay to drive over the car. The van put the front tire on the front of the car, smashing the hood, backed off, went to the other side and put his other tire on the hood, smashing it and went to the center, driving over the entire car." Authorities identified Nowling as the driver and promptly arrested him. Nowling is charged with one felony count of criminal mischief.Charlotte County Jail officials released him on $2,500 bond. Read more HERE
A man allegedly tried to dupe Denny's employees into thinking he was their new general manager -- and then cooked his own cheeseburger and fries. James Summers, 52, waltzed into a Madison Denny's on Tuesday wearing a coat and tie and claiming to be a 30-year corporate veteran of the restaurant chain. Summers' alleged plot was more devious than just defrauding managers -- he wanted a free cheeseburger, and he wanted to make it himself. It was at this point, the manager began making calls up-the-chain. ... While on the phone, she waved off kitchen staff as they rapped on her door, trying to get her attention. She was not to be interrupted while talking with corporate. What cook staff wanted her to know was that the new "GM" was in the process of cooking himself up a cheeseburger and fries, and that he had gotten himself a soda. After a bit of confusion, Madison cops stepped in and allegedly found an unregistered stun gun on Summers' belt, as well as what appeared to be a few crack pipes, Summers was arrested and charged with fraud, possession of an electric weapon, disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia. Read more HERE
A man allegedly tried to dupe Denny's employees into thinking he was their new general manager -- and then cooked his own cheeseburger and fries. James Summers, 52, waltzed into a Madison Denny's on Tuesday wearing a coat and tie and claiming to be a 30-year corporate veteran of the restaurant chain. Summers' alleged plot was more devious than just defrauding managers -- he wanted a free cheeseburger, and he wanted to make it himself. It was at this point, the manager began making calls up-the-chain. ... While on the phone, she waved off kitchen staff as they rapped on her door, trying to get her attention. She was not to be interrupted while talking with corporate. What cook staff wanted her to know was that the new "GM" was in the process of cooking himself up a cheeseburger and fries, and that he had gotten himself a soda. After a bit of confusion, Madison cops stepped in and allegedly found an unregistered stun gun on Summers' belt, as well as what appeared to be a few crack pipes, Summers was arrested and charged with fraud, possession of an electric weapon, disorderly conduct and possession of drug paraphernalia. Read more HERE
Thursday, February 23, 2012
What the Hell Theater
One area in Kentucky still won't be able to buy alcohol — a decision made by the flip of a coin. A vote held Wednesday on whether to allow alcohol sales in the Graham Precinct in Daviess County ended with a 21-21 tie. So officials flipped a half-dollar coin to decide the issue, and the Messenger-Inquirer newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/ysEd1c) it came up tails. David Osborne, the county clerk, said the election's outcome was "unprecedented" in an issue vote. The county has 65 precincts where alcohol sales are legal and 17 where they are not. Read more HERE
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