Speaking of outlandish! You simply must visit my renter!
The Paranormal blog. It’s a hauntingly good read!
Reserved Parking:
A judge in New Port Richey, Fla., who found a car in his reserved parking space, parked behind it and ordered the driver to stay in his courtroom until he was ready to call it a day and go home. “There’s two perks to the job,” Circuit Judge Stanley Mills told the St. Petersburg Times. “I have my own bathroom, and I have my own parking spot, and you’re not going to get to use either.”
The 26-year-old woman who had parked in the space said she misinterpreted the “reserved” sign, thinking it just meant the parking was reserved for those going to the courthouse.
Odd News:
“Shooting Reported at Firing Range,” an August story on mischief at Shooter’s Choice, in The State newspaper of Columbia, S.C.
“Hong Kong Man Found Being Eaten Alive by Maggots,” an August story in The Sydney Morning Herald about a 67-year-old man who was discovered just in time and is recovering.
Raised by Dogs
A recent documentary produced for Australia’s Channel 4, and described in a story in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, caught up with a Ukrainian woman, now 23, who had been “forgotten” by her mother and father and raised by dogs until discovered at age 8.
Oxana Malaya, one of about 100 known feral children, has the tested mental age of 6, stilted speech and an uncoordinated gait, and still buries any gifts she receives and runs into the woods when she is upset.
For the camera, Malaya showed she can still bark, run on all fours, pant with her tongue out, and dry herself off by shaking.
I know how the judge feels. Road construction on the main drag (the next block from my place) forced people to park on the road in front of my house. One lady couldn’t find a space, so she decided to block my driveway.. after all, it would only be “a few minutes.”
As luck would have it, it was during those “few minutes” that I decided I needed to drive my car. Well, since I couldn’t go anywhre, I decided neither was she. I sat down in the road, right behind her car until she came out. She looked at me and said, “I guess that is your driveway”.
I would have just laughed and let her go, but she said that impatiently, and told me to get up so she could get back to work. I asked her why she blocked my driveway, she got mad and said, “oh, it was just for a few minutes”…
She got even more mad when I looked up (still sitting behind her car), laughed and said, “so I guess you won’t mind if I just sit here for a few minutes.”
“I have to get to work” she whined… laughing, I looked up and said, “well, I have all day” and sat there for another 15 minutes while she complained about how rude I was. lol
Hope they understood at work that she was going to be “a few minutes” late ;~D