Sour Dough

The Kuwait Times reported in April that food inspectors shut down the Hawally bakery in Kuwait City after finding dough stored in a toilet, which the owner explained was so that the humidity would keep it moist.

Red Light Cheater

Caught by police with illegal emergency lights on his car, Bradenton, Fla., restaurant manager Kenneth Holmes, 26, said at his February sentencing for impersonating a police officer that he did it “to get home quicker” and that the flashers were “cool” and a “fantastic time-saver” that enabled him to drive through red lights.

Long Exorcism

In March, David Little, a Fredericton, New Brunswick, anti-abortion activist who was resisting his upcoming trial on tax-evasion charges, told the judge that he would need an indefinite postponement because his wife and stepdaughter were possessed by Satan and required exorcism. Little, 60, told the judge that some exorcisms work quickly, but that he knows of one that has lasted 16 years. The judge told Little to bring in some evidence of the possession. (Little has openly refused to pay taxes because some government money funds abortions.)