Wacky News

Geez, only about a month until opening day of trout fishing ... how 'bout that!

1. On a single mom who kept a diary recording the 191 times she had sex with a 12-year-old being jailed yesterday for nine years:
"Hmmmph ... I wonder why she's single?"
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/02/27/single-mum-had-sex-191-times-with-boy-12-115875-22072646/

2. On a father who was stopped from taking a photo of his son on a children's train ride after an over-zealous security guard accused him of being a paedophile:
"Thank goodness the guard didn't see the dad cging his son's diaper a few years earlier ..."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1254175/Father-stopped-taking-picture-son-4-childrens-train-ride-case-paedophile.html

3. On Fort Worth cops arresting more gays and Mexican-Americans ato be intot bars because they think they're more likely to be intoxicated in bars than other people.
"Really? In Texas?"
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/03/texas-racist-laws-drinking-while-brown

4. On scientists doing studies on rats with the hope of understanding why popcorn smells so irresistably delectable in the movie theater, but less so at home:
"Fascinating! Maybe these scientists should do studies on why scientists do stupid studies."
http://www.mnn.com/technology/research-innovations/stories/smound-hybrid-sense-of-smell-and-sound-found-in-lab-mice

5. On Tennessee cops issuing tickets to cars with the new, brighter headlights:
"Really, in Tennessee?"
http://www.officer.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=50894