October 1, 2020
Five parrots at a British zoo were separated because they kept encouraging each other to swear.
Although most people thought the situation was funny, the parrots were moved to separate areas of the park to keep children from hearing their foul/fowl language.
September 28, 2020
The mayor of a Romanian
village won his re-election with 64% of the vote.
The only problem was that he had died about 2 weeks before the election.
The ballots were pre-printed. Is it possible that not all the citizens had gotten the news?
There will be a special
election to replace him.
September 28, 2020
One Australian family won the lottery
because they bought a ticket after their European vacation was canceled. (“COVID-Induced—Wealth?”,
Sept. 29, 2020)
Another Australian family also struck it lucky—this time because they accidentally bought a ticket for the wrong drawing.
The family’s mistake won them over $450,000.
If I ever go to Australia, I
will definitely play the lottery.
September 28, 2020
For 18 months, residents in the Welsh village of Aberhosan
complained that they lost internet every day at 7 a.m.
The broadband provider spent months trying to track down the problem, and even replaced sections of cable throughout the town.
Eventually they discovered the
source of the problem: An elderly resident turned on his old TV set promptly at
7 a.m. every day, and the electrical interference caused the broadband
interference.
The resident was embarrassed and agreed not to use the TV any more.
My question: Did anyone offer to
replace it with a newer model?
September 28, 2020
A Pennsylvania woman became the first person at her local bowling alley to bowl a 300 game—all strikes, no open frames.
It was also the first time she ever bowled a 300. Pretty impressive, even without this additional fact:
She’ll be 97 on November 30th.
September 28, 2020
An Australian woman had to cancel her vacation due to COVID-19. It was disappointing, but it worked out OK:
During the time she would have been in Europe, she purchased a lottery ticket instead, and won over $700,000.
Finally, we hear about the virus having a
positive effect on someone’s life.
September 24, 2020
A woman who pressured her boyfriend into smothering his infant son has been sentenced to 120 days in prison and five years’ probation. The charge was dropped from first-degree murder to involuntary manslaughter because she never explicitly instructed her boyfriend to murder the boy; although the article also says that she exerted emotional pressure, sending dozens of messages pressuring the man to kill the baby, and threatening to leave the boyfriend because his sons were a burden in their relationship. (???) (The boyfriend is serving a life sentence for the murder.)
If the woman violates her probation, she could have to serve up to 10 years in prison.
I hope she violates it on her first day out of the slammer.
