Stories of the Strange

Friday, August 28 (1999 ?)

San Jose, CA - The grocery store clerks have been instructed to read the following instruction to people having problems getting their bank cards to work... "Strip down, face toward me". Where do I sign up for a clerk's job there?

Sign seen at a gas station-Coke, 49-cents. Two for a dollar.

At a Taco Bell - A guy says he and his daughter were in the drive-thru, and she asked for "minimal lettuce". The kid at the window says, "Sorry, we only have iceberg lettuce".

Somewhere out West - A neighbor complains to the township administrative offices in a rural area. He wants deer crossing road signs to be removed...says too many deer were being hit by care and he thought it was no longer safe for deer to cross there.

Horsetooth Mountain, CO - A woman hiking had to use the outdoor facilities, but she noticed something glowing down in the smelly pit. She bent over for a closer look and lo and behold there's a guy with a video camera down there. He was wearing rubber waders and plastic garbage bags. He escaped through a manhole. Freak!

Duxbury, MA - Two guys rob a bank and use separate getaway cars. They didn't get far away. They collided with each other only a few blocks away.

Wilson City, N.C. - Where they have now passed an ordinance banning upholstered furniture on front porches.

And finally, one of my favorites-

Greenwich, CT - The local media was banned from covering a 3-hour workshop on how the city could improve its relations with the local media.

Friday, August 14

Kansas City -- 21 inmates were accidentally left off a bus...the driver misread the instructions. Oops.

New York - A man and a woman arguing while they're riding in a car. She fell out during a fight... and was then promptly run over by the rescue squad.

Fullerton, California - Trying to crack down on gangs in a unique way...the city has changed a street named Baker Street in the hopes that it discourages gang-busters from hanging out there. After all, would they really want to hang out on "Pansy Circle?"

Seattle - Mistrial had to be declared in a drug case. The evidence was shown to the jury and when they came back from a lunch break it turned out one of the jurors had stolen the evidence.

Perris, California - A guy leading police on a high speed chase ended up running out of gas. But that didn't stop him. He jumped out of the car and instead of trying to run away, he started trying to push the car really fast.

San Antonio - A man's bad round of golf goes from bad to worse. He hits into the water hazard, then drowned when he tried to retrieve his ball.

Fort Worth - Interesting courtroom defense coming from a guy charged with stealing the fridge and the gas stove from the apartment he moved out of...and never sealing the gas line when he left. "Your honor, I was born too stupid to know better."

Pontiac, Michigan - Where a man was so afraid to tell his wife he'd lost his job that he came up with another idea: He started robbing banks dressed up as a woman. Bonnie and Clyde, all in one!