Well, here we are again at the end of another work week—and just look at what has happened to these guys and gals…
First, some “Odds & Ends”
In San Diego, California… What happens when you set off the city’s entire fireworks display… in 30 seconds…
We’ve all been on those overbooked flights where airlines offer financial incentives for someone (anyone) to take a different flight… but I wish I had been offered this one…
I didn’t see this coming.
Parachuting for charity: Is it worth the money? I suspect you can guess—but the gap might surprise you…
As home fireworks go, this one is a doozy…
An emotional support… what?
In Wingham Wildlife Park near Canterbury, UK, a dinosaur display featuring 20 models of velociraptors proved to be quite the attraction…but not what you might expect… and yes, we have pictures…
And now for the main “events”:
In Citywest, Dublin, Ireland, Jiao Zhang (40), was in a local grocery store when a 9-year-old child “running amok” knocked her down, and caused her injury as, being pregnant, she twisted her body “to protect her bump” as she fell… so she filed suit against the supermarket… unfortunately for her, there was video of what actually happened…
If you’re ever in Calgary, Canada, you might want to stop by the Museum of Failure… more than 130 displays of failed innovations… including things like a hula chair aimed at weight loss, an electrical face mask and Jarts—a so-called ‘family-friendly’ lawn dart game—that injured thousands of people…
In London, England, you’ll never guess what has managed to reroute the Thames River… and is the size of two tennis courts…
In Leeside, UK, a statue of Fr. Theobold Mathew, founder of the Total Abstinence Society (among other things) was victimized by individuals… who likely were not members of that society…
And finally, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Pablo Acevedo-Santiago, 21, was spotted by police with an unnamed woman coming out of some woods here… and Pablo, for reasons unexplained, decided to run… and then jumped into a nearby canal… and then… well, let’s just say he didn’t get far…
Have a GREAT weekend, folks!
