Monday 06/16/08

A Saint Louis man claims that he was injured last year after being glued to a toilet seat in a Home Depot and is suing the retail giant for negligence. Haywood Rosales, 31, charges that during an August 2007 visit to a Home Depot in Florissant, Missouri he used a store bathroom and came into contact with a toilet seat "covered with adhesive," according to his lawsuit. He claims he did not notice the adhesive before sitting down and that he used his cell phone to alert his wife, with whom he was shopping, after realizing "he was glued to the toilet seat." When Rosales stood up, the complaint asserts, he "received cuts, bruises, and tearing on his buttocks and thighs," and subsequently "endured the embarrassment, pain, and suffering of the initial injury and its concomitant treatment." Rosales, who claims he was "rendered unable to work" by his injuries, is seeking in excess of 25-thousand dollars in damages. Bobby D's Comment Now I just feel bad for this guy, he really didn't do anything wrong but have to use the bathroom. Let this be a lesson, always check the seat first!

Monday 06/16/08

An Italian convict begged the warden to let him go back to jail instead of having to live at home. He explained that life behind bars was better than living with his wife again. Prison bosses had freed Luigi Folliero, 45, to serve the second year of his two-year sentence for theft under house arrest. But after just two days at home he went back to Ponte San Leonardo jail and pleaded to go back in his old cell because he could not stand being at home with his wife. He told wardens, "She never stops moaning and nagging." Bobby D's Comment I mean how bad is your home life that you would rather be in jail than at home with your wife? At this point why not get a divorce?

Wednesday 06/04/08

Rochester, New York -- Emergency personnel were called to a home after a man tried to get a squirrel to leave his house by using pepper spray. Firefighters had to rinse out the eyes of five people who were present when the pepper spray was released, said Scott Williams, deputy fire chief of the Rochester Fire Department. Firefighters also turned on fans in the home to get rid of the lingering pepper spray. "When the fire department went in and opened up all of the windows, the squirrel decided to leave. I guess he figured his work there was done," Williams said. Bobby D's Comment How did the idea to open up the window AFTER pepper spraying the little critter down?? The easiest ides is always the last one you think of....I guess?!?!

Wednesday 06/04/08

Police in Holland say a 21-year-old man is recovering after a "mooning" that went horribly wrong. A police statement says the man and two others had run down a street in Utrecht with their pants pulled down in the back "for a joke." It says that at one point the 21-year-old "pushed his behind against the window of a restaurant" that broke and resulted in "deep wounds to his derriere." Police detained the three men after the incident, but the cafe owner decided not to press charges after the men agreed to pay for the broken window. The injured man was treated for his injuries at a nearby hospital. Bobby D's Comment O this was a bad idea! I did some stupid things when I was younger but thankfully in never ended in ME getting hurt!

Thursday 05/29/08

A 24-year-old West Bend, Wisconsin woman was sentenced Tuesday to a year in the Washington County Jail for leaving L-S-D-laced candy out where her two-year-old daughter was able to eat some. According to court documents, Donielle M. Maki and Valerie J. Anderson took Maki's daughter with them to Milwaukee to buy 10 L-S-D-laced candies. They returned to West Bend about midnight. Maki told police she bought the drugs to give to a cousin. Maki put the candies in her purse and "passed out" on a couch. She woke up the next day to find her daughter eating the candies saying, "I like these, Mommy." Bobby D's Comment Worst mother of the year...by far. One year? Yeah, like that's enough!

Thursday 05/29/08

A 50-year-old Lutz, Florida man hired a nude maid to clean his 22-hundred square-foot home last Friday. The woman arrived at the home in a one-piece light colored dress. She took off the one-piece light colored dress. She cleaned the house -- four bedrooms, three baths -- per their 100-dollars-per-hour agreement. She redressed and left. Shortly after, the man's wife came home from vacation to discover 40-thousand dollars in jewelry missing from their bedroom. The man told Hillsborough Sheriff's deputies he'd only left the maid alone in the bedroom a short while. Deputies are investigating. The nude maid, whom the man found on the Internet, is described as a white female, age 21 to 24. Bobby D's Comment Goes back to what I said before, hiring a nude person to clean your house is only a good idea in theory.....IN THEORY!

Tuesday 05/27/08

During three years in the low minors, John Odom never really made a name for himself. That sure changed last week -- he's the guy the Calgary Vipers traded for a bunch of bats. Odom says, "I don't really care. It'll make a better story if I make it to the big leagues." For now, Odom is headed to the Laredo Broncos of the United League. They got him Tuesday from Calgary of the Golden Baseball League for an unlikely price -- 10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats, double-dipped black, 34-inch, C-243 style that retail for about 69-dollars each. The Vipers signed Odom about a month ago, but couldn't get the 26-year-old righty into Canada because of a criminal record. Bobby D's Comment Hey, it could be worse, it could have been a 6 pack of beer and a couple of fat chicks...

Tuesday 05/27/08

Sacramento, California -- A woman was arrested after she allegedly tried to smuggle 15 pounds of pot onto an airplane. According to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, Rachael Ann Wilson, 29, allegedly hid the marijuana in coffee cans in two cardboard boxes that were checked at the U.S. Airways ticket counter. One of the boxes was too big to fit into an X-ray machine, so it was opened by TSA officers and the pot was discovered. Wilson was arrested on the Georgia-bound plane before takeoff and was taken to Sacramento County Jail. Bobby D's Comment Doesn't this woman have any friends that might have said, "Hey think this over, this might be a REAL bad idea." Where are friends when you need 'em man??

Tuesday 05/20/08

A Swiss man died when he fell from a hotel balcony during a spitting match with a friend. The 29-year-old man took a run-up from inside the room so he could spit further, but lost his balance and plummeted 20-feet to the street below. The man had suggested the contest when he and two friends returned from a disco to their hotel in Cadempino in Switzerland's Italian-speaking Ticino canton in the early hours. One of the men went to sleep, but the two others decided to see who could spit furthest from the balcony of their room.

Tuesday 05/20/08

A woman dancing on a bar accidentally set a man on fire early Sunday after noticing her foot was in flames. The woman, described as in her 20s, was at Drake's Bar in Kendall, Florida when she agreed to help out with a display involving liquor and fire, authorities said. According to Fire Rescue, she hopped on the bar, started dancing, then realized her foot was engulfed in flames. She reacted by accidentally kicking the flaming mixture into a passer-by. The man suffered burns to about 20-percent of his upper body. The woman was taken to a hospital.

Thursday 05/15/08

Vologda, Russia -- A man stole a bus at gunpoint and led police on a 20-mile chase across the city in a bizarre attempt to stop his ex-girlfriend from marrying someone else. Vladimir Kirov, 24, forced the driver and passengers out of the bus and drove to a church on the other side of town. But police stopped him just yards away from the wedding ceremony. He was arrested and charged with armed robbery and endangering the public.

"He could not get over being dumped by his girlfriend for another man and wanted to stop her going ahead with the marriage," a police spokesperson said.

Thursday 05/15/08

Members of the Martin County, Florida Fire Rescue Hazmat team responded to a fuel clean-up Tuesday morning after a boater pumped gasoline into his fishing rod holder instead of his gas tank. The boater pumped about 100 gallons of gasoline at the Finest Kind Marina fuel dock before he noticed the problem, but only about 15 gallons polluted the water, marina employees said. The rest of the gasoline seeped into the boat's bilge tank, witnesses said. The man's fishing boat was towed from the fuel dock to Sandsprit Park so Hazmat officials could secure the fuel. Marina employees said it's not uncommon to see boaters pump fuel into fishing rod holders because the holder is often close to the fuel tank hole.

Wednesday 05/14/08

Fort Worth, Texas -- File this story under -- "Things You Shouldn't Use To Scratch Your Back." A man trying to scratch an itch on his back used a revolver...and accidentally shot himself. Jorge Espinal, 44, was drinking beer and playing poker around 3 a.m. in his home when he got up from the table and walked into another room, police said.

"He told officers he had an itch on his back and grabbed the first thing he could get a hold of, which was a revolver," said Fort Worth Police Lt. Kenneth Dean. "The gun went off."

The man then went back in the room and told his buddies that he shot himself. "They didn't believe him until they saw the blood coming down his back," Lt. Dean said. The man was taken to an area hospital where he was treated and released with non-life-threatening injuries.

Wednesday 05/14/08

Irving, New York -- Police say a man in tuxedo was drunk when he took a riding mower out for an early morning spin. Police responding to a report of an intoxicated person at a residence spotted the man riding away on his mower. Deputies who stopped the well-dressed man charged him with felony driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation. They say the charge is a felony because the man had a previous Driving While Intoxicated conviction. No word on why he was wearing a tux.

Biloxi, Mississippi - Leann Real promised her husband, Rusty, that if they ever had a son he'd get to pick the name. Well, the day arrived and she stayed true to her word. ESPN Montana Real was born last week at Biloxi Regional Medical Center.

Rusty, an avid sports fan, chose ESPN (pronounced Espen) after the sports network and Montana after legendary quarterback Joe Montana.

"We were the talk of the hospital," Rusty said. "The nurses kept asking my wife if she was really going to let her husband name him ESPN. She said, 'Oh, yes.' "Oh, brother...