Saturday, June 6, 2009

Weird But True

She's a would-be cereal killer.

A California judge tossed a lawsuit filed by a woman who sued the manufacturer of "Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries," claiming she'd been eating it four years before discovering, to her amazement, that crunchberries are just the fruit of the maker's imagination.

Janini Sugawara insisted she never would have bought the product if she knew that crunchberries are nothing but brightly colored cereal balls.

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A Phoenix cleric has been busted for ringing his church bells too loudly and too often. Bishop Richard Painter, of Christ the King Cathedral, got a 10-day suspended sentence for violating the city's anti-noise ordinance.

The judge also restricted the chimes -- which had been rung hourly from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. -- to no more than 60 decibels for two minutes on Sundays and specific religious holidays.

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It's Thursday. I guess I'll rob a bank.

Peter Bielecke of New Jersey admitted to following that schedule by holding up six banks on consecutive Thursdays between late January and early March. He faces up to 20 years of spending every Thursday -- not to mention the other six days of the week -- in jail.

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A spurned New Zealand man has come up with a novel way of disposing of the $3,200 diamond engagement ring he bought his love -- he's staging a treasure hunt tomorrow in Wellington.

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They're blowing the whistle on litterbugs in Malaysia -- literally.

Khazali Din, mayor of the city of Alor Star, said city officials armed with whistles will patrol the streets and let out earsplitting blasts when they see an offender.

"I think this is the best way, because people will feel shy or embarrassed when they are caught red-handed," he said.

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