xxxNews Of The Weirdxxx
Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.
A man escaped in February after robbing a Wienerschnitzel drive-thru in North Long Beach, Calif.; identifying him was difficult because he had smeared what appeared to be chocolate pudding over his face.
Edwin Lockhart, 48, had less success robbing a Sun Trust bank in Palatka, Fla., receiving a 10-year sentence in April; he was identified despite having stuck several sanitary napkins on his face.
In May, a second Indian mayor, Amarnath Yadav of Gorakhpur, was removed from office because “he,” a eunuch, had run as a female but was declared by a court to be just an effeminate male and thus ineligible to seek a female-reserved electoral office.
The South African Rugby Football Union fined its Golden Lions about US$4,000 for momentarily having only two black players on the field, when league rules require a minimum of three at all times.
A county human services procurement officer in Portland, Ore., mindful of the sometimes-quixotic needs of the agency’s mental-health clients, included in a list of potential resource requirements a person fluent in the “Star Trek” language Klingon (but later said no actual job openings are envisioned).
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