xxxNews Of The Weirdxxx
Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.
In October, a tipsy undersecretary in the Philippine government apologized after inadvertently urinating in the rear of President Arroyo’s plane during flight, in an area he mistook for a restroom.
White man Theuns Prinsloo, 22, won the Mr. Africa pageant, causing an organizer to gush, “He epitomizes a young African in Africa today” (Johannesburg, South Africa).
A 39-year-old man was arrested for bank robbery 10 days after making a successful escape on an oversized tricycle (Woodbury, N.J.).
And a 24-year-old gun-toting man was arrested after smashing his tricycle into a car, being knocked to the ground, and then stealing the car (Salem, Ore.).
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