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Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd. Yamaha Corp. recently introduced the MyRoom, which is a customizable,
  • Written by American City & County Administrator
  • 21st July 2005

Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd. Yamaha Corp. recently introduced the MyRoom, which is a customizable, soundproof, shed-like structure, with 27 square feet of floor space, for installation inside notoriously crowded Japanese homes, so that a resident can get privacy (or be exiled if he or she gets annoying). The company expects a sales surge in 2006, when Japan’s first wave of baby-boom salarymen retire and begin staying home a lot. Yamaha developed the MyRoom concept for musicians to practice in, but subsequently realized that the boxes (which sell for the equivalent of about US$5,500) had a much larger appeal.

James Carroll Bayley, 44, pleaded guilty in May to killing his brother, Robert, in an incident in Raleigh, N.C., in which James alleged that Robert had come by, drunk, to retrieve his power drill that James had borrowed. James told the judge that he certainly didn’t mean to kill Robert, but had grabbed his gun for protection, then “shot him in the right leg to knock him down.” “Then,” said James, “after a short time, I shot him in the head to make him dizzy so he would fall.”

In May, Mr. Oran Ambus was locked in a standoff with the St. Louis dog pound, which was holding his 9-month-old rottweiler. Ambus could pick up the dog any time he wanted, reported KSDK radio, provided he would neuter him, but he refused, citing the Book of Leviticus, which he believes permits animals in heaven only if they are unaltered. (Thus was Ambus’ dilemma: Get his dog back unholy or, given the pound’s put-to-sleep policy, allow its imminent, but holy, demise.)
(Send your Weird News to Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box 18737, Tampa FL 33679 or [email protected] or go to www.NewsoftheWeird.com.) NEWS OF THE WEIRD

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