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xxxNews Of The Weirdxxx

xxxNews Of The Weirdxxx

Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd. Well-stated: --Broward County (Fla.) school board member
  • Written by American City & County Administrator
  • 29th November 2005

Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.

Well-stated:
–Broward County (Fla.) school board member Robin Bartleman, explaining in July why she finally accepted an elementary school’s new policy of no running on the playground: “To say ‘no running’ on the playground seems crazy, but your feelings change when you’re in a closed-door meeting with lawyers.”

–The costume designer for the new movie “Superman Returns,” explaining in September (in Newsweek) her toughest problem: “There was more discussion about Superman’s ‘package’ than anything else on the suit. Was it too big? Was it not big enough? Was it too pointy? Too round?”

— The child-targeted advertising slogan for Tomamasu Corp.’s new nonalcoholic beverage “Kidsbeer” (which looks and foams like beer but is actually a cola): “Even kids cannot stand life unless they have a drink.”

According to an August report in The Guardian, British UFO sightings have fallen dramatically in the last few years, say prominent extraterrestrial-watchers in Cumbria County, England (which has seen a drop-off from 40 sightings in 2004 to none in the first seven months of 2005, although sightings continue to come in from elsewhere in the country). Explanations include a post-Sept. 11 worry about Earthbound threats, as well as the end of the TV series “The X Files.”
(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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