Weekend Giggles 2/6/09: Miscellaneous Bits & Pieces

Things I look forward to: Someday on a quiz show I want someone to refer to their spouse as other than “my beautiful or handsome or wonderful …” I want them to say something like, “Yes, I’m married for twenty years to my so-so husband, Harry.” Or  “Yes, that s.o.b. over there with the plaid shirt hanging out.”

Just to break the monotony.

Street Cred?
Stephen Greenspan, author of Annals of Gullibility: Why We Get Duped and How to Avoid It apparently hadn’t read his own book. He lost a good chunk of his retirement savings after he invested them with Bernard Madoff.” The Week 1/30/09

Goatmo?
“Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of armed robbery. A group of citizens were on an anti-crime patrol in the capital city of Lagos when they found a pair of armed ‘hoodlums’ trying to steal a Mazda 323. The vigilantes say they chased the men but one escaped and the other used balck magic to turn himself into a goat. “We cannot confirm the story,” said a police spokesperson, adding that the goat will be held, but not prosecuted, until “it can be proved scientifically that a human being turned into a goat.” The Week 2/6/09
Think of all those innocent men wasting away in our prisons while the guilty goats roam junkyards free.

Can you teach an old dog new tricks department?
A woman in South Korea who has taken the written exam required for a driver's license nearly every day since 2005 has failed again — but is hoping attempt No. 772 will be the charm.

The 68-year-old has spent 4 million won ($3,000) on fees for the test, he said. Applicants must score at least 60 on the written exam before they can get behind the wheel for a driving test. Choi says she's scored as high as 50.
But they’re not telling us if there is an upward trend in her scores.

Speaking of driving …
A Cleveland Browns fan was ticketed for driving a motorized sofa to a game. Police said the sofa was unregistered and had expired plates. (The Week)

I understand the expired plates were vanity plates that spelled Potato 1

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Weekend Giggles is an attempt to cast off the week’s doldrums and get into a happy mood for the weekend. (People who work weekends should read this during the week.)

When posted (may not be weekly, but always on Friday), Weekend Giggles will contain a snippet or two I found amusing or a short article I ran across. Most will not be items written by me.

Please add giggles of your own in the comment section so we can keep the giggle going all weekend long.

Enjoy the next few days.

John

NOTE: There will be no Weekend Giggles for the next 3-4 weeks while I travel to Mexico in search of Foreign Giggles.