crazy news articles

Sometimes you read about some crazy stuff in the news that’s so random it would be hard to invent.  Here’s a few examples I’ve seen lately.

There’s a new crime wave sweeping through San Francisco: potty pyromania.  The toilet torcher has set fire to at least 20 portable toilets at construction sites.  The article states it is “creating a trail of malodorous wreckage and causing an estimated $50,000 in property damage”.  Construction workers are trying to figure out who is committing this vandalism, but they have nothing to go on.  (That’s such a bad joke that it’s almost not worth pointing out.)

Also in the news, a woman in Australia was arrested for having parking fines totaling over $30,000.  (The link to this one expired.)  She accumulated that total with over 700 parking tickets over the last two years.  How could someone accumulate that much in parking tickets?  (I’ve already said the answer — can you figure it out?)  🙂

A man had a friend shoot him in the shoulder so he could skip work and not have to take a drug test.  I guess faking a cough doesn’t work anymore…

What is the world coming to?

caption contest, Chuck Norris

It’s Monday, and some of you are probably anxiously awaiting the next caption contest.  (If you’re not, you should be, because this is awesome!)  🙂  Anyway, regardless of your expectations, here it is.

This week I’m using an animated picture, featuring Chuck Norris and some woman in a car.  I don’t know exactly what the context is for this scene, but that’s part of the fun in writing captions — you get to decide.  You can write dialog for Chuck Norris, the woman, or provide narration.  However you do it, have fun.

chuck-norris-dealing-with-woman-wanting-to-drive

(To see the other caption contests, click on the “Say What?” category in the sidebar.)