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By tbt* wires
Published February 4, 2005
D'oh! A woman pleaded guilty to selling on eBay three nonexistent cases of Duff brand beer -- the favorite of cartoon character Homer Simpson. Tara Edith Woodford, 28, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three charges of dishonestly gaining money by false pretenses. No word on whether the highest bidder was a balding yellow fellow.
Careful with the cold feet.
The Church of Christ straddles the town lines for Voluntown and Sterling in Connecticut. Couples have to ensure they're standing on the correct side of the building during the wedding ceremony so that they're in the town that issued their marriage license. Otherwise the marriage is not legally binding.
Fore heaven's sake
A golfer plunked in the face by an errant ball was unable to convince a jury in Carlisle, Pa., that the man who hit him was negligent for failing to yell"Fore!" James A. Tomkins claimed fellow golfer George Long didn't yell the standard warning when he hit a wayward shot on the Cumberland Golf Course in 1999. Jurors deliberated two hours before deciding Long was not negligent.
Never saw this coming
A blind couple in Indio, Calif. is headed to court to resolve a dispute with their homeowner association about droppings left in the street by their guide dogs. Dennis and Shirley Bartlett are aware of the pooper-scooper rules for their Desert Grove homeowner association, but said they sometimes miss droppings left by their dogs. "You can't get everything all the time," Dennis Bartlett said.
Sponge worthy
"Jesus didn't turn people away. Neither do we," the Rev. John H. Thomas, president of the United Church of Christ, said as the 1.3 million-member church joined the animated fray over SpongeBob SquarePants. The church spurned James Dobson's Focus on the Family for having a problem with cartoon characters being too "tolerant" (and holding hands with a starfish.) The church had a more serious message to underscore, though. "Bullying and name-calling have no place in a community of faith, and we will not allow our silence to be inter? preted as acquiescence." said Pastor Katy Hawker, whose St. Louis church held a "SpongeBob Sunday" to promote tolerance.
[Last modified February 3, 2005, 10:27:44]
| by katz | 02/27/05 06:36 PM |
| RE: never saw this coming: I have invented a portable pooper scooper for them. Please let me know their address or how to send it to them. See the details at: http://www.doggiepoopcatcher.com | |
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