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Archive for June 30th, 2009

Florida husband accused of drenching wife with hose for smoking in the house

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

One thing I am certain of in life, busting out the hose on my wife would not be a good thing.  Barring police involvement at some point i’d have to sleep.

smokerJENSEN BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities said a man has been charged with domestic battery after he drenched his wife with a garden hose and elbowed her for smoking in the house. An arrest report shows that the 51-year-old husband was charged Saturday. Police said the couple began arguing when the wife began smoking a cigarette in their home.

When the victim picked up the phone and began calling a friend, authorities said the husband believed she was trying to call police and elbowed her in the mouth during a struggle to grab the phone.

The woman was soaked with water when deputies arrived. The husband told deputies he had been watering the grass and did not intend to spray her.

The man was taken to the Martin County Jail and released after posting bond.

Information from: The Stuart News, http://www.tcpalm.com

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Tale of flowin’ rum and screamin’ seafarers honored in bad writing contest

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

I am not sure why someone would want to try and win this contest, but I guess if you can’t compete being good, be the best at bad. You win.

writeSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A shambling sentence about screaming seafarers on the sturdy whaler Ellie May stood shoulders above the rest in an annual bad writing contest. David McKenzie, 55, of Federal Way, Wash., won the grand prize in San Jose State University’s annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest with this:

“Folks say that if you listen real close at the height of the full moon, when the wind is blowin’ off Nantucket Sound from the nor’ east and the dogs are howlin’ for no earthly reason, you can hear the awful screams of the crew of the “Ellie May,” a sturdy whaler Captained by John McTavish; for it was on just such a night when the rum was flowin’ and, Davey Jones be damned, big John brought his men on deck for the first of several screaming contests.”

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