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Tipsy customer pays $72 for taco and refuses change, telling Ohio restaurant ‘Merry Christmas’

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Okay maybe it’s just me but I have to ask why would the police be holding the money at all.  As far as I know overpaying is not a crime if it’s the customer that does it intentionally.  Sounds to me like a Christmas Tip.  Christmas El Grande!

SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — So much for the value menu. A Taco Bell manager in Ohio says a man who appeared drunk walked into the restaurant earlier this week and handed him $72 for just one taco. The manager tells police near the northern Ohio town of Sandusky that the customer who seemed to be in his early 20s refused to take back the money and told workers “Merry Christmas.”

Manager Aaron Ohm says he thought for sure the man would return for his money, but he so far he hasn’t shown up.

Police are holding on to the money as evidence and say if it’s not claimed in 60 days, the store manager will get a late Christmas gift.

Information from: Sandusky Register, http://www.sanduskyregister.com

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Woman accused of drunken ride in Christmas parade

Monday, December 14th, 2009

I just love the spirit that the Christmas season brings out in people but somehow I think this lady may have mosses the boat on this one.

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A woman has posted $500 bond on a charge of public intoxication after police said she passed out on a horse she rode in the Shelbyville Christmas parade. According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, a 46-year-old woman was found slumped over on her horse outside a motel.

Police said they had been notified of a possibly intoxicated rider in a red coat on a white horse in the parade Saturday night.

Officers said they had to catch her twice to keep her from falling.

Information from: Shelbyville Times-Gazette, http://www.t-g.com

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‘Elf’ jailed over dynamite hoax on mall Santa

Friday, December 4th, 2009

MORROW, Ga. (AP) — A man dressed as an elf is jailed after police in Georgia say he told a mall Santa that he was carrying dynamite.

Police say Southlake Mall in suburban Atlanta was evacuated but no explosives were found.

Morrow police arrested 45-year-old William C. Caldwell III, who was being held without bond Thursday in the Clayton County jail. He was not part of the mall’s Christmas staff.

Police say Caldwell got in line Wednesday evening to have his picture taken with Santa Claus.

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Robotic hamsters are holidays’ unlikely new craze

Monday, November 30th, 2009

sega hamsters1 300x226 Robotic hamsters are holidays unlikely new crazeAnd I thought the pet rock was cool!  Maybe I am a bit behind the times and I really need a robotic hamster to bring my life up to date.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying “Please! Please! Can we buy them?”

Seeing a fully stocked shelf, she decided to hold off until Christmas.

That was “before I knew that the hamsters would soon be off the shelves and more scarce than an H1N1 vaccine,” said Fowlkes, 32.

Now she can’t find them anywhere.

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