Wednesday, June 15, 2011

LOL-911Called after wrong restaurant order

Cops in Savannah, Georgia, have released a recording of a woman who called 911 to report that a Chinese restaurant gave her the wrong order and refused to give her a refund. "I ordered food and they bring me the wrong food," said the caller, whose personal information was edited out of the recording.When the dispatcher promised to send someone to talk her, the woman raved she was "getting angry."The Savannah-Chatham Metro Police released the recording as a reminder that 911 is for emergencies only.
In 2010, the region's 911 dispatch centre received 248,774 calls. The centre co-ordinates dispatch for numerous police departments, fire departments and EMS services.



Nice-Climbers tie the knot on top of 3,352ft mountain


ROCK climbers Jo Mellor and Rob Tearle tied the knot – on top of a 3,352ft mountain.
They shunned tradition to marry on one of Britain’s highest peaks – Buachaille Etive Mor at Glencoe in the Highlands.
Dressed in waterproof gear, Jo, 36, vowed her love would be “forged in stone”, while train engineer Rob, 30, pledged to “never let go of the rope”. Teacher Jo, from Southampton, said: “It was incredibly moving.” The couples were joined on the snowy two-hour ascent by best man Carl Iszatt and bridesmaid Emily Iszatt – both novice climbers.The pair later changed into more formal gear, but kept their boots on for the honeymoon… a climbing holiday.

Wow-French village seen as last refuge


PARIS - The tiny southern French hamlet of Bugarach has drawn scrutiny from a government sect watchdog over droves of visitors who believe it is the only place in the world that will survive a 2012 Apocalypse. A report by the watchdog, Miviludes, published on Wednesday said the picturesque village near Carcassonne should be monitored in the run-up to December 21, 2012, when many believe the world will end according to an ancient Mayan prophecy. Miviludes was set up in 2002 to track the activity of sects, after a law passed the previous year made it an offence to abuse vulnerable people using heavy pressure techniques, meaning sects can be outlawed if there is evidence of fraud or abuse.

Good-Oregon votes to outlaw sale of suicide kits


Sales of suicide kits, like the do-it-yourself asphyxiation hood used by a man to kill him late last year, could soon be outlawed in the state of Oregon.The state's House of Representative passed the bill on Monday to ban the products. It must now be considered in the state Senate, which passed similar legislation in May.
Sponsors say the bill would in no way impinge on a landmark 1997 state law legalizing physician-assisted suicides for terminally ill individuals in Oregon.Washington is the only other state with such a statute on the books.
The newly passed Oregon bill was sparked by notoriety surrounding an elderly California woman who sells self-asphyxiation kits through a mail-order business, and the December suicide of one of her customers from Eugene, Oregon, 29-year-old Nicholas Klonoski.

Name-Laurel-Ann Hardie sparks worldwide Twitter excitement

Laurel-Ann Hardie

Professor Laurel-Ann Hardie, a lecturer working at the school of contemporary media at Fanshawe College in Ontario, adopted the name when she married her husband, James Hardie, giving up her maiden name Hasen. On learning her name had created so much interest on Twitter that it had been ‘trending’ briefly yesterday, she said: ‘I am used to it. My husband and I worked together before we were married and people used to say if you were married you would be Laurel-Ann Hardie.
‘It just seemed like fate. I am a Laurel and Hardy fan. ‘I was given lots of posters of them as wedding presents.’
Author and broadcaster Charlie Connelly got the Twittersphere talking when he posted a link to her profile on LinkedIn.

Strict-Plane boots children's author over the 'f-word'


A New York children's author who used a curse word in exasperation during a plane delay at a U.S. airport was ejected from the aircraft for disruptive behaviour. Robert Sayegh, 37, said Atlantic Southeast Airlines overreacted to his salty language when it summoned police aboard to escort him off the Sunday evening flight at Detroit Metro Airport."The f-word is not a nice word to use," he acknowledged in a telephone interview, adding he was complaining to himself rather than snapping at anyone in particular."I really didn't think I was being that loud."


What-Family flees snake-infested home

Image: "The Snake House" in Rexburh, Idaho

The five-bedroom house sits on pastoral acreage in the rural Idaho countryside. At a price less than $180,000, it seemed a steal.
But a bargain it wasn't. Ben and Amber Sessions soon realized the dream home they'd purchased for their growing family in 2009 was infested with hundreds upon hundreds of garter snakes. The ground surrounding the home appeared to move at times, it was so thick with snakes. Throngs of snakes crawled beneath the home's siding. At night, the young couple said they would lie awake and listen to slithering inside the walls.

Image: Ben and Amber Sessions



 

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