Strange & Stupid: Amusing News

Most people, when called to court, wear their Sunday best. But what about when you are simply in attendance for your Brother’s sentencing?

A 23-year-old Louisiana woman found out the hard way that pants “so low-slung you could see her underwear” are not ok. Kimberley Senette was given 10 days in jail by a Jefferson Parish judge who found her in contempt of his court. She said that they were only so low because the security guards had her remove her belt - but Judge Windhorst was having none of it.

Can’t blame him, K Slimm doesn’t look like the most apologetic of ladies.

Our proud parents of the day got high on meth and then let little Timmy toddle his way into the walls. Then they laughed until their scars hurt.

STANLEY, N.C. — Two 19-year old parents stand to face child abuse charges after recording their blindfolded son running into walls.
The video shows the “parents” blindfolding their 11-month-old son and watching him fall on his face and run into walls.

Burgess told NewsChannel 36 on Thursday that the video looks worse than it was. She said her son was not injured and the family was just having fun.
Delmer Frank James Doss and Amber Lynn Burgess are out on bond. The child remains in Burgess’ care.

Bellingham, WA- A man robbed a shoe store with an unusual weapon this weekend. A man walked into the Red Wings Shoes store Saturday and held a rock over the cashiers head, telling the employee “this is a robbery.” The cashier handed the robber an undisclosed sum of money, and the man walked out.

New York (NBC)- The city of New York has spend over $30,000 publishing and distributing 70,000 pamphlets outlining how to safely prepare and use heroin. The goal is to explain proper care for your body and infection avoidance as you shoot up, but opposition is outraged that it’s a “how-to guide for dummies.”

But the state’s top official with the Drug Enforcement Administration called it a “step-by-step instruction on how to inject a poison.”

The 16-page pamplet has helpful tips like “Only ‘boot’ once or twice in one shot.”  It’s nice to see such words of advice from a city with some of the highest tax rates in the country.