Author: Dr Wingnut

WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER (the actual AP headline)Linda Burnett, 23, a resident of San Diego, was visiting her inlaws, and while there went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries.  Several people noticed her sitting in her car with the windows rolled up and with her eyes closed, with both hands behind the…

One evening a man was at home watching TV and eating peanuts.  He'd toss them in the air, then catch them in his mouth.  In the middle of catching one, his wife asked a question, and as he turned to answer her, a peanut fell in his ear.  He tried and tried to dig it…

Minnesota:It is illegal to tease skunks.Every man in Brainerd is required by law to grow a beard.Michigan: A state law stipulates that a woman's hair legally belongs to her husband.Under state law, dentists are officially classified as "mechanics."In Clawson, it is legal for a man to "sleep with his pigs, cows, horses, goats, and chickens."New…

A TRUE STORY IN ATLANTIC CITY NJ (WAS IN THE PAPER)On a recent weekend in Atlantic City, a woman won a bucketful of quarters at a slot machine. She took a break from the slots for dinner with her husband in the hotel dining room. But first she wanted to stash the quarters in her…

You know you’re from Boston if…You think of Philadelphia as the midwest.You think it’s your God-given right to cut someone off in traffic.You think there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no R’s).You think three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave.All your pets are named after Celtics or Bruins.You refer to…

An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn.  When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.The bartender asks him, "You know, a pint goes flat after I…

Excerpt from a recent live radio interview on one of the regional Welsh stations.A female newscaster is interviewing the leader of a Youth club:Interviewer: So, Mr. Jones, what are you going to do with these children on this adventure holiday?Jones: We're going to teach them climbing, abseiling, canoeing, archery, shooting…Interviewer: Shooting!  That's a bit irresponsible…