• Police in Wichita, Kansas arrested a 22 year old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two counterfeit $16 bills
  • The Chico, California City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits
  • A bus carrying five passengers was hit by a car in St. Louis, but by the time police arrived on the scene, 14 pedestrians had boarded the bus and began to complain of whiplash, injuries and back pain
  • When two service station attendants in Iona, Michigan refused to hand over the cash to an intoxicated robber, the man threatened to call the police. They still refused, so the robber called the police and was arrested

Statistics

  • The city with the most Rolls Royces per capita: Hong Kong
  • Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better
  • The amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: $40,000
  • State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
  • Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
  • Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
  • Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same women if they had it to do all over again: 80%
  • Percentage of American women who say they would marry the same men if they had it to do all over again: 50%
  • The cost of raising a medium size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
  • Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
  • Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland/world: 70%


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9 Comments on Random & Bizarre

NOV
03
2009
489,497 Points 7 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Hi Terrylynn, thanks for the weird and wacky.  I betcha that any of the people in your four examples are not any weirder or wacker than the current crop of politicians trying to devise new weird and wacky laws.  

3:27pm • #1
651,924 Points 70 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

LOL!  Great post!  Very interesting facts, especially the olives.  :)

3:28pm • #2
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Bill, I know...just thought lightening the day was in order, a laugh is good for the soul.

3:44pm • #3
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Well, that does qualify as Random and Bizarre. But, I have to admit, I laughed out loud at more than a couple.  :)  Hope you're well!

6:00pm • #4
NOV
05
2009

Thanks for letting me know about that $500 fine, Terrylynn. Now I'll pick some other city to set off my nuclear device in. Thanks for sharing these gems of information. I laughed, I sighed, I shook my head in amazement...

1:20pm • #5
NOV
08
2009
122,048 Points

Bizarre, but entertaining.  Thanks for sharing Terrylynn.

5:15am • #6
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James and Kathy, we are very well thank you,needed our laugh for the day.  Glad you enjoyed it.

5:58pm • #7
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Laurie, I know we had one of those days, you know???  SO, needed a laugh and thought we'd share.  glad you liked it.  T

5:59pm • #8
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Michele, I know, crazy, we can't be business all the time, ehhh?? 

5:59pm • #9


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