THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN UPPER TURKEYFOOT TOWNSHIP:Pennsylvania State Police investigated an incident in Lower Turkeyfoot Township. They say that shortly after midnight one evening, Donald Eugene Rugg, 43, saw a mouse in the house, so he grabbed his .22-caliber pistol and took aim. Just as he fired, his housemate Cathy Jo Harris, 35, stepped in front of him. She was hit in the arm. Police ruled the shooting accidental, and no charges were filed. The mouse was uninjured. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) … Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat feet out your door.COME FOR THE FOOD, STAY FOR THE DESSERT:Deputies from the St. Tammany Parish (La.) narcotics task force raided a restaurant spice plant after hearing the employees there took cocaine breaks, not coffee breaks. They set up a hidden camera in a break room and got footage of employees stopping work for a quick coke. Eight employees, aged 21-52, were arrested. “It was as common as someone coming in for a coffee break,” a police spokesman said, “but instead of drinking coffee, they were snorting cocaine.” The plant run by Diversified Foods and Seasonings, makes the “secret spice” flavorings for such fast food restaurants as Popeyes Fried Chicken and Copeland’s. (New Orleans Times-Picayune) … So maybe now you have a little more insight into the strange attraction you have for their food.EXPOSING HIS ISSUES TO VOTERS:A candidate for state legislature from Conway, Ark., dropped out of the race after it was revealed that he has been arrested three times for exposing himself to children. Alan Fortney, 42, admits to the arrests, but says he paid the fines and was never jailed. “We all make mistakes in life, and those are my mistakes,” he explained. When a reporter asked if he had exposed himself on other occasions when he was not caught, he did not respond, but said it was “unfortunate that somebody decided to notify everybody a few days before the election.” (Conway Log Cabin Democrat) … Better than a few days after, sir.(The above from This is True; copyright www.thisistrue.com)GAS STATION COURTESIESThe Falcon Safeway Gas Station is the busiest Safeway station in the country. Why not, as they did when people cared in the old days, pull up, fill your tank and then drive to the parking area so someone else can pull up to the tanks. It is very frustrating to drive up and look at an empty car just sitting there while the driver is inside shopping or paying for the gas, especially when all the other stations are full. Come on; let’s think about someone else for a change. It’s common courtesy.WHAT’S WITH DAN RATHER AND ELECTION NIGHT?“John Kerry’s back is against the wall, his shirttail is on fire and the bill collector is at the door.“This is from the 2001 elections: “The presidential race is as hot and tight as a too-small bathing suit on too-long car ride back from the beach.“Rather is looking madder than a wet hen, more stupid that a stuck pig.DO THEY THINK WE ARE DUMB?Sign on a convent in the Philippines: SECOND FLOOR UPSTAIRSAnd a sign in a New York City Post Office: THIS DOOR IS NOT TO BE USED AS AN ENTRANCE OR AN EXIT (decoration maybe?)
