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Friday, May 08, 2009
Furry Friends File - week of 5/1
Never mind a bull in a china shop – one got loose from a cattle market in Ireland and ran through a nearby supermarket.
Surprisingly, the brawny beast took several beelines through the direct center of the aisles and didn’t knock into anything – until one guy tried to fend him off with a shopping cart.
That’s no bull.
Neither is the story about the Michigan Chihuahua who was swept away by a 70 mph wind gust. The teeny pup, named Tinker Bell, was carried about a mile over Dixie Highway. The owner hired a pet psychic to locate the windblown dog, who was still alive but kind of grungy.
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Surprisingly, the brawny beast took several beelines through the direct center of the aisles and didn’t knock into anything – until one guy tried to fend him off with a shopping cart.
That’s no bull.
Neither is the story about the Michigan Chihuahua who was swept away by a 70 mph wind gust. The teeny pup, named Tinker Bell, was carried about a mile over Dixie Highway. The owner hired a pet psychic to locate the windblown dog, who was still alive but kind of grungy.
This Furry Friends File was originally webcast on Rynski's Shattered Reality on Party934.com
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Gloom and Doom Balloon - week of 5/1
Only one unnatural death in Tucson, this past week, a 68-year-old man drowned in his backyard swimming pool.
Another death that touched Tucsonan’s hearts – and the hearts of anyone who knew him – was that of Tucson chess champion Landon Brownell, 19.
He was driving on Highway 99 in Bakersfield, California, when he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a eucalyptus tree.
Brownell was affectionately called “that kid with the suit” or “Suitkid” for his penchant for wearing a suit and tie to early tournaments. He nabbed individual and team chess honors while on the high school chess team, was home schooled, cared about people, was smart, funny and affectionate.
Another death that touched Tucsonan’s hearts – and the hearts of anyone who knew him – was that of Tucson chess champion Landon Brownell, 19.
He was driving on Highway 99 in Bakersfield, California, when he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a eucalyptus tree.
Brownell was affectionately called “that kid with the suit” or “Suitkid” for his penchant for wearing a suit and tie to early tournaments. He nabbed individual and team chess honors while on the high school chess team, was home schooled, cared about people, was smart, funny and affectionate.
Tales from the Freak Show - week of 5/1
Getting a good job, especially lately, is a drag. For some, getting paid for work already done can be downright painful. That is, if they cut off a finger because of it.
One union official in Serbia did just that – chopped off his finger and then ate it – as part of a protest against a textile plant that owed workers wages going back a few years.
The wire service story didn’t mention how the guy lopped off his finger or if the wages were ultimately paid, but it mention it was in protest of not having money to buy food to eat. And it did quote him as saying, “It hurt like hell.”
Speaking of hell, another guy, this one in a Nebraska prison, wanted to legally change his name to “Sinner.”
“Sinner Lawrence Bilskirner.”
Bilskirner said he wants the name in order to reflect his heathenism, while the judge who denied wanna-be-Sinner’s request had a different theory. He surmised the guy just wanted to change his name to help him evade cops in the future and get out of child support payments.
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One union official in Serbia did just that – chopped off his finger and then ate it – as part of a protest against a textile plant that owed workers wages going back a few years.
The wire service story didn’t mention how the guy lopped off his finger or if the wages were ultimately paid, but it mention it was in protest of not having money to buy food to eat. And it did quote him as saying, “It hurt like hell.”
Speaking of hell, another guy, this one in a Nebraska prison, wanted to legally change his name to “Sinner.”
“Sinner Lawrence Bilskirner.”
Bilskirner said he wants the name in order to reflect his heathenism, while the judge who denied wanna-be-Sinner’s request had a different theory. He surmised the guy just wanted to change his name to help him evade cops in the future and get out of child support payments.
This Tales from the Freak Show was originally webcast on Rynski's Shattered Reality on Party934.com
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The town of old people
Tucson surely rivals Miami for the number of centenarians, or folks who are age 99 or older.
We have at least 50 of them down here in the constant sun – and that’s not a bad thing. Actually, some of the stories they tell are pretty cool, like the guy who hung out with a murderer.
It was even in the good ole’ days of murders, waaaaay before Charles Manson (but after Jack the Ripper).
Walter Michael, age 101, was on the Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles and got to sentence Winnie Ruth Judd. Judd shot and killed two of her roommates and stuffed them in steamer trunks. One of the bodies was a shade too large and had to be chopped up to fit. She tried to travel with the trunks to L.A. but the train’s baggage guy wouldn’t let the trunks go once he saw blood seeping and oozing from the cracks.
Michael said the biggest change he’s seen in his 102 years on earth is not necessarily for the better.
“We’re becoming more savage,” he said of the human race. “We’re not big enough to police and tame the world.”
This reportwas originally webcast on Rynski's Shattered Reality on Party934.com
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We have at least 50 of them down here in the constant sun – and that’s not a bad thing. Actually, some of the stories they tell are pretty cool, like the guy who hung out with a murderer.
It was even in the good ole’ days of murders, waaaaay before Charles Manson (but after Jack the Ripper).
Walter Michael, age 101, was on the Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles and got to sentence Winnie Ruth Judd. Judd shot and killed two of her roommates and stuffed them in steamer trunks. One of the bodies was a shade too large and had to be chopped up to fit. She tried to travel with the trunks to L.A. but the train’s baggage guy wouldn’t let the trunks go once he saw blood seeping and oozing from the cracks.
Michael said the biggest change he’s seen in his 102 years on earth is not necessarily for the better.
“We’re becoming more savage,” he said of the human race. “We’re not big enough to police and tame the world.”
This reportwas originally webcast on Rynski's Shattered Reality on Party934.com
Listen in every Friday at 7 p.m. EST for the newest news at Party934.com.
See more fun and funky stuff at www.ryngargulinski.com
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