Odd News – Newsletter for June 8, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
PETA plans chicken-dressed protest outside Nev. polling place, says it will obey election laws
Why did chicken cross road? Maybe to obey Nev. law
RENO, Nev. – Why did the chicken cross the road?
In Nevada, it could be to comply with election laws.
Chickens have been an issue in the Republican senatorial primary for the right to run against Harry Reid since one candidate suggested patients barter with doctors, like when …. Source : Gaea News Network.
Blaze Boyz: Mich. firefighting rappers keep it real in video promoting fireworks safety
Mich. firefighters play MCs for fireworks safety
MIDLAND, Mich. – Straight outta Midland, it’s F.W.A. – or Firefighters With Advice.
Actually, it’s just three central Michigan firefighters who decided to take their usual summer fireworks safety message in a new direction. And that direction is a video that’s found a wider audience on YouTube.
Forgoing hip-hop duds for …. Read the original article : Blaze Boyz: Mich. firefighting rappers keep it real in video promoting fireworks safety.
Lunch in the lav: Boston considers turning former public restrooms into restaurants
Lunch in the lav: Boston mulls restroom eateries
BOSTON – Boston parks officials are hoping the public can overcome the gross-out factor and get used to the thought of having a bite to eat in a former public restroom. The Boston Herald reported that the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission was scheduled to go before state …. Original article on Gaea Times at : Lunch in the lav: Boston considers turning former public restrooms into restaurants.
Opponent of traffic speed cameras takes over expired website of Tenn. city’s police department
Speed camera foe buys Tenn. city’s police website
BLUFF CITY, Tenn. – After a Tennessee police department let its website expire, the site was snatched up by a new owner – a man who uses it to gripe about traffic cameras that issue speeding tickets.
Computer network designer Brian McCrary says he discovered the Bluff City Police … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Opponent of traffic speed cameras takes over expired website of Tenn. city’s police department.
NY couple exchanges wedding vows inside steel cage of shark tank, wearing wet suits
NY couple weds in shark tank, wearing wet suits
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. – A New York couple has taken the plunge inside a shark tank.
April Pignataro and Michael Curry were lowered in a steel cage into the tank to exchange their wedding vows at Atlantis Marine World in Riverhead, N.Y, on Sunday.
She wore a white wet suit; … Read this article on Gaea Times at : NY couple exchanges wedding vows inside steel cage of shark tank, wearing wet suits.