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News of the Weird: News That Sounds Like a Joke; The Weirdo-American Community By Chuck Shepherd
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | The manager of the Channel Islands Co-operative store in the British territory of Jersey acknowledged to BBC News in November that a shopper's complaint was justified and that refunds would be made. The customer believed she had been overcharged by about five pounds (about $8) because, while weighing fruits and vegetables, the clerk had been leaning over so that her breasts accidentally increased pressure on the scale. [BBC News, 11-8-2010] Britain's Border Agency announced the firing of an immigration officer in January. The man had apparently turned sour on his marriage, and while his wife was on holiday with her family in Pakistan, he quietly added her name to the terrorist list of people not allowed into the country. [Daily Mail, 1-30-2011]
Salt Lake County (Utah) corrections officer Robert Monson, 38, was charged in December with having sex with a female he had met while she was in lockup. According to the woman, the couple's trysts were not impeded by her ankle monitor, which Monson insisted was "sexy." (In fact, shortly after the monitor was removed, the relationship ended.) [Salt Lake Tribune, 12-9-2010] A 50-year-old man was charged with indecent exposure near Yakima, Wash., in March when he jumped in front of a woman, genitals exposed, but otherwise dressed in a diver's wet suit, mask and bright orange gloves. [Yakima Herald-Republic, 3-16-2011] Click here to comment on this column.
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