Police in Dillon, S.C., say that Gibson Cook broke into a county landfill and tried to steal some copper form under a trash bin. They are pretty sure it was him, because when landfill workers showed up 12 hours later, he was still there, stuck under the trash bin, with his legs sticking out from underneath. "He's one of our local petty thieves," said Deputy Wayne Kirby. "But he has never been in a jam like this." Emergency workers lifted the bin with inflatable bags to extricate him. Landfill worker Charlie Brown said he has never seen anything like this in his 27 years there. "It was right disgusting. I wouldn't be under there."
Let there be wind
Hot churchgoers find big relief
It was hotter than ... well, heck ... at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Brooklyn. So members of the congregation got together to buy a big fan, reports the New York Daily News. A really big fan. In fact, the name of the maker is Big A-- Fans. "The name of the company isn't something that you'd want to put in print, but I had to laugh," parishioner Ronald Holder said. And as is obvious by the hyphens, he is correct. "It is a big-a-- fan." Okay, Ron, we get it. Aside from the name, the church is happy with the exceptionally large fan.
Booze brothers
You can pick your friends, but ...
Donroy Merrival and Matthew Osing of Iowa City, Iowa, are normally great pals. But alcohol sometimes becomes an evil third wheel in their get-togethers. Take last week, for instance. They were together, with alcohol, when an argument started. For some reason, Osing hit Merrival with a shovel. Merrival, with no landscaping equipment in reach, retaliated. "He jumped up and grabbed my face and grabbed my nose and bit it off." Ouch. The nose was not recovered."I don't know if he swallowed it or if my dogs might have eaten it," Osing said. Police say they don't think Merrival swallowed it, but this being an open investigation, did not reveal why they think that. "(Merrival is) a heavy drinker and sometimes when he drinks he changes and gets real nasty," said Osing, who, in case you missed the nuance, first hit Merrival with a shovel.
Update
N.J. fat cat
We have learned new things about the 44-pound cat found in Camden County, N.J., as reported in Thursday's edition. First, it is now a start, having appeared on morning TV talk shows in New York and spending the night in a swanky hotel room. Second, the cat's owner is a senior citizen who lost her house in foreclosure and was forced to abandon it. Third, "Princess Chunk," as animal shelter volunteers have been calling it, is a dude. Maybe. They think. Vets checked and, frankly, weren't sure. It's hard being fat. The owner said she thought the cat was male and called him Powder.
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