It’s just a bunny, right? Wrong, as Elizabeth Johnson, a junior at Gateway High School in Kissimmee, Florida learned. Her crime? She wore sweat pants with a Playboy bunny and the word “Playboy.” The time? Two days of detention! From a UPI article, here are the highlights: Elizabeth Johnson, a…
Legal Juice
Do You Really Want To Send That Letter?
Precisely what Illinois attorney Marvin Gerstein should have asked himself. He had helped his union-member client obtain an arbitration hearing with the client’s employer, Kraft Foods. Although the union had a lawyer at the arbitration representing the client, Gerstein was there too in a “nonrepresentative capacity.” When the arbitrator asked…
Much, Much Worse Than Kissing Your Sister
How about, unknowlingly, marrying your twin sister? They were separated at birth, and adopted and raised by different families. When they met as adults, there was an “inevitable attraction.” [Creepy, no?] After they got married, they learned that they are twins. All together now – YUK! The marriage was annulled.…
Yes, Judges Take A Lot Of Crap, But …
Did you think I meant that figuratively? Nope – literally. Tyrone Clarke, of Trinidad & Tobago, came to court with two bags of “human feces” in his pockets! As reported in the Trinidad & Tobago Express: On January 8, Maharajh-Brown, who was presiding in the Eleventh Court, screamed and fled…
Hmmm. What Should I Put In The “Memo” Line Of This Check I’m Writing To Pay My $5 Parking Ticket?
If you’re David Binner of Doylestown, PA, the answer is: Go Fuck Yourself. Who knew there was still a place that issues $5 parking tickets? Now David, did you really think that would just slide right through? It didn’t. The police chief deemed it obscene and charged David with disorderly…
When NOT To Call 911
Hmm. Maybe not when your car totally reeks of pot – from the 2 ounces you’re carrying! As reported in the Star-Ledger (New Jersey): John Fleming certainly did not hinder his own apprehension. Following an argument with another driver over a parking space in a Route 10 lot in East…
You Do Not Want To Surf This Way
As reported in The Star Ledger: In nearby Hackettstown [New Jersey] in April, Jerry Mahaffey Jr. wound up in trouble, police said, for sitting at the computer in the middle of the night, naked and drunk, surfing the Web for porn. This isn’t a crime, unless you do it in…
If You Or I Did This, We’d Be Breaking Rocks, Fo’ Shizzle
I’m not saying Florida Judge Jorge Labarga was wrong. I’m just saying that, if 18-year-old Alexandria Severino believes in a higher being, she should now call him “Labarga.” The crimes? Ms. Severino pleaded guilty to 2 counts of trafficking in ecstasy, and one count of trafficking in hydrocodone. The mandatory…
Fuzzy The Streaker Gets Hosed
I’ll call him Fuzzy because, well, I don’t know his name. Since he’s a minor and wasn’t charged with a felony, his name has been withheld. Now technically, Fuzzy didn’t actually “streak” across the Parkland High School (Pennsylvania) gym [during a basketball game!] because he had a sock on his…
Dumber Than An Elevator?
It is possible, as demonstrated by a pair of Norwegian vandals. As reported in the Fayetteville Observer: [The vandals]overlooked a small but crucial detail when they started smashing up a train station elevator: They were inside it. And the elevator at the Lillestroem Train Station, north of Oslo, appeared to…