Archive for April 18th, 2008
How far can a dog travel to come back home?(0)
How about 77 miles. Moon, a Siberian husky, who was ran away near a rest-stop in north-central Nevada 77 miles away from her home in Ely, came back. It took her a whole week to complete the journey through high desert and two mountain ranges.
Doug Dashiell, the owner, on his weekend trip stopped at roadside rest point near Railroad Valley which is about 80 miles away from his home. He let the three dogs out of his truck for fresh air, and Moon ran away. After waiting and looking for several hours, he called the local police. But they too could not find any trace of her. He waited for few days hoping Moon will show up. But when a week passed since he last saw her on April 6, he gave up hope. To his shock and surprise on April 14 he got a call from the local clinic. They told him that Moon was back. Moon had wondered back to Ely and was spotted by a resident who took care of her for the night and brought her to the clinic next day.
No one is really sure how she found her way back home or survived the week. Doug thinks she walked across Nevada’s high desert and dined on wild rabbits.
Where would a cop try to steal a stereo and fall asleep?(0)
Malaysia for sure. A Malaysian police was arrested for trying to steal the CD player from a Mercedes Benz parked near a hotel. How did he get caught? He was found sound asleep inside the car.
On Monday, the cop broke into the car for the stereo on a hotel parking lot in southern Malaysian state of Malacca. While removing the CD player from the dashboard, he could not resist the comfort of the soft leather interior and dozed off. Other cops found him inside and arrested him for theft and illegal break-in. If a cop stealing from a car is not odd enough, there is more. He is also a member of gangs that is known to police for robbery from car break-ins to motorcycle theft. And that is nothing new in Malaysia; the line between crooks and cops is bit blurry over there. Police get inadequate salary, and often compensate by doing a side job as a criminal, not to mention corruption. After his arrest, the cop gave up a few of his fellow gang members who also work for the police department.
So when in Malaysia, be careful before you ask the cops to look after your valuables.
Do faith healers have faith in consumer protection law?(0)
Of course not. The evil consumer protection laws expect them to prove their claims are for real. That is why five thousands British mediums, fortune-tellers, psychics, palm readers, and faith healers have filled a petition against the new consumer protection law and lunched a protest march on Friday.
Britain in an attempt to comply with the EU rule against unfair treatment of consumers has recently revised its Fraudulent Mediums Act of 1951. The new rules would require psychics to either claim themselves as entertainer or prove their claims. The healers fear that given the new law anyone can file a complaint and force them to prove they are genuine. They say this is discrimination since no other religion has to do that. The critics say faith healing and fortune telling is not a religion but a big lucrative business that exploits human vulnerability, gullibility, and stupidity. The petition asks to revoke the new law, so that they can still enjoy legal protection under the old laws.
It is amazing that given all the connection to higher powers, they still need the protection of the laws of this world. And why do physics always act so surprised when asked to prove anything? Don’t they already know the future?
Do you need to lock the mail slot before leaving home?(1)
Yes you do, if you want to protect yourself against burglary in Vienna. The Austrian headquarters of the current government was burglarized by a thief who entered the place though the mail slot.
Like any normal office building, the party office of ruling Social Democrats in Austria has a mail drop on their front door. No, the mail slot is not for huge packages. It is standard size: 14 inch by 14 inch, just enough to slide a standard A4 size envelopes. But that was enough for the thief to somehow squeeze through. It happened Thursday morning, and people found out about the burglary when they came to the office. The thief took things small enough to fit the slot: laptops, cell phones, notebooks, and of course cash. It is not clear whether the thief is a contortionist or really small. Or maybe a child was involved in the plan.
What is baffling is that the thief used the same slot to get out. It makes sense to enter the building though the small slot, but isn’t it easier to open the door from inside on the way out?
