Two teenaged boys from the Chicago suburb of Roselle decided to have
a contest to see who was the tougher. Did they arm wrestle? No. Did
they have a push-up contest? No. They set their shorts on fire. The
contest, apparently, was to see who could last longer before hitting
the deck and rolling around frantically. It gets better. Just
regular old cotton wasn't doing the trick, so they rubbed their
shorts with gasoline. This worked better than anticipated and the
two had to admit themselves to the hospital for second-degree burns.
The investigating officer didn't press any charges. "Each one
of them participated by their own free will," Officer Mike
Sullivan said. "Being totally stupid is not a crime."
Unfortunately
Fifteen-year-old Kelvin Wu initially told police he
was set on fire Friday night while walking from the Issaquah-Skyline
football game. Police were told that two men walking past the
Issaquah teen flicked cigarette ashes onto his shirt and it caught
fire, and that Wu’s friends tried to smother the flames but had to
tear off the boy’s shirt.
Police Cmdr. Stan Conrad said officers later
determined that along with four friends, Wu soaked his T-shirt in
alcohol and lit it as his friends videotaped the stunt. But Wu
suffered severe burns to his torso, arms, face, head and ears,
police said.
Friday,
December 19, 2003
Toronto,
Ont., Canada, (Toronto Sun) Headline: Drifter arrested after cow
assaulted
Police call it a cowardly act against Sedala the
cow at Toronto's Riverdale Farm. A Toronto man is under arrest for
allegedly having sex with the pregnant Jersey cow last week and
reusing to stop. Employees at the farm on Winchester St., had to
repeatedly scream at a man to dismount the animal, Toronto Police
Sgt. Rita Boehm said. Police had to be called to take the man away.
Inga Kosak won the first World Extreme Ironing
Championship in Munich in September, beating 80 contestants (from 10
countries), who are judged on the degree of difficulty they can
create for themselves in order to iron. One ironed while bouncing on
a trampoline, another while surfboarding on a river, and another
hanging upside down from a tree. Enthusiasts have photos of
themselves ironing in remote mountain locations, where power for the
steam iron must come from a generator (or a very long extension
cord). The activity's founder, Phil Shaw, says he does it because
ironing itself is particularly boring
