Offbeat NewsNews on Offbeat continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Wis. man says he bought Favre-Jets jersey 6 years ago- August 15, 2008 Joe Braun thought he bought a Brett Favre Packers jersey for his wife for Christmas six years ago.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/08/wis-man-says-he-bought-favre-jets-jersey-6-years-a... Erie Zoo's tiger a shy guy, won't explore exhibit- August 14, 2008 ERIE, Pa. - Officials at the Erie Zoo say one of their new Amur tigers is too shy to explore a new $500,000 exhibit.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/08/erie-zoos-tiger-a-shy-guy-wont-explore-exhibit?fro... Man gets stuck having sex with park bench- August 14, 2008 A man in Hong Kong had to be cut free from a steel park bench after he placed his male sex organ in a hole and got stuck. Le Xing, 41, told police he thought it would be fun to have sex with the Lan Tian park bench in Hong Kong. Once he began the act with the bench and got aroused, he became stuck and called police.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/08/man-gets-stuck-having-sex-with-park-bench-2?fromrs... Former cop gets 30 days for giving woman his phone number- August 14, 2008 A former Pennsylvania police officer has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for pulling over a woman to give her his phone number.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/08/former-cop-get-30-days-for-giving-woman-his-phone-... Fake coyotes fooling the motorists, not the geese- August 14, 2008 HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) -- Phony coyotes set up to discourage ducks and geese from gobbling up seeds and fresh shoots from wetlands plants didn't fool the fowl, but humans were another matter. Hammond Port Authority Director Milan Kruszynski said his office has fielded several calls from passing motorists who mistook the two-dimensional cutouts on islands in Wolf Lake for dogs.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/08/fake-coyotes-fooling-the-motorists-not-the-geese?f... Nebraska town officials want horse out pronto- August 14, 2008 HICKMAN, Neb. (AP) -- Talk about your one-horse town. This burg of 1,084 residents is just that.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/08/nebraska-town-officials-want-horse-out-pronto?from... Ohio man buys new truck with thousands of coins- August 14, 2008 CINCINNATI (AP) -- An Ohio man who says he doesn't trust paper money has delivered enough coins to cover half the price of a brand new pickup truck.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/08/ohio-man-buys-new-truck-with-thousands-of-coins?fr... Cook gets jail for serving hairy steak- August 13, 2008 The former Wisconsin Texas Roadhouse cook who intentionally shoved hair into a customer's steak is going to jail. Ryan Kropp was sentenced to six months behind bars and three years probation on Tuesday.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/08/cook-gets-jail-for-serving-hairy-steak?fromrss=1 I.O.C. Calls Slant-Eyed Photo of Spanish Basketball Teams "Clearly Inappropriate"- August 13, 2008 I just wrote about this the other day, and the International Olympic Committee has now commented on this. The Spanish Men's and Women's basketball teams both posed in advertising photos, pulling back their eyes to make themselves look slant-eyed. The ad was for the Spanish courier company, Seur.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/08/i-o-c-calls-slant-eyed-photo-of-spanish-basketball... Video shows Burger King employee bathing in sink- August 13, 2008 Some workers at a Greene County restaurant are in hot water with the health department, after an employee took a bubble bath in a store sink.http://www.topix.net/news/weird/2008/08/video-shows-burger-king-employee-bathing-in-sink?f... |