HOW BIZARRE NEWS (2/16/09)

THAT IS SOME WEIRD & WILD STUFF RIGHT THERE!!

An elk in Colorado is being described as "goofy" for its unusual head ornament. Several residents have spotted a female elk donning a metal bar stool recently. A Colorado Division of Wildlife spokesman said the elk's head appears to be sticking through a metal ring that holds the legs together. "The bar stool doesn't seem to be impairing her to any great degree. She just looks kind of goofy." Residents suspect the animal and the stool became one when the elk visited a local saloon.

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An Italian man's need to use the restroom almost cost him his family. 50-year-old Antonio Gallo pulled off to the side of the road to relieve himself recently. What Gallo didn't notice was that he parked the car on an icy slope. The vehicle, which contained his wife and kids, fell 150 feet over the side of a cliff and ended up in a tree. Miraculously, all of the car's passengers escaped unharmed. A police spokesperson said that Gallo won't be charged with a crime, but added, "he's definitely going to get a life sentence of backseat driving from now on."

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A GUY SET UP A WEBSITE TO TRACK HOW FAR HIS HAMSTER RUNS:

It never ceases to amaze me the things people will do . . . when they don't have anything better to do . . . Like this guy in the UK who set up a website . . . called Hamster Hike . . . which tracks how far his hamster, Horatio, runs every day.

I bring this up, because Horatio ran 27.69 miles last week. Which is about 27 more miles than me. And as of yesterday, Horatio had run 157.5 miles in 37 days . . . or more than FOUR miles a day . . . since the website went online. (Reddit)
(--Enjoy this randomness here . . .)http://hamsterhike.co.uk/blog/