Fun with Politics (130)

Time for a weird news update: Postal workers in Darmstadt, Germany, got the scare of their life when one of the packages they handled contained three pythons, over three feet in length. Apparently, their owner thought to himself, “I’ve heard the story about that stupid American who transported a snake in his car and got almost strangled while driving down the interstate. That won’t happen to me; oh, I know, I’ll just send them in the mail! Much safer, don’t you think?” German police are investigating; they think the owner might have violated a few laws, trying to save money.

You think???

 

If you really want a save a buck, try this: a man in Norway was convinced by a con artist that he could soak his bills with some blank paper in a special liquid overnight; the printing would transfer and he would end up with double the amount in the morning. Of course, neither the money nor the con artist was anywhere to be found the next day. The victim lost the equivalent of $35,000. What I don’t understand is, if you are truly that gullible; why not try it with a five-dollar bill first?

 

 

But it’s not just the human race that can act stupid; a giant tortoise named “George” was wandering in his owner’s Essex garden when he got stuck in a lawn chair. The fire department had to be called; they removed one of the chair’s legs with a hacksaw in order to free George. George is not small; he measures 30 inches across, which explains why he got stuck in the first place.

Why don’t people just get a dog or a cat if they want a pet so bad?

Meantime, considering George’s obvious lack of speed and wits, I am wondering who he was named after.