From buddy Mon Jan  2 23:43:52 1995
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 20:34:55
Subject: What happened in '94, pt. 1


Ft. Wayne, Ind.  Police responded to a complaint of bullets hitting a
house only to find that the complainant had hidden his loaded piston in
the stove, forgotten about it and then turned on the oven.

Newark, NJ  A lawyer sued a resturant for damages when he was served a
double expresso instead of a decaf coffee.

Samsula, Fla.  Some 10,000 bikers gathered at Sopotnick's Cabbage Patch
to watch topless women wrestle each other in a giant vat of cole slaw.

Raleigh, N.C. Talk show host Phil Donaghue went to court for the right to
tape and televise an execution.

Hillside, N.J.  Humane Society officials summoned a New Jersey man to
court for killing a rat.

Fairmont, W.VA. A new Jersey man was accused by police of stabbing his
girlfriend and planning to marry her copse.

Bonn, Germany   A German software engineer devised an electronic
confessional for software-minded Catholics.  The program is called,
"Online with Jesus."

Nicosia, Cyprus   A greek pizza deliveryman who strayed into the U.N.
patrolled buffer zone in divided Cyprus was jailed on the Turkish Cypriot
side of the island when he tried to deliver a pizza to a U.N. post.


Stockton, Calif.  Several Hispanic teenagers told a police officer a
cashier refused to sell them a pizza because the couldn't prove they were
in the country legally.


Santa Rosa, Calif.  Officials broadcast a lookout for a six-foot python
named Tiny suspected of slithering down a Santa Rosa toilet when left
alone in the bathroom.  Homeowners on the same sewer line were advised to
keep toilet lids down and bathroom doors closed.