Boston Herald

Honey, please promise me you won’t get mad

- Mike PINGREE

A college coed who tested her blood for biology class found that her blood type didn't match that of her parents. Turns out her mother had an affair with her husband's stepbrothe­r, who was really her father. The mother kept the secret from both men for 21 years. A divorce is in the works.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKIN’ AT!? ... A man swiped a pot of meatballs from a guy's garage in Luzerne County, Pa. The victim told police that he saw the thief standing in front of his house with red sauce smeared on his face and clothes. The pot was found on the street nearby.

DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!? ... A man in Edgewater, Fla., who suspected his neighbors of stealing his lawn mower, got his revenge by setting their Corvette on fire.

DON’T TELL ME I CANT LEAVE! ... A woman who got on a plane in Newark, N.J., but realized she was on the wrong flight, decided to correct the problem by opening the emergency exit door and jumping down the inflatable slide to the tarmac.

YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW! ... A woman in Paisley, Fla., was arrested for attacking her boyfriend because he interrupte­d sex to go and check on dinner.

BUT IT SEEMS THEIR RELATIONSH­IP HAS DETERIORAT­ED ... A man in Adelaide, Australia, used a chainsaw to chase off two men who were smashing the windows of his utility vehicle with baseball bats. Police said all three men know each other.

IT’S LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE ... The police department in Vancouver, British Columbia, is paying volunteers to get drunk so new recruits can be trained to conduct sobriety tests.

HOW DID YOU CATCH ME? ... A man who went to Omaha Police Headquarte­rs to falsely report that his brother had robbed him remembered that he had cocaine in his possession, so he hid the drugs in the ceiling of the interrogat­ion room where he was being questioned. He would soon learn that interrogat­ion rooms are equipped with surveillan­ce cameras.

I’LL TAKE THAT AS A ‘NO’ ... An elderly man was spotted riding his mobility scooter on a highway with a 70 mph speed limit near Longwell Green, England, as cars roared past him. Although other drivers tried to signal him to get off the road, he responded with a hand gesture to indicate that he would not comply.

WAKE UP, WE’RE HERE

... A New Jersey man who was staying with friends in West Virginia got drunk and called Uber, requesting a ride “home.” He passed out when he got into the car, and the driver took him home to New Jersey, not to his friends' place. Long story short: a 300-mile ride for $1,635.93.

BUT NESSA, I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL ... Some unlucky men in the Bronx who used a social media site to arrange a date with a “Nessa Love, age 20,” were robbed as soon as they showed up by thugs who were using the website to lure victims.

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