New York Post

Weird BUT true

- Natalie O’Neill, with Post Wire Services

He was too doughy. A thief was foiled by his own bulging waistline when he tried to climb into an upstate pizzeria through an air duct and got stuck.

A neighbor heard Richard Graham, 53, shouting for help at Pontillo’s Pizzeria in Penfield, NY, according to police. The clumsy suspect was rescued and busted.

A feline-loving burglar was busted breaking into a Florida woman’s home after he stopped to snuggle her cat, according to police.

Jasper Fiorenza, 24, couldn’t keep his paws off the cat, which he allegedly began petting in the St. Petersburg home.

He hightailed it when the woman awoke and screamed — but cops caught him later.

A real-life Grinch set fire to a Dr. Seuss-themed float at a Christmas parade in Alabama by flicking a cigarette from a car, cops said.

The cigarette butt landed on a bale of hay and set the big red contraptio­n ablaze.

Owners of the float had hoped to win a $300 prize for the Whoville on wheels. But their dreams went up in smoke after they were forced to pull over and battle the blaze.

Seventeen FBI employees were uprooted from their Florida office when a large cedar sculpture made them sick, according to reports.

The 15,000-pound art installati­on was removed from the lobby of the federal building in Miami after one employee ended up checking into a hospital, authoritie­s said.

Cedar allergy symptoms include fatigue, headaches and trouble breathing.

An Egyptian beekeeper has found an unusual way of educating people on bees’ usefulness — allowing the insects to create a “buzzy beard” on his face.

Mohamed Hagras attracts the bees with a box housing their queen’s hormones strapped to his chin and even competes against other “beard of bees” enthusiast­s.

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