Subject:  Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction |
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A Tarheel
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Date Posted: Monday, December 2 2002, 12:54pm
This was sent to me today . . . thought I would pass it along:
Subject: Truth is Stranger than Fiction
When his 38-caliber revolver failed to fire at its intended victim during a
holdup in Long Beach, California, would be robber James Elliot did something
that can only inspire wonder: He peered down the barrel and tried the
trigger again. This time it worked.
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The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting machine
and, after a little hopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance
company. The company, suspecting negligence, sent out one of its men to have
a look for himself. He tried the machine out and lost a finger. The chef's
claim was approved.
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A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a
blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the
space. Understandably, he shot her.
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After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found
that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare
to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver
went to a nearby bus-stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He
then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that
the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The
deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.
Damn I like that one...
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An American teenager was in the hospital yesterday recovering from serious
head wounds received from an oncoming train.
When asked how he received the injuries,the lad told police that he was
simply trying to see how close he couldget his head to a moving train before
he was hit.
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A mother took her daughter to the doctor and asked him to give her an
examination to determine the cause of her daughter's swollen abdomen. It
only took the doctor about 2 seconds to say,"Your daughter is pregnant."
The mother turned red with fury and she argued with the doctor that her
daughter was a good girl and would never compromise her reputation by having
sex with a boy. The doctor faced the window and silently watched the
horizon. The mother became enraged and screamed, "Quit looking out the
window! Aren't you paying attention to me?" "Yes, of course I am paying
attention ma'am. It's just that the last time this happened, a star appeared
in the East, and three wise men came. And I was hoping that they would show
up again."
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