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2019 BITS
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Wacky
27th, Wacky PIECES

November World Police in Britain shared a

photo of a truck stopped due
| World to clutter around the wind-
shield - including an ornate
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phone mounted to the glass.
Police
Cheshire
Commercial
Vehicle
IRISH Enforcement officers tweeted
a photo showing the truck's
windshield partially obscured
by an ornate curtain, a scarf
Greek reporter chased waiting to see if the bear will come The video shows the SUV rolling reading “Polska,” pink lamps,
by pig on live TV down from the tree on its own before backward across a busy road as cars a cellphone and a GPS device
A Greek reporter delivering a live taking measures to rescue the animal. speed past. mounted to the glass.
report on recent storms was interrupt- “It is a miracle that no one was seri- “Windscreen was heavily
ed by a large pig that decided to chase Engagement ring found in ously injured and that no other vehicles cluttered with accessories
him around and bite him. pocket of jacket from Idaho were struck during this incident,” preventing the driver from
Lazos Mantikos, a reporter for ANT1 thrift store police wrote. “Let this be a lesson to having a clear view of not
TV’s Good Morning Greece, was deliv- An Idaho woman is trying to find the everyone to please use caution when only the front mirror but the
ering a report on recent rains in Kineta original owner of a jacket she bought at leaving pets inside of your vehicle.” road ahead,” police tweeted.
The post said the driver was
when he had to flee from a pig. a thrift store so she can return the “fined and prosecuted.” C
“Good morning, we have an issue,” engagement ring found concealed in a Baby seal rescued from
Mantikos says in the footage. “Giorgos pocket. parking deck in California An Indonesian city is giv-
can you hear me, we have a pig here Heather Gardner said she bought the A baby fur seal that wandered into a ing out pet chicks to 2,000
that has been chasing us since this blue North Face jacket for his fiance, California parking deck caught a lift to elementary and middle
morning ... folks sorry I can’t stand Dustin, at the Real Life Ministries the local fire station, where it settled in school students in a bid to
[still] because it's biting me.” Thrift Store in Pinehurst in October. for a nap. combat Internet and smart-
Anchor Giorgos Papadakis joked Gardner said Dustin had worn the The Redwood City Fire Department phone addiction.
The local government in
about the incident when the feed cut jacket a few times before a recent day said the baby seal, dubbed Santos, was Bandung, West Java,
back to the studio. when he was playing with her daughter found by a resident Sunday in a paring announced students at 12 ele-
“Lazos, because it’s a tragic issue and and the girl unzipped a pocket, reveal- deck in Redwood City. mentary and middle school
we are counting our wounds in Kineta ing what appeared to be a valuable Firefighters brought the small crea- students were given the baby
try and work things out with the female engagement ring. ture back to the fire station, where the chickens in a bid to give the
pig,” he says, as laughter can be heard “After reaching in she had pulled out creature settled in for a nap before children activities that will
in the studio. a very sentimental item and asked us being picked up by experts from The keep them off the Internet
whose it was. Startled, we both didn’t Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. and their smartphones.
Bear cub strands itself in tree know what to do but to answer not A spokesman for the center said it is Mayor Oded Danial said
over tiger enclosure in Florida mine,” Gardner told KREM-TV. unusual for northern fur seals to wan- when he proposed the plan in
Officials at a wildlife refuge in Gardner posted a photo of the jacket der on land, as the species spends most October that raising chicks
would also teach the students
Florida said a wild bear cub got itself on Facebook along with a message of its time in the open ocean. valuable skills and foster a
into a tricky situation when it stranded seeking the garment’s original owner. The seal is now being cared for at the sense of responsibility.
itself in a tree over the tiger enclosure. She said she is not releasing photos or a center and might eventually be released Danial said prizes would
Volunteers with the CARE description of the ring yet so anyone back into the wild, officials said. be awarded to the students
Foundation in Apopka said the wild cub who tries to claim it can prove their who raise their chicks into
decided to climb a tree Saturday and ownership by describing it. British hotel seeks to hire the largest chickens. C
ended up directly over the enclosure “I know if this was mine I would be tea time taste tester
housing tigers Daenerys and Tyrion. lost, and destroyed not having it! I hope A British hotel is offering $129 for a A British puzzle enthusiast
“I knew because the tiger Daenerys to find the owner and do the only right single day of unusual work - taste-test- said he has broken his own
Guinness World Record by
kept walking over to me, walking back thing by getting it back,” she said. ing tea, cakes and other snacks. building a Rubik’s cube meas-
overlooking at the tree - it happened The Daffodil Hotel & Spa in uring 6 feet 8 inches tall.
three or four times. Eventually, I took Chihuahua drives owner’s Grasmere, England, said selected taste- Tony Fisher of Ipswitch,
the hint and walked over and saw the SUV across busy road testers will be treated to an afternoon England, said his 6-foot-8-
bear cub in the tree,” sanctuary volun- Police in Louisiana shared security of tea and snacks including beetroot inch cube breaks his own pre-
teer Kevin Rose told WTVT-TV. camera footage from an incident at a and goat cheese scones, wreath cookies vious record for the world’s
Christin Burford, founder and direc- gas station involving a chihuahua that and peppermint pie. largest Rubik’s cube, which
tor of the CARE Foundation, said fear managed to drive its owner’s vehicle The taste testers will receive $129 measured 5 feet 1.7 inches
of the tigers appears to be keeping the across a street. compensation as well as a free night’s tall. Fisher said he is submit-
bear in the tree. Slidell Police shared security camera stay for themselves and a guest. ting the paperwork to
“Fear plays a big part of it and the lit- video from the Gause Boulevard gas “We are preparing to launch our lux- Guinness to have his latest
tle guy is obviously afraid of the tigers. station, where a 5-pound chihuahua urious Festive Afternoon Tea, and are cube recognized.
The tigers know it’s up there, so it’s had been left alone inside an SUV looking for a team of tasters to help us The puzzle enthusiast pre-
kind of a waiting game at this point,” Friday. make sure that it’s the very best on viously captured Guinness
Burford said. “If he actually touches, Police said the chihuahua knocked offer in the U.K.,” the hotel said. records for the world's small-
makes contact in the area where the the SUV into reverse due to a mechani- Applications for the dream job are est Rubik’s cube, which
tigers are living, he could get bit.” cal issue that allowed the transmission being accepted on the hotel’s website, measures only 0.22 inch tall,
The Florida Fish and Wildlife to change gears without the brake and the winners are scheduled to be and the world’s largest fidget
spinner. C
Conservation Commission said they are being engaged. announced November 25. C