Spiders, nudity and the monster of Loch Ness
Beauty’, they say, ‘is in the eye of the beholder’. Some people are into legs: long legs – and the more of them, the better…:
Mark Voegel, 30, was found dead in his Dortmund, Germany apartment. His body was draped in spider webs and more than 200 spiders, several snakes, thousands of termites, and a gecko were feasting on his corpse.
His black widow, Bettina, is believed to have administered the deadly bite.
Not that keeping to your own will necessarily keep you out of trouble. Just the search for a half-decent centerfold can get you into a world of hurt:
A man caught stealing a porn magazine was caught in a public toilet just minutes later. The 19-year-old man emerged red-faced from the disabled toilets in Darwin’s Karama Shopping Centre.
The security guard and Karama Newsagency owner Peter Cullip had been waiting for the man for more than 10 minutes.
“He was pretty embarrassed,” Mr Cullip, 43, said. “We can only guess what he was doing in there.”
Still, it’s not just a craving for naked women that can get you into those interesting spots of bother. If you want to name a common denominator for all those good intentions paving that road to Hell, look no further than the truly bizarre world of DIY, combined with naked greed and a mighty thirst:
A man wearing nothing but a Halloween mask with an attached ponytail distracted workers at a De Soto quick shop so his partner could steal a 30-pack of beer.
De Soto Police Chief Brian Werner, who watched the video, said the incident was pretty funny.
At least we knew he didn’t have a gun,” he said.
Anyway, beauty may be in the eye of the beholder as a rule – but an incompetence plea might be a better bet in the eyes of your lawyer in some cases:
Two Dorchester men were arrested for operating the same vehicle while intoxicated in the Abbotsford area.
Harvey J. Miller, 43, who has no legs, was steering the 1985 Chevrolet truck from the driver’s seat while Edwin H. Marzinske, 55, operated the brake and gas pedals, according to the Colby/Abbotsford Police report.
Enough, though – and since we started with a cliché, we might as well end with one. You’ve heard people say ‘Better safe than sorry’, right?
Okay, I’ll throw in another one, with no extra costs: You really can have ‘too much of a good thing’:
Organisers of a duathlon in Scotland have taken out a £1 million insurance policy against attack by or sighting of the fabled Loch Ness monster.
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