A teenager in Roodhouse, Illinois (about 60 miles southwest of Springfield) probably thought he was being clever or daring when he allegedly toppled a bunch of grave markers at a local cemetery.   Nobody was there to see it, right?   Well maybe or maybe not.

The associated press and Dick Eastman's genealogy column report one boy was trapped and needed to be rescued from beneath a large marker he helped topple.   Reports say it took four rescuers to move the stone off of him.

The boy is currently in the hospital recovering from injuries received and will be questioned about vandalism to as many as forty stones, costing $10,000, that night.   Police suspect other youths may have been involved.   I hope they aren't experiencing and strange happening around them as the wait to see if their friend rats them out ;>

Don't cross your eyes or they'll stay that way.   If I get you a BB-gun, you'll shoot your eye out.   Don't masturbate or you'll become deaf.   Don't play air guitar or you'll fall out a window.   Mom's are always full of advice that just isn't true, aren't they?   Well sometimes they are right!

A teenage guitarist fell out the window to his death while bouncing up and down on his bed mimicking a rock star.   He was a student at Singapore's Hua Business School and was in his dorm room playing air guitar on his bed which was propped up against an open window on the third floor when the accident occurred.   Playing air guitar really is dangerous business.

One roomate bludgeoned another so badly the victim's fingerprints were needed to make an identification.   Franklin Paul Crow was charged with the murder of Kenneth Matthews in Marion County Florida yesterday.   The men began fighting over toilet paper and Matthews allegedly pulled a gun.   The accused then beat him to death with two hammers.   read story

Anyone who doesn't understand the severity of the argument simply has never had roomates.   As one who has awoken on an exceptionally cold February day (5 above) with no heat in the house and forced to take a cold shower in order to make it to work, I can tell you roommate battles over necessities are no laughing matter.   Had I been able to control my shivering enough to hold a weapon steadily, I might have found myself in similar circumstances as Mr. Crow.

But this incident proves the two men were pure novices when it comes to sharing an abode.   There is an easy answer to the toilet paper fiasco.   Buy your own, keep it hidden and then charge by the sheet.   $5 was the going rate in our apartment.

Researchers have determined that contrary to popular belief, dolphins are rather stupid.   A group of 25 bottlenose dolphins failed 11 exercises designed to test their basic cognitive abilities and reasoning skills.   One researcher said, "The dolphins were incapable of recognizing and repeating simple gestures."   "Their non-verbal communications were limited to a rapid constriction and expansion of the blowhole, various incomprehensible fin motions, and heavy tremors while they lay prone on the lab table."   The dolphins' response to standard tests were limited to three types: "a nonsensical, labored wheezing, an earsplitting barrage of unintelligible high-pitched shrieks, and in extreme cases, a shrill, distressed scream."   Researchers tested the dolphin echolocation to see if dophins could find landmines but were disappointed to discover that in most cases the dolphins were only able to find mines when they were placed on top of them.   The dolphins were also completely unable to "use a map to pinpoint their location" or "complete a simple obstacle course and wall climb."   Researchers noted "their learning curve was actually negative."   And the study concluded these are the reasons dolphins have never developed agriculture or harnessed the power of fire.

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This one is not for those easily sickened by gross stories.

A Benito, Florida Middle School student performed an interesting science project in which she took water samples from fastfood restaurants and tested them for bacteria.   Her water samples were taken from toilets and ... ice for sodas.   Her findings?   70% of the time the toilet water contained less bacteria!

Jasmine Roberts won the science fair at the New Tampa school but her findings startled the budding scientist.   "I thought there might be a little bacteria in the ice, but I never expected it to be this much," she said. "And I never thought the toilet water would be cleaner."

The Tampa Bay Tribune says, "Geoff Luebkemann, director of the division for hotels and restaurants at the (Florida) Department of Business and Professional Regulation, said people shouldn't swear off fast food ice just yet."

Yea right.   Obviously dogs are smarter than humans.

Do you like putting chicken in your mouth?   I do but only after it has been appropriately killed, butchered and cooked.   I wouldn't put a dead chicken in my mouth until it is ready to serve on my table.   But one guy would disagree with that opinion.   Jackie Calhoun of Arkadelphia, Arkansas is that man.   He arrived home for lunch to find his pet chicken, Boo-Boo drowned in a big puddle.   He and his wife attempted to revive the chicken to no avail but thankfully, Jackie's sister, an ex-nurse, happened by the homestead.   She attempted mouth to mouth resuscitation and CPR.   After a few minutes, the chicken responded.   The bird is apparently doing fine now.   There was no word on what the Calhoun's ate for dinner that night.