I’m not even talking about the fish. The guy who caught the thing is amazing. He’s got a voice that would make men swoon and a mouth full of teeth that fish everywhere would die for. Click the pick for the CNN clip.
I can’t decide who’s more insane, the person who came up with this or the people who waited in line.
Free Gas At Wis. Station Causes Frenzy
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(CBS News) MILWAUKEE Two car crashes occurred and four people were arrested in excitement over a gasoline giveaway Wednesday to reward the city for its safe-driving record.
For the most part, hundreds of drivers waited patiently for hours for about $30 worth of free gasoline each that Allstate Insurance provided at one station.
The call to get free gasoline was heard throughout Milwaukee and hundreds lost sleep just to wait in line for their chance to fill up, reports CBS affiliate WDJT-TV.
The queue stretched far from the station into a residential area, trapping some residents in their driveways, said police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz.
That led to fights and arrests for disorderly conduct. In one case, three officers were sent to a hospital as a precaution because they were spattered with blood from someone’s bloodied nose, Schwartz said.
The two crashes apparently occurred when queued-up motorists tried to let friends into line, Schwartz said.
“Any time you offer free gas when it is $3 a gallon, it is not surprising people would get excited,” she said.
Allstate gave away a tanker truck load of gasoline as a reward to Milwaukee for ranking No. 1 among mid-sized cities on its safe drivers list. The insurance company gave free gas to more than 700 motorists, said company official Bill Mellander.
The giveaway lasted a couple of hours, Schwartz said.
Clarence Jefferson said he thought he’d be first in line when he got there at 4 a.m., but found hundreds of others already ahead of him. Pumps were turned on at about 6 a.m.
“It doesn’t matter,” he said. “It helps. Every bit is worth it.”
Visit www.getdshirts.com and help save Screech’s house. It’s embarrassing enough being completely famous and totally broke. . . even worse to be famous, broke, and homeless. Help a kid out. You know he made your childhood complete.
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FORT SUMNER, N.M. (AP) — The village fire captain says he’s never seen one as unique as this. A Fort Sumner, New Mexico, man says he caught a mouse inside his house and wanted to get rid of it. He had a pile of leaves burning outside, so he threw the mouse on it. The mouse caught fire and ran back into the house. Eighty-one-year-old Luciano Mares talked about the event Saturday from a motel room. The blaze the mouse started destroyed the home and everything inside it.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you’re going to rob the pizza man — better not give out your real phone number.
Police in Kansas City said Virgil Dennis was planning to score a free lunch. According to officers, Dennis ordered three large pies from a Pizza Hut and gave the address of a vacant apartment downstairs.
He allegedly attacked the driver and stole the pizzas.
Officers said they traced Dennis to his apartment, thanks to the phone number he gave with his order. Police said they found Dennis surround by pizza crusts in his apartment two floors up.
He’s now charged with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action.
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The Urban Tulsa’s Year End Review asked…
Whatever happened to?
Brad Carson
John Phillips
The American
Rodney Carrington
Sam Jones
Andy Ewing
My grandpa made the list of people/statues that were once in the news, but now aren’t. That’s because my grandpa was at one time running for congress and now he travels the U.S. in his camper doing charity work for RVICS.
If everybody who wanted to run for congress would buy a camper and follow my grandparents’ lead, we’d probably have a better America. Keep up the good work, guys!
