Jeremiah was a bullfrog: “Too meaty” steaks, traffic turmoil & E.T. eyes Obama
In my never-ending quest to find the most ridiculous happenings from around the world, I present to you the Jeremiah was a bullfrog blog as a forum to display, the dumb, the idiotic and the downright ridiculous. The title comes from a ridiculous song that my parents have sang to me since I was just a wee lad; I have always found the lyrics to be randomly absurd. Here’s a video of the song so you can all sing along:
If you have a candidate for this forum please send me an email at publishingeditor@thereflector.ca or post a link in the comments. Here’s a sample of the latest bullplop from around the globe, click the links to read the full articles:
- UPI has a gem of a story about a 66-year-old Florida man who is facing charges for calling 911 to complain that a fast-food restaurant was out of lemonade. (UPI)
- Keeping with the restaraunt theme, a 58-year-old man in St. John’s, N.L. is facing an assault charge in St. John’s after he allegedly slugged his waiter for serving a steak that was “too meaty.” (Canoe)
- A botched university prank to suspend a car from a Vancouver bridge has left five engineering students facing criminal charges. The University of British Columbia students were caught as they tried to lower the shell of a Volkswagen Beetle from the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge. However, the cables eventually failed, sending the car plunging into the waters of Vancouver harbour. (Reuters)
- Make sure you use toilet paper if you want to keep your job in Australia. (DNA)
- Turns out rebuilding Star Wars’ Death Star would cost about $15.6 septillion US. Whoever figured this out needs a girlfriend or a hobby. (Gizmodo)
- Let’s just say that after earning 50 traffic citations in one day is quite a feat. (MSNBC)
- Finally, it seems that even aliens wanted to see Barack Obama’s inauguration. (Inquistr) Watch the right hand side of the screen at about the 12 second mark:
