A Labrador-poodle mix in Norfolk, Va., spurred a 911 call of a “lion” on the loose.
Cops went to the scene of the sighting while a dispatcher called the local zoo to make sure no big cat had escaped.
It turns out that dog owner Chris Painter had shaved his shaggy best friend to look like the beastly mascot of Norfolk’s Old Dominion University.
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This “radical” Dutch politician might forgo the tea party for the “pee” party.
Bert Wassink, a council member in the rural Drenthe region, says frugal residents can reduce water consumption by urinating in the shower.
“If you combine showers and peeing, you save water and money, so why not?”
Why not? Because it’s gross, dude!
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Instead of 911, these callers should be contacting Weird But True.
Cops in Vancouver, BC, Canada, have relased recordings of their wackiest calls.
Among them were reports of a sasquatch sighting, a flock of chickens crossing a road (Why did they cross? To get to the other side, obviously) and a “hamster invasion.”
In the pet-rodent alert, the caller wanted help because he had bought a hamster that gave birth to 10 pups during the ride home.
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Splash World Resorts of Turkey and Egypt is looking for a “water-slide test pilot” to try out the firm’s pool-playtime equipment.
Qualifications include being “mad about water parks” and “happy to get to work.”