They were up a creek without a paddle.
Two Maryland men had to be rescued at the height of Hurricane Sandy when they decided to take a rubber raft down a storm-swollen river in hopes of reaching a Walmart, cops revealed this week.
The guys had brought some whiskey sours along to drink as a toast once they reached the store. They never made it — and never got to enjoy the booze.
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This is just adding insult to stupidity.
A Salem, Mass., man was hit by his own truck after the brakes failed — and he stuck out his leg and tried to use his foot to stop. He fell out and got hit.
When cops arrived, he got walloped again — with a ticket for driving with defective equipment.
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This is not how you spread good will to men.
A Louisiana woman erected a holiday display outside her home — featuring a raised middle finger laid out in yellow lights.
She took it down under threat of arrest — but the ACLU has sent a letter to police saying she has a right to flip the holiday bird.
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Japan has created a real- life Transformer.
A Tokyo inventor has built a street-legal vehicle that, with the push of a button, can change into a 13-foot-high robot bristling with machine guns and rocket launchers.
Dubbed Kuratas, the robot is the closest science has come to a genuine Optimus Prime.
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It pays to be kind to your neighbors.
A wealthy Australian woman left her entire $12.5 million estate to a next-door neighbor who handled her errands, such as buying her bread and milk.
Millionaire Betty Harris decided to leave the dough to her neighbor after writing her niece out of her will because the young woman had tried to put her in a nursing home.