Weird But True

Weird but true

This soldier was just too-too stupid for his own good.

A macho Marine betrayed his feminine side in Gainesville, Fla., dressing up for a Halloween in a tutu.

On the street, he spotted a man in a wheelchair wearing an Army-fatigue jacket, and assumed the guy was in costume, too.

Offended, the loutish leatherneck screamed at the guy and pushed him down.

It turns out the victim was a genuine paralyzed war veteran, and cops threw the suspect in the civilian brig.

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Be sure to keep an eye out for knock-off waffles.

An appliance maker is marketing a waffle press that can imprint Louis Vuitton’s bag design into sweet breakfast treats.

We’re guessing that fashionable gals would rather have the real thing.

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Two condemned oxen in Vermont have gotten a reprieve.

The beasts of burden on a farm owned by Green Mountain College were ticketed for a slaughterhouse to be turned into school-cafeteria food.

But animal-rights activists threatened to picket any meat-processing factory in the area, so factory butchers are refusing to touch the big guys.

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Talk about courting the youth vote!

The Argentina parliament voted 131 to 2 to lower the voting age to 16.

Pundits say the move was made to help President Cristina Fernandez at the polls but, of course, Justin Bieber could now easily be elected king for life there.

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Now all he needs is a war horse.

A history professor in England turned his back yard into a 100 percent accurate recreation of a World War I battle trench, complete with barbed wire.

Andrew Robertshaw moved some 200 tons of dirt with some 30 volunteers to create the ditch.

The fortifications may help when his wife takes up arms against him.