Weird But True

Weird but true

A 20-year-old Oregon suspected prostitute was busted after driving 50 miles to Salem to hook up with a man she thought was a client after being solicited through phone and text messages, officials said.

Her destination? The Salem Police Department.

And talk about throwing caution to the wind: Authorities say she walked past uniformed cops and signs reading “Salem Police Department” before arriving at a room where she allegedly believed the john was waiting.

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This wasn’t exactly paradise by the dashboard light.

A 22-year-old naked and drunk California woman rammed her equally naked fiancé after he got out of their parked car, said the California Highway Patrol.

The perhaps-no-longer fiancé was hospitalized in serious condition while the perhaps-no-longer fiancée was busted.

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Better than nuttin’!

A Minnesota candy company sent a local old-timer free sweets — including a five-pound salted nut roll — 60 years after he wrote to complain about a subpar bar he had purchased.

Dave Bell, 74, recently remembered receiving an apology letter — and only a letter — in 1952.

So now he wrote a friendly e-mail, and the company came through.

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Cupid’s phone number is certainly not 911 in Canada!

A Montrealer traveled to Toronto for a blind date he had set up online.

When the date stood him up, he dialed the police emergency number and demanded that cops find her.

But like an arrow through the heart, a dispatcher instead reminded him of the perils of online romance.

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No kidding!

A judge in Australia canceled a $450 fine against a performer whose pet goat illegally noshed in a Sydney museum flower bed.

You could say Jimbo Bazoobi and his four-legged pal, Gary, beat the rahhhhhp!