This must have been a real eye-opener for the jury.
An assault trial in Philadelphia came to a halt after the victim’s prosthetic eye popped out as he testified about the attack that left him partially blind.
While the man fished around for his $3,000 glass eye, the judge, with no apparently sense of irony, announced a recess due to the “unforeseen incident.”
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Here’s a “butt dial” horror story.
A mom in British Columbia, Canada, frantically called 911 after she got a call filled with blood-curdling screams from her teen daughter’s phone.
Cops electronically pinpointed the phone’s location — a movie theater where the teen and pals were viewing a horror flick.
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She wanted to be a working girl, but not that kind of working girl.
A young German woman got a shock when she went to an unemployment office looking for a job, and a clerk dispatched her to a brothel for an interview.
It turned out the position involved serving customers refreshments, and not herself.
But the job listing did call for applicants to be “attractive,” raising a big sociopolitical ruckus across the country.
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We know the food in India is spicy, but who knew it’s weapons-grade hot.
A group of criminals hijacked a train and freed a fellow gang member riding in police custody by using local hot chili powder.
The thugs threw the powder in cops’ faces, freed their cohort, and fled.
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Next time you’re in New Zealand, watch out for avian pickpockets.
A tourist from Scotland learned that the hard way when a kea parrot flew into his rental car and grabbed his wallet containing $1,100.
The victim had a difficult time convincing cops how he had been robbed.
The feathered fugitive was in the wind yesterday.