Let them eat dip!
A Michigan restaurateur hauled 20,000 pounds of salsa, hummus and chips to New Jersey to feed victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Dean “Dino” Bach drove 12 hours to bring in a load that also included 40 cases of dog food and 40,000 bottles of water.
“It was one of those things,” Bach told The Star-Ledger. “We said, ‘Let’s do it and let’s do it now.’ ”
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A struggling California grandma is now rich after state lottery officials searched far and wide to pinpoint a $23 million winner just before her lucky ticket expired.
Julia Cervera, 69, of Victorville, stopped at a liquor store with daughter Charliena Marquez on May 30 and gave her cash to buy a lotto ticket. Then Julia stashed the ticket in her car and forgot about it.
Five months later, lottery officials using store surveillance video released pictures of Marquez buying the $23 million winner.
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An Ohio woman dubbed the “cleaning fairy” pleaded guilty to attempted burglary, admitting she broke into a Cleveland home in June, cleaned it, and left a bill for $75.
The “fairy,” Susan Warren, said she “wanted something to do.”
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British pols spent $16,000 to re-stuff an ancient anaconda, and taxpayers are hissing about the bill.
The cash-strapped UK government quietly forked over the money to fix up Albert, a 120-year-old snake that was in taxidermically poor condition and required “essential maintenance.”
The ’conda was reportedly donated to a British official in what is now Guyana during the 19th century.
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A Polish coffin-maker is getting a rise out of the Catholic Church for using sexy women in ads.
The firm’s 2013 calendar features pics of scantily clad gals atop its caskets. A church spokesman said death should be treated solemnly.