It didn’t just roll away.
The mystery of a missing 4-ton sculpture of a motorcycle outside a Utah bike shop was solved when the sculptor admitted he had quietly taken it back.
The artist said he had merely lent the $100,000 sculpture to the Harley-Davidson shop and was free to take it back whenever he wanted — even in the middle of the night.
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America’s most infamous sheriff never forgets.
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio — known for his heavy-handed anti-immigrant policing tactics — has been sending an anchovy pizza to a local reporter for years every time he writes a critical article. Seems Arpaio once heard that the reporter hates anchovies, and has never forgotten.
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That’s one way to tell someone they’re not wanted.
Nude bathers in California were furious when authorities dragged a rotting sea lion carcass a thousand yards and buried it under a stretch of beach they used to sunbathe.
Officials deny it was an intentional jab at the group.
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If only the Middle East conflict were about silly things like this.
An Israeli village’s bid to break the world record for making the largest batch of hummus has angered the current record holders — a village in Lebanon — who think the effort is an anti-Arab jab.
“It is certainly one of the nicest wars we have in the region,” said an Israeli journalist. “If all our battles were like that, it would be wonderful.”
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Perhaps a savings account would have been a better choice.
A Romanian family lost its life savings of nearly $60,000 when the mother tossed out an old pair of shoes in which the cash had been stashed.
The shoes were found — but with only half the money left.