Airplane Apology Caught on Camera. Massachusetts Mom Has Son Sign 18-point Agreement for iPhone. Giggling teen flips judge the bird, judge not amused. Never mess with people who have the power to make your life miserable.
That includes DMV employees, waiters and baggage handlers. And judges. Outsource Work to China. Manchester United Fan Dials '911' To Report Nani Red Card. If England's emergency line had a penalty system, one overzealous soccer fan might be dealt his own red card.
A Manchester United loyalist dialed the British version of 911 because he felt it was a crime that soccer star Nani received a red card during Man U's 2-1 loss to Real Madrid on Tuesday in a Champions League match, the BBC reported. The 18-year-old from Bingham, Nottinghamshire, later said he was sorry, and no charges were filed. Chief Inspector Ted Antill reminded the public that while these types of incidents are amusing, they distract from real emergencies. Nani was ejected in the 56th minute for "a studs-up, flying challenge on Alvaro Arbeloa," according to the Associated Press.
The penalty sent United manager Alex Ferguson into a rage. Neither party could have been happy with the end result: Man U gave up two goals after Nani's departure and was eliminated from the Champions tournament. Son Turned Monster, via GTAV. Since their inception, I've been an advocate of parental responsibility with video games, because even though I don't believe that video games make people more violent, I do think that it's important to know what information is entering your child's stupid, fragile skull. But recently, thanks to the release of Grand Theft Auto V, my stance on video game violence has been shaken to its very core.
Despite my beliefs, I can't deny what I've witnessed with my own eyes. It has changed my son in some pretty shocking ways. For instance ... #4. Too Sexy For Your Job. An Iowa dentist was within his legal rights when he fired a longtime employee he found to be "irresistible" and a threat to his marriage, the State Supreme Court unanimously ruled.
The seven justices, all male, affirmed on Friday a lower court's decision in favor of Dr. James Knight, who terminated Melissa Nelson after employing her for 10 and a half years as a dental assistant. "We do think the Iowa Supreme Court got it completely right," said Stuart Cochrane, an attorney for James Knight. Dumbest FB Post Ever. Jacob Cox-Brown's mugshotAn Oregon teenager has landed himself in the county jail for what must be one of the dumbest Facebook gaffes ever: posting about his drunk-driving hit-and-run escapade.
Pacquiao Meets Romney. Mitt and Ann Romney watch from ringside as Manny Pacquiao is knocked out in Las Vegas.
(HBO/Twitter) A month after losing the 2012 presidential election, Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, were ringside in Las Vegas on Saturday night to watch as Manny Pacquiao was knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez in the sixth round of their welterweight bout. The image of the former Massachusetts governor, his mouth agape at the sight of Pacquiao face down on the canvas, was seen briefly on the HBO telecast and posted to Twitter by Buzzfeed's Andrew Kaczynski. According to the Associated Press, the Romneys were guests of Nevada State Athletic Commission chairman Bill Brady, who hosted a fundraiser for the Republican nominee during the campaign. Before the fight, Romney met Pacquiao in the fighter's dressing room at the MGM Grand, according to the New York Times, which described the "surreal" exchange: In came Mitt Romney. Pacquiao then followed suit. "I got hit by a punch I didn't see," he said. Holding Hands w/Strangers.
How would you react if a stranger tried to hold your hand?
(Image from LAHWF/YouTube)What would you do if a total stranger came up to you in public and tried to hold your hand? A couple of pranksters decided to find out, and posted the results on YouTube. Call it an in-depth study of PDA -- Public Displays of Awkwardness. WATCH: Teachers dance behind students in prank video set to Whitney Houston song "Today we're going to walk close to people and hold their hand -- or try to hold their hand," says host and hand-holder Andrew Hales of Losing All Hope Was Freedom. Most people pulled their hands away, startled. Copyright © 2012 Yahoo Inc. BBQ Chip Thieves. "These were very specific, and hard-to-obtain, barbecue chips.
" That's how police in Saanich, Victoria, British Columbia, described a bag of potato chips stolen by two drunk university students from a garage in a crime that Vancouver Island's CTV spent more than three minutes soberly reporting last month. Man Refuses to Leave Jail. Rodney Dwayne Valentine (Rockingham County Sheriff's Office) Rodney Dwayne Valentine had just been granted his freedom from the Rockingham County jail in northern North Carolina on Saturday morning.
But when Valentine refused to leave the prison, police arrested him for trespassing and sent him back to his cell. The News & Record of Greensboro reports that Valentine, 37, reportedly refused to leave the jail site, after authorities declined his request for a ride to a local motel. He had been in prison since May 22 on a charge of damage to personal property.