4 Funny News Stories That Stand Out From The Rest
In 2011 we have seen many funny and weird new stories over a large variety of topics. At the Mexico-US border, smugglers built their very own medieval catapult to launch some drugs over the border into the United States. Time Warner decided to bill one of their customers a little more than usual, 16 million dollars more. In California, birds collapsed a roof of a gas station with their dropping and elsewhere, an Amish teenager decided he would lead police on a car chase, while he was in horse and buggy.
In January, US border agents tipped off the Mexican military to a potential drug smuggling operation. This operation was found to be a little different once the military turned up, with seizure of 45 pounds of marijuana taking place, as well as a metal-framed catapult. The smugglers were attempting to re-enact castle sieges from the medieval days by launching the drugs over the border to collection agents on the other side.
Birds are nuisance things, squawking and flying all around the place, but in Vacaville California on the 26th January, they committed their worst attack yet, they collapsed the roof a gas station. Initially it was thought structural weakness or bad construction may have caused the collapse, but Vacaville fire department discovered that the station's metal roof came down under the load of a few inches of accumulated bird droppings.
Amish teenagers are not always thought of as the most reckless group of teenagers, but an Amish teenager in Cattaraugus County, N.Y. lead police on a car chase while he was drunk. Lewis D. Hostetler was spotted by police at 1am drinking beer in his buggy (with horse). He ran, the cops gave chase and he was charged with resisting arrest as well as unlawful possession of an alcoholic beverage with intent to consume. Luckily for Lewis, he was allowed to keep his buggy license and could be back on the road very soon.
Beavercreek Ohio resident Daniel DeVirgilio was a little shocked at the increase in his normal monthly cable bill earlier this year. After opening the bill up, what he expected to be his normal monthly amount of $80, turned out to be in excess for $16million. Time Warner apologised for the error, sighting the incorrect figures having been input by an employee as the cause for the billing issue.
So many funny news stories happened throughout 2011 that it would be impossible to list them all. It is not only big companies that are the cause of these funny mishaps, individuals are too. If you have noticed a funny story that has happened in your area, why not submit the details to an online news archive or contact your local broadcast station to have the story aired for everybody to have a laugh with you.
In January, US border agents tipped off the Mexican military to a potential drug smuggling operation. This operation was found to be a little different once the military turned up, with seizure of 45 pounds of marijuana taking place, as well as a metal-framed catapult. The smugglers were attempting to re-enact castle sieges from the medieval days by launching the drugs over the border to collection agents on the other side.
Birds are nuisance things, squawking and flying all around the place, but in Vacaville California on the 26th January, they committed their worst attack yet, they collapsed the roof a gas station. Initially it was thought structural weakness or bad construction may have caused the collapse, but Vacaville fire department discovered that the station's metal roof came down under the load of a few inches of accumulated bird droppings.
Amish teenagers are not always thought of as the most reckless group of teenagers, but an Amish teenager in Cattaraugus County, N.Y. lead police on a car chase while he was drunk. Lewis D. Hostetler was spotted by police at 1am drinking beer in his buggy (with horse). He ran, the cops gave chase and he was charged with resisting arrest as well as unlawful possession of an alcoholic beverage with intent to consume. Luckily for Lewis, he was allowed to keep his buggy license and could be back on the road very soon.
Beavercreek Ohio resident Daniel DeVirgilio was a little shocked at the increase in his normal monthly cable bill earlier this year. After opening the bill up, what he expected to be his normal monthly amount of $80, turned out to be in excess for $16million. Time Warner apologised for the error, sighting the incorrect figures having been input by an employee as the cause for the billing issue.
So many funny news stories happened throughout 2011 that it would be impossible to list them all. It is not only big companies that are the cause of these funny mishaps, individuals are too. If you have noticed a funny story that has happened in your area, why not submit the details to an online news archive or contact your local broadcast station to have the story aired for everybody to have a laugh with you.
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