Hey Folks!
ODD NEWS
September 6, 2012
Compiled by Paul J. Maringelli
Sri Lankan police arrested a Chinese
tourist suspected of swallowing a diamond
worth $13,600 on Wednesday at the island
nation’s biggest international gem and
jewelry exhibition. “His intention was to
steal it,” said a Police Spokesman, “The
x-ray shows the diamond is in his throat.”
A Chicago-area woman wanted to return
an overdue book to the Chicago Public
Library, but first wanted to be sure she
wouldn’t go to jail. The book, a rare
limited edition of the Oscar Wilde novel
“The Picture of Dorian Gray” was
checked out in 1934. The woman found
it in her late mother’s possessions, with a
Chicago Public Library stamp.
A woman says a 6-week-old kitten
hitched a ride on the outside of her vehicle
as she drove about 100 miles over upstate
New York roads. Along the way she
stopped for coffee and heard meowing
coming from her Jeep. She found the
kitten wedged behind a bumper and had
to cut it free. She has since adopted the
lucky black cat and named it Pumpkin.
