> An Austrian circus dwarf died recently when he bounced sideways
> from a trampoline and was swallowed by a hippopotamus. Seven
> thousand people watched as little Franz Dasch popped into the mouth of
> Hilda the Hippo and the animal's gag reflex forced it to swallow. The crowd
> applauded wildly before other circus people realized what had
> happened.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> An elderly woman at a unit for sufferers of senile dementia passed
> round a box of mothballs thinking that they were mints. Eleven
> people were taken to hospital for treatment.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> An India man who eight months ago decided to spend his life in a
> tree has died. He fell out of it.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ a
> Following drinking binge in Christchurch, New Zealand, Koto
> Salaki passed out - so his buddies stripped him and shaved off his
> eyebrows as a joke. Getting no reaction, they proceeded to cut off his
> ear and glue it onto his forehead. Doctors managed to sew it back on.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> After a heavy drinking session in Weymouth in August 1990, 51 year
> old Philip Pyne fancied a kip on a bench. To stop himself rolling off,
> he put 12 nails through his trousers and in the process, drove several
> of them through his leg. Fortunately he was discovered by police.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> When 65-year-old Les Edwards shoveled some coal on to his
> living-room fire in January 1985, a sudden explosion rendered him deaf
> and blind.The mystery blast was traced to the accidental inclusion of a
> detonator in the coal mix. The National Coal Board admitted
> negligence.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> An operation at Nottingham hospital in January 1989 ended
> prematurely when the patient exploded. The casualty, an 82-year-old woman,
> was
> undergoing electrosurgery for cancer. The blast was attributed to
> an unusual build-up of stomach gases ignited by the sparks.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> A 20-year-old man was given a concrete enema by his mischievous
> lover. Surgeons had to meticulously remove the cast which, of course,
> formed the shape of a rectum, perfect in every respect except for the
> imprint of a ping-pong ball which was apparently used to retain the
> enema.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> The Cinnamon family from Washington were surprised when several
> ball- sized chunks of green ice crashed through their roof and landed on
> the floor beside them. The ice soon melted, giving off a revolting
> odour.
> The Cinnamons were not happy to later discover that the ice was
> frozen human waste from the leaky sewage system of a passenger jet.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Phreakers, or 'phone hackers, managed to break into the telephone
> system of 'Weight Watchers' in Glasgow, and changed the outgoing
> message to 'Hello, you fat bastard'
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> The defence in an Irish murder trial hung on whether the accused,
> Thomas McGann, could draw a gun from his pocket without shooting
> himself. Demonstrating in court, his lawyer shot his own foot, and
> died 12 hours later. McGann, however, was acquitted.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Police in France are looking for a man who has been robbing banks
> dressed as a giant aubergine. During an armed robbery in
> Marseilles, he was asked by the manager 'Are you serious?', to which he
> replied 'No, I am an aubergine', and fired a shot. The man escaped
> with the cash leaving a real aubergine on the counter.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> In April 1993, suspected drug dealer Alfred Acree tried to evade
> capture in Charles County, Virginia, by running into a wood. The
> police had no trouble following him because he was wearing a pair
> of 'Light Gear' trainers, with battery - powered lights that flash
> when the heel is pressed.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> During a 'smash and grab' on a Zurich jeweller in October 1980, a
> thief had his finger cut off by broken glass as he grabbed a tray
> of rings. The police identified the finger from their fingerprint
> records and arrested the thief within a few hours.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> In Ireland, a man staggered into the emergency room of Belfast
> Hospital with a wind-up turtle attached to his testicles,
> explaining that his young son had dropped the toy into his bath. "A
> mechanical
> joint connected to his tender bits and jammed solid," a nurse said.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> When a crook decided to steal the central heating system from an
> empty house in Fulham, he removed a pipe connected to the gas supply,
> then lit a match so that he could see. Although the house exploded, he
> continued with the job and even returned the next day, only to be
> arrested.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> A totally wrecked cream-coloured Ford Orion was found at the bottom
> of a 100 foot cliff face near Scarborough in North Yorkshire early on
> the morning of 22nd June. It was thought to have left the road at a
> sharp bend between Osgodby and Cayton. There was no sign of the driver,
> but a pile of human excrement was found in the driver's seat.
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